The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-12-20
The Diplomatic Corps.

tives OF foreign countries AT the ma
tion's capital has apparently had
no appreciable effect on their style
OF living. Although now the diplo-
matte representatives. of England,
France aud Italy are able to write
the title of ambassador before their
names. they seem to continue to live
much as they did when they were
plain ministers. Probably one ex-
planation is that the accession of
rank means no addition TO their sal
airy. That il certainly the case with
the representatives aboard of this
country who were not long ago ele-
waited TO the dignity of ambassadors,
and in recognition of which the
countries honored 10y the presence
of such august personages raised
their own representatives to the
same rank. The British minister,
or, rather, ambassador, lives in a
spacious residence on the fashion
able driveway of the city, which was
built by British money and is the
property of the British government.
The British ambassador gets $50,
900 Il year, which, with number OF
allowances, gives hiA rather snug
sum TO enable him to keep the wolf
away from the door.
The French ambassador cultivates
his newly acquired dignit in the
pleasant and oldfashioned house
which has been the rcsiden e of the
French legation for n rumber of
years past. He recently married n
wealthy American girl. and there
fore the size of his salary does not
necessarily restrict him in his style
Of living The representative OF
Italy is the other ambassador ac-
credited to this government. At
present he has rooms at a good but
not expensive hotel. A year or two
ago he found the rooms in the sec
ond story of modest private re-
sidence quite sufficient to satisfy his
dignity. He was then, however, a
plain minister, and had not attained
the glory of IA full blown ambassador
While the diplomatic colony are not
characterized Ivy the same glitter
and show in private as they are when
t. they appear on full dress occasions
,fc, yet some OF them hold the
nn.e' !nar cnnyic,cd Mone. o the keen competition
4, cSnyic;ed ny Of rob ON ing 1t is not al
n,,oced n,arcea S, Sy snoS tries that make the
e Western pen slI.-. e.
'm enc yeaS'Arss cat the German legation
Inere are c,aa :nslsni sdr of its own, which has
ihS-5 per line o. " the addition of A.
-'.SRa,ll loom, aud is the seeds of a good
deal Of social splendor. The Mexi-
can minister, however, has fine res
idenca aud is a lavish entertainer
while the first secretary of the lega-
tion resides in one of the swell hous.
es of the city,aud keeps up an estab-
lshmeu, that iu point of layishness
j. equal 20 ANY hing in that line that
L. seen here. Recently Brazil has
come to the front and now her lega-
tion is splendidly housed in a fine
residence which has been specially
fitted up for the purpose. The re-
representatives. from Russia have al
ways made more or less of splurge.
For number of years they occupied
the mansion which Boss Sheperd
built in his palmy days. Now they
have taken possession of fine, old
fashioned, roomy residence in a
fashionable locality, which has been
especially remodeled for their use.
Perhaps some might have the i'm
preston that the Argentine Repub-
lie is rather second.ra country,
but you would not get the impress
sion by visiting the legation here.
The minister occupies stylish
house in a stylish locality, aud is
right in the social swim.
The Chinese minister, ever since
there has been represen tative from
the Flowery Kingdom in this
country, has lived in fine, not to say
sumptuous, style. The present
minister, who is also the diplomatic
representative at the court of Spain
and Peru, occupies a snowy resi-.
dence which, singular to say just at
this time, lie is enlarging by the ad-
ditlon of ball room, and it is un-
defstood that he proposes to give a
round of social entertainments dur
ing the coming winter that will sur
pass anything done by his predeces.
sors. The japanese minister is con-
tented with less pretentious mode
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