Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-06

sent to the orient require large number
OF Servants. The minister to Japan has
coachmen who are dressed in japanese
livery and who wear hats like butt
bow turned upside down The IN MIS-
ter to Peking has two men who d moth
ing else but watch the gates of the lega-
ton grounds to let the visitors IN aud
out. His coachrIan is a swell China
man, who wears bright-colorcd silk
dresses. When the minister goes out to
ride on horseback a gorge Gus groom
follows behind. While was in Calcutta
| met the American consul general. He
was plain Oregon man, who, venture,
had never had more than two servants
at hCme. In India he had to keep
twenty. When he went out 10 drive
there were two coachmen with turbans
and gowns on the front of his carriage,
and two other turbaned tiindoos stand
ing on the footboar1 behind. In oriental
countries our ministers usually have
servants 90 ahead pi tuem as they walk
through the city to clear the streets. In
ConstantInople and Cairo the man who
precedes the minister is known as the
kavass. The kavass has a sword, enor-
nous pistols and sometimes also staff
with silver head.
He is dressed with much gold braid
and wears a fez cap. During my stay in
Egypt | had an interview with the
Ehedive. At this time a kavass went
with the consul general and myself to
the palace. When | accompanied the
American consul TO call upon the patri-
arch OF Jerusalem We had two kavasses
in front OF us. Each man carried club
as tall as himself upon the top OF which
was ball of silver as big as your fist.
AS we walked through the narrow
streets OF Jerusalem these swells drop
ped their heavy sticks on the stone pave
ment as they walked in front, and clear
ed the way for us. Our minister to
Corea has company oil soldiers from
the king who act as his special body
guard. They are dressed in plum color.
ed zouave pantaloons, short blouses,
belted in at theswaist, and hats Of black
horse hair, which are tied on by ribbons
fastened under the chin. During my
stay in Seoul had an interview with the
king. Authis time the soldiers went in
front and cleared the way for me. The
present American minister to Corea was
first presented to the king on that day,
and we went together, the king sending
down a number OF his own servants to
accompany us to the palace Our con-
suls In China have each man called the
Ting.chi to go in front OF them when they
go out TO make visits OF state. Such
man went in front OF ME when | called
upon Ii Hung Chang He was dressed
in bright-coloTed silk and had on pair
OF black cloth boots with soles an inch
thick. Upon his head there was hat
which looked like all inverted spittoon,
and there was big button on its crown
to show that he was man of rank,
COURT DRRss TROUBLES.
Style means a great deal in foreign
courts, and our ministers would be much
better of il they could wear a uniform
instead OF being required to appear, as
is the rule oil the State Department. in
the ordinary dress ui an American
citizen. Our usual dress is, you know,
just the same as that of the walters, and
our ministers have, in fact, been taken
for the walters at some great diplomatic
receptions, When Lambert Tree was
minister 10 Belgium he attended such a
reception He was standing holding a
cup of coffee in his hand, waiting for it
to cool, when an attache OF one of the
other legations wearing bushel OF gold
lace and a peck OF brass buttons seized
the cup out OF his hand and carried it
away before Mr.. Tree knew what he
was about. The man took him for
waiter. The other diplomats upon such
occasions are clad in uniforms EN-
broidered with gold lace. They wear
swords and medals, and many OF them
have silk belts and sashes. If an Ameri-
can minister has been an officer OF the
army he usually wears a military uni
form, and il not he tries to get over the
regulation in some other way James
Buchanan compromised on black suit,
a white vest and black handled sword.
Our first minister to China, John " ard,
adopted the tune of a captain OF the
Georgia militia He had been elected
captain OF a little company known as
the Chatham Artillery, and the uniform
which he had made for himself as cap
tain had brass buttons marked c A.
When he was at the Chinese court one
OF the almond eyed silk-gowned noble
men asked him what the letters c. A.
stood tor. Mr.. Ward replied that they
were made in honor OF the friendship OF
China and America, and that in order TO
give the greater honor to China its
initial, c, had been paced in front OF
that OF America, This seemed to de-
llkflk hhI Shihalhabs al LEV " al
lace wore his military uniform while he
was minister to Turkey. 1t was his uni
form that first attracted the attention oil
the sultan, The first Friday after Cen
eral Wallace arrived in Constantinople
he went to the building opposite the
mosque to see his majesty as he went TO
prayers. As the sultan came out OF the
mosque he looked over at the party OF
foreigners abou, General Wallace, and
asked who the fine looking man in uni
form might be. He was told it was the
new American minister, and he there
upon raised his sallow hand to his red
iez cap aud saluted the general Short
" after this when General Wallace was
presented the sultan referred TO having
seen him, and the two became strong
friends General Wallace spent much
time at the sultan's palace, and among
The other mementoes which he brous ht
back from Turkey is very fine pencil
sketch OF his majesty, which the gener-
al drew while his majesty posed.
KNEE BREEcHRs FOR MINISTER'S.
Why should Secretary Sherman not
TO- .f,as.