The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-02-03
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other countries appointed to serve in Wash
ington before he was.
The British embassy, great building Con-
necticut avenue, whose warm red brick exterior.
has recently received coat of yellow paint al
ways has been the of frequent social hospi-
tally. Today it has, ambassador and host a
genial and naturally social chief. Lady Geddes
Is American born, a fact which probably is duly
appreciated by her husband today in more ways
than one, for this American wife of British am
bassador knows what the visiting foreigners expect
and what Americans expect, and knows how to
coalesce things so that the social current moves
smoothly although 1t 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 signs of relief they appear
In the comfortable and beautiful costumes of the
homeland real Japanese reception is feast
for the eye and Washington today more than
before knows what real Japanese social affairs
can be In picturesque effectiveness.
The Baroness Shdehara 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 of
the embassy, and in the absence of the wife of
the ambassador she acted as hostess at the great
formal affairs given by the ambassador. Nine
Saburl formerly lady In waiting to the empress
of Japan. and her husband Mr.. Sadao Saburi,
tutor to the crown prince. Both clever lin
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 stats, 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 10 Of
Some few are owned by the home governments
but the majority are leased. The Mexican gov
eminent has purchased the residence on Sixteenth
street of former secretary of the treasury, Frank
lin MacVeagh, for use as an embassy. Russia
whose emssary 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 a most
pretentious legation to house It's 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 are located with
in certain radius, wide one to he sure, in the
northwestern part of the national capital
During the past few years and since the war the
embassies and legations have increased materially
i'll number There "A official foreign home,
here Twelve of them are embassies and "a are
legations As soon International relations are
thoroughly established between the United Stotes
and Germany and Austria there will be two more
Before the limitation of ornaments conference
brought the vast number of temporary diplomats
To Washington there We're approximately 400 mem. |
hers OF the corps in residence here Four embas.
sizes and one legation are presided over by wom- |
en- who, before their marriages, were Americans |
This is not u large number compared with some |
former years, when the number ran up to moro
than twice that. Ii is interesting To learn what ~
mixture of nationalities through intermarriage
there is in the diplomatic corps of Washington |
For example, Rumania is represented by Prince |
Bibesco, whose wife, the princess. is the daughter
of former Premier Asquth of Great Britain
The assistant military attaChe of the Italian en- |
bassy, Is Captain Carlo Huntington WHOSE, laSt
name indicates his American ancestry MANY Euro
pean diplomats have contracted international mar
riages. but those from the Latin American conn
tries and from Asia almost invariably marry WON
en- of their own race, However the counselor of
the Chinese legation Mr.. Iung KwaL has for his
wife, Massachusetts woman. They have large
family of children who, unlike the ma iori,v -,
foreign children in Washington are being hronch,
up rs Americans
The past year has many cbsnyas In ,ha-
personnel of the diplomatic corps Italy has son, |
new ambassador Senior Ricci who with hIs |
"ite the amhassadress are taking an imnort.n,
nart IN the social side of the capital city life