A diplomat's wife in Mexico

by Edith O'Shaughnessy

A pile of letters and notes awaits me; the telephone has begun to ring. How will the Washington page write itself? Adelante!

THE END

FOOTNOTES:

[1] The German minister.

[2] Tertulia—evening party.

[3] A little drink.

[4] The abrazo has been described by some one as the “Oriental and scriptural embrace, whereby men hold one another for a moment and, bending, look over one another’s shoulder.” It is both dignified and expressive.

[5] Chapultepec—from the Aztec words chapulin (grasshopper) and tepetl (hill).

[6] Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock went down with his flag-ship, the Good Hope, when it was sunk in the naval engagement off Coronel, Nov. 1, 1914. In the gathering darkness of the tropical ocean, the moon just rising over a heavy sea, a great explosion was observed, according to Admiral Count Spee’s report, between the funnels of the Good Hope, on which numerous fires had already broken out. Shortly afterward she went down in a great blaze, with her colors flying. God alone knows the many acts of heroism there were performed. But I know that Sir Christopher Cradock, going to his death in flame and water, did so with a calm spirit and a complete readiness to die—pro patria.—E. O’S.

[7] Live-oak—Mexican cypress.