The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26

/ III M bnSSY IRE INC Suldl b'cl 'h-
Wv fcrtainmcnts given III Wash
ipoton this winter. Invita-
| IN them are eagerly souGhf, p5rtly
,o", ,cason OF their notable exclusive
. Tho game beg ms al 10 o'clock
tho evening, and does not brcaK up
u m. mn ..vcc gma' hours arc begin
Si,,' ~ 70 WAX rather big. 1t IS always
- 6yc cents poln'-a1 "hicn rhIc
o alaycr can easily win or lose SloO or
rore nj sitting. A.. hu;,
s;onahlc amusement IN Washington
slIovs las..y as it is elsewhere. One of
'O'aer ,onnaer diplomats. the other day.
he 81 cannot afford it. because |
s%, ot n rood player. But, unless |
" ", ' ~ bc out of things, | must play;
VI" have to pay cents point TO
nu ri;b the men / want 10 play with,
Of least 2I, cents a point TO play
~, tho women | want to play with. -
Wv, S.c,onerallv speaking, the diplomatic
"a in Washington. both male and
EwI ore idlers. Hence they must
iegA,, g.g ,o,rcnpation in amusement of one
IA or another. They gamble good
nsII nissItbe men at baccarat, among them
O' H..s Often the stakes are very high.
tS..;nsf;on, rather than work. is made
~ nb;cct Of life. 1t is not surprising
W., his body Of foreigners, rich and
nn';.,lv influential, with its exotic ideas
rag,r5 TO proprictics and moralities.
I,nIj have corrupted Washington TO Il
,onsderable extent,
This has come about mainly within
,a last few wears 1t WAS formarly
,ss ease that the diplomats foc ked by
,sSmsolves TO 4 great extent, But to-
Ssy ibey practically control society CT
~: national capital. And no wonder.
The embassies have great wealth. They
,c,pny Injurious palaces, and the en-
b,.sadors. in addition TO their pay, have
lac eallowances-S50, 900 or more apiece
for entertaining. They are expected
Ny ;belr home governments to spend
lie money.
'sSmartest" Place i'll Capital.
The Anstro- Hungarian embassy has
r,yer been popular in Washington. Its
tiief, the Baron Hengelmuller Won Hen
eprvsr, is quite the reverse OF what the
french call "bon cnfant.' Many peo-
pls do not like him. But his official
establishment Is undoubtedly the
"snartestH aud most exclusive mt the
tsptal, and his wife-a woman OF high
r birth than he, and whose influence
at court IS said to hold him in his
resent place-is . very chaNning WON.
az, and the unquestioned leader of
Washington society.
This season much-admired young
baroness has appeared on the scene
.ewly at the embassy-the wife of its
aaya attache. Preuschen- -Liebeustein
Sic is CAV Austrian woman, from
lie most brilliant capital in Europe. and
toe little dinners she gives at the High
hnds, where she lives, are said TO be
delightful. oddly enough, during the.
zaly years that the iiengelmullers have
teen domicilied at the embassy on Con
Ec,icUt avenue. there has never been
sny woman connected with ii up 10 now
except the wife Of the embassador-
ave in the case of the Baroness Gisllra
IA Baltimore girl, born Helen King. and
abeautiful blcnde), who was invariably
absent when Nine. Hepgelmuller was in
Washington.
The Baroness Preuschen- -Liebenstcin
.leaks English ycrv well. So likewise
ec the wives of the new ambassador
. snd minister from Germany and Bel
gun; but this is not surprising, mas.
Euch as thcy are both American girls.
lbe new Beleian minister is Count de
EgNerct de Blaregghieu. His prcdeces-
oT. Baron Moncheur. by the way. has
eli his two daughters here for the
inter season at least-the Baroness
Marguerite. who was debutante last
spHng, and the little Baroness Kath-
'e, VINO is only six years old. The
eller ls a granddaughter of Powell
,aytou-thc two daughters being hv
i'iIerent wives.
lhc German embassy always takes q
substantial though hardly Il brilliant,
eH 10 The social life Of Washington;
uul llle new ambassador, Count ]. II
'oN bemstorif, has arrived so recently
% me scene that nobody knows as vet
gov CONSPICUOUS Il figure he will cut,
M lo[ ihe French ambassador. Jussc-
auu' ne IS disposed to be literary. and
's Wite Is rather quiet.
Dog Buns Embassy.
IN The whole, 1t may be said that the
snoas'ies arc by no means so CAV this
Sl'er as usual-especially in view OF
~ iact that the Italian ambassador.
p-'oh des Plancbes, and his wife are