The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-17

into International fame, the ono cross
ing from America to MI career IN
tho Orient, and the other coming from
tho Orient to fill a carcerNin America.
These lads were w. Morgan Shuster, who,
as Treasurer General of Persia, holding
tho pursestrinGs OF the boy Shah, has
lately been knocking somo sonorous
growls out OF the Russian hear, and
Alfred SEE. who has just been accred-
tied as Chinese minister to Washingt ton.
Young SIC was cadet in the reg iinent
OF which Shuster was colonel, and on
drill days used to button his Manchu
queue inside his, shirt. In those. days
he was student attache under Minis.
ter Yang, and after earning his sheep
skin in Washington took a.collegiate
degree at Cornell In tho past fifteen
years he has held in China. public Of
fees of increasing responsibility. He
is now in his mid -thirties, and knows
America better than any of his pre-
decessors ~.
Among other ministers who will now
enjoy their first season in official So
ciety here are senor Antonio Rivero.
Of Cuba: Romulo s. Naon. of Argentina:
Senior General Pedro Nei Ospinu, OF
Columbia; DR.. Alberto Membreno. of
Honduras; DR.. Carlos Maria dc Pana,
of Uruguay: Senior Don Eduardo Sua-
req, of Chile; Scion Menos, Haiti, and
u. Haventth. of Belgium.
American Wives as Assets.
Like his predecessor. Count dc Buis-
secret. the new Belgian minister, Mr..
IIavenith, has an American wife, who
Is a daughter OF tho ato Charles
Foulke. millionaire art connoisseur of
Washington. She married tho young
diplomat when he was an attachc OF
tho Belgian legation here under Baron
Moncheur, who, too. had all American
wife. the daughter of Powell Clayton.
our former ambassador to Mexico.
Needless to cay, rich American
wife 10 valuable asset to a diplomat
accredited to America, and it may be
added that about the only class of
titled foreigners who mako satisfs Glory
husbands for American women are
these astute diplomatists. whose pro-
fess!on leaves them no time for that
idleness which is forever breeding vice
in tho mobiles Of the leisure class.
American Girls at the Bosrd.
Scores Of American girls have taken
hands at the diplomatic chess game
ever since Cornelia. the. daughter of
De Witt Clinton. set the example of
marrying NJ. Edmond Genet, one of
the French ministers accredited TO
President Washington's Republican
court. 1t was but shortly afterward-
in Jeftersen's administration-tha the
fair Fanny, daughter OF General John
Gadwalader, OF Philadelphia married
tho British minister, David Montague.
afterwsrd Lord Erskine. And there
followed not many years later pre-
cedent for NJ. Bakhmetieff's marriage
TO a Washington girl Thie was when
President Van Buren witnessed the
WEDDING of the Russian minister, Baron
De Bodisco, to a Georga town schools
Girl of sixteen. Miss Harriet Beall
Williams, who was given away by
Henry Clay, and ono OF whose brides
maids walked to the altar upon the
arnr'of a man destined TO be President
James Buchanan.
Following these lucky foreigners To
Washington came in later years n long
procogsion of diplomats with American
Jconsofts, including. in ourtime, the
first French ambassador here, NJ, Pa L
1 anotre, who had married Miss ElYcr-
son, OF phiiadelphia;tth the present French
amhassadorsM Iusserand, whose vito
Ia the daughter of George T, Richards,