Arizona republican., 1921-04-04
DIPLOMATIC DANES

faithful account of her life as the wife of a diplomat. If ever the vol urne is published it should be a use full handbook for the wives of ambi- tious young secretaries and attaches.
 Madame Grouitch is American born. The chief qualification for a diplomatic post in Washington of late years seems to have been an Amer ican wife; so many of the embassies and legations have American mis- tresses. Madame Jusserand, wife of the ambassador from France and dean of the diplomatic corps, was Miss Elsie Richards of Philadelphia Though Lady Geddes, wife of the British ambassador, is an English woman, she was born in this country and spent the greater part of her girlhood here The diplomatic rou- tine seems to be, send a young, un- married secretary to Washington. marry him to an American girl and later send him back as the head of his country's mission.
 American Women Good Diplomats
 The American woman seems to have been a success in the diplomatic field. Seldom if ever does news lear out of an American envoy recalled through some break on the part of his wife. The young secretary attached to the embassy or legation in Wash ingtOn married to an American girl and sent away to other diplomatic posts is usually successful. During the past few years there have been numerous such marriages. Among them one recalls the marriage o1 Major Marriott of the British embas- sy staff to Miss Maud Kahn. daugh- ter of Otto Kahn of New York, the tvy,o oy-,-ia @f T~r A | herrera of the legation of Ecuador tc | Miss Argenta Perkins, and the mar riage of Captain R. R. Glen of the l British staff to Miss Jane Story. | It will be remembered also, thai
 Major Crauford Stuart, the storn | center of a. slight diplomatic unpleas- l antness between our government ant | Great Britain, married an American | girl shortly before his return home | which was at the request of tn | White House, it is said. Owing t
 the nature of the disagreement ovel | Major Stuart it is difficult to sa,
 whether or not having an American wife upon his arrival instead of hi
 departure might have averted tn
 trouble. Lord Grey returned to Eng | land himself a few months later ant it was whispered his return wa hastened by the Stuart incident. 
 It is probably owing to the import
 ance of a wife in the diplomatic gam
 that one finds but few bachelors am
 widowers at the head of missions. A bachelor or unattached secretar. or attache is welcomed at any capita The bachelor diplomat offers to tn ambitious society woman an oppor
 tunity to enter the diplomatic gam ,i by marriage, which is at present tn
 only opportunity open to her. It ha
 been predicted, however, that tn
 world will before long see a woma at the head of important diplomat
 missions. Lady Astor has alread
 suggested to the British governmen l that a feminie ambassador to tn United States would undoubtedly b successful. The suggestion cam |, shortly after the return home of Eal Grey and it was understood that hi
 failure was largely responsible fo Lady Astors remarks.
 Whether or not President Hardin | will send a woman abroad to repre- sent his administration is not knowr
 Probably he will not, but it is saf to assume that he is scanning wit the utmost care the histories of tn
 wives of his prospective representa- tives.