The daily sentinel., 1913-05-31
AMBASSADOR HAS.
EXPENSIVE J0B|.
FOR SALARY
Associated Press.

I
Paris, May 3l.-The American at
nome who reads of the difficulty of
lihdlng suitable ambassadors because
the salaries are so small may wonder
why SlI 800 a year isn't enough for
any American family to live on
whether at home or abroad. That
sum does seem sufficient and more 10
the everyday onlooker until ne sees
what an ambassador and his wife
are expected and really compelled to
DO. Then doubts may arise.
lhe tirst serious thing is the house.
When the ambassador reaches his
ned OF work he begins to realize that
ms country Will be judged by what
ne does; that he is no longer an in
ulFldual American who may act as
ne pleases about most things: but
that his country will be misiudged
unless he conforms, to some extent
at least, TO the ways in which other
ambassadors do things. Therefore.
ne determines that he should occupy
house, and not live in a flat. II
ne cannot afford a house in the CEN
Ter OF the exclusive section, ii must
at least be on the fringe of this
quarter. The house which has been
occupied in Paris by several Ameri-
can ambassadors is neither large nor
particularly imposing, yet the rent is
, 900 year unfurnished The
residence Is about one-quarter as
larBe as the British, the Russian or
peTIhah embassies. If the new am
Dassauor should decide to take over
the house of his predecessors two
thirds of his salary will go i'm rent
tie, may, by searching, find a smaller
mousse hp
apartment. The latter would save
MIN an expense of about $1,000. the
cost OF moving his household goods
from the United States to Paris and
BACK again. But even Furnished
apartment on the borders of the de-
sllaDle districts would cost him a
third of his salary.
ne ambassador and his wife. upon
thelr arrival and continuously there
after, are invited to other embassies
70 the entertainments of the high of
nclals of government, and TO the
homes of the important people of the
capital Everywhere the ambassador
ana the members of his family find
exquisite dinners, flowers. numerous
servants. beautiful costumes. He
does not choose his associates: thev
are made for him by his position as
ambassador OF the United States.
lie is not invited on personal
grounds, but because he is the am
bassador of one OF the great govern
hents. II he were not invited. the
government of the United States
might have just cause for complaint
IL he did not go freely among his
colleagues and people or equal rank.
IL might have further cause for com.
plaiht' ana his work as an nmbassa-
DOR would be the more difficult. The
social life of an ambassador is so in
terwoVen with his official position
that, to fill the one serviceabIy he
must give time, thought and money
10 the other Being entertained he
must entertain. Proper feeling COM
peIs MN 10 do so, and, strive as he
may, he is drawn into expenses on
which he never reekoned. He is hu-
inflated. in his own opinion, If he
endeavors to avoid them
One American ambassador TO n con-
tlnental state. on a salary of SI7,5OO
year. once said toa friend:
read in the, American MINERS
that ! am saving money out of NV
salary. You know | live at a hotel
that ! have a hired carriage; that /
do everything about as simply as I
can, Well, have just gone over INV
DOCKS, ana ! find that during the
past twelve months have spent s37.-
600"