The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-01-28

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 wenther permits. he takes
1t on the roof Of the embassy instead Of following
the custom with which all travellers to France are
familiar. Also. when the weather Ii cOngenia.
afternoon tea Is served on . porch. II In At these
tens. quite Informal, that the Jusserands get 10
close touch with Washington society. oficial. dip
lomatIc and others. On these occasions Mime. Jus
sernnd presides over the tencups with the dIgni-
fed simplicity that chnructerzes her ut all times
She liz always well gOwned. overdressed
never appearing in anything approaching the
bizarre.
II IL considered Of the utmost Importance to oil
the members OF the diplomatic corps that they
make their calls ut the home Of the dean and his
wife ms sbOn US possible after their arrival In
Washington. 1t would lie hard to estimate how
nuny calls have been ninde In this way hundreds
surely. and possibly thousands. AZ the number
of diplomats is smnll compared to the rest of the
people who figure In Washington society. oil Of
whom make many calls each year the Jusser.
nnds. person mathemnticalIy inclined might And
some amusement In computing the approximate
number Of visits which probably have been made
ut the French embassy during the past eighteen
years.
To the casual visitor In Washington, the en-
bhsses and legations practically inacces-
sble. whereas such is not the case. To say the
official ZONES Of the foreign colony easy of
access would be nearer the truth The represen.
tntives Of other countries md their families go
than halfway to meet Americans. It Is true
they follow the rules and regulations laid down
by polite society md punctiOus about calls
precedence and other social amenities but they
are most nppreciative Of cOurtesies which bring
them In more Intimate touch with the Affairs out
side Of diplomatic formaIitles.
II Is pretty sufe statement to say TINT nil
diplomats speak Mt least language other thup
that which II nntive to them The ma jority do
better than that and more less familiar with
huff dozen no. speaking more than half of then,
'uently 1t has been noticeable that for some
years the wives Of the men who are sent to Wash.
ngton from countries In all parts Of the world
have perfected themselves In languages.
There IRE two ways Of placing the rank OF the
heads OF embassies and legations. In the mntter
Of precedence at society dolngs the ambassa,io
RINK the ministers, irrespective OF the length of
time OF residence here. For instance, the minister
OF Portugal. viscount d'Alte. cnme to Washington
Just nine months before the French ambassador
NJ Jussernnd arrived However. all the a,nbnysa.
doris must pass ahead Of the viscount and all the
wives of the ambassadors would precede the wife
Of Viscount dAlte. II 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 pnrt 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 yet Sir Auck.
land Gedtles, the British ambassador, must take
his place tenth In line because nine colleagues OF