Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-01-20

a time. Their relaxation consisted of drive each
afternoon in their victoria, drawn by span of
horses and recognized by all people in this region
by the tricolor cockades in the tall hats Of the
driver and footman.
The French ambassador has adopted the Amer
lean breakfast. When weather permits he takes
it on the roof of the embassy instead of following
the custom with which all travellers to France are
familiar. A1So when the weather is eongen1al,
afternoon tea is served a porch. It is at these
teas, quite informal, that the Jusserands get in
close touch with Washington society. official, dip
lomatic and others. On these occasions Nine. JUS
serand presides over the teacups with the digni-
fed simplicity that characteriZes her at all times.
She is always well gowned, never overdressed,
never appearing in anything approaching the
bizarre
1t is considered of the utmost importance to all
the members of the diplomatic corps that they
make their calls at the home of the dean and his
wife soon possible after their arrival in
Washington. 1t would be hard to estimate how
many calls have been made in this way, hundreds
surely, and possibly thousands AS the number
of diplomats is small compared to the rest of the
people who figure in Washington society, all of
whom make many calls each year on the Jlsser-
ands, a person automatically inclined might find
some amusement in computing the approximate
number of visits which probably have been made
at the French embassy during the past eighteen
years.
TO the casual visitor in Washington. the en-
bassies and legations seem practically inacces-
sible, whereas such is not the case To say the
official homes of the foreign colony are easy of
access would be nearer the truth. The represen-
tatves of other countries and their families go
more than halfway TO meet Americans. 1t is true
they follow she rules and regulations laid down
by polite society and punctous about calls
precedence and other social amenities but they
are most appreciative of courtesies which bring
them in more intimate touch with the affairs out
side Of diplomatic formalites
1t is a pretty safe statement to say that all
diplomats speak at least one language other than
that which is native to them The majority do
better than that and less familiar with
half dozen So speaking more than half of them
fiuently 1t has been noticeable that for some
years the wives of the men who are sent to Wash
ington from countries in all parts of the world
have perfected themselves in languages
There are two ways of placing the rank of tba
heads of embassies and legations In the matter
of precedence at society doings the ambassadors
time Of residence here. For instance the minister
of Portugal, Vscount dAte, came to Washington
Just nine months before the French ambassador
NJ Jusserand, arrived. However, all the ambassa-
doris must pass ahead of the viscount and all the
wives of the ambassadors would precede the wife
of Vfscount dAlte if he had one
The other method of rating the embassies takes
into consideration the order of their establishment
in Washington. The founding of embassies here is
a part of history and goes deeper to the root of
international relations than the appointment of
ambassadors. The Importance of the British en-
bassy cannot be underestimated and vet Sir Auck-
land Geddes, the British ambassador must take
his place tenth in line because nine colleagues OF