The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-08
H|eHPR|CED HONOR.
It Costs to Represent Uncle Sam
at a Foreign Court.
HEDGED ABOUT BY DIGNITY.


Trials and T~ribulations That esset !
New Ambassador csrsmonies n,
Which He Must Participate and For
Which He Must Give Lavish Tips.
An unofficial American can live more
economically abroad than at home
that IL q fact. Food IL cheaper. Sery-
ants work for less money. This being
80, why is it not possible for an nm.
~pretentious Yankee diplomat t. live In
Europe for the anne money az in
America? | put the question to 4 for
mer ambassador who has lived In Lon
don, Paris and Rome.
"They tell me one can 60 to the mar.
ket and buy a part Of q chickens
wing or q drumstick. Think Of 1t.
Food must be cheap there"
But the ambassador cannot sally
forth with q market basket on his
arm" said the retired diplomat.
That sums up the difficulty. An am
bassador cannot do anything for him
self. So he is q shining mark for ev-
erybody. There Is nobody SO helpless
In America. except the poor taxpayer.
Let us look into II.
International law, which Is as full Of
dne spun distinctions as common law
or domestic law. regards an ambas-
sador as the direct personal represents
tive Of the ruler Of his country and
ordains that he be treated in u manner
betting such a very important per-
o II This accounts for the ceremony
attending the< ambassadors ~presenta-
ton Of the presidents letter of Gre
dence to the sovereign. In detail the
function varies In different countries.
but the continental custom Is in gen
eral as follows:
At the day and hour fixed by the
king, emperor Or president q court
functionary Of high degree in gorgeous
uniform appears at the abode Of the
new American ambassador. BE Ia ac-
companied by numerous other person
ages, somewhat lower In rank. but
uniformed In equally bright colors. He
is provided with three court carriages.
together with attendants and outriders.
He is In command Of q mounted escort
and, last. but not least, Of a white
plumed band, accoutered with instru
ments Of glittering brass.
The American ambassador, probabl,
flustered by the ceremony. is con
Quoted to the first Of the carriages
which is drawn by eight horses. He IL
politely waved to the back seat. while
his personal escort, instead OF sitting
by his side. takes the seat facing him.
The Yankee diplomat wears a frock
coat-Prince Albert, he calls it-and Q
silk hat, and his gloves, dictated by
his wife, are Of gray suede.
Across from him sits the chief func-
tionary, attired with q brilliance sci
dom seen outside of comic opera.
In solemn stately procession the car
riages and outriders, preceded BY the
mounted troop. with the resonant band
In the van. take up the march to the
palace On both sides Of the thorough
fare ID a curious. gaping crowd. At
that the many corps de garde soldiers
come out and present arms. and when
the American ambassador, a. plain
man, perhaps, arrives at the palace
there is an elaborate presentation of
arms and a beating Of drums that com
pletely take the gimp out of him.
Unexpectedly simple d the Q
ereign's reception of the new diplomat.
but after It IL over the American must
again endure the ceremonious process
sional back to his domicile. Then
comes the shock.
The first secretary explains that the
sun must not set before the p~ourboire
il distributed This. the ambassador
learns. b French for tip. He also
! learns that the transportation to and
from the palace has q purse string to
it. The keeper Of the royal stables
must be tipped.
'It is an inviolable custom" insists
the frst secretary.
"How much7' asks the nedglins dip
lomat.
'For an ambassador says the 6rst
secretary. 1.-THE rule 10 500"
There 40 probably an explosion. bnt
In the end the Ambassador pays,
A. London editor. who was born In
America and received bis newspaper
training on this side Of the water. ONE
said:
"You nm safely are 4 present. II
not q gratuity. to IA ofacial .hel0se.
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