The Washington times., 1923-03-25
MRS. POINDEX Tie. R
Embassies and Legations Are Popular With Certain Set
Because They Are Able to Serve Liquor at Parties.
But Heads of Missions Seek to Prevent Abuses

Doesn't entertain. There hava
been 3 few very Internal tsaa
but that q all.
Nine. wiedfeldt and her ausbaud
are substantial looking people,
very plain ID their manner and
contrasting much with the yon
Bernstorffs. who put o. = lot 81
.side. Nine. Won Bornstorfk. @
course. was . very wealthy Axnegs
ican woman. Nina. Wledfsldk. O.
the contrary, looks Hike . typi0a
German hOuss e onne0ti0 mn1
not apparently much Interested 90
social affairs. She - quite tail
the matter Of Count xon Bern
storff'D marriage - % AlneEica1l
woman brings up the rashsr IT,
teresting point that prohably more
than half the wives. O. AipiornMtl9
officials stationed here are Alnet.
lean girls.
There are two reasOn0 Ter thiM
A good many naegnbsrs e the
diplomatic ccrps marry while the
are serving - secretaries ~ tn&
embassies and legatiOns, and theEs
too, occasionally representative
are picked 70 serve r. WASHING
ton because 81 their AnaeFica
acquaintance. Naturally IN ths
latter case. men who have mar
ried Americans and arc there6Or6
presumably familiar with thi1
country stand the bet chance 4
selection.
Law 10 ITSELF.
There isn't 4 feeling oe compett
ton IN the diplomatic eorps eatsx
tainments. one embassy .dcssn
feel that II has to Guido t.
others And - far - ! know
there ii no set rule - to when
receptions must be given q tlak
8 certain number must b given
in q year. The whole subject c4
social intercourse, 90 far 40 the
diplomatic corps II concerned. aYb
pears to depend on the exigencies
Of q given situation. II there's
reason for giving an entertain<
ment, it's given; Il not, the en-.
bassy doesn't exert itself.
One Of the most interostams
members OF the diplomatic corps
il the Princess Bibesco. who. aa|
everyone knows, Il the daughter|
OF none other than Margotl
Asruith. Like her mother. thE.
princess u interested ii writing
and has at least one volume d
short stories to her credit she
doesn't look Ike m English girI.
She il short, rather stout. and
dark.
In spite OF her literary tastes.
think she 10 rather domestic. for
she has . charming little dangh.
tar to whom she seems to b De-
voted. But she II also interested
In public affairs, and have
heard her make some very inter-
esting little speeches On the pol
itics Of Great Britain and the
United States. Her mother spent
some weeks with her here last
year. 4
SOME AMBASSADORS. (
DR.. Pavichich, who repreasnt9
the Kingdom Of the Serbs. Greats.
and slovenes here. Il another in.
teresting character. He spealks
seven languages and reads and
writes twenty. He was IN prison
for two ysors during the war, with
nothing to read or write-a tsrri.
Bile punishment. I imagine. for one
80 inguistically inclined,
Ambassador Jusserand IL dean
OF the diplomatic corps. and he IL .
very interesting parsonage indeed.
Long ago he paid visit to my own
State Of Washington. but he ~.
members the names Of people and
places to this day and knows the
State, I am sure. better than some
OF Washington's Representatives IN
Congress. For all his long resi-
dence in this country he doesn't
speak English very well. His wife
is a stately and dignified gentle
woman.
Ambassador Pezet. Of Peru, 20
which country my husband II now
accredited, ranks next Mr.. Jusse-
rand in length Of service and L.
very active socially.