The morning news., 1892-02-20
LIFE OF A DIPLOMAT.

GlimDsss ofthe Personality Of Foreign
Representative IN Washington.
Washington Letter TO PhiladeIphia Bulletin.
This is the time that the agerage diplomat
is in bis glory. He ia a pretty comfortable
sort Of fellow at any time Of the year, but
during the season between New Years and
Lent be shines his brightest. The President
starts off the new year by making him and
his fellow diplomats the most honored Of his
guests at the New Years reception, for the
diplomats precede every body except the cab
met officers. Then as soon as the President
has time to catch his breath after the Begin
ming OF the season he starts in by recep-
ton to the diplomats, to which the mem
bers OF congress, the army and navy officers
and the judiciary ere invited. This over,
he gives another reception to the army and
navy, to which he invites the diplomats, and
later on another to congress and the judici-
ary, to which the diplomats are also invited.
Besides this there is a dinner to the di-
plomats at the white house and hosts of
dinners and suppers and balls and all sorts
of good times at private residences, to which
the diplomats are invited. And the fun of
1t Is that they are not expected TO do much
In return, except, perhaps, to open their
legations once or twice year with a ball or
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sort.
They are a picturesque lot, especially
when you see them 10 their court costumes,
as they are on all state occasions. They are
usually selected for their experience in
social as we'll as diplomatic affairs, for
social ability is an important part of dipo-
macy, and they know how to get themselves
up in most attractive style, aud they do IL,
too. Their homes, many of them, are most
attractive frrY of ba - tba
corps are of wealthy families, while others
have elegant legation buildings furnished
by their governments.
Personally, the average diplomat is de-
Hghtful gentlemen to meet. He has been
accustomed to a lfe of luxury and ease, and
II he is still inclined to gather information
be Is O well-posted gentleman. He has
studied the ar,s of diplomacy and social
grace, and he can be extremely entertain
ing. OF course, diplomat-like, he can be
frtgid il he desires or occasion requires. But
at the club or at his home he is usually en-
tertaining, polite and possessed Of q fund of
information which renders him an agree
able companion. Wlthal, however, he is a
man of the world in all senses.
One OF the ministers who always attracts
attention wherever he goes, and especially
on state occasions. when he is privileged to
appear in full uniform, is the Turkish min
lister, Mavroyeni Bey. His little red cap
and big gold decorations are always visible
at the entertainments at which be is priv
ileged to wear uniform, and he is quite the
favorite in social way. The Turkish le-
cation is not large one, and consists only
Of the minister and secretary OF legation,
Mgrditch Efendi Norighian and Nine.
Marie Norighian.
One of the really military appearing and
striking-looking men of the corps is the
Swiss minister. Alfred de Claparede, who
has modest legation establishments on O
street, with DR.. Charles Tavel as secretary
and ID. Alfred George 6ttache.
or course the Coreans aud Chinese and
japanese are always objects CT attention
wherever they go and wherever they are
seen. The Corean legation get more atten-
ton, considering the number Of people it
has, than perhaps any other legation in
the city, for it has now but three
people, or rather two, for Mr.. PAX
Chung Yang, the minister, Is absent,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ye Cha Yum are the sole
occupants of the legation building, which
the Corean government bought, on Iowa
clrcls, and which is the most Interesting of
all the buildings on the circle. Probably
no legation building is more frequently
thrown open to the social world than is that
of Mexico, and certainly no more elegant
entertainments are given anywhere in the
city than by Senior Matias Romero, the
Mexican minister, and Sonora Dona Lucre-
cla Allen de Romero, his wife.