Evening star., 1914-03-15

Bond studio and gave the right of publication to the
photographer The picture appeared in many illustrated
magazines and helped to introduce her. As for Lady
Oakhurst, she was invaluable.
February found us at Cannes where Lady Oakhurst
had secured for delightful villa. The A1ova was
already in the harbor We had picked out Cannes be-
the Riviera easy afordng excellent possibilities
for beginners was thoroughly at home anywhere on
the Continent, and had large acquaintance among
foreign diplomats, who flock there during the season.
had Railway put up at the cub,-an easy matter
there-we gave little dinners at the Casino Municipal
ard entertained dscreety at home and the yacht
The Russian Grand Duke and his wife, who are such
great personages at Cannes and have liking for Ameri
cans took Helen, and Frank fell in with sporty
English Duke who keen not only yachting, but
also on polo and golf This ended in promise from the
Duke to come America and start series of polo
matches when Franks field ready to be christ
ened.
Then Lady Oakhurst captured mediatzed German
Prince who willing to be fed and was distant
cousin of the Kaiser. So took him off short
cruise Following this triumph, we had English
Prime Minister brace of Spanish grandees male and
female Princess of the Blood Royal and nephew of
the Khedive of Egypt. saw that the newspaper
respondents were kept posted movements, and
the cabed foreign pages of the New York Sunday
papers had frequent mention of the Alova and the do
ngs of the Railways. We finished our season with
dance the yacht to the very pick of the colony There
no breaks of any kind.
Lady Oakhurst did not think it was wise to follow
this first success, which hardly cornerstone with
a London 1t would not pay to take town
house in London to arrange for Heens presentation
at Court that year. We had determined to make two
sensational coups.
Lady Oakhurst and Helen left for London, where it
would be seen that few good English friends were
made. The Anglo-An,ercan contingent, which has the
reputation of sneerng at and discouraging any new
conner, to be relgiousy avoided.
IN the meantime had arranged the first coup. de-
ter1ined to capture the Kaiser. I arranged stag
party of for cruise to Kel the Alova and was
lucky enough to get my German Prince of happy
Cannes memory to be one of u.s. Now Kiel on the
North Sea, where each year the Kaiser attends the
regatta 1t is gala occasion for the Germans One of
the pet fads of the Kaiser is the American yacht One
of his best comes from shpyard down by Staten
Island Yet with all that he does for Kel there some
thing lacking. 1t has not the brillance of other re-
gattas and falls far below that of Cowes later in the
year. It is needless say that the Kaiser halls with
delight any accession to the fleet of luxurious craft
gathered there.
had been quietly working through of our young
secretaries at Berlin to gain my point Frank Radway
the American millionaire, would be at Kie with the
Alova of the most luxurious yachts a1oat And
she did make splendid showing as she steamed into
The ong that morning My friend the secretary came
up to join the party aboard and gave luncheon
our Ambassador. In everything that pertains to a
yacht its rigorous and conventional etiquette Frank
Railway is past master. had no fear of him. On the
second day of the regatta it made known to us
through the proper authorities that the Kaiser wished
visit and inspect the Alova. It arranged that
he should come for luncheon. For this indebted
to guest, the German Prince, who also drilled us in
the simple formaities to be observed.
The imperial visit was prodigious success. We were
Just ourselves, American yachtsmen, and we made no
show of ostentation The Kaiser asked many questions
and went away delighted. The