Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
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tainment Duke D'Aiba. the Spanish gran
dee, whose name has been associated as a
sutton to Miss Townsend for the past two
years, was present. Everybody will tell
you all this, but no one Is able to say what
chances the duke has, II he Is on a matri-
moniai quest or whether this beautitui ana
much admired girl cares q jot for foreign
title. Some of her friends emphaticaliy
assert that she does not.
NJ Eugene Thiebaut, late minister to
Switzerland, and formerly attached TO the
French embassy in Washington. has been
honored by his government by high posi-
ton in the foreign affairs office here HIS
wife Is a much admired Washingtonian, and
was formerly Nine. Regina Barbour Rem
gifo, widow of a South American diplomat
The marriage of the couple was beautfful
event few years ago at the papai dele
gates home, with Cardinal Martinelli of1-
ciatng. AS Nine. Thiebaud she has charm-
ingly represented her countrywomen In her
adopted land. and the promotions which
have come to her husband have been mat
tiers of congratulation to all their friends
both in France and the United States Mr..
and Nine. Thiebaud spent several weeks
last year with the sisters of the latter, Mrs.
D. P. Mccartney and Mrs. Irwin, at their
Washington home. I glad to meet at
a dinner by a Paris host and hostess the
other night, where one-third of the guests
were from Washington. NJ. Jules Boeufer,
for eighteen years resident of the Capital
and for the same length of time connected
as chancellor with the French legations and
embassies of that long period. NJ. Boeufre
will return to the United States shortly. as
he has been recently appointed consul to
Philadelphia, in which city he Is almost as
well known as in Washington. He is still
suffering from bruises received in an auto
mobile accident in Germany last month,
but which, while severe, he is lothe to men,
ton for his thankfulness at not meeting
with instant DEATH He was the guest Of
Washington friends, and the tour was a
delightful one up to the moment Of the ac-
cident which happily gave only temporary
suffering to all the party
The caretakers in charge Of the Castel-
lane mansion on the Champs Elysee have
given great pleasure to sightseeing Amer
leans lately by allowing nearly all the win
dows to remain open, and thereby permit
ting very good view of it's interior gor-
geousness The Castellane taste evidently
ran to rose color in the beginning of their
married life, since the outside walls are
divided in panels by pink and white mar
BILE pillars. and it is easy to see that the
great salon across the front entrance Is
finished in the same hues. One of the WON
ders Of this diminutive palace which the
Gould millions so rapidly erected and
beautified are the Ivy screens mounted on
tops Of high stone walls, which so effectual-
ly cut off all views from the lntersecting
streets except by the front entrance. The
top of the ivy must be at least twenty-five
feet from the sidewalk. and the keenest
observation from overlooking windows
when the palace was occupied could not
have been rewarded by the taintest peep
into the main suites. H. NC.
Social du1lness continues without a break
just like summer time, the weather con-
trlbuting largely to the general monotony.
Unless the unexpected happens, and this Is
always a quantity to be taken into account
the year around at the capital, nothing
worth being excited over is booked till dates
in October. Little by little then things will
resume their old activity. STILL unless for
the weddings or impromptu gatherings, it
will be close to Thanksgiving before any
formal occasions will oblge attention.
With precisely the same climate as here
abouts and lately very trying brand of it,
Philadelphia society has disported itself at
the Bryn Mawr horse show, the feminine
end arrayed in its dantiest clothes. while in
Baltimore, most the debut parties have
been announced as well as the dates of the
Bachelors Cotillions, at the first of which
the formal roundup of debutantes always
occurs and the junior cotillons, which are
to alternate throughout the season The
opening dance of the Bachelors is set for
Monday, December 3. We go at things diff
ferentIy here. Plans are held in allegiance
till the very last moment, and the season Is
one mad rush from the start in December
till its finish with Ash Wednesday.
Miss Laura Mae Burch and Miss Ednah