The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-07
COURT GOSSIP
FROM ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

We are, or ought to be, pretty wen
used bV this time to read OF American
heiresses preferring to cast their lot WIN
the European ''noblesse" for q mar
riage de convenance" rather than make
their choice among their sturdy clean
cut, and whole-souled young country
men. Despite numberless mlssteps.
countless failures. many a regret ana
blighted lives the glamour OF an olu
name often decayed; OF title and srs-
tocracy-though impoverished or having
its origin in a bar sinister-seems to De
irrepressible and continues to WELD an
attraction that ultimately weaves the
ne: in which is caught the girl with the
plebeian American dollars!
This is no belated philippe, trying TO
make our otherwise dear ana fsscihat-
ing girls see the error OF their ways.
1t Is the curse Of too much money ana
the consequent idleness and aimiess' un-
profitable, butterfly existence oesels
that sends our millionaire mothers ana
their debutante daughters to the mar
rage markets of London or Par1s OF
Rome. 1t is unpatriotic, perhaps even
distressing. It is ridiculed and .saurlzed
in the very lands which proft by the
welcome addition OF American wealth.
and the grace OF American women; out
there never Is likely to be an end OF
feminine ambition or feminine tactics as
long as there will be femininity. Ewes
daughters were made TO shine. to be ad-
mred. and to climb the social ladder In
short, to be leaders.
An instance Of this kind has found It's
climax the other day in European high
life" when Miss Peabody. the daughter
OF one of the most noted and historic
old Boston families, was married l"
| Count Antoine de Zogheb. who was
described as Danish Minister to Egypt
Far be it from me TO minimize the
standing or the vslor OF the fortunate
scion OF nobility who won the mana OF
the charming Boston belle. He Is
real" count, that is-to be absolutely
truthful as chronicler-his father Is. the
latter having bought the title. or, better
| still, having been ennObled by the vail
! can for certain services to the CatHoIic
| Church Whether the title Is hereditary
| or whether, as is quite often the case IN
| Holy See grants, 1t ceases win the
| death OF Its recipient. ! have not taken
! the trouble to ascertain. II Is all-sum-
! Client for the. purposes OF this narrative
| to know that the countship is OF recent
origin and how il was obtained.
Did an accomplished American lady,
! the daughter OF a house like that OF
the Peabody's, really have TO look all the
way across the Atlantic and across all
of Europe 10 Asia Minor and the Nile
country for a suitable husband? II Is
n sad reflection upon the well raised
manly. athletic youth Of America her
native country. And yet that Is exactly
what Miss Peabody has done. for the
! Zoghebs, as the name plainly indicates
are Svrians OF Asia Minor, tn" father OF
M bridegroom having emigrated from
his native land-perhaps preferring the
| rule OF the Khcdive to Ottoman tyranny
to Alexandria, the great mercantile port
OF Egypt
There he prospered. amassed quite
fortune in trade and his family oecain"
socially prominent, especially since th'
uav that the late King OF Denmark made
Mr. Zogheb pere. his diplomatic agent
and consul general for Egypt
/ In business way this position may
amount to something. for Denmark may
have some trade relations with the lana
! of the khedive. But as far as the dih-
. louatlc agency is concerned. We can
shrewdIy surmise how important the dip
Inmatic relations Of the two countries
named are.
The fact Of the matter sand speak
with absolute authority-the father-in-
Law Of our Countrywoman t. Just con-
sui a representative for mercantile puF-
poses alone, and not in the least engaged
in the neld diplomatic. This has been
estab Hshed by the fact that aIthouEh
| Mr. ZOgheb. sr.. in point OF service Is
! supposed to be the oldest among the en-
VOWS Of foreign nations at Cairo. the
atr,1f. 10 cir
steadfastly have declined to honor MIN
by making him the dean Of the corps
/ Their special reasons. il any. are not
! known to me. Nor am | aware what par
ticuIar station in life the husband Of the
former Miss Peabody O, cupies, other than
that he is the sen Of his Syrian father.
Aged Prince and Princess Christian OF
! SchIeswig- Holstein have decided to spend
the cntir, winter and spring at Frog
more Lodge. ana will not take up their
residence at Cumberland Lodge again un-
til next summer. FrOgmorc Is rather
depressing place in winter. and the sur
roundings are d5mp. In 1888 Queen VIC
toria ASSIGNED the lodge to the then
! Prince and Prin, css OF Wales as their
! Windsor rCsidcn, g. but one winter there
was quit, enough for the prince, who
never could be Induced to return to Frog
more where, BY the way. the late Duke
OF Clarence was born. In those days
the house was fun 81 d"lcful memorials
of the Duchess of Kent. queen Victoria :
mother. and the room in which she died
was kept locked up 10y command OF tn"
Queen.
Princess Henry Of Battrnberg, the
Youngest of Queen Nict"lias daughters
| ,BeatriceI. who Is resident at Ken
i sington Palace for the winter has de-
yided to dispose Of Osborne cottage, her
residence near East Gnwes II she can
find a purchaser Tho place has its
drawbacks. and the Princess will be
fortunate if she IS able to get rid or II
to advantage.
During Queen Nictoria's reign Osborne
Cottage was occupied during the resi-
dences OF the court in the Isle OF Wight
by members OF her majesty's personal
household. and Sir Henry Ponsonby had
the use OF the place for many years.
Princess Henry will other buy or rent
Norris Castle Lord Ampthilrs place on
the Solent. the park Of which adjoins the
Osborne domain. Queen Victoria and
her consort. Prince Albert. were very
anxious to buy Norris Castle in 1874. hut
the then owner would not sell the prop
ertv Norris was purchased early in the
eighties OF the last century by the ninth