Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-11
Gossip Of Society.

Washington friends of Nine. de VOL
liant. who was formerly Miss Helen Tis-
del of this city, were gsieved to near
this past week of the death of NJ. de
WolIant, who died abroad, the latter
part of May.
NJ. de Wollant was some dozen years
or more ago counselor of the Russian
embassy in Washington. and during the
absence OF Count Cassini, the then am
bassador, acted as charge d'affaires.
From this post he was promoted to be
minister to Mexico for his government,
but the climate of the country did not
agree with Nine. de Wollant, so on her
account he gave up the post and retired
TO private life, living the remainder of
the time with her on his estates in Rus
STA.
Only last year Nine. de Wollant lost
| her mother. Mrs. Willard Parker Tisdel.
whose family and affiliations connected
| her with the old resident circle OF Wash
| ington Nine. de Wollant has "A sister,
| who some three years ago married
| Capt. Octave Edouard Moussot of the
French army, and who is now serving
under the colors of his country in the
4th Artillery Nine. Moussot was
Miss Edine Frances Tisdel. She is now
| with her husband in France.
! Both girl of the residential CO.
| terie of Washington and as the wife
| of q Russian diplomat. whose duties
| sometimes made her first lady of the
| embassy circle and chatelaine of its
| government home, Nine. de Wollant was
especially popular and gathered about
! her a host of friends, whose sympathy
extends across the ocean to her now in
a bereavement which has placed her in
la group of ever-increasing wealthy
American women, widows of titled for
eigners, whose European estates, GUS
| toms and traditions they inherit.
The presence of Gen. Leonard Wood
at the barbecue given the other day at
the estate of Mr.. Theodor Boal at
| Boalsburg. Pa. Is not the only connect
ing link between the rally for prepar-
edness there and Washington, as can
| be attested by the French ambassador
and Nine. Jusserand. who remember
well Mr.. Boal as resident of Wash
| ington and their friend. as was also
Nine. Boal, who resided here with him
| several years, at ITO II street, in one
Of the apartments in the building which
Mr.. Boal erected on the site of the old
Porter house.
the home of the French embassy and
the dinners and evening levees at
which NJ Jules Cambon presided as
host are still talked of when func-
lions of brilliancy and interest are
spoken Of
In the dear old garden that lay at
one side of the embassy M Cambon
was wont to have intimate little mid
day breakfasts, and often his guest OF
honor. as well sole guest was Count
Cassini, his contemporary in Washing
ton. who was brilliant host for
Russia M. Cambon was for France
and there, with table set amid roses
and old-fashioned perennials. the two
/ diplomatists sat over their breakfast
and discussed secrets, political and So
cial. that would make more than inter-
esting reading today.
1t was with regret that many Wash
ingtonians saw the garden wall come
down. followed later by the walls of
the historic old mansion, which fell to
be replaced by modern, up-to date
and what has been called the only real
French apartment house in Washing
ton.
An annex to that apartment house
. which stands just where the chancel-
lerie of the old French embassy stood
/, was for years used as the chancellerie
| of the Brazilian embassy. the diplo-
matte history of the South American
country being conducted upon the same
site was that of this country with
| France.
Speaking of old homes, the Belgian