The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-02
FIRST LADY OF
FRANCE TR|UMPHS
pEAUTTruL WIFE OF NEW PREsf-
DENT WIPES oUT SOCIAL
OPPOSITION.
DISPLAYS DEMOCRACY
HnyAIIsTs AND SOCIALISTS LOOK
ALIKE TO MADAME poINCARE---
AMERICANS ENTERTAIN
HER.
av PAU prERRE RIGNAUX.

BY PAUL PIERRE RiGNACA.
PARIS, March Madame Ray
nond Poincare. the beautiful and ele-
CANT wife Of the recently elected pres
iaent of the republic. has triumphed
Immediately over all social opposition.
Already Madame Poincare Is the
social leader OF all French women;
at the Elysee palace she welcomes
with equal warmth the wives Of royal
lists and the wives OF socialists. Her
instant social predominance has rout-
sd and silenced those VIM tried to be-
little her before her husbands cleo
ton.
Madame poincare's very first recep-
lions were attended by SUCH ladies Of
the old regime as the Countess de Nun
wife of the distinguished royalist ora
tor; the Countess de La ROchantin,
the Countess Henri de Houssaye. the
Countess DorTnessen, the Countess de
France de Tessant, and the Countess
de Raney. Women like the Marqutse
do Castellane and the Duchesse de
Montmorency, who have not been at
the Eiysee since the republic WAS es-
tablished. have called upon Madame
poincare- Rubbing skirts with the
old nobility were Madame Ferdinand
Dreyfus Madame Alexander Mile
rand Madame Jean Jaures and the
wives Of other socialists.
At q literary reception given by
.tAaAtAss Madame PoincArs WAS greeted
by the Duchess de Rouen, the Prin-
cess de la Pour Daudergne, the Dow
sger Countess CASTOR DE- MonteSquleu-
f7ezenac and the Countess de st. Cyr.
Never has the social union Of French
women heen more complete.
The hospitable women Of tho Amer
lean colony have WED in giving most
agreeable entertainments during the
week.
MRS George whelan wife OF Cen
eral Whelan, of Washington. gave IA
dinner and reception at the Hotel Rttz.
Among the guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Bodington. General and Mrs,
Winslow. Major and Mrs. Mahan. Mr..
and Mrs Frederick Jennings, George
X Davis. Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Strass-
burger and Mrs John Hayward Win
3hrop Mrs. Whelan it one OF the
latest addition to the American col
ony.
Mrs Eugene Vail has held her Sec
ona reception since her return from
Munich, where she went TO visit her
son. Mrs, Sanford n. pomeroy pre-
sided az the tea tables. A group of
young people added to the gaiety,
among them Miss Vail, Miss Gwendo
lsn King. Miss Pomeroy, Miss Gladys
REID, Miss Gladstone ard George Bod
ington.
Washington, have taken an apartment
at No. II Boulevard Delesert, which
fhsy are now arranging. Mrs. Thomp-
son is the only American woman in
Paris who wears monocle. Mrs.
Kendall Mrs Thompeons mother and
Mr.. Kendall intend TO take an apart
ment on their next return from Dr.
nard, where they have 8 villa in which
they have spent the summer for sew
etal years.
The Countess de Moy formerly Miss
Gibbs. of Brooklyn, held her usual re-
eeption at her residence on the Rue
Theodore de Banville. Among those
present were Mrs. Algernon Sartoris,
of New York; Mrs Frederick Parsons
and Mrs, s, r. pomeroy, The coun-
tess has gone to Biarritz. but viii re-
turn tn the first week of March.
Mrs, William Moore, formerly Miss
Kate Robinson, of New York, has re-
turned from the Riviera.
Mrs. Rossiter Howard, wife of the
artist No. 6 Rue Boissonnade. has
given the last of her 'at homes be-
fore leaving for America. Some of
the guests were Mrs. John Beach, Mrs.
Scott, Miss Bruce, Mrs. f, w Shurt-
left Mrs Dent Mowrey and Miss Dry
den.
MIR and Mrs. w. II. Reeder have
gone To Nice.
Dances, Dinners and Routs,
John Warden and his Wife, former
~ Of Philadelphia, are motoring To
their villa at Nice.
Mrs. Ferdinand Blumenthal, OF New
York, gave "A delie htful dance at her
home the other night. The guests in
Guided the Duke and Duchess de
Merny, the Swedish minister aud
Countess Gydsnstolpe.
Mr. ana Mrs John Fairbain. Of New
Jersey. Will soon give up their apart
Tnent In the Rue Spoutin and sail for
home. Mr. Fairbain is one of the pill
lars Of the New York horse show.
The American club, Of which W. s.
Dalliba IN president. gave luncheon
IN honor Of Donald Harper's decora-
ton as chevaIier Of The Legion Of
Honor as reward for HIS services
70 France. Mr. Harper. formerly If
Rome. Ga, now a prominent lawyer
here, win sail for America on April
9Th next,
Mrs Henry Say, formerly Miss Da-
Wis. Of New York Is receiving at her
home in the Avenue Victor Hugo every
Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. f. NJ. Dick. Of New
York, have left for home, after Visit
10 MI Dicks mother, who Ia "a resi-
dent Of Paris.
Charles w. Clark, the American
baritone, made great success at the
first song recital this evening at the
SALES des Agriculteurs. The Ameri-
can Colony Was wen represented. 1ne
feature Of the evening was the extra
ordinary work OF the young Chicago
pianist, Gordon Campbell. who PLAYED
an entire program Of some thirty
songs from memory. 49,.
Miss Marjorie Patterson. Of Balti-
more, broke the wonted silence Of the
only convent left in Paris by reheafs-
ing In tragic tones her part III new
play assigned her nv Sir Herbert Beer
bohn Tree. During her mothers ab-
sgnce in America Miss Patterson was
left in charge Of the sisters of the
convent III the Avenue Malakon with
in "a stones throw of the palace OF the
Duke ard Duchess de Talleyrand
While walking IN the spacious gardens
of the convent, Miss Patterson feeited
aloud the part Of little waiting girl
1abalie, in the play which is entitled
"The White Mans Burden" She in
terrupted the mathis of the sisters
bat they seemed TO enjoy the amusing