The Washington herald., 1915-10-03
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main simply Doctor Dumba." Nothing.
perhaps. SO thoroughly indicates his dis
like Of display. He has served for many
years in London, Petrograd. Belgrade.
Rome and Stockholm. His service in
Belgrade was supposed to have made
him expertly informed on the situation
In the Balkan states.
DR.. Dumba was received with more
than usual cordiality on his arrival In
this country in April. 1913. He showed
IN enthusiastic interest in America and
Americans, and in his interest Nine.
Dumba shared. She wanted q home In
this country, she said, as nearly as pos
sible like her home in Austria. They took
the Yulee ma4Sion on Connecticut ave-,
Just opposite the British embassy. and
began q series of entertainments re-
markable for their brilliancy.
DR.. Dumba's frankness and palpabls
sincerity Immediately won him friends;
Nine. Dumba at once became known a.
the most beautiful, tactful and fascinat-
ing woman in Washington society. Never
Q hint of the freakish marred her enter.
tanning; elegance, entire disregard of ex-
pense, and perfect proportion character
lied every one. They spent last season in
Newport. Lenox, Mass, the Berkshire
resou remarkable chiefly for the tend
ency toward gossip of those who live
there any length of time, was this year
the summer home Of the ambassador and
his family. They lived on the Frothing-
ham estate, two miles from Lenox, which
estate had been leased from Miss Eloiss
Won L. Meyer. sister of George Won L.
Meyer. former secretary of the navy, at
an annual rental, 1t is said, Of $4,000.
Charles T. Chaplin. Of Chicago, and
Mrs. w. D. Sloane are neighbors Of the
Dumbas. and the George Westinghouse
estate Is not far away. Within easy
walking distance is the home Of Mrs. A.
G. Vanderbilt. whose husband lost his
life in the sinking Of the Lusitania. It
was through the friendly efforts of Mrs.
Vanderbilt that the Dumbas were in
duced to change their summer residence
from Manchester to Lenox.
DR.. and Mrs. Dumba are exceptionally
democratic in their habits, their chief
delights being golf and riding. Mme.
Dumba is particularly accomplished a.
an equestrienne, and the Dumba stables
contain many fine mOdnts which she
used in her rides over the Berkshire
roads. The embassy ONCE occupied a
dwelling Of twenty rooms, set back. amid
spacious grounds. in the heart of She
village. Most of the attaches lived in
the Field cottage, also in the village.
while Baron Won Zwiedinek. counselor of
the embassy. lived at the Aspinwall
hotel. q few miles distant
Madame Dumba does her own shop
ping, and usually calls at the village at
least twice day for mail Sometimes
she walks the two miles: on other occa-
sions she drives big, eight-cylinder
motor car.
She is tall, lithely built. and impresses
one at once with the fact that she un-
doubtedly is lover of outdoor sports.
1t is not 30 much her clothes as her abil-
ity to wear them that has excited the
envy of more than one Lenox matron.
She has a wealth of rayen-black hair
and, with her dark. flashing eyes she
hardly lives up to the distinctive fea-
lures of her race Her hobby, as she
tells her friends, is the exercise she takes
before breakfast while the sun is just
peeping over the verdant Berkshire hills.
II this exercise does not take the form
of a wild gallop. it is a spirited walk.
Her favorite destination on these walks
is the Stockbridge Bowl. made famous
by William Cullen Bryant and Fannie
Kemble, and about two miles from the
Dumba home.
President Wilson's request for the re-
call of her husband was met character.
ist;caliy by Nine. Dumba. While the am
bassador was in New York, dining with
Count Won Berrstorf. she was receiving
the news at Lenox.
1T is preposterous," she said. I'VE
have frequently teen advised before that
the ambassador was about to be re-
moved, and all Of these. reports proved
to be without foundation. am sure
this latest report 10 nothing but idle gos-
sip. Until I hear from my husband his
excellency the ambassador, I shall re-
fuse to believe the rumor that Washing
ton has asked for his recall"
Providing you hear At once that
washington has asked for the recall Of
preparations for departure?" she was
asked. $3.50
81 can't answer that question. can
only repeat that think the rumor IN
groundiess and that have taken no
cognixance of II whatever"
Because of Nine. Dumba's deep inter.
est In her husbands a6airs. Il IL alto.
gether unlikely that she knew nothing
Of his plans and especially plans Of such
moment AZ the instisating Of strikes IN
American manufacturing plantD Tor the
purpose Of preventing the turning out Of
munitions Of war And her knovJodRo
certainly would have led to her pfepero-
tion for the consequeness Of discovery