Word: protocole
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...help and guidance, Baudouin will lean on his old governor, now Lord Chamberlain, who advises him in all matters of protocol; on Cabinet Chief Hubert Verwilghan, an official with a gift of explaining intricate political tangles in clear, simple phrases; and on his father...
...some 50 top Washingtonians at the Hotel Carlton. Next evening, Dean Acheson gave another black-tie banquet for Galo Plaza; the guests included a lot of the faces the Ecuadorian had seen the night before. Afterward, the visitor, who had no work to do, bade good night to protocol, flashed off to a gay affair given by Cuba's peppery Ambassador Luis Machado, danced and drank champagne till 3 a,m. Asked later who was there, Machado said: "Just our favorite people-and the prettiest girls in Washington."* The third night, protocol reigned again: it was Galo Plaza...
Even those Washingtonians who endure, rather than enjoy protocol, agreed that it couldn't have been laid on for a nicer guy than for handsome Galo Plaza, who himself loathes protocol. Senators and Representatives cottoned to a visitor who could talk their language the way they liked to hear it; they applauded him 17 times during his ably delivered, 20-minute address before a joint session. During his stay in the capital, Plaza also saw a baseball game between Washington and Detroit (Washington won 6-3), visited Mount Vernon...
...fleet units. Once his Brooklyn accent betrayed him at a banquet at the Hotel Astor, where he was posing as the U.S. consul general from Rumania. He was exposed, but managed to stay out of jail. In 1921, he got into the White House by posing as a "U.S. protocol representative," introduced Afghanistan's Princess Fatima to President Warren G. Harding. In 1926, claiming to be a prominent Hollywood physician, he tried to take charge of Rudolph Valentino's funeral services in New York. Other roles: Lieut. Commander Royale St. Cyr, French air corps; Peruvian ambassador...
...English hardly at all, and Harry Truman, who speaks English with a Missouri twang and French not at all, grinned broadly and shook hands warmly when they met in the vaulted State Room of Washington's Union Station. Five prodigious days of partygoing, personal appearances and stiff protocol failed to erase either presidential grin...