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other countries were appointed to serve in Wash
ington before he
The British embassy, great building on Con-
nectcut avenue whose red brick exterior
has recently received coat of yellow paint al
ways has been the scene of frequent social hosplT
taty Today it has, as ambassador and host
genial and naturally social chief. Lady Geddes
is American born, fact which probably is duly
appreciated by her husband today in more ways
than one, for this American wife of a British am
bassador knows what the visiting foreigners expect
and what Americans expect, and knows how TO
coaesce things that the social current moves
smoothly although it 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 or by his juniors in rank
and place. Ordinarily the japanese ladies wear
the evening gowns of western usage, but occasion
ally and probably with sfghs of relief they appear
in tie comfortable and beautiful costumes of ting
homeland. A real Japanese reception is a feast
for the eye and Washington today more than ever
before knows what real japanese social affairs
can be in picturesque effectiveness.
The Baroness Shidehara who left Washington
scme months ago with her children. has recently
returned During her absence the ranking lady
Nine. Saburi, wife of the first secretary OF
the embassy and in the absence of the wife of
formal affairs given by the ambassador. Nine.
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 In
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 staffs. 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 owned by the home governments,
but the majority are leased. The Mexican gov
ernment 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
position, 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
pretentious legation to house its representatives.
The British government its embassy and the
LEGATIONS of China the Netherlands and Siam are
tbe property of the countries which they represent
All the foreign official residences are located with,
in a certain radius wide one to be sure in the
northwestern part of the national capital.
During the past few years and since the war the
or
il, number There are Al official foreign homes
here Twelve of them are embassies and 81 are
lepatiOns AS soon international relations are
Thoroughly established between the United States
and Germany and Austria there will be two more.
Before the limitation of armaments conference
brought the vast number of temporary diplomats
TO Washington there were approximately 400 men,
hers of the corps in residence here. -Four embas-
sizes and one legation presided over by wom-
ON who before their marriages, were Americans.
This is not large number compared with some
former years, when the number up to more
than twice that 1t is interesting to learn what Il
mixture of nationaties through intermarriage
there is in the diplomatic corps of Washington
For example, Rumania is represented by Prince
Ribesco, whose wife, the princess, is the daughter
of former Premier Asquith of Great Britain.
The assistant military attache of the Italian en-
bassv is Captain Carlo Huntington, whose last
name indicates his American ancestry. Many Euro
mean diplomats have contracted international mar
riages but those from the Latin-American cOun-
tries and from Asia almost invariably marry wom-
the Chinese legation Mr.. Yung Kwai, has, for his
wife a Massachusetts woman. They have a large
family of children who unlike the majority of
foreign 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, Senor Ricci, who with his
wife, the ambassadress, are taking an important
part in the social side of the capital city life