The Washington herald., 1912-03-11

| More American women attenueu th'
''Schleppen-Cour" "a court reception
where all ladies' must appear in ball cos
tune with a long train which, by the
way, It requires especial 'chic'' to han
die in the presence Of royalty to whom
no back must be turned the other nigh'
than at any similar court before; also
more than of any other nationality
Those entitled TO be there by rea'
son OF being connected with the United
States Embassy were Mrs. Deishman
the Ambassadors wife, their daughter,
Miss Margaret: Mrs. Niblack, wife oi
the American naval attache, and Mrs,
sharte, wife OF the military sttache-
Only six OF the many who applied to
Ambassador Leishman for presentation
at this function were successful. Mrs.
Price Collier and her daughter Rather
inc: Mrs. S. Barton French and Miss
Gladys Waterbury. daughter Of the presi-
dent OF the Manhattan Trust Company
all Of New York; Mrs. II. X. Devereux
and her daughter Mildred, Of Cleveland.
But there were two other native Ameri-
can women who were fortunate enough
to be presented through the embassies OF
the nations to which their husbands be-
long, Lady Hatfield. through Lord and
Lady Goshen. and Countess de Gonsaut-
BlrOn. ana MI. LtlSnludh cAucoN
ter, through the French Ambassador. An
Invitation also had been bespoken for
Mrs. Chiffon. wife OF the second secretary
OF the British Embassy at Berlin-she Is
the daughter OF our Ambassador OBrier
at Rome-but she was not well enough TO
attend.
The great court ball Of the season al
the Berlin 'tSchlosS,' which takes
place tomorrow evening, Is most ex-
elusive affair. and the restrictions placed
upon the number invited more than once
heretofore have caused grief and dtsap-
pointment to American women who had
been able to get as far as the "Schlep-
pen-Cour."
Infante Eulalia of Spain is not the only
royaI princess with independent thoughts
notions, and fads. The Muscovite court
boasts one who can and indeed does go
that Castilian grand dame ''one better
This is the Grand Duchess Maria Pavo-
Iona, the spirited daughter of Grand
Duke Paul. the Cars uncle Her --latest
achievement among her many esca-
pades is that she Is taking lessons in n.y.
ing. In fact, she Is the first princess oi
the royal blood to practice this latest
method Of locomotion-
The grand duchess is barely twenty
two. but has been married almost five
years. Her independence and daredevil
spirit displease the Gar. who has a
horror Of modern emancipated women
and he arranged a match for her. Hii
word, of course, is a command to al
members Of the house Of Romanoff. and
so the wild and merry princess was mar
rIed to Prince William, the second but
poor son of the King of Sweden, anc
five years his wife's senior, whom ne
adores. The pair has one boy, Lennart
Duke of Samaland.
The grand duchess. who insists upon
being addressed by her Russian title, Is
very wealthy, so much so that she main
taIns her own court. which almost rivals
that of the Emperor. She very rarely
goes to Sweden. but compels her docile
husband to live in the gay capital OF the
Neva, where he feels like a fish out OF
water. Maria Pavlovna is an ardent
disciple Of our own Mrs Belmont, and
a pronounced "suffragist." She has gone
so far as to dare the Cars myrrnidons
by permitting meetings to be held in her
palace on the Nevsh Prospekt for the
propagation Of feminist ideas. The
fact IS Car Nicholas has reprimanded
her repeatedly, pointing out the danger
Of too much enlightenment OF women in
remain angry long with his bright and
vivacious young relative, who shocks all
etiquette and tradition at the Winter
Palace by grabbing the sacrosanct per-
son of the Gar by the shoulders and
waltzing up and down the room with
him until out Of breath and glad to be
rid OF his fair plague. he acquiesces In
her ''traitorous' doings.
A good story Is making the rounds at
~lr.N PafnrQ-
burE's ultra-exclusive clubs. and which
gives one a good idea Of the merry grand
duchess pranks She has a passion
for clever persons and invites number
OF them from France and England. It
was she who brought Mrs. Elinor Glyn
TO ST Petersburg. and society promptly
was shocked. But the princess remained
firm in her demand that the authoress
should be treated with respect during
her stay in Russia
Lady Nicholson. the British Ambassa-
doris wife. forced to invite Mrs. Glyn to
dinner, banished all the young men Of the
embassy from her table because she had
heard that Mrs. Glyn was a dangerous
woman" A few days later Maria Paw
lovna gave a dinner party at which Lady
Nicholson met Mrs. Glyn and all the
young men from the British Embassy.
The laugh went against Lady Nicholson.
VINO, however, buOh II Wei duu gave .
couple OF parties for the dangerous
Mrs. Glyn."
Mrs. Maldwin Drummond, the former
widow Of Marshall Field. jr.. Of Chicago,
has decided to remain at her husbands
country seat of Cadland. on the coast
near Southampton. until after Easter.
She prefers country life and has made n
hit as hostess. Her latest success was
a big fancy dress ball and private the
atricals, which, as I explained In an
other letter. are quite in vogue this sea-
son among Britain's smart set. In
short, Mrs. Drummond prefers the Hamp-
shire coast to her splendid residence in
Carlton House Terrace.
Cadland Is an old Georgian house,
rri,ich aithn,1rh rnf haailfifinI fronn the