The Washington herald., 1919-08-24

luls country, EeluEucO Win MS pfioc,
formerly Miss TaVie Beige, the noted
Belgian prima donna, from their hon
eymoon. They were married at the
Belgian Legation in Washington and
went abroad in June on the Belgian
relief ship Elizabeth van Belgie.
They left New York on June 10.
Mime. Hendrick being the only wom-
an on board. and, besides a Belgian
priest, she and her husband were the
only passengers. On June is the
ship ran into an iceberg OF New
foundland, smashing in her bow and
filing the forepeak with water.
Temporary repairs were made at sea
and the ship slowly made her way
across the Atlantic. While in the
North Sea later the ship grazed a
floating mine that the commander
spied a few feet ahead and by a
quick maneuver saved the vessel
Then in Belgium lost my voice
because OF the climate said Miss
Beige, "and I didn't really get it
back until three nights ago, when
I sang at a concert on board. AS
the breeze came from the American
shores it seemed to change me en-
tirely, and now I am all right"
OTHER NOTABLEs
JUST RETURNED.
Prof. Stephen Panaretor, Bulgarian
Minister to Washington, and Nine
Panaretoff, returned also on the
France from a hurried trip to Paris
Gen. Guillaume Lavergne, of the
French army, also was a passenger,
on his way to Vladivostok-
Mrs William Osloa Roosevelt, Of
Virginia, whose husband was a dis
tant relative OF the Roosevelts of
Oyster Bay. brought back the ashes
OF her husband and her mother-in-
law, both of whom died in Baden
Baden. the latter in April and the
former last month.
Richard V. Callahan, correspondent
for the New York Times, also was
passenger. Rear Admiral Edward
simpson, who represented the United
States in naval matters at the Peace
Conference, was on board. One OF the
civilian passengers was Mrs. 7. Z.
Van Meter, wife of Lieut.. Commander
Van Meter and daughter of Admiral
Albert GleaVes; formerly Anne
Gleaves.
The lady OF the name Of De Cler-
mont-TOnnerre, who arrived in New
York on board La France, is not, as
has been asserted, the wife of the
Duke of Clermont-Tonnerre head Of
his house, but his rather remarkable
sp'LSter cousin. Countess Henriette de
ClermOnt-Tonnerre. She has devoted
much of her leisure to travels in all
sorts or remote portions and corners
OF the Orient, where some of her ad-
ventures have been of the most ex-
citing description
Henriette de Clermont-T t-Tonnerre
was the principal financial hacker OF
the former Shah of Persia in the at
tempt which he made in 1911 to recover
his throne from his young son and
successor. She accompanied his party
when it invaded Persia, and was pres
ent not only at the several encounters
which took place with the government
troops, but also at his final defeat
She barely escaped with her life.
l gathered from her arrival here that
she Is on her way once more to the
Far Orient. and that she expects to
be able to make her way to Persia
by way of Siberia, but she says she
will be back in Paris by October and
is not going to Persia
In view Of the fact that the former
Shah, who vanished from his refuge
at COnstantinople in January last, is
reported to have reappeared once
more in Persia, some forty miles from
Ieheran, at the head of an army of
insurgents. the journey of the Count
ess de ClermOnt-TOnnerre may not be
UnCOnnected with the troubles in that
part Of the world.
The ducal house of C7ermont-Ton-
ncrre-the present head Of the family
Is the eighth duke of his line-was
Count Sibaud de ClermOnt of the
DauphiGne, who distinguished himself
in the twelfth century fighting for
Pope Calitus II against the anti
Pope Maurice Bandin, who assumed
the title Of Gregory VIII. Sibaud de
Clernont's descendants acquired the
name and the arms of the De Ton
nerres through the marriage of Ber-
nardin de ClermOnt with Anne de
HUsson. heiress of the last Of the
Counts de Tonnerre, in 1896.
Among the most famous members
Of the house were the Marquis Gas
pard de Clermont-Tonnerre, who as
field marshal commanded the left
wing of the French army at the bat
tie of FOntenoy. and Francois de
ClermOnt-Tonnerre, bishop Of Noyon,
who was elected member of the Acad-
enly OF France in 1894 and founded
the prize for poetry which the acad-
emy still gives each year. Stanis-
laus de CIermont-Teanerre presided
over the French national assembly in
the last days of the monarchy at
the close of the eighteenth century
and was killed at the n1assacre Of
the royalsts on that sanguinary Au-
gust 10, 1872, in Paris
COUNTESS NOT
GOING To PERSIA.
The actual dukedom OF C1ermont-
Tonnerre dates from the middle Of the
eighteenth century, when that first
created in 1572 and which had be-
come extinct, was revived The pres
ent Duke de Clermont-Tonnerre is one
OF the best known figures on the
French turf. and is particularly in
terested in steeplechasing. He is mar
ried to the eldest daughter OF the
Due de Gramont by the first of the
latter's three wives, Isabelle de Beau
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