The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-08
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Chinese minister comes of the best blood of
China, but there is no nobility among the
celestials and the minister has attained his
rank only through his high standing at the
public examinations The Chinese minis
ters wife is named Tsni Kwo Win, and ac-
cordlng to the custom of the Chinese she
does not go out of her home. She has not
been to reception this winter and if she
went she would have to be supported by
two maids, for her feet are so small that
shecan hardly stand upon them. Her only
appearance at any public place this winter
was at tie theatre where she came one
night and occupied box with several
other Chinese ladies. The Corean ladies
had another box the same night and the
Corean men sat in the same box. The
ladies had the front seats, and both the
Chinese and the Corean box blazed with
the bright colors of the far east. The wife
OF the Corean charge d. affaires wore a
short waist of bright blue silk with wine
colored silk skirt, and the other Corean
lady wore short waist Of lemon colored
silk with blue silk skirt. Hermann, the
conjuror, was the attraction and the
Chinese minister's wife evidently thought
that the man had devil, while the Corean
girls laughed. The Chinese minister did
not appear with his wife, though it is said
he paid for the boxes.
THE DEAN OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
is Baron de Fava, and his wife is as blue
blooded as her husband. She is very
beautiful woman and she has for the past
ten years been one of the leading figures o.
Washington society. She is descended
from a Lombard family of eminence in pol
ltlcs and science and her father was one OF
the most noted physicians of Italy. He
was great politician as well, and he was
one of the chief movers in the revolution
which made Victor Emmanuel King. The
Baroness de Fava is very fine musician.
She sings well and when she was a girl
thought somewhat of going on the operate
stage Her family frowned down the idea
and she withheld her talents for private
life. She has son in Washington who is
noted as an engineer and architect and is a
professor of one of the universities.
( heard curious story the other day
about
THE SPANISH MINISTER SENIOR MURUAGA,
which may be true and may not be- He
was secretary of legation here years ago
and was educated at the Jesuit college in
Georgetown. While he was secretary of
legation he fell in love with the young
daughter of w. w. Corcoran, who died
some years ago, leaving about $4,000, 600.
Mr.. Corcoran was very popular with all
the ministers, but though he entertained
them he did not care to have any of them in
hls family. He learned that Muruaga had
his eyes upon mis- daughter and he called
upon the Spanish minister, accompanied by
one of the United States Senators, and in
formed him that he must break off the af
fair between his secretary and his daughter.
1t seems that an engagement had already
been made. The Spanish minister set his
foot down upon it and the young man nat
urally became very angry. He challenged
Mr. Corcoran to fghs duel which Mr..
Corcoran, OF course, did not accept. Find
ing that the love affair was still going on,
some time after this Mr.. Corcoran went to
Mr.. Buchanan, who was then secretary of
state, and demanded that he should stop the
the affair by requesting the recall of the
young man to Spain. Buchanan refused to
do this and the young couple continued
their billing and cooling. When opposition
ceased they found, however, that they did
not care so much for each other after all,
and the engagement was broken off. Miss
Corcoran married George Eustis, a member
of Congress from Louisiana, and the bulk
of the COrcoran estate went to her children
Senior Muruaga married a Russian lady
who died while he was minister to Mexico
and the minister's stepdaughter married
L luUQllleS
and largest land owners of Mexico.
THE MEXICAN MINISTER,
Count MatiaS Romero, has one of the
brightest of American women for his wife
She is the daughter of an old Virginia fam
lily and was Philadelphia when the min
lister married her. Madame Romero Is one
of the fine looking women of Washington |
and one of the most accomplished. She |
speaks several languages and she enter
tains magniticently at the Mexican legation |
within stones throw of the White House |
Her husband is one of the closest friends |
of the President of Mexico, and he was his |
colonel and chief of staff when he was at
the head Of the Mexican army during the
French invasion. He is one of the most
efficient diplomats in Washington, as well
as one of the most popular. One of the
most remarkable things about him was his
friendship for Grant whom he offered
thousand dollars at the time of the failure
of Grant & Ward, and to whom he stood
ready at any time to do any thing in his
power.
There are a number of blue blooded dip
lomats here from South America, and there
were dozen counts and barons among the
Pan-Americans. The most of them, how
ever, were poor and though not a few of
them were evidently ready to marry rich
not seem to be ready to marry them. The
result is that the Congress has come and
gone and we have no engagements to enron
icle. In fact there are fewer marriages of
diplomats than you would suppose. The
single men among the various legations are
not backward in saying that they would
not object to an American heiress for
wife, and there was giddy young secre-
tary here last year who said that he was
bound to have an heiress who had all the
qualities of an angel and s., 600 to boot
At last accounts he has not found her. The
secretary of the Brazilian legation, Mr..
Gomez, is the only diplomat who has con-
tracted an alliance for many years. He
married an indianapolis heiress who had
spent the most of her life abroad and who
spoke French more easily than English
She had, however, dark eyes and hair and
her manner is so foreign that she is seldom
taken for an American by strangers. AT
one time about half the diplomatic corps
had American wives, but the most of these
have been promoted and have been ad-
vanced to foreign courts.
/ see that
PRINCE ITURBIDE,
the grandson of King MAMMALIAN, of Mex
leo, was lately arrested in that country
He has been spending a good deal of his
time here and his mother was Miss Green,
of Georgetown. Iturbide, the Emperors
son. went to Georgetown college after his
father was executed, and fell in love with
Miss Green and married her. He was
brought up near Washington and Maximil-
liam adopted him. He is much toadied
whenever he is here and the ministers and