Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-01-11

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and Farragut square and it ia the flank
residence Of a line which years age
was known as "Millionaires' Row.
There are SO many millionaires rows
in Washington today that the name
has lost all its individual signif-
canoe.
Germany to Build New Embassy.
The German embassy 10 situated on
what is known az the Terrace" on
Massachusetts avenue just a few
doors west Of the residence Of Sena.
tor Shelby NJ. Cullom Of Illinois. al.
though it Il probable that Count Won
Bernatorn, the German ambassador,
would hold It o proper to say that
Senator Cullom lives a few houses
east Of the embassy.
The Germans have hns headquar
ters. but eve at this they are not al
together satisfied with them, and 80
they have made arrangements to build
another embassy far up on Sixteenth
street overlooking Rock Creek park.
The French embassy is up in the same
section Of the city. but France does
not W its building. It is the prop
erty of former Senator and Mrs. john
3. Henderson, one time OF Missouri,
but for many years Of Washington.
The British embassy In on Connects.
cut avenue. Great Britain also in;
tends to erect a new building for the
use Of its representatives, and like
France and Germany will 90 to the
north end OF the city near the public
park preserve.
Charm Of the Knox Home.
Secretary and Mrs. Philander Chase
Knox live in the same house they
occupied when the secretary was
attorney general Of the United States.
It IL a huge house in the very
heart Of what Is possibly the
most fashionable neighborhood in
Washington. but It is differentiated
from all the other homes Of wealth
and fashion in the Capital City. To
p~araphrase. it would seem to be true
that by their houses ye shall know
them. for the impression that one
gets after meeting with the secretary
and his wife is like the impression
that n gets from a glimpse Of the
interior Of their residence.
The secretary and his wife are i'm
mensely popular, albeit some of the
newly rich, and some OF those labor
ing under the weight OF a little brief
authority. believe that the cabinet Of
ficer and his wife are a bit o1d-ftsh
Toned. The truth Ia that although
they come from Pittsburg. the trade
center where things smell and smoke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Knox are like unto the
gentle people who lived in the days
OF our great-grandfathers and great
grandmothers, and their home Is like
unto them. 1t is simple but genu-
inc In all its appointments, and pres.
ent-day glitter is absent,
Mrs. Knox entertains a great deal
and 1t is in her drawing-room that the
rich and the politically powerful have
an opportunity to. meet poor people
whose only recommendation is brains.
The rich and the politically powerful
may have an uncomfortable quarter
OF an hour or so because of this con-
test with the reality of things intel
%lectual, but they wouldn't forego the
Knox hospitality, because to have
their anne on the standing visiting
list Of the secretary and his family
is an absolute mark of distinction.
Mistake Of Mrs. Magnificence.
An extraordinarily rich woman set
up her establishment in an extraordi-
narily magnificent residence. She
succeeded in getting into the swim.
but there were certain ones in the abb
solutely desirable circles who had held
aloof. After a month or two the wo.
mar Of riches called, as newcomers
have the right to do, upon the wives
of the cabinet ministers and the wives
of the justices of the Supreme court.
Now 1t happened that the billiant
wife of inc of the justices, a woman
whose society Is sought for nothing
else so much as her personal charm
of character and conversation, was
the first woman called upon to return
the visit of the magnificent one of
money. The wife OF the Supreme court
justice had not been at home when
called upon, and as a result the two
women had never met.
Mrs. Justice called. There were
several others callers. Mrs. Justice
did not recognize the name of Mrs.
Justice, and thinking she was Just one
of the ordinary ones, she snubbed her
and treated her with an indifference
that was more than disdain One Of
the other callers that afternoon said
that the treatment Mrs. Justice re-.
ceived was insulting.
Where three or four women are
gathered together we all know what
happens to a secret. The story went
abroad and Mrs. Magniicence knew
that she had to do something. Inyi.
tations began to come In to Mrs. Jus-
tice in pairs and sextets. She ac-
knowledged them, but in person went
not. Other Mrs. Justices and several
Mrs. Cabinet officers heard OF the
treatment Of their sister and they had
gumption enough to declare that any
woman aspiring to be a Washington
hostess who would treat even a hum
BILE calling stranger as Mrs. Justice
was treated was not of the right kind
for the Capital City society.
That Is why Mrs. Magnifcence
gives dinners and receptions and
to which many are invited
and few come.