The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-03
!: Over the Nuts and Wine !:
By FRANCES .coURTENAY BAYLOR

AS n world power. the rise in pres
tige of the United States is something
remarkable. For a very long time
after we went to housekeeping Gas 1t
were) ms an independent power we
were the poor relations of Europe
Only the most intelligent people there
Knew the difference between us and the
South American republics. They even
mixed us up with Canada and the west
Indies, and one Frenchwoman of social
distinction Ii is recorded, was SO hazy
. q s Rs 'inn-fndiai'' Gaouelques pas
dams les 1ndes.') This seems to us
since an Engiishinan of rank addressed
a letter to n lady in this country as
follows; Miss -, Winchester, Tex.
within tho last decade. that all Euro,
peans have come to know that red
indians do not roam, nor~are buffalo
to be shot within the immediate vicin-
ity of New York, Philadelphia or Bos-
ton. Americans abroad were astound-
ed to be asked: "Are you from the
Ojibway, or that other tribe, whose
name l can't remember Are all the
natives as fair as you and do they all
speak English as well as Eou?" one
Of the prettiest, fairest, best born ana
Best bred of our Virginia girls while
staying at nobleman,s In the south
or England, was amazed to be asked
by the young lordling who took her
into dinner: Was 1t your father or
q .black7' by way of first essay in
polite conversation. Another Virsintan
! family brought home governess from
England named Miss Crutchtield. whose
one idea of this country was that she
would be married off TO a millionaire
within six weeks after her arrival,
She knew SO little. too, of this country
one of her pupils. on one of their first
walks, stopped to speak TO an old
negro about some house cleaning,
most forlorn., dirty old person When
polish, to do the windows and brasses.
he concluded with: And certainly is
glad TO see you back again, my child;
waite had said: THANK you, uncle ]
am mighty glad to be back. can tell
you" the walk was resumed. Miss
crptchtieid was rapt I'M meditation Att. for
English fashion: u beg your pardon.
but-er--did l understand that that
was relative?"
You can fancy what q laugh that
| produced in the whole neighborhood
/ whenever 1t was related. Poor Miss
&c had never heard OF our southern
| fashion; she pronounced 1t most
i Riawrous" and never did clear the
! matter up TO her own satisfaction.
! think she had a lurking suspicion that
\ family skeletons We're being LOCKED |
to the altar by anybody within three
wears. she returned TO her native
heath, much disgusted with a country
whose every syllable she used 10 bring
to us an unheard-of distinetness:
''America" from her sounded as II we
had never heard of the place before
so satin-smooth and unnaturaliy sweet
was 1t, and cut out as Win bisculI
I tin.
It takes an English person, anyway,
with delicious English voice, to do
full justice to that word. We clip and
islur and hurry through 1t; make .Ss,. navos
l.Philup" and "Urlizabeth" and many
another word. and generally utterly
spoil it Well. all this is ancient his
know this country very we'll indeed
1T is not SO long since we had only
few ambassadors. All the rest Of the
Representatives OF the nations We're
diplomats in Europe who were not
scheming and intriguing and using all
their personal and family influence to
avoid being sent here. Now they are
engaged in pulling all the wires to get
here. The post is considered very i'm
portant and II they make good I'm.
preston, they are valued and promoted
by their governments.
The Embassies.
So popular is the post and so promis.
ing that we are getting some men of
the very first rank among diplomats
men like Mr.: Bryce Baron Won Moltke
count Won beTnSlOTlI, baron SpeCk Npl
Sternburg and Baron Mayor des
PIanches, Don Ramon Pima, Herr
iLagercantz and Takahira would have
been acceptable at any court in Europe.
as would Baron Rosen. We have now
eleven embassies, Turkey and China
having been the last additions to the
list. the former having been especially
established to show the United States
how China appreciated the remission
of the Boxer indemnity The represent
,tatives of every other country, includ-
ing Greece, the Dominican reppGolic,
Haiti and Panama, are ministers. With
ladies children. personal effects-train