The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-26

to entertain the ambassadors and min
listers and the various secretaries and
attaches during the dedlcatory cere-
monies of the falE- A complete plan of
the diplomatic train had 20 be sub
mitted 60 an of the invited guests,
showing the exact draWingrOom or
berth each would occupy while on the
journey So that the ranking ambassa-
dor should have the best draWingr0Om
and The other draWingr0ms and berths
De assigned 20 the other members of
the party in the exact order of their
diplomatic Importance The plans Tor
seating the travellers at the tables Ina
lle dining car also had tO De submitted
and diagrams and photographs OF the
quarters TO be occupied by them in the
hotels OF ST. Louis were also forthcom-
ing.
Special attention must Dee paid 90 the
order iu which the foreigners wiz reg
lister their names ON ihe hotel register.
This must bc Gone in order 90 avoid
difficulty which arose at the Pau-Amer-
lean exposition. There The ambassador
from France wrote bis name one line
above the ambassador from Austria
Hungary who ranked him. and the
page of the register had To be torn out
ana an written over again SO that the
dignity of Alr- Ladislaus Hengelmuller
Won Hengergar privy councillor ann
bassador extraordinary and plenipoten-
tiary. might 81 properly maintained,
An example OF the importance of pre-
cedence was shown not long ago at one
of the state dinners at tee White
House given in honor of the diplomats.
The dean OF The corps the late Sir Ju-
Han PauncefOte had the chair Ola the
presidents right. AS the guests stood
before being seated &C. was noticed that
Count CassInL tine Russian ambassador.
and Herr Won HOileben, the German
ambassador each had a hand on the
chair next 10 PauucelOte The latter.
as dean Of the corps bowed Count Cas-
SIM into the disputed chair and Herr
Won H0iieben with his Dutch wen up,
todded from the room and went home.
No Diplomats Invited.
There has been a little furry I'm
Washington social circles, an because
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Nelson Page
have given a dance for their daughters
% which not one foreign diplomat was
invited. such "a thing was never heard
Of before, and 30 is asked why Mrs.
Page has ignored the popular diplO-
mat Mr. and airs. Page are thorough
ly American. They are not in official
life, and having nothing 90 gain by the
cultivation of politicians aud diplomats
they are quite free % follow their own
individual tastes In regard 90 friends
It has been observed By those OF Ions
experience iu Washington society that
in the many homes where forelgners
are made much Of American YOUNG
men stay away The unmarried seCre-
tarles and attaches of the embassie,
and legations are much sought guests
They are as a rule good dancers anc
interesting conyersauOnaiists. and So
clety is ever ready % make allowances
for any social shortcomings on theh
part.
The debutante soon learns that shC
must make her choice between th'
young diplomats and her own country
men, and TO the present time the diplo
mats have had a shade the best of 10
The American young men al the cap
ltal are iu ecstacies over the stand tax
en- by Mr.. and Mrs. Page. and 10 d
said that the eligible bachelors Ia th
diplomatic corps are i'm great wonder
ment over their exclusion from th
PAGE dance. 10 is a unique experience
for them. To has been intmated tina
one of AIRS. Pages objections 10 th
Young foreigners is that they are no
llugent enough in showing their mp
probation Of the constant social now
ers shOwered upon them. Whateve
her reasons may be- her stand o
America for Americans is being quit
generally applauded.
Commercial Growth.
Tna treasury bureau of statistics ha
issued am abstract of valuations of i'm
ports into the United States during On
twelve months ending with March, $50.
The Imports have exceeded $1,000 10000
The growth ln imports has been espe
cially marked during the past nv
years I'm the twelve months ende
with March. 1899. they were $3.50 000 0l
in value; in the twelve months endin
with March, 1900. SS3S 600 900, and iu th
twelve months ending with March, l90
HO0l SEQ. 6S3 The Increase I'm importa
tions is chiefly in manufacturers ma
teriai I'm the month Of February llor
manufacturers materials formed MOI
than 50 per cent of the total imports.
Exports have grown with the sam
rapidity as imports. Exports nevt
reached S500000000 value in a sing
year until after 1870 In 1892 they 4,
the first time exceeded $1,000 600 00
and iu the twelve months ending wit
March. 1903. they were $LH4,7S6.954. gi'
iue am excess of exports over impOr
during the twelve months of S4l3ls0.2l
Prince cupid the Raw dlian uelrEtL
elect Is practical in his ideas of ciy
service reform. as witness the follow
ing notice published by him in q
Hawaiian newspapers:
Desiring that my nominations to u
bureau of navigation. navy departmen
for the position Of midshipman fro
our territory shall be- of the very De
available. I hereby invite the apple.
ton of any young man who believes
can pass the examination. The eligibI
ity IS from l5 90 30 years. by calir
at my -Fdce he or they viii be fu
nished with any and all Information d
sired. Signed. j. Kalanianaole, del
sate-eleCt