The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-06

i6ent and his wife The secretary of
state and Mrs Hay. who would logic
ally have asked a few ambassadors.
ministers and gayiy decked foreigners.
had an exceedingly modest assem- blage,
Henry James. the novelist, being the
nearest approach to a foreigner or a
lion But the secretary of the treasury
and Mrs. Shaw planned an astonishing
array of high titles and gewgaws. The
French ambassador and Madam JUS
serand. the British ambassador and
Lady Durand on the some list would
I'LL any host with pride. but their pres
ence was extremely embarrassing to-
the president and to themselves. When
an ambassador condescends 10 go out
TO dinner he wants to share the honors
with no one. Sir Mortimer. who is by
tar the most impressive figure in the
corps and who takes himself Ear more
seriously than is consistent with local
customs, walked behind NJ. Jusserand.
fourth in line from the guest of honor.
the president. NJ. Jusserand views this
little mix-up with equanimity. and is
rot stickler for precedence. He was
much more concerned abouA-the per-
turbation OF his colleague than about
his own insignificant position
On Tuesday of this week both the
British and French ambassadors were
asked to meet the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt at another cabinet dinner.
This time the host was the secretary of
war, with whom the Britisher is on
terms of intimacy, and he begged off.
once was enough for him.
FaVorites Are Played.
Some of the senatorial families have
genuine complaint about the way ia
vors are distributed in gaining admit
tance to the White House when the
public leVeeS are in progress About
& oil oh
contingent are selected week after
week to assist in the Blue room, and
these are provided with blue slips
which permit their carriages to enter
the grounds from the south and gain
immediate admittance into the man
Sion- The remainder of the senators,
IL they bring ladies with them, are
compelled TO fall into line, and some
times spend two hours. either waiting
in the streets in their carriages. or
standing in the corridor in the White
House, before they can penetrate to
the receiving party. The six or eight
especially favored enter the door to the
White House reserved for ambassadors
and diplomats. Until things are ar
ranged differently very few of the SEN
ators or their wives will accept the
presidents invitation to the evening
levees. They aisdain to elbow their
V y through the crowd with Tom, Dick
ana Harry. ~ lOiiE do SDttldl IiSItSS
is found for the diplomats, the justices
OF the supreme court, and the hand
some young men who assist as military
aides in the picturesque part of the
pageant.
When it comes down to genuine en-
joymeut in official life, it is the humble
secretary who has all the fun. Having
no position and expecting none, he ac-
Cepts his invitations. sits where he is
put, eats, drinks and is merry, makes
himself popular with the hostess, and
is sure TO stretch his legs under the
same mahogany time and again.
Had to Cut Down.
In the absence of the German am
bassador, it fell 70 Baron Bussche to
entertain a large company on Friday,
the 9th. to commemorate the kaiser's
birthday. Usually, the fete day is cele-
brated by a reception to which scores
Of German Americans from this and
other cities are asked. Unlike the aver
age emigrant, the German retains for
generations his devotion to the father
land and to its rulers He Will come
any distance and endure all kinds Of
hardship to attend a feStivity at the
embassy. Indeed the desire of we'll
meaning Germans to take part in social
f. stivities of the embassy became so
great that the present representative
of the ka User had to draw a closer line
than his predecessor. DR.. Won Holle-
ben. That worthy diplomat sent out
hundreds of invitations every year on
the kaiser's birthday feast Last year
Baron Won Sternberg contented himself
With asking the members of his staff
To dinner and some two dozen friends
10 join the company afterward and
drink the kaiser's health. This course
has not Increased the barons popular
ity. but it has lent more dignified
aspect to the celebration.