Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1886 — Baron Fava Surprised. [ARTICLE]

Baron Fava Surprised.

A gentleman who attended the presidents dinner to the diplomatic corps, on Thursday last, tells me an amusing story about introductions in the east room on that cheerful occasion. Col. Wilson, who acted as the official introducer, knew many of the legation people but not all of them, and in several cases he was obliged to ask the names of persons approaching the president and Miss Cleveland before presenting them. Soon after the first introductions had been made, a young man with a foreign look, banged hair, carefully waxed mustache, and eye-glasses came tripping along. “What country?” asked Col. Wilson,, leaning forward and expecting to listen to foreign tones. “Albany,” was the response. “And name?” continued the colonel. “Mr. Cassidy,” was the response, in very plain English. The Colonel laughed a little laugh and presented “Mr. Cassidy, of Albany, N. Y.” The colonel turned to the next comer and pursued the same formula. A swarthy gentleman with a superbly dressed woman on his arm reponded to the first inquiry, “Italy,” and to the next, “The Baron Fava.” Not stopping to reflect, Col. Wilson announced, '•The Baron and Baroness Fava, of Italy.” Minister Soteldo, of Venezuela, who stood at the colonel's elbow, pulled him by the sleeve in great tribulation “My dear colonel,” he ejaculated, “you have made a great mistake. It is not the Baroness Fava. Est is anozzer ladde.” But it was too late, and the pair were passed along the entire receiving line as the Baron and Baroness Fava.— Rochester Union.

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