New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20

A oRBAT PEACE MAKER. he D,s-y -
Jsmes otlaiin. sscreiary 20 AlosTt -
TN irs.lgT VIII AZ introduction % VS.
count Rr1-cA illustrated SO. 30. XIII, 81
Chsrie. scribrers aDns
When Albert Gsllstin departed for
Europe a. one % the three ENJOYS from
this country 20 negotiate the peace with
England, century ago, he took WIN
him. as his private secretary, ms son
James. then in his seventeenth year
The youth. following custom 'hcn
more common than now, kept Diary
from the day OF their sailing, IN lsl5'
through his fathers term as Minister 10
France. and his final diplomatic service
on a special mission 20 London, ms last
entry being dated October I. 49,"
This diary - now gwen 70 US oS
one o. his descendants. fifteen years
after the date originally set for us
publication. Il has some historical
value as throwing light upon the
difficulties that beset Gallatin.s ms
sion Of peace; 10 e remarkably can
did upou the subjec; Of his fellow-com-
missioncrs. especially John Quincy Al
ANS. whom our Young man describes az
exceedingly difficult to get along with
but its interest lies chiefly IN the pet
uyes he draws Of the life in the Paris
o. that period, Of the prominent per
manages that moved IN II, from LOUIS
XVIII downward. and in the anecdotes
with which he enlivens his pages. mere
"a rlentv Of scandal here, retailed with
nave relish, concerning the great ana
the mighty-the gossip OF the court ana
he 1nryIggcFc Tor lanes
Gallatin was a gay young BLADE, VINO en-
loved lie 20 the utmost. His utterly
unconscious Self-reN citation Is dehc'ous.
Tina. he became an cNpatraie, tnat ne
confessed 20 his diary that after Pans,
London and ST. Petersburg he couiG
never live IN America again, where al
was so crude rs perhaps undertahd-
bic m the case Of one transplanted so
Young from our early republican SIM
picity 90 the pomp and circumstance
aud grsCes OF courts ana dlplomACN'
Nor can one take IN bad part the tlnge
o. snobbcry that coiorcd the en'hus'-
asm with which be began TO play ms
part in this dazzling social show. j.
Mas he Who engaged the servants
maiordomo. two house footmen. Two
carriage footmen. p chef, and vale
for himself who evil call me Excel
lercv." He also engaged three MAIDS
call pretty 4 chose them. don't
no, wha. mamma viii say when she
sees them" Mamma. indeed, was
somewhat Of = trial 10 his sef-con-
scious world ness az first. though later
her simple dignity and the respect IN
which it was held treasured hlm. StlA'
she persisted m treating HIM a boy
him who always carried lady nanG-
kcrchicf as have found u such n hclp
in making acquaintance with pretty
ladies: Madame, ] think this must be
YOURS" And he quite wins our heart'
when he ends an account o. wlio car
nivsl night with the cry OF anguish
ooh, my head. this morning.
There was sn occasional shadow upon
this happy young mans elegant Soclai
career. He tasted the bitterness OF the
social snub. Most amlably received by
the Faubourg s.. German and the
members Of the continental embassies
he confesses that ne was great ia
vorite with the ladies OF both the great
and the hslf-world ne complains OF the
aloofness Of the attaches OF the British
legation. In fact. he soon came 70 the
conclusion that he liked neither Eng
land nor the English. The celebrated
Comtesse de Boigne. she Of the me
moirs. was ou,Tageous.y rude al = din
uer At court;
In a loud tone she expressed her
astonishment az the presence OF VI.
Gala,in and his wife. II
seems this 20, 10 the Kings ears,
who was much annoyed, ana
d.