Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments .. . uliar design mingle theirbright colors with the gold and scarlet of the unique and magnificentfurniture. One strangely fashioned vase has been in the possessionof the ministers family for more than two centuries. There are silk-embroidered screens, worked by Chinese ladies, and in various nooksare well-filled book-cases with costly volumes of the Chinese parlors, and
Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments .. . uliar design mingle theirbright colors with the gold and scarlet of the unique and magnificentfurniture. One strangely fashioned vase has been in the possessionof the ministers family for more than two centuries. There are silk-embroidered screens, worked by Chinese ladies, and in various nooksare well-filled book-cases with costly volumes of the Chinese parlors, and many of the other apartments, are the very perfec-tion of bric-a-brac and oriental adornment, and are very attractiveto guests. The smoking-room is furnished with a varied collectionof Chinese pipes, and has comfortable divans, and, in fact, is a ver- FOREIGN LEGATIONS. *73 itable smokers paradise. In thehalls are groups of Chinese stat-uary, some being of a humorouscharacter, modeled with muchskill and fidelity to nature. Atthe ministers banquets thetables are spread in grandstyle, with exquisite orientalware, silver and gold dishes,and many unique articles^ of table service. Numer-ous Eastern delicacies arc. furnished,and first chopChinese tea,rarely to be hadin the UnitedStates, is servedin quaint wicker-covered minister re-ceives his guestsattired in his RESIDENCE OF THE GERMAN LEGATION. gorgeous court dress of colored silks, and the attaches of the legation, numberingmore than a dozen, appear in silken robes of superb quality and bril-liant hues. The Japanese Minister has a large residence furnished in thepicturesque fashion of his country, and within its walls are manyquaint and beautiful articles. There are a number of young Jap-anese gentlemen of good education and refined manners attached tothe legation. The minister gives brilliant receptions and banquets,and is fond of society. Fetes are frequently given by the English, French, Spanish, 174 PICTURESQUE WASHI
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