Arizona republican., 1921-11-15
Washington Entertains the World

the same capacity. Associated with MT. Patchin in his work are Henry Suydam and a corps of assistants.
 The Washington newspapermen formed an organzation to cooperate with the State Department in hand ling the newspapermen here for the conference. This organization is com posed of two members from each of the following organizations: The National Press club. the Standing Committee of Correspendence-r resenting those men detailed at the press galleries of Congress-the White House reporters, the report CTS regularly assigned to the State. War and Navy Departments, and those who cover the Treasury De- partment This organization is known as the American Press Coun- ell.
 The council has conferred with Secretary of State Hughes, and is working in complete harmony with the State Department. MT. Patchin and MT. Suydam. The council has taken oyer the handling of creden- tiaIs the matter of seating the cor respondents at open meetings of the Conference. and is interested also in facilitating the work of the out
 of town and out-of- country news paper workers. The council has in- terested itself also in seeing that the visiting newspapermen get quarters, and in providing entertainment for them during their stay in Washing ton.
 Society a Serious Matter. Going hand in hand with the seri- ous business of discussions from | which 1t is hoped the world may | emerge free from the financial bur- dens entailed by great armies and nayies in the business, serious also of entertainment. Official parties
 of all sorts got under way immediate ly the first delegation reached Washington. The State Department | has a hand in this always. Careless seating arrangements at & formal semi official dinner would cause envy and bitterness, secret perhaps. but 1 none the less deep seated. Glittering 1 function must be met by glittering l function in return. This side of the l conference is taken almost as serious | ly as If national honor were at stake i on the official dining tables.
 i It is worthy of note that the visit | ing delegations have the extra-terri i torial rights accorded to embassies | and legations of other powers in tht | United States. This carries with | many privileges, including that ot l laughing with impunity at the ef- l forts of the dry organizations tt 1 make the purchase, possession ant | consumption of alcoholic beverages { 1 crime.
 1 Rumor has 1t that the British dele l gation is best supplied with ordinary l forbidden liquid accompaniment fol | the social affairs which it will b' | host. Some of the other delegations | were little conservative in theil 1 estimates of their needs, but thes' 1 deficiencies are being reme6led rap l idly. The story is told that an at tache of the British delegation wal
 shown the wine list brought int i Washington by the Japanese 'emmis
 saries. q see you didn't intend t | do any entertaining" the Englishmai
 commented. The Japanese are re ported to have quadrupled their stocl
 on this suggestion.
 Sidelights on national characteris | tics are coming to light as the con l ference gets under way. The waiter
 at the big hotel where the Japanes
 are quartered are confiding to thei
 regular patrons their agreeable sur
 prise at the ease with which tn
 wants of the Far Fasteners are sat isified. When half a dozen are din : ing together, one Japanese will giv
 an order to the waiter and the bal
 ance of them immediately signif.
 they will take the exactly same thing |. Evidently they expected the oriental
 to demand for their sustenance bam
 boo shoots or birds nest soup.