Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27
Byj MARGARET n. DOWNING.

FlEcount date. Minister from
Portugal, WILL IL the fates are propi-
tio1Ri, celebrate 25 years of continual
selV ice at this Capital on May and
heeis the sole diplomat now in active
sc r. vice who presented his credentials
, the late President Roosevelt.
Diplomatic history of this Republic
begins in 1889 when the corps. now
khe largest and most representative
an any capital of the world, and in
ANY period. was composed of the
French Minister Count de Moustier.
the Spanish charge d'affaires, Senior
Jose de War. and a financial agent
FROM the Netherlands. and in all
these years no other envoy has
served continuously a quarter OF a
century The British Ambassador
Sir Julian Pauncefote. presented his
credentials in 1889 to President Har
rison and in 1893 to President Cieve-
land as first Ambassador from Great
Britain under the title, Of Lord
Pauncefote of Preston. His death
occurred in 1902, when he had en-
tered the twentyfourth year Of his
service. diplomat from Mexico
Senior Manuel Romero, was in Wash
ington as Minister and Ambassador
for almost % years. and the Minister
from Hawaii, Mr.. Preston, who died
In the White House at President Ar
thurs first New Years reception
was dean of the corps and had been
a member of the foreign corps for
about 20 yeaps. Then there was
NJ. Jules Jusseuand. here for % years
Portugal sent "a Minister TO this Re
public in 1871 at the same time that
Great Britain dispatched her first
representative tot'her forIfer colonies.
Niscount d'Alte has made the unique
record of retaining his post under the
revolutionary government which de-
throned the ling and who was recon-
firmed in his mission. by the republican
regime at Lisbon. His full name is
Jose Franci3co da Horta Machado
de Franco. He comes of family
illustrouS in the diplomatic annals of
Portugal, his grandfather having
been for rlany years the Portuguese
Minister lat St Petersburg and his
father ire envoy to the Netherlands
for more than 20 wears. The Youngest
of thres, sons Of the late Condo date
and hEs wife. British lady whom he
had married during a sojourn in
London. the Portuguese Minister
wasI educated principally at oxford
and. entered the diplomatic service in
his early 20s. his two brothers hav-
ing preceded him in this career. Condo
Selir d Alte was retired after an
honorable service and Condo de Maran
d'Alte Is an official in the foreign
service. Before coming to Washing
ton the Minister had been successfully
stationed in Stockholm. in London
and a st. Petersburg. For seven years
he was charge d'affaires in the
capital of the Cars during it's most
brilliant period. He came from Rus
sia to Washington and except for .
few visits to Lisbon. about every
or years. he has resided here con-
tinuously since 1902. For the past
20 years he has established Summer
quarters in Bar Harbor.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Linwood Ives,
the former secretary to the American
High Commission at ConStantinople.
Of which Admiral Mark l.. Bristol is
tho head have had a lively time with
American visitors since the existing
Turkish government opened the IA
'nous imperial palace at Stamboui as
museum All of the splendor Of the
former Sultans az TO jewels and into
rfor embellishments are now open to
inspection. and those jealousy guard
ed portals to the seraglio are now as
freely open as the gardens. The jewels
and thrones of the Sultans lave been
accepted as the most gorgeous and
valuable large ornaments in the world,
and no less than four. all worth mil
lions of dollars, have been placed on
exhibition ip the throne room at STAN
boul. That of Shah Ismail. taken as
spoils IRON Persia in the sixteenth
century, when the Sultan Selim cap
tured the ancient Iranian capltai at
Ispahan. is probably the most exquis'
ite creation of the sort left in perfect
repair, and is a 4-foot divan covered
with sheets of beaten gold with gar
lands of pearls, rubies and turquoises
forming the decoration. One is OF
ebony with gold beaten into every inch
Of surface and precious gems forming
garlands and flower sprays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ives are called upon 10
escort scores OF visitors from this
country and they attend to the duty
gracefully Mrs. Ives. who was Eliza
beth Davis Stevenson. daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs Louis Green Stevenson OF
Bloomington H.. spent part of her
debut wear in Washington. where the
many friends OF her great-aunt, Mrs.
Matthew T. Scott. showed her many
courtesies. She is the granddaughter
of the Vice President Adlai +. Steven
son. and her father was for time
secretary of state in Illinois. Mrs
Lewis Green Stevenson was Miss
Helen Davis of Chicago. and she was
travelling In Europe when her daugh-
ter met Mr. Ives of Norfolk. and the
marriage took place in Naples the
early part Of February.
The Clan Macksy Is widely distrih-
uted in this country and was repre-
scented by many notables in the unique
celebration OF the coming Of age of
the heir Baron Reay. 1t is entirely
logical that this young man contem.
plates an early visit 10 his kindred in
this part of the world. The young
laird is the tallest member OF the
British peerage, and IS feet ga
inches we'll proportional and mighty
son Of Nimrod. He is a baron in his
. own right both in the British and
Dutch peerage, the Clan Mackay haV-
ing sought asylum in Holland after
the forces of Cromwell had defeated
the followers OF the Stusrts. The fam
: lily married into Dutch nobility and its
members are as much AT home in The
Hague as in London. The first exiled
Mackay married in the late seven
teenth century Baroness Mary Van
Dedem and from her his descendants
may sit in Queen Wilhelminas House
Of Peers a Barons Mackay OF Ophe'
inert. The present head Of the Clan
Mackay had the distinction Of having
two Barons MackaN. one his grand
father and the other his grand -uncle
one of whom was secretary Of foreign
affairs in The Hague and the other
British secretary of state in India
Mrs. Edward Stotesbury has just