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sumptuous and lavish scale. All Washington was 

 there, and Miss Leiter was the cynosure of all eyes. 

 Certainly a more beautiful or more attractive girl 

 never graced a ballroom. She was kind enough 

 to give me a dance. All the young " nuts " in 

 Washington were lost in admiration for her ; but, 

 as is well known, she eventually became the wife of 

 that brilliant statesman and kind friend of mine, 

 Lord Curzon of Kedleston, and her untimely death 

 a few years ago was not only an irreparable loss to 

 her devoted husband, which he felt acutely, but was 

 deeply deplored by all who had the good fortune to 

 know her. 



On Thursday the 12th we attended — in uniform — 

 a reception at the White House. There were, in all, 

 about 4000 guests, and the heat was overwhelming. 

 The following account of it appeared in the paper 

 the next day : 



DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION 

 A BRILLIANT SCENE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 



A Large Number of Resident People among the 

 Throng — Mr. Chamberlain and Dennis Kearney 

 among the Callers — Incidents of the Evening. 



The President and Mrs. Cleveland gave the first 

 state reception of the season, a night in honour of 



