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peaceful mission bent with no thought of burning
the capitol and the White House, or of driving
President and Mrs. Harding into hurried flight,
with few executive raluables gathered up under
their arms.
The great conference of discussing the limita
tion of armaments and Far Eastern problems has
overshadowed all things, The foreign diplomats
in Washington with their secretaries. councillors
and attaches and with the wives sisters and daugh-
ters, f they had them, always have been strong
factors in the solving of the problem of how to
keep capital society moving. With thousand
two additional foreigners here to buttress the So
clal efforts, the really necessary social Efforts of
the resident diplomats. the Old World has had
powerful social hand over the New World as 1t is
represented in this good capital of the United
States
The White House, of course, dominates the en-
bassies In every social sense, but 1t is the only
seat of social activity and social influence in WASH
tngton which has so dominated them this winter.
In society, interest in the foreigners and in their
doings temporarily has clouded interest in the So
ciai dongs of the congressional the Judiciary the
army and navy and the residential coteries.
All the visiting foreigners, great and near great
have made the embassies of their country their
rallyng places There have been so many of the
French British, 1talinn, Japanese and others here
that no embassy has been big enough to hold all
Its co,ntrymen even for rapidly coming and 60
ing reception. but the embassies are home soil and
there not only is the national standard displayed
for each country, but there is set also what may
be called the social standard for all the "alen do
Ings."
: The ambassadors and ministers of foreign coun-
tries and their families always have been hos
pitably inclined. 1t is, of course. part of dplo.
matic duty to maintain relations with other coun.
tries through the medium of the teacup They
are back today to pre-war conditions with n good
deal added to make them powerfully attractive
Jules j, Jusserand, ambassador from France
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this country to assume the duties of his Office
February {, 1903 This gives him ten years more
service than his nearest competitor, Senior Riano,
the ambassador from Spain. During this nearly
of years Ambassador Jusserand has SO In.
marzed himself with Americans and American
affairs that he well might be called an American
himself
The social activities Mt the great French en-
bassy on Sixteenth street are directed by Nine
.Jlisserand who wms born of American parents
residing in Paris at the time of her birth She
speaks French and English equally well. As hosts
the French ambassador and his gracious wife have
no suDeriors in this any other city. 1t is ap.
parent to anyone at all familiar with the person.
mel OF the foreign colony In Washington that the
dean of the corps and his wife looked up to
as leaders for whom and all have a sincere
admiration and deep affection. This is the feeling
also OF most people who know them, for the Jus
serands have made many strong and lasting friend
ships In the large circle of Americans who through
tie cxigencies OF politics, have been here for
longer shorter time.
II is the custom of diplomats to make more or
less frequent visits to the home land up to the
time Of the beginning of the great World war in
1914 the French ambassador and Nine. .Iusserand
always spent the summers in Europe. They were
there when the torch set Europe on fire but
managed to get back to this country, travelling
separately and incognito. Then, while the strife
continued, they remained here constantly, never
leaving Washington for more than few days nj