Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-29
SEVENTH EMBASSY
Latest Compliment Paid to
Uncle Sam.
WILL COST MONEY
BARON HENGELMULLER FIRST
TO BE HoNORED.
Sketch of the Coming Ambassador and
mbassadress-Their Fads
and Fancies
Copyright. 1922

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Written for TIE Evening Star.
tro-Hungary's elevation Of her minis
ter at Washington to the rank of ambas
sador is a compliment which Will cost
Uncle Sam about $4,000 extra in salaries,
from now on.
Robert s Mccormick now our envoy ex-
traordiuary and minister plenipotentiary at
Vienna. must. as a return of the favor be
elevated to the rank Of ambassador extra
ordinary and pIenipotentiary. Interna-
tional courtesy demands this In his pres
ent rank minister Mr. Mccormick an
nually draws $4,000 from the treasury. In
his new rank of ambassador he will enjoy
$4,000 a year. which will be meager
enough. considering his expenses. Whereas
We keep now at our legation in Vienna one
81 Crstary-who. by the way, is Chandler
Hale. son of the Maine senator-receiving
the insignificant salary Of 81 500 a year,
must. at our embassy in Vienna. APP
point two secretaries at $2,G2J and $1,000
respectively.
AS minister to this country Baron Lads
la;i- HenGelmuIler Won Hengervar repre-
SentS simply the state of .StrO-Hungary,
and must transact his business through
Secretary Of State Hay. As ambassador he
will represent the person of his sovereign.
Franz Joseph. as well as his state, and will
be entitled any time to seek an audience
plomatic affairs.
At Vienna the same relative elevation of
Minister McCOrmick's station will accrue.
In the court Of Emperor Franz Joseph, of
which he forms part, he will rank next to
blood royal.
Seventh Embassy Here.
The elevation of Baron Hengelmuller will
increase the number of embassies at this
capital to seven, While he will take rank
their order being determined chronological
ly. according to the dates when they pre-
sent their credentials-he will precede all
of the ministers and charges daffaires ac-
credited here. Lord Pauncefote. the Brit
fsh representative, has remained the dean
OF the diplomatic corps since April, 1893
when he received the first commission ever
given to an ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary resident in Washington. In
the event that his lordship is succeeded
Baron Won Holleben. the German ambas-
sadOr, will become dean of the corps, and
the new British ambassador will take his
rank below Baron Hengelmuller
The new AuStrO-Hungarian ambassador
has lived in Washington for more than
seven years. He presented his credentials
as minister in Christmas week. 1894.
He Is man of strong personality and
inhued with all of the characteristics of a
nobleman. He wears a mOnOcle. is an en-
thusiastic automobiist and speaks eight
languages. He was born at Pressburg
educated in Vienna especially for the diplo-
matte service. Previous to his being ac-
credited here as successor to the Chevalier
Won Tavera he had been stationed at Ber-
lin. Paris. London, Dresden and Belgrade,
Servia-
The Ambassadors.
Baroness Hengelmuler, who by virtue of
her husbands promotion. becomes elevated
to the title of ambassadress. is a Russian,
the place of her birth being Counters DUNN
Berkervska. When a maid of a few years
she placed in the Convent of the Sacred
Heart. Paris. where she remained until
marrying her first husband at the age of
sixteen. While still very young she was
left widow, with one child Mile. Felicie de
Taczanowska. who has divided recent years
between the legation here and foreign
travel. The year before Baron Hengelmui-
lers appointment here madame married
him at Dresden She is accomplished a
lnguist as her distinguished husband. Dogs
and birds are her fads. Almost every win
dow Of the legation is filled with cages and
among her feathery pets are numbered
CanarieS, mOcking birds, capricino in
diSos. capuchins and several rare birds
of red plumage. At her home in Russia
she maintains kennel of ST. Bernards
while the legation yard here is inhabited
by much-favOred collie.
The New Embassy.
The mansion hitherto known as tie
Hungarian legation, but which will
hereafter be the embassy of that state, was
bought through Baron Hengelmuller from
former Senator Yulee of Florida for $50
o00, six years ago. 1t is a red brick house
of palatial proportions, with imposing
porte-cochere and generous Conservatives
From his front windows Ambassador Hem
geiInuiler can what is going on over
at the British embassy, just across Con-
rectlcut avenue. while from his back yard
he might hail Secretary Root, seated at the
window of his new 18th street house.
The halls and drawing rooms of the new
embassy are inlaid with woods of various
colorS IN mosaic designs. Soft velyets and
moQuettes partly cover the hardwood floors
The stairway and wanscoting are OF hand
carved oak. Cathedral stained glass win
dows light the Railways The walls of the
drawing rooms hung in heavy plush
paper of dull blue, gold and bronze tnts
surmounted by an exquisite frieze of inlaid
pearl.
A rare collection Of portraits represent
irg every ruler of the house of Hapsburg
FROM the eleventh century to Franz Joseph.
present emperor of Austro-Hungary,
adorns the magnificent dining room of the
new embassy. In this room are shown
also the ancestral silver plate of the am
eassadress. The ambassadors den, at the
foot of the main stairway. Is lined with
pook shelves whose many volumes bespeak
bis literary tastes.
Souvenirs OF the wide travel enjoyed by
beth tho baron and baroness are scattered
about the mansion. Upon a table In the
rear drawing room rests jewel case of
fold and enamel presented to the baroness
D. the Queen Of Saxony. Upon the manteI-
piece OF the same apartment stands an In
9crfbed portrait presented By the King of
ssrvia- The house is generously supplied
with ancestral clocks. costly silver orna-
nents bearing tho armoria, en,biems Of