The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-16
By COUNT DE PAssY.
Especial Society COrrespOndent)

OF Germany, Paris society mas ap-
parently decided at last to bury the
Ratchet and to consider the war as
formally ended.
The Grand Duchess has been well
received IN Paris. where's she was
known and loved for her charity
and beneYolence before the war.
She has made several appearances
In public, notably at the fashionable
Acacias, near the Arc de Triomphe,
and at the Sunday dinners at the
Ritz.
Count and Countess de Beaufort
has also returned and re-opened
their mansion On the avenue du
Bois de Bouiogne, where before the
war their sumptuous entertainments
were a byword in international So
ciety.
PARIS HAS BEEN
FILLED WITH ROYALTY.
Paris has been full of royalty
lately. the Ritz being headquarters
for most Of the crowned heads who
prefer the comfortable incognito Of
hotel life TO the pre-war practice
OF embassy living.
The King and Queen of Rumania
have gone home and the former
King and Queen Of Portugal have
continued their voyage on to Scot
land. but Dowager Queen Olga, of
Greece, remained for the marriage
OF her honorary godson, Billy Leeds,
to Princess Xenia of Russia, daugh-
ter Of Grand Duchess Marie
y Interesting revelations may be
expected some day on the subject
Of Leeds marriage. 1t Is well
known that Grand Duchess Marie
objected strongly to the union and
10 was officially stated that she con-
sidered Billy too young to marry.
He will not be Of age until Novem-
Der.
WHEN A RoMANoFF
MARRnEs A LEEDS
It Is whispered. however, that the
real cause for her long-sustained
opposition to the marriage was her
private horror at the thought of
one Of the royal Romanoffs-for
xsnia Is of that tragic famfly-be-
coming the bride Of a plebeian
American.
King Constantine. of Greece.
whose return to his throne was
largely due to the money and eff
forts Of Mrs. Leeds, now Princess
Christopher, interviewed repeatedly
IN efforts to change the Russian
noblewoman's mind, and even Queen
Marie Of Rumania, whose feud with
Princess Christopher has apparently
ended. was persuaded to use her
good offices
srSfen visit Of the grand duchess
to Paris and her equally sudden
capttulation to young Billy's fervent
desires considerably intrigued So
ciety, where rumors are rife that
the tinplate millions will be found
Of considerable service to the re-
naming Romanoffs, as they have
been to that branch Of the Hohen-
Eollerns which still rules in the
shadow OF the Acropolis at Athens.
VARIOUS PARLOR FADs
INTRIGUE SOCIETY.
Spirits, psychotelepathy. Bud
dhism, mysticism and various other
Isms are the raging mode at Paris
now. and thes intimes in fashion
able parlors are frequently trans
termed into impromptu seances.
One Of the most successful of such
AFFAIRS to be given recently was in
the Oriental apartment OF the Mar
quis of Grollier on the Rue Godot-
de-Mauroy. Guests included several
prominent members of the Newport
and Bar Harbor colonies-at present
a trifie timid in the matter of allow
ing their names to be published-sO
we may expect mediums and spirit
ualIstic paraphernalia to be in de-
mand this winter along the Avenue
and at Palm Beach.
PRINCESS EDMOND
GOES TO VENICE.
Frivolous Paris has been out
friyoled by Venice and its Lidi, ac>
cording to reliable reports brought
back by returning faithfuls. So
enticing were some of these reports
that Princess Edmond de Polignac.
born the beautiful Winaretta singer,
has bundled of. bag and baggage,
for the City of the Doges, where she
has bought and furnished a mag
niicent palace not far from the
house on the Grand Canal where
the poet d'Annunzio lives and
dreams when he is at home.
am revealing no state secret
when I say that 1t Is fairly we'll
established that the enthusiastic
winaretta does not intend to return
to Paris for q long time. and then
only for visits. She has let her
house here furnished.
Mrs. vincent Aston has never been
able to stay away from Paris more
than nine months since her mar
riag-shs recalls with shudders her
wartime exile at Bordeaux - and
here she 10 back again, and in her
customary apartment at the Ritz.
DEBUTANTEs RETURN
TO PARIS FROM DINARD.
The season at Dinard, which this
year rivalsd that at Deauville. Is
over. and tanned, healthy-looking
debutantes and tired dowagers are
back 1t the Paris hotels.
The smartest dinner party Of the
season was given by Mrs. Hughes
HaIlett in honor Of Grand Duke and
Duchess Cyril. Of Russia, Infant don
Alfonso Of Spain, and the Infanta
Beatrice Guests included Prince and
Princess Aymon de Faucigny-Lu-
ctnge. the former Carolyn Foster
looking her charmingest in black
crepe-marocain decorated with chased
silver ornaments and belt.
Mr.. and Mrs. oliver wolcott Roose-
welt have q suite at the Hotel de
France ct ChoiseuL
Mr.. and Mrs Alexander Laugh
lin. who arrived on the Olympic,
stayed at the Ritz preparing for
their long-planned automobile trip
through romantic Spain.
VARIOUS AMERICANS
PASS THROUGH PARIS.
Edward A F1lene. of Boston. has
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