The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-24
RUSSIAN PRINCESS
WITHHELD RECEIPTS
Treasury of Beauty Show Is
ShOrt-CZarina Is In
dignant.
WAS A NOTABLE EVENT
Money Was for Red Cross Society and
World Of Fashion At
tended.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 23.-One OF the
most beautiful women in st. Petersburg,
Princess LobanOff- RostOvskaja is ac-
eused Of owing the Red Cross society
100000. She has not been hailed to
court because of her hus bands great
wealth and social position, but the
czarina mas barred her from court
where she was not only the reigning
beauty but was the Wittiest and bright
est OF the ladies there. The princess in
sists that she is the innocent victim or
court clique.
Princess LobanOff was one Of the
presidents Of the society, having been
raised 10 that conspicuous position by
the dOWager CZdrlna, with whom she
was a great favOrite. But the princess
had a past in which she learned to
spend much money. Even the bOuntiful
allowance from her husband did not sut-
flee TO keep her out Of debt so she and
a Red Cross clerk named OalendOvsky
began a series of financial operations
that should nave satisfied any normal
person. But the more they got the
more they wanted.
Beauty show Their UndOing.
They got up a beauty SHOW" IN
which a diamond necklace, worth 500
GOO, was the prize. II was borrowed
from a jeWeler the night before the big
event, under @ pledge To return il the
next day, or pay tOr It All the court
ladies were at the show, and their adj
mirers ran up the voting 10 an unbe-
lieva BILE extent When the count was
made, however, twas found that the
least beautiful OF all was the winner.
She was Princess GaiitZin, who was
/ so elighted-pOsslbly amused that she
was ca silly persuaded 10 donate the
| necklace to the Red Cross cause. It
was promptly returned TO the jeweler.
/ Princess LOhanOff and the clerk have
not Vet turned over the receipts Of
the fair, which amounted TO 100000.
| When next Princess Galitzin saw the
czarina she gleefully told of winning
| the prize and then donating il TO the
! Red Cross.
The czarina was pleased. and sent one
/ of the court ladies 10 the jeweler TO
verify the statement. From him il was
/ learned that he simply lent the neck
lace over night.
This caused an inquiry. after which
! Princess LobauOff was informed thai
she would not again De welcomed al
court Since then society has cut her.
All this has made cynical persons
] grin, for the Red Cross has long been
fruitful picking for men and women of
prominence in Russia; in fact, even
/ grand dukes have been known 10 fat
ten off its funds.
Life Before Marriage.
The high finaneiering of Princess
/ LObaHOff- ROStOvska1a revived stories OF
her lie IN OlAei gay capitals. olle
/ was born in Hungary, and lived there
until nearly grown. Then she became
stage-struck. and tried 10 get an en-
/ gagement i'm Budapest. Failing in
that, she joined a troupe of cafe
! chantant company, and her beauty
soon brought her fame and diamonds
Then she went TO Paris. where her
conquest was pronounced. There she
met many Russians of wealth. among
I them her present husband. Prince
I LObanOff- Rostovskaja, one of the
/ ears richest cOurtiers. Theirs was
love at sight, or Whereabouts, for they
/ were soon married and came 10 ST
Petersburg, where the brides beauty
and wit. combined with the wealth
and social standing OF the prince
gave her a commanding position In
society from the start.
The cZarina, too, made a quiet in
quiry into the life of the princess
/ What she learned was never divulged
but il confirmed her prejudice and she
never pretended 10 like her However
the princess became an intimate friend
OF the dowa ger czarina, who is faT
more liberal in her views than the
cZarina.