Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

lister to the United States, 10 about to
break a record. 1t will be rs years on
May l, 1927. since he first presented
his credentials: No foreign diplomat
accredited to Washington has ever be-
fore remained for a continuous quar-
ter of a century at this post. The
nearest approach was the case of
Jules Jusserand, who retired from the
French ambassad orship in 1875 after
~ years OF uninterrupted duty. Wis
count date has served under Ave
Presidents-Rooseve Taft, Wilson,
Harding and Coolidge. He has dealt
with nine different Secretaries of
State-Hay. Root, Bacon, Knox,
Bryan, Lansing. Colby, Hughes and
Kellogg. Not only has the suave diplo.
mat from Lisbon survived succeeding
changes OF American administration,
but he has weathered even more revo-
lutionary changes in his own govern.
ment. King Carlos / sent him here.
Then he became the envoy of King
Manoel III, and, in 1910, though q
nobleman and loyal supporter of the
old regime, was reappointed Minister
OF the Portuguese Republic. D'Alte
represented Portugal at the Washing
ton conference on Pacific and Far
Eastern questions. He achieved fame
there by making the shortest speech
less than three minutes In length.
Congress Is about to lose most of It's
sartorial splendor, for Representative
John b. Sosnowsk of Michigan leaves
office on March 4. For two years he
has been the Beau Brummel of the
House. From tip to toe Sosnowski In
an acknowledged thing OF groomed
~ IiN irtA
| cravats shoes and spats are the last
,. word In correctness and good taste.
Now and then Speaker Longworth ap-
proaches Sosnowsk In elegance of at
tire, but the gentleman from Michigan
is still several handkerchiefs and
waistcoats ahead of Nick" Sosnow.
ski probably acquired his skill in dress
effects from the Army. He was once
In service at West Point, and for five
years served in the 7th Cavalry. Sos
nowski gives up his seat in favor of
the man. Bob" Clancy of Detroit,
whom he defeated in 1924.
~ ~
Jim Reed acts more and more like
a presidential candidate from day to
day. The latest manifestation of his
ambitions Ii the attachment to his en-
tourage of Ed. A. Glenn OF Louisiana,
Mo-, who was the late Champ Clark's
presidential campaign manager in
1912. Mr.. Glenn managed Senator
.. Reeds triumphant campaign for re-
election in 1916, when the influence of
, President Woodrow Wilson was hurled
against him. Glenn accom- pa MED Reed
to Philadelphia the other day when
the Missourian addressed O dinner of
Pennsylvania Democrats.
Charles Francis Jenkins of PhiIadel-
phia. who has just produced a fas-
cinating biography entitled Button
Gwinnett, Signer of the Declaration
of Independence" records an amusing
episode in his search for material at
Washington. He narrates that q
clerk in the manuscript division of
the Library of Congress-, where the
Declaration Is now 80 handsomely
housed, thought Button Gwinnett was
breakfast food. Gwinnett's sigma
ture, because of it's rarity. commands
far and away the highest price in the
autograph market. AS witness to
will. a Gwinnett signature recently
brought $500. the record price for
an American autograph. Gwinnett.
once President of Georgia. was killed
in duel with Gen. Lachlan Mcintosh.
He was the second of the 56 signere
of the Declaration 10 pass away.
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