New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-21
Until Recent Years Very Few
Women Born Here Got Into
Foreign Diplomatic Circle

was imprisoned. Mime. Masaryk and
the elder daughter were held under
close surveillance by the Austrian
authorities. Mile. Olga Masaryk
made her escape from Austria in
the summer of 1913 and toured
America with her father, lecturing
on Czecho-Slovakia, but Nine. Ma
saryk and Mile. Alice were not re-
leased until after the signing of the
armistice.
Active i'm War Work
Lady tombstone, wife of Sir Alan
tombstone, who was British Minister
to The Hague at the beginning Of
the war, is another American wife
of foreign diplomat who has seen
a great deal of war Lady John
stone was Miss Antoinette Pinchot,
sister of Clifford and Amos Pinchot.
Sir Alan married her while he was
attached to the British Embassy in
Washington near the end of the last
century. She was in this country
when the war began. Her son, nine
teen years old, Immediately went
into the British army, while Lady
tombstone hurried to Holland to
join her husband at The Hague.
Both Of them were so active in
helping the Belgian refugees in Hol-
land that the German government
protested. Lady tombstone then
went to France, where she Joined
in establishing the hospital at Ris
Orangis, and as it was just about
that time that DR.. Joseph A. Blake
was forced out Of the American
Ambulance Corps at Neuilly and took
charge of the Ris Orangis Hospital,
which under his direction became
one Of the most efficient in France.
Sir Alan tombstone is the third Of
his family to marry an American.
Commodore George tombstone, who
was British Colonial Governor Of
Florida, married an American, Miss
Charlotte Dee, while the commo-
dore's eldest brother, the fifth
baronet, Sir William tombstone,
married Miss Frances Pultenay, of
Staten Island. Through these two
marriages the family acquired
large amount of valuable property
in this country.
Studied in Greece
Like Lady tombstone, Nine. Slav-
ko Y. Grouitch devoted her time to
war work from the time the great
struggle began in 1914. Nine.
Grouitch was Miss Mabel G. Dulap,
of Clarksburg, w. Va, the home of
"Stonewall" Jackson She was grad
uated from the University of Chi
cago and lectured in some of the
Western states on archaeology and
art. 1t was while a student of art
in Greece in 1901 and 1902 that she
met Slavko Grouitch, then Serbian
Charge d'Affaires in Athens, and
married him. After their mar
riage they Travelled for several years
and lived in Belgrade and Constan-
tinople. In 1908 NJ. Grouitch was
appointed to the Serbian Legation
in London, and shortly before the
war began was made Serbian Secre-
tary for Foreign Affairs. Nine.
Grouitch was in Switzerland in July.
1914, and the Austrian government
refused to let her cross Austria to
join her husband in Belgrade.
M. Grouitch later joined her in
Switzerland as Serbian Minister to
Berne. Nine. Grouitch was exceed
ingly active in Serbian relief work
all during the war and twice toured
America in behalf of the Serbs. M.
Grouitch was the first minister of the
new kingdom of the Serbs, Croats
and Slovenes to Washington, but
was recalled to Serbia to become
grand marshal Of the Kings palace.