The Colorado statesman., 1922-01-21
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other countries were appointed to serve in Wash
ington before he
The British embassy great building on Con-
necticut avenue whose warm red brick exterior
has. recently received coat of yellow paint al
ways has been the of frequent social hospl-
tality. Today 1t has ambassador and host a
genial and naturally social chief. Lady GedueS
is American born, a 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 10
coalesce things so 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 Shidehnra 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 sighs of relief they appear
in the comfortable and beautiful costumes of the
homeland. A real japanese reception is Il 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
was Nine. Saburi wife of the first secretary If
the embassy, and in the absence of the wife OF
the ambassador she acted rs hostess at the great
formal affairs given by the ambassador Mn.e'
Sabur formerly lady in waiting to the empress
of Japan, and her husband, Mr.. Sadao Saburi, was
tutor to the prince. Both are clever lin
guists speaking English fiuenty.
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 mothars 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
ernment has purchased the residence on Sixteenth
street of secretary of the treasury, Frank
lin MacVeagh, for embassy. Russia,
whose emssary occupies an anomalous diplomatic
nostion, owing to the chaotic condition of Rus
sian governmental affairs purchased the great
Pullman residence some years ago. 1t stands on
Sixteenth street a 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 owns its embassy and the
legations of China, the Netherlands and Siam are
the property of the countries which they represent.
All the foreign official residences located with
in n certain radius, wide one to be sure, in the
northwestern part of the national capital
During the past few years and since the the
embassies and legations have increased materially
In number. There Al official foreign homes
here Twelve of them are embassies and "a are
LEGATIONS. AS international relations are
thoroughly established between the United States
and Germany and Austria there Will be two more.
BEFORE the limitation Oh arlnulnenlS conference
brought the vast number of temporary diplomats
70 washington there were approximately 400 men,
hers of the corps in residence here. Four embas-
sies and one legation are presided over by wom-
an who before their marriages. Americans.
This is not large number compared with some
r,,rmer wears, when the number ran up to more
tI,on twice that. 1t is interesting to learn what
MIXTURE of nationalities through intermarriage
tbere 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-
bossv 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-Americhn coun-
tries and from Asia almost invariably marry wom-
en- of their own However, the counselor of
the Chinese legation, Mr.. Yung Kwai has, for his
wife a Massachusetts woman. They have 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 nas sent
a new ambassador, Senor Ricci who with his
wife the ambassadress, taking an important