Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-15

who has been appointed OUR new
Ambassador to Italy, is a per-
~ fected representative OF a GER
tain most admirable and serv-
iceable type of diplomat.
Should diplomat have experience?
He should. The canons OF professional
diplomacy require, at the very outset,
experience" OF course, it is quite
difficult to be born with experience. "
The next best thing to do is to start
acquiring 1t in your twenties as sec
rotary of legation" So that Is what
Mr.. Garrett did.
Having been graduated from Prince
ton and having spent short time on
ranch in the wilds of the West, Mr..
Carrot became a secretary of lega-
ton" at The Hague in the Netherlands.
From that time forward for 10 years,
through to the end of the World War,
he continuously diplomatized.
He was not content, however, with
upon all other diplomatic virtues. A
background" He should have it, in
fact, even before he has experience.
Now. it is difficult in the extreme to
have background" without the help of
the right sort of ancestors. So MIR.
Garrett had them.
The general impression in Baltimore
Is that the CARROTS were created with
great houses already over their heads
and vast collections of elegant things
already totally surrounding them. 1t
seems to be regarded there as an auto
matte and almost incidental matter that
a great Garrett of the past should have
taken a majestic and comprehensive
hand in the original financing of the.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, now a quite
considerable transportation system. It
also seems automatic to Baltimore that
CARROTS should accumulate and leave
behind them vast selected arrays of en-
cravings, etchings, rugs, Japanese vases,
coins, stamps, first editions of famous
books and signatures of famous men.
Mr.. Garrett accordingly arrived in
the world all laden and illuminated
with background" ~.
Foresight Of Diplomat.
He proceeded dutifully through his
boyhood and young manhood to ex-
pand this background" which his heri-
tage had given him. He foresaw. for
insance, that diplomat should know
foreign languages. When, therefore, he
became secretary of legation" his
chief of mission" was able at once to
report to Washington, as this writer
discovers by diving into archives, that
young Mr.. Garrett reads, writes and
speaks French and German and reads
Spanish and Italian and Dutch"
One must turn aside for a moment,
however, to remark that a diplomat
should, OF course, keep a secure footing
In private life. He should have pri-
vate business to fall back upon. For
this purpose the practice Of law is
rather controversial and belligerent, and
merchandising is rather cluttered and
promiscuous. The best private business
Tor diplomat should be banking. So
Mr.. Garrett entered It,.
HIS grandfather had already founded
banking firm with an entrance to 1t
for him. He passed through and became
partner in Robert Garrett & Sons.
He accordingly has place of business
and business address, as is right: and
the scene of his business activities is
located, as 1t should be, In building
called the Garrett Building.
He also became. by natural grsvita-
ton to the right sort of political back
ground" for an American diplomat not
DESTROYS Of excessively frequent retire.
mef1ts from ONCE, q irregular Republican.
At this noint N pursuing the endless
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