Evening star., 1924-11-30
Bf MARGARET b. DOWNING.

cear, will be the first representative
of the French Republic who will
bring daughters of an age to parti-
cipate in social affairs within the
snemory of present-day Washingto-
mans. NJ Jules Cambon, like NJ Jusse-
rand. had no children, and the first
Ambassador from France. NJ Jules
Patenotre, married in the last year
OF his brief term, Miss Elverson Of
Philadelphia, and the first child,
fvonne. recently married to Count
Roni de Castellanne, jr., was born in
The Summer home of the Elversons,
Clifton, on Massachusetts avenue ex-
tended Few WaShingtonians remem-
Der the regime of NJ. Patenotre's pred
ecessor. M. Theodore J. d. Roustan,
4 most gallant bachelor, the appointee
OF Marshal MacMahon, second Presi-
dent Of the present French Republic,
and who served here for nine years
He was promptly recalled when NJ.
atrevy succe eded MacMahon and Pa
tenotre came in his stead. He served
until Carnot selected NJ. Cambon and
mis- genial diplomatist was retained
by two OF Carnot's successors, NJ. Fe-
llA Faure and NJ. Emil Loubet Am
nassador JusSerand was originally an
appointee of NJ. Loubet. u neighbor in
The vine country Of the lower Loire
and he has broken the records in the
French foreign office by serving under
AL tho succeeding executives of the
republic and during some of the
stormicst intervals of political his
tory. But NJ. paeschner introduces a
new note by. bringing his charming
Young daughters to enliven the en-
bassy and TO add tremendously to the
social luster of the corps.
Thomas jefferson leads the list Of
ministers and Ambassadors sent by
me United states 10 Paris, and from
The hour that the author of the
Declaration was sent by the Confed-
Grafton Of States 10 succeed the VEN
cradle Benjamin Franklin. who had
represented the colonists during the
War of Independence. the nations
most eminent men have filled this
role. In the carly years were found
such Names as James Monroe, John
Marshall. ElhridEe Gerry. Robert L.iv-
iHgSton. Lewis CaSS and Albert Gal
latin. John Hay was for three years
charge da ffair~s in Paris: so. too.
John BigeIow and Joel Barlow. All as
enowned in the world OF letters as Of
statecraft Mr. jefferson presented
lis credentials in 1889, but the envoy
of Louis NNt in this country arrived
full year earlier. This was Count
de Noustier, who has the honor of
being the first regularly a"credited
diplomat TO the infant republic.
France had sent agents to the Con-
tinentai Congress from IT'S periodi-
'ally, and one of these. Chevalier de
Ia Lucerne. had presented the Con-
Sress with litc-sized paintings of
Louis and his consort Marie Antoin-
cite. and these wcrc hung with much
ceremony in Independence Hall. They
were. unfortunately. burned when
Admiral 'ockburn and the victorious
British soldiery set fire to the United
State- Capitol. Great Britain, Russia
and France arr the onIy nations to
which future Presidents uf the Nation
were sent a enjoys. James Mon
roe, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van
1furen and James buchanan all served
in London and John Quincy Adams
md James Buchanan also served as
ministers in 81. Petersburg.
James ". Wadsworth, jr Senator
from New York, has always been an
attractive figure in Washington and
he has filled the eye both as TO social
and political requisites He is still
Young Jimmie" in the broad Genesee
Valley, where his family owns land in
Superlative quantities. and where d
leasing system has been conducted for
more than a century, after the man
ner of the large estates in the old
world. Like George Washington, the
energetic New Yorker prefers the
title of farmer to any other which he
may claim aud Il" rushes back to his
tarm on every occasion when other
pressing duties permit. This country
seat in Livingston County. y. y. en-
braces something Ike thirty thou
sand acres. 50 tho Senator. standing
on his Yerdnd1, l. liter. lly lord OF
all h" surveys. His father. James
w. WadsWorth. sr.. wss d member
for tennessee for 20 years. aud Scua-
tor Wadsworth attended the Wash
ington public school, the Force. TO
he definite, until nc was of an age
to enter st. Marks. where he pre-
pared for Vale. one of his class
mates and intimate friends there was
the late Adalbert Iiay, son OF the late
John Hay, whose daughter Alice the
Senator married. Senator Wadsworth
snelt powder in the Spanish -Ameri- |
can War and also had a turn at the
game of cowboy. But he always felt
that politics was Ia natural avoca-
tion and he has had an unusually
swift and brilliant career. Already
a power in his state, lie is steadily |
climbing Ia national leadership and |
he pttcd sturdily against the Governor
Of New York in places where he can |
build a fortress against the time when |
&c decides on "A residence in tho man
sion at Albany and later, perhaps, the !
White House.
Mrs Florence :. Knapp, the first
woman secretary that the Empire
State has ever elected. and the only
State officer that the Republicans car
ried over In the rush which elected
Gov. Az Smith, has a tremendous
task facing her just as soon as she
takes her seat on January /. This is
20 take the census, which occurs five
years after that of the United States.
and which furnishes the basis for the
reaiignment in the houses Of the
state Legislature. Mrs. Knapp has
thus the handing down of fat Juicy
plums, and no doubt the woman's
party of New York is expecting q
good share of them. More than a
million and half of dollars is eX-
pended by the commonwealth to dis
cover how much 1T has grown since
Uncle sam performed the task for thu
entire Nation five years earlier. The
returns must be In by July /, when
political conventions are in order, and
from the moment of taking the oath
of office this woman secretary is
doomed to be IL storm center and
engulfed by the claims OF various
patrons. She is the widow Of the late
Philip Schuyler Knapp OF. Syracuse
and has been dominant figure in
Republican politics for many years,
as active a worker as the nineteenth
amendment had in New York.
woman OF fine presence and of tried
executive ability, Mrs. Knapp faces
her unusual task calmly and already
has prepared her line OF attack.
Mrs Medill Mccormick has prompt
ly decided how to use the unwonted
leisure which will be hers after her