The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
ny RrDOLpH DIE ZAPP.

NlAuAlln AuL uGlluEEo 0AtCENA ~ NV NNN-
sustained during the South Omaha riots,
last February, aggregating S226,J62. and
additional claims by Greek laborers for
losses Of personal effects amounting TO
sll.O0e.
The State Department at present is in
vestigating the claims and, If found cor
rect. Uncle sam will make good in due
time II the trouble with the Greeks in
South Omaha had taken place a few
years ego they would have had no min
ister to appeal TO ln Washington. for It
is only since December. 1901. that old
Hellas has been represented a; the
American Capital
The treasury OF Greece is never in a
very oyernowmg condition. Its country.
for this reason principally. is run on lines
Of economy, maintaining as small dip
lomatic service as absolute necessity de-
mands. Until emigration from Greece be
gan 10 increase there was but little dip
lomatic business between it and the
United States. hence there was no reason
for maintaining a legation here, but
since the present Minister. Mr.. Coromilas.
presented his credentials a little over
year ago. he has found abundant work
10 occupy him. and has been a friend IN
need 10 his countrymen in their various
troubles.
EIc is recognized as an authority on
governmental finance and has published
a volume discussing the taxes and other
financial questions iD a comprehensive
and exhaustive treatise. lie had been a
contributor to well-known Greek news
papers and periodicals, but seldom signs
his articles. The first discovery made by
the envoy on his arrival in this country
was that the American woman is more
stunninEly beautiful than even the most
attractive women Of his own most an
Gent and classic Greece. TO use Mr..
Ccromilss own words in this matter:
Il never saw greater resemblance be
tween the women OF two different races
than between those Of your own country
and those Of our pre-Ielenic period. Our
excavations In Greece have very recently
restored 20 use this ancient type Of beau
~ She wore corsets; in consequence.
her fern was the slender-waisted figure
OF the American woman Of to-day. Her
features. too. were much the same, but
] DO not hesitate 20 say that the Arneri-
can woman's are more beautiful"
OF the Gibson" type Of women. NJ
Coromilas said that the artist had done
the American women an injustice: that
Gibson I'm his conception makes her too
gross, TOO coarse type.
Your women are much more refined
than the great high-shOuldered creatures
that this artist depicts. ! should say he
las struck the characteristic note in the
4 naHnH- A naarHnan
man reaches the distinctive American
masculine product as no other artist or
your country has reproduced
For New York NJ Coromilas has the
highest admiration. He said:
Il look upon New York as a remark
able city II is much more of a success
as a great metropolis than London. for
there they have spread over so much
ground that the city is cumbersome and
impossibly large. Your New York is
much cleverer. too. Your skyscrapers
hold thousands OF people IN Offices which
would take hours 10 reach In London.
Americans think while they rush along,
don't they?
NJ. Coromilas is suave. polished. and
gracious. combining with these accom-
plishments something Of me blase air OF
the Partisan bOulevardier and the courtly
manner Of the trained European diplo-
mat He was born in 1856. and is
bachelor. and when he arrived in this
country first there were quite a number
Of rumors connecting his name with
those OF a number OF wealthy young
American heiresseS Up 20 this time
nothing has come Of these reports. and,
in fact. il may be said that there was no
truth I'm them II is 10 be doubted
whether the Greek ever seriously thought
oI q lowered American bride at this
stage Of the game. for he is past fifty,
and his hair and beard are gray. which,
however 10 the enthusiastic young Amer
lean feminine eye. is rather an attraction
and fascination than a drawback. NJ
Coromilas has a distinguished appear
apce. He stands over SIX feet and IS
1.-THE and graceful IN his movements.
which may be ascribed 10 the fact thai
he has ever been a most devoted admirer
or the art Of fencing as a means OF
physical culture
The minister looks well I'm uniform,
which is a consideration OF some impor-
tance in diplomatic and social life every
where. Gold lace and gold buttons al
ways did have. and never viii cease to
have. a certain subtle power and fascj-
nation for most everybOdy--nOt only
girls, but men as wei. Most importsn;
OF all from a Washington standpoint he
is az excellent conversationalist, speak
ing a number Of languages with grace
and facility, being more at home, how
ever, with the French than with any
other. excepting his own native tongue.
The Greek wears long mUstaChes. the
ends of which stand out aggressiveIy.
but are not turned up after the dis
carded fashion Of Kaiser Wilhelm, who.
since he recently burned the ends OF his
mustache while lighting a cigarette. de-
cideG TO shorten them, which gives him
a less warlike aspect NJ COrOmilas
has big dark eyes, and his complexion
Is swarthy.
Having been educated in France and
Germany. where he attended the Uni
versity Of Tuebingen. Wurttemberg. the
diplomat speaks the languages Of botn
these countries His English. by the
way, is that OF boOks-he taught himself
by reading Mark Twain and Kipline.
with the aid Of a dictionary As might
be expected of a scholarly native o.
Greece. NJ COrOmilas is more than fond
Of history. and that he takes the deepes,
interest n modern as we'll as ancient
history viii not appear surprising when
il is explained that he IS the great
grandson Of the famous Greek patriot
CorOmiias who. in the Greek war OF In
dependence, IN 1891, was captured by the
Turks at the battle Of Camatirou ana
left impaled for three days while efforts
were made 10 compel him to divulge IN
formation regarding the movements or
the revOlutiOnists. His fathers name
was Andreas Coromilas, and he Is well
known In public affairs connected with
the Greek government: and his mother
was born Maria Pitsipios