The Washington times., 1925-06-08
NEW EMBASSY
CHATELAINE
ARRIVES
Signora di MARITIME Ar
rives From Italy; En-
bassy to Go North
BY JEAN ELIOT.

q LTHOUGH the wife. Of the
italian ambassador arrived In
IA town last night Washington
viii not have much opportunity to
get acquainted with the new enl-
bassv cliateIaine-or the anbas-
sadress to get acquainted with
washington. For Signor di Mar.
tino proposes to establish the sum-
mer embassy at Beverly Farms,
Mass, where he has purchased an
estate, and If the present weather
keeps up, it Is on the cards that
the migration will take place De-
fore long.
Signor di Martino went to New
York TO meet his wife. 1t VIII oe
remembered that Ahe came directly
60 this country from Tokyo, his
previous post, while Signora u
MARITIME went back to her ltalian
home for a holiday. On leaving
Rome recently she was given
royal send off by the American
Lnabassador to Italy, Henry Prather
Fletcher. and Mrs. Fletcher, with
the other members Of the Amer1'
can embassy staff.
Faced with the difficult task CT
replacing Prince Gelasio Caetani,
one of the most popular diplomats
Ga washington and one OF those
romantic figures upon whom one 8
Thoughts love to dwell, Signor dl
Narfino. has made many friends
who are prepared to give his Wife
fhe varmest sort Of q welcome.
The ambassador Is recognized as
one OF the most brilliant members
81 the Italian foreign service. with
preuaration for such a post acquired
in rrettv nearly every capital with
which the Italian government MAIN
tains friendly relations.
The world war found Slgnor "a
Martino as undersecretary OF ctA.e
A Rome. He came into intimate
contact with the statesmen at the
Paris conference; and IN 1918 vas We
sent to Paris as the principal l1allan ls.
deleeate to the allied council. Beriln
cen,e next. with promotion to am
fassadorial rank, and he went 10
london for two years before going
TO Japan.
The ambassador and his, wife are.
cousins and come from an eminent
NieapoIitan family which counts its
statesmen for ten generations. ms
father was also munster to Tokyo
al one time in mis- career. Like the
ambassador, Signara di MARITIME
speaks English with some fluency.
AZ =. youth OF ten. the ambassador
lived in London. where his father
was serving as counselor of en-
hassv. and he attended English
schools for several ysars.
The new chatelaine of the EN-.
bassy is Of dignified presence ana
brings TO Washington q wide social
experience. She Is veritably a. eiu-
zeness Of the world and is at home
wherever she may find, herself. The
a Martinos have visited this coun-
try before on several occasions and
once were guests In Washington or
Count and Countess Won Quadt-the
the Countess sister of Signora di
Martino. Count Won Quadt acted as
cnarge d'affaire OF Germany in the
interim between the departure Of
Doctor Won HolIeben and Baron
Speck Won Sternberg.
Having been long in Tokyo. the
di Martinos are friends of the
Japanese Ambassador and Nine.
Matsudaira. They also know the
French Ambassador and Nine.
Daeschner very well.
The Ambassador and Signora di
MARITIME were married some thirty
years ago, but, like the Spanish
Ambassador and Nine. Riano and
the Belgian Ambassador and
Baroness to Cartier, they are child
less. Presumably the di Martinos
viii move in the autumn into the
new embassy, which il to- be one
OF the handsomest properties IN
Washington. The Italian embassy
il now collecting the household
adyIfDYneFf