The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
BARONESS R0SEN
IS SOCIAL LEADER
Russian Ambassadors Daughter Will
Make Debut At Fashionable
Newport This Year.


nouneement that the Baroness Rosen,
wife OF the ambassador from Russia.
would return to Washington this spring
is received with great satisfaction by
the ultra-smart contingent. With the
baroness will come her stunningly at
tractive daughter, the Baroness Eliza
beth. who, obedient 10 the rigid law
OF court etiquette, journeyed year
ago to ST. Petersburg to make her bow
before the car and czarinc. The Rus
sian embassy this year will have sum-
mer quarters at Newport, and there
the ambassadors daughter will make
her American debut.
While everybody has welcome for
one OF the most fascinating hostesses
OF official Washington, nobody expects
the Muscovite embassy 10 be the heart
and center OF the gayest life In the
city that II was under the domination
OF the young Countess Marguerite Cas-
sina.
The Baroness Rosen and the Coun-
tess Marguerite are as opposite as the
poles. not only in training but In tenn
permanent. With Baroness Rosen at
the helm, the embassy will become
the resort for the most formal as well
as the most exclusive set In the city.
Baroness Very Exclusive.
Aside from her perfunctory duties
as chatelsine of the embassy, the
baroness, during her brief stay In
America, hewed pretty close 10 the
line in the matter of her friendships.
While resident in Washington the
baroness took tea and ate imprinted
and unheralded dinners constantly
/ with hostesses whose primary claim
TO consideration was their utter indis-
ference to officialdom, from the White
House downward. Just how 1t CHANGED
that the baroness and her friends
come together Is one of the occult So
cial mysteries. and much 20 the chag-
rim OF those who anticipated contin-
Iuation OF the traditions established D.
! the enchanting Countess Cassini,
rive phase OF life enyeloped the home.
When the attractive Baroness Eliza
| beth's skirts were heightened. and her
glossy dark hair was put up" and all
signs pointed TO a debut, Baroness
Rosen set of with her daughter for
Russia and left a grimly closed en-
bassy instead of house en- fete Tor
the coming out OF an only child.
| Closely affiliated with the historic
Inner circle" which surrounds the
Russian throne, into whose formal EEL
| lowship no Americans save the PIN
cess Cantacuzene and the Countess
! Boessellsky have ever been admitted,
the Baroness Elizabeth's return Will
be tho signal for some clever contrlv-
/ ing on the part OF ambitious women.
That the Russian embassy Will be the
scene OF a brilliant social life Is fore
gone conclusion. Baroness Rosen her
self Is young. attractive and gifted
with the graces of the woman born
to a privileged life. One OF the nrst
Iof the foreign colony TO receive the
signal honor OF an invitation 10 stand
| as hostess for the Bachelors, Baron
| ess Rosen's presence gave dlstinctlon
to notable occasion.
Like her mother, the Baroness Eliza
beth Is delightfully."- charming and COM
panionable. She has the simplicity or a
child and the poise and bearing or
woman. An all-around outdoor girl,
the young baroness can ride and row
and swim, or drive a motor car. Al
the beautiful summer home or the
embassy at Manchester-by-the-Se two
seasons ago. the Russian ambassador
daughter led In all the outdoor good
times INDUCED In by the near
debutantes OF that fashionable resort.
Furthermore, she has ability TO sing
remarkably well. She Is also prof.
cient pianiste and can speak several
tongues.
List Of Eligible Men.
1 I1e - In N
consideration of the embassy's equip
ment as a social center Is the presence
of some very eligible men. Prince
Nicholas Koudacheff. chamberlain to
his majesty, the emperor OF Russia;
Mr.. de Thai. gentleman In waiting 10
his majesty; Mr.. Kroupensky. former
charge daffaires OF the embassy and
chamberlain to his majesty. lead In a
circle supplemented by the presence
of Mr.. de Strive. Baron Stael de Hol-
stein and Col. Baron de Boae, military
attache OF the embassy, who. with his
attractive sister, has forward place
In the life OF the smart colony at the
capital.
All signs point TO a particularly In
teresting time ahead for the debutante
set Rumor has IL that Miss kiyo
4 4 a.
bassador from Japan and the Baroness
\ Takahira, will take her place In So
| ciety next winter. Little Miss kiyo
| is a typical cherry blossom maid. In
striking contrast to her attractive mo-
Their, whose gowns and hats and furs
and jewels and boots and fans ana
i wraps express the latest idea in the
| topnotch OF the swagger mode, MISS
| Kiyo. goes about In the fascinating
silken attire of young girl OF Japan.
Miss Kiyo's gowns are marvels Oh
embroidery and symphonies In color
tones. Her glossy black hair is drawn
simply and smoothly back from her
brow and dressed with the little pins
and brooches which only a young girl
NAV wear Never hat appears on
4 her Immediately dressed head, even
| when she takes the air sitting beside
her little mother in the smart surrey
which Is a feature OF the Japanese
ambassadors essentially smart men-
age.