The Monticellonian., 1917-02-15
WANTED BY STATE DEPARTMENT FOR POSITIONS IN DiPLO-
 MATlc SERVICE.
WORK IS VERY ATTRACTIVE
Good Education and One Foreign Lam guage Required-Promotion, How ever, Usually Stops Short of the Rank of Minister
By GEORGE CLINTON.

l The positions open to young Ameri- cans are, of course, in the lower ranks ! of the foreign service, but there is d chance for promotion and if the desire 1 is to make the diplomatic service Il life employment, the man who takes a place in 1t may know that if he makes good he can work for his great and good uncle as long as he wishes.
 The other day William Phillips of Massachusetts WAS promoted to be as sistant secretary of state. One of his first acts in tnking up his new duties was to issue an appeal to young Americans to try to enter the diplo- matlc service. MT. Phillips said:
 "I appeal to the young men of the country who have the necessary edu- cational and linguistic qualities and who are interested Tn international af- fairs to consider seriously the honor able career which the diplomatic serv- fee now offers them. The department of state Is endeavoring to enlist for its foreign work the highest type of American men, and there never has been a more suspicious moment in our history in which to enter upon such a career"
 The young American who may wish to enter the diplomatic service and who succeeds in passing the eXamina- tion must not take 1t for granted that he is to be an actual diplomat, for diplomatic service includes our for eign officers who look after trade re lations and business opportunities for American firms seeking outlets.
 What Is Required.
 In order to enter the service the young American must be we'll edu- cated and be able to speak at least one language beside his own, and the second language must be one which is In use among many people. For in stance. knowledge of English and Welsh would not be sufficient, for Welsh Is in exceedingly limited use. French, German, Spanish or Italian are the languages usually to be under stood. in addition to English, by the young men who succeed in getting po- sitions in our foreign offices.
 Promotion comes in the foreign service of the United States up to d certain point, and 1t would go beyond that point perhaps in some cases were it not for the fact that the government does not pay it's ministers and ambas- sadors enough money ito sustain their positions" This means, of course, that nobody but rich man can afford to take the post of ambassador to Great Britain, to France, to Germany to l Italy, or to any other great country. Some of our ambassadors spend three or four times the amounts of their sal aries in keeping up their position
 No Freaks in Inaugural Parade.
 Word has gone out that there must be no freak exhibits" in the big inaugu- ral parade of men and women who are to march and show themselves on Pennsylvania avenue on March 5, the son will take the oath of office for the second time as president of the United States.
 The managers of the big events count it curious that so many. Ameri- cans of supposed sense have shown a disposition to believe that certain amount of buffoonery is all right on an occasion like the high one of in- ducting a president into office. All | kinds of things were suggested to the committee which it was supposed by the suggesters would add enjoyment to the occasion. The answer has been that clowns are all right in a circus and end men in a minstrel show, but that grease, paint, didos and antics are not fitting for an occasion like the coming one.
 Washington Is going to be a city of light on the nights that the inaugural visitors are here. Inasmuch as March 1 falls on Sunday this year 1t is ex- pected that the visitors attracted by the inaugural ceremonies will come on Saturday and therefore have one more day than usual to spend fin our midst" Therefore the nights are to be made like the days in the eyes of the assembled multitudes.
 City Blaze of Light.
 Pennsylvania avenue and all the streets shooting down into 1t are to be illuminated to the limit possible by the lighting powers now held by the electric companies of the district. Gas, of course, will add its glare. Business houses are not the only ones which will blaze. The broad avenues of the residence districts will be shot with light from the windows of the houses. Everybody has been asked to light up and 1t has been virtually promised that, irrespective of political afiilia- tions or of administration or anti administration views, the populace will comply with the request.
 In this part of the country there are good many hunt clubs. Over in Virginia and even on the edge of the district the willy and elusive fox ire quently is hunted by men and women in pink riding clothes, who take ditches and occasionally stone walls with the abandonment of the old-time