Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-08
HstAife Nastes

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 minister's wife is named
Tsni Kwo Yin, and according to the Gus
tom of the Chinese, she does not go out
of her home. She has not been to re-
ception this winter, and If she went she
would have TO be supported by two
maids, for her feet are so small that she
can hardly stand upon them. Her only
appearance at any public place this win
ter was at the theater, where she came
one night and occupied a box with sew
eral other Chinese ladies. The Corean
ladies had another box the same night,
and the Coreau men sat in the same box.
The ladies had the front seat, and both
the Chinese and Corean box blazed with
bright colors of the far East. The wife
of the Corean charge affairs wore a
short waist of bright blue silk with
wine colored silk skirt, and the other
Corean lady wore a short waist of lemon
oolored silk with blue silk skirt. Her.
mann. 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 that he paid for the
boxes.
The dean of the diplomatic corps is
Baron de Gava, and his wife is as blue
blooded as her husband. She is very
beautiful woman and ha for the past
ten years been one of the leading figures
of Washington society. She is decended
from a Lombard family of eminence in
politics 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 En-
manuel king. The Baroness de Fava is
very fine musician. She sings well
and when she was girl thought somezsl
what of going on the operate shaggy
Her family frowned down the idea and
she withheld her talents for private lifeg.
She has son in Washington who6s
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 Mu-
ruaga, which may be true ana ma9ssHas
be. He was secretary of legattsh here
years ago and was educated at She Jess
~
was secretary of legation he fell ID rove
with the young daughter of w. W. Cor
coran, who died some years ago leaving
about $40 ZOO, O0O Mr.. Coroorau was 4
very popular with all the ministers but,
though he entertained them, he did not
care to have any OF them in his family.
He learned that Muruaga had his eyes
upon his daughter and he called upon
the Spanish minister, accompanied by
one of the United States senators, and
informed him that he must break of the
affair between his secretary and his
daughter. 1t seems that an engage
ment had already been made. The
Spanish minister set his foot down upon
it and the young man naturally became
very angry. He challenged Mr.. Corcoran
to fight duel, which Mr.. Corcoran, of
course, did not accept. Finding 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 affair by requesting the recall of
the young man to Spain. Buchanan re-
fused 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 engage
ment was broken of. Miss Corcoran
married George Eustis, a member of
from Louisiana, and the bulk of
the Coreoran estate went to her children.
Senior Muruaga married a Russian lady,
who died while he WAS minister to Mex
leo, and the minister's step-daughter
Mr.. Yturbe OF one of the ancient
families and largest landowners Of Mex
leo.
The Mexican minister, Count Mates |
has one OF the brightest of
American women for his wife. She Is
! daughter of an old Virginia family and |
was Philadelphia when the minister
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