Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1894 — A BEAUTY FROM THE WEST. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A BEAUTY FROM THE WEST.

Ml*» Ethel Washburn, Stepdaughter of the American Minister at Vienna. It is generally conceded that the court etiquette of Vienna is more rigid than any other in Europe. Some American Ministers to the Austrian capital have found considerable difficulty in accommodating themselves to the formalities so closely observed there, but the present representative from this country, Bartlett Tripp, has been particularly lucky in this respect. He attributes his good fortune largely to the fact that he Is stepfather to one of the most lovely girls ever seen in an American legation. Miss Ethel

Washburn, the young lady in question, took Vienna by storm on hei arrival there. Besides being the possessor of rare personal attractions Miss Washburn is also gifted with a goodly amount of sound American common sense, and in almost no time she had mastered enough of the intricacies of court etiquette to stand all members of the family in good stead. Miss Ethel is a daughter of Mrs. Tripp by a former marriage, hei father having been one of the Minnesota Washburns. At the time of hei mother’s second marriage seven yearj ago she was known as “the flower of Minnesota,” and Mr. Tripp, who wai then Chief Justice of the Territory of Dakota, was congratulated many times on securing two such household treasures as the mother and daughter.

MISS ETHEL WASHBURN.