Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-01-20
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other countries were appointed to serve in Wash
ington before he was.
The British embassy a great building on Con-
necticut avenue, whose warm red brick exterior
has recently received coat of yellow paint, al
ways has been the scene of frequent social hosp-
tally. Today it has, as ambassador and host,
genial and naturally social chief Lady Geddes
is American born, a fact which probably is duly
appreciated by her husband today in more ways
than one for this American wife of British am
bassador knows what the visiting foreigners expect
and what Americans expect, and knows how 20
coalesce things so that the social current moves
smoothly although 1t must move rapidly
The Japanese are great entertainers All wash
ington likes to go to the affairs given either by
the Japanese ambassador, Baron Shidehara, and
his wife the baroness, by his juniors in rank
and place. Ordinarily the japanese ladies wear
the evening gowns of western usage but occasion
ally and probably with signs of relief they appear
in the comfortable and beautiful costumes OF the
homeland A real Japanese reception is feast
for the eye and Washington today more than ever
before knows what real japanese social affairs
can be in picturesque effectiveness.
The Baroness Shdehara, who left Washington
scme months ago with her children. has recently
returned. During her absence the ranking lady
was Nine. Saburi, wife of the first secretary OF
the embassy and in the absence of the wire OF
the ambassador she acted as hostess at the great
Saburi formerly was lady in waiting to the empress
Of Japan and her husband, Mr.. Sadao Saburi was
tutor to the crown prince Both are clever I'M
GUSTS, speaking English fuently.
1t is customary for all hostesses of embassies
and legations to be assisted at receptions teas
or whatnot by the members of the stairs, their
wives sisters, daughters and mothers if they hap
pen to possess them. One rarely hears of an enter
tainment being given by diplomat outside of the
official residences 1t naturally follows that these
official homes must be of generous dimensions
Some few are owned by the home governments
but the majority are leased The Mexican gov
eminent has purchased the residence on Sixteenth
street Of former secretary of the treasury, Frank
lin MacVeagh for use an embassy. Russia
whose emissary occupies an anomalous diplomatic
nosition owing to the chaotic condition of Rus
sian governmental affairs, purchased the great
Pullman residence some years ago. 1t stands on
sixteenth street few blocks north of the White
House. Just across the street from the Mexican
embassy the Cuban government has erected most
nretentious legation to house its representatives
The British government owns It's embassy and the
legations of China, the Netherlands and Siam are
the property of the countries which they represent
All the foreign official residences are located with
in q certain radius, wide one to be sure, in the
northwestern part of the national capital.
During the ,,.sst few years and since the war the
embassies and legations have increased materially
In
here Twelve of them are embassies and "a are
legations AS soon as international relations are
thoroughly established between the United States
and Germany and Austria there will be two
Before the limitation of ornaments conference
brought the vast number of temporary diplomats
to washington there were approximately 400 mem
bors of the corps in residence here. Four embas
eies and one legation presided by
on who before their marriages, Americans
This is not large number compared with some
farmer years. when the number ran up to more
Than twice that. 1t is interesting to learn what
,oix-ture Of natonalities through intermarriage
tbnre is in the diplomatic corps OF Washington
FOR example, Rumania is represented by Prince
Rihesco whose wife, the princess is the daughter
&c former Premier Asquith of Great Britain.
The assistant military attache/of the Italian
hassv is Captain Carlo Huntington, whose last
name indicates his American ancestry. Many Euro
mean diplomats have contracted international mar
riapes but those from the Latin-American coun-
tries and from Asia almost invariably marry
en- of their own race. However the counselor of
the Chinese legation, Mr. Yung Kwai, has, for his
wife. Massachusetts woman. They have large
family of children who unlike the majority of
roreign children in Washington are being brought
up as Americans.
The past year has seen many changes in the
personnel of the diplomatic corps. Italy has sent
a new ambassador, Senior Ricci, who with his
wife, the a1nbassadress, are taking an important