Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-21
$4,000 PER YEAR
Low LIVING COST
FOR AMERICAN
AMBASSADOR
Salary of $l7,5OO Not Drop in
the Bucket Compared to
What Yankee Diplomat
Must Spend in Paris.
FEW REQUIREMENTS
OF AN AMBASSADOR


tN~~osfnted Press Corrcsponacnce)
fnriH. April ~. The American at
home who rcBdE of the difficulty Of
hndinR suitable ambassadors because
the salaries are np small may wonder
why $1,000 a year isn't enough Tor
any American family 10 live on
Z whether al home or abroad THAT
narl does seem sufficient ana more
90 the everyday uniookcr until he
sees what an ambassador and his wife
are expected and really compelled to
DO. Then doubts may arise
The first serious thing H. the
house When the ambassador reach
~ mis- field of work he begins 10 re-
alike that he is no longer an indl-
Niduai American who may net as he
pieaHcs about most things. but that
MS country VIII be misiudgcd uniuss
he conforms. ~ some extern a. least
60 THE ways In which other arnhasna.
doris do things. Therefore he deter.
mines that he should occupy q house,
and not live Ia that a. he cannot
AFFORD a house Ia the center 81 the
exclusive section u must az least be
On the fringe of ihlr quarter The
house which has been occupied ia
Paris by several American ambasan-
dors n neither large nor particularly
I imposing. yet tho rent Us Ai2 400 "a
year unturnlshed The residence "
about Onc-quurter aa large 40 the
British. the Russian or the Uermnn
embnssies " the new ambassador
should decide 90 take over tho house
Of his predecessors. tWl-thirds Of his
salary viii go in rent lie may. by
searching. find a smaller house or he
may engage q furnished apartment
Tho miter would save him an ex-
, pense of about $1,000. the cos, or
moving his household goods fisai the
I ia "a IL
again. But even furnished apart
meme on the borders 81 the desirable
districts would cost him "A third of his
salary.
The Ambassador and his wife. upon
their arrival and continuously there
after, are invited TO other embassies
| u the entertainments OF the high Of
hcinls OF government. and to the
I homes of the important people OF the
capital Everywhere the amha SSH dor
ana the members Of his family find
exquisite dinners. flowers. numerous
servants. beautiful costumes. He
does not choose his associates They
are nude for him hy his position as
ambassador Of the United states
tie Is not invited on pers NAL
grounds. bat because he IN the ann
oassador 81 one of the great govern
ments. " he were not invited, the
government Of the United states
II he did not go freely among his
colleagues ana people Of equal rank
| u might have further cuuse OF COM
! paint and his work as am ambassa-
I dor would be the more dinlcuit The
{ social life of an ambassador is 80 in
! itfwuNen with his official position
that 40 on the one serviceabiy he
must give time, thought and money
4 tv the other. Being entertained. he
must entertain Proper feeling CONF
J pcla him ~ do 80. ana strive rs he
may he III drawn into expenses on
! which he never reckoned. He N hu-
/ INFLATED. in his own opinion al he
endenYors 10 avoid them
1 one American ambassador 60 a
! continental sintv. on Is salary OF ST.
/ 300 year, once saih lo "a freud
read la The American papers
mat i am saving money out of my
/ salary You know | live az "a hotel.
mat have a hired carriage. ihut 1
do everything about as simply as I
can. Wen. : haVe'iusi gone over my
books, aud find that during the past
twelve months J have spent S37. 900 "
The congress OF experimental psy-
chulugy devoted "a Held day recently
10 investigating the claims Of the
manipulatDrs of the divlning-rod. The
results obtained We're Mterr4iine but
the psychologists were obliged 60 al.
nit thnt thes could offer no satisfag-
tory explanation Of thu strange gifts
Of the operators
some twenty "rhabdnmancisfs' av-
lccptcd the Invitation of the congress
ana met Professor Wire. 0l the Nat
ural History museum. who was o.
direct the experiments at the nua
dc Aincennes. Professor Wire had
selected tho ground for the sxpefi
menus ana a. special map had been
| prepared hy the prefecture 90 the
Seine First ~ all A. Wire called
upon uli operators who thuuehl
themselves able 90 ioeate under.
ground caves Co slpp forward -Four
men responded Mcssrs. penfrat. lee
hrum, Currnngos nnd prost They
We're led Go distant points of the tor-
rain, and told Ga begin
Armed with rods az cunc. whale
bone uf metal the four men advanced.
slowly and deliberately pOising thriI
instrumental. which oaciiiatcd under
the action Of the faculty of diNiuU-
ton. First a. pclatrnl announced q
dry cavity nt n depth of rs yards Il
glance 40 the map showed This a. Boz
absolutely correct Next M. FROST an.
nounced the presence 81 subtcr-
rnncnn quarry describing the ont.
line uud giving various details. am al
which were found 10 be- more or les,
correct The results obtained bN az,
other two were ma less extraordinary
They found dry caves nt will N
pclntrat even discovered "a seam o
coal at depth which he estimated
az liO Yards The official map diU
not mention this coal, but az an ths
, other statements made hN the "rhnb|
dumnncisls have been found to ln
perfectly correct. the scientists saw
no reason 90 doubt tho truth uf this