Travelogues; . aining that prestige twice as much money every year i6 ST. PETERSBURG as he receives from the State Department of the richestnation in the world. The Ambassador of the United States, in whose hospitabledrawing-room Americans are sure to find a welcome, mustand should be lodged at least as well as the envoys of theminor European states. Is it not almost pitiable that we,eighty millions of well-to-do people, should be compelled toask the men who represent us at the courts of Europe todraw upon their private purses for the proper entertainmentof the nations guests. In accepting Mr.
Travelogues; . aining that prestige twice as much money every year i6 ST. PETERSBURG as he receives from the State Department of the richestnation in the world. The Ambassador of the United States, in whose hospitabledrawing-room Americans are sure to find a welcome, mustand should be lodged at least as well as the envoys of theminor European states. Is it not almost pitiable that we,eighty millions of well-to-do people, should be compelled toask the men who represent us at the courts of Europe todraw upon their private purses for the proper entertainmentof the nations guests. In accepting Mr. and Mrs. Towersinvitation, we felt that the United States was not to be ourhost in the sense in which England would have been had wedined at the British embassy. England provides a palatialresidence and an entertainment fund for her ambassadorsand ministers. How long must guests of the United Statesrely for worthy entertainment in foreign lands upon the pri-vate charity of generous and wealthy representatives?. THE ANGLISKAVA —THK U. S. EMBASSY ON THE LEKT ST. PETERSBURG 17
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