The Alaska citizen., 1913-05-12


the funeral ship. and while she kept
as shrines the rooms occupied by
her husband and daughter, still she
did not shut herself away from
social pleasures. She did not be
come hermit nor did she inflict
her grief on the public.
Her daughters death, however.
made her an exile to all intents and
! purposes, as ever she made
| her home on the Mamma, but she
gathered about her at first only the
friends of her later days-the friends
/ who had known her daughter. Mem
! bers of the German. English and
French nobility. and particularly the
/ Emperor and Empress of Germany.
and the late King Edward were
! her friends. Queen Alexandra and
/ the then Prince and Princess OF
Wales were her guests. too. on sew
eral occasions. The Emperor VIII
helm sent Admiral Won Baudissin.
his personal representative. to Miss
Beatriees funeral and ordered him
/ to place a wreath on her grave in the
name OF the Empress and himself
Then followed many months of
wander'ngs on the part of the
MAMMA and its heart-sore owner.
/ The craft became as we'll known in
/ foreign ports from Norway to Con
stantinople as it was formerly u
Newport and New York. In 1906
Mrs. Goelet began to entertain on
a more elaborate scale. She gave
many cruising parties. particularly
after the marriage of her niece May
/ to the Duke of Roxburghe. Late
in the summer of that year one Of
I he sailors. Martin Schiller. a Ger
man. fell overheard and was drown
ed. And just before Christmas one
] of the assistant engineers was taken
! i'll and died on board.
! These We're minor tragedies. and
in a way did not effect the Goelet
family. After the death of the en-
gineer life moved along very smooth
" for the wealthy widow.
She had the Kaiser as her guest
at kio during the naval manoeuvers
one season. and at that time there
vas a wellfounded report that she
would marry one of the Kaiser's
pet attaches.
The Nahma had other curious in
cidents in her career In 1907. while
trying to pass through the Darda.
nelles without passport. she was
held up by the Turkish authorities
and much unpleasantness developed
1t ended very DELIGHTFULLY."-. however.
for the Sultan himself made the
most handsome apologies and pre-
scented Mrs. Goelet with the order
of the Chefakat an order estab-
lished by the Sultan in view of the
work accomplished by the Baroness
Coutts. who instituted the
Turkish Compassionate Fund
In June, 1911. another count was
made against the MAMMA The
Duchess of Roxburghe was not very
strong, and was ordered to take an
ocean voyage. With the Duke she
sailed away on the Mamma. and
while on board was taken dangerous.
ly ILL., For days it was feared that
she would die. On her recovery and
her return to Floors Castle she told
her family that she would make o.
den, the elder son of the Robert
Wilson Goelets her heir
Last winter Mrs Goelet returned
to New York and was frequently
at the opera in her box, but other
wise she did not entertain very for,
mally She went to Europe last
spring. and after the Nahma had been
redecorated took a cruise to the
northWard. Her son did not go with
her. In July Mrs. GOelet developed a
dangerous illness. Specialists hur-
ried to the yacht from London and
Paris, said that it was cancer and
that there was no hope.
Let me die on board my boat"
said Mrs Goelet.
Her son FASTENED to Europe. but
refused to grant his mothers re
quest. He dreaded the yacht and
insisted that she go to Paris for
further treatment From the be-
ginning, however, there on board
the Nahma, Mrs Goelet was sure
that she had no chance to recover
She was almost fatalistic in her at
titude.
She went to Paris where she had
an apartment, and after several
months of suffering died there on
December 5.
Mrs. Goelet left one last request.
that her body be taken home to
America on board the vessel in