The Washington times., 1922-08-28
NOBODY CARED
FOR $4,000 So
HOUSE TOOKIT
Gamblers at DeauvilIe Drop
Fortnue on Floor Without
Missing Wealth.
BY c. r. BERTELLI,
Universal Service.


With one queen. three kings, one
heir and one pretender to a throne,
three maharajahs and innumerable
princes. dukes and marquises from
al lover Europe. Deauville's Grand
Prix week reached unprecedented
heights of extravagant splendor.
King Alfonso Of Spain, one OF the
; most popular figures in European
fashionable life, was the center OF
attention from morning to night.
Grouped about him were the smart
est men and most beautiful women,
the latter displaying such a wealth
of Jewels and rich gowns that Al
fonso was heard to remark laughing
ly ohis aide-de-camp, the Duke
Viana:
"The sight Of such jewels almost
makes me q bolshevik."
Contrasting the popularity OF Al
fonso, King Albert Of Belgium pass
ed through Deauyille almost un.
noticed. his homelike inclinations not
permitting him to appear at the pub
lie restaurants or at the night dances
Shah Is Jealous.
According to intimates, the practi'
cal retirement Of the Shah OF Persia
to his rooms for the past few days
has been due to jealousy OF King
Alfonso, who unquestionably over.
shadowed even the magnificence OF
the eastern ruler.
Queen Olga, Of Greece. arrived FIJI
day. She 10 the guest OF Princess
Christopher, the former Mrs. VIII
lam B. Leeds, whose entertainments
at the Casino and Hotel Royal have
beaten the world records for choice
guests and artistic dancers.
The heir to the Rumanian throne
left early In the week after MS
chaperone, the Rumanian ambassa'
dor, had decided that a. m. tango
ing was too much for the young
prince.
Aga Kahn, with his new wife. for
merly the Italian dancer Emagliani'
is steadily losing hundreds OF thou
sands Of francs without the least
excitement. while the Rajah Pu-
dukota and the Maharajah Of ka.
purthala, sitting opposite. have
bagsed most Of his money. They
also shocked the Casino manage.
ment by insisting upon a glass Of
beer with their a. m. sandwich
instead Of the customary $25 cham
payne.
$lO,UOO Is rOunu.
The money fight around the pri.
vate tables where only millionatres
are admitted. became so fantastic
Saturday night that a bundle OF
SIC, 900 found under the tables re.
manned unclaimed, no one missing
It. It was. therefore. bagged by the
management who has already COL
lected we'll over So 900 900 in gam
bling percentages and are we'll on
the way to break last years record
of 100000
James Rothschiid, with his father,
Baron Henry Rothschild, Is also
conspicuous player, sin order to for
get the breach-of-promise case
against him in the New York
courts"
The Dolly sisters admit they have
been beaten at baccarat, while lady
Diana Manners Cooper plays only a
dollar stake. but keeps the onlook:
ers wondering whether her string OF
pearls, the longest ever seen any.
where. is actually real or not
Conspicuous beyond words Is Mrs.
Edith Kelly Gould. who throughout
the week has not worn a single
jewel.
Among tne AHeIlCdHs aIe MI ohu
Mrs. Howard Brokaw, A. K. Macon.
ber. whose purchase of yearlings
promises to make him king Of the
racecourse next season: Charles
Hacket, who has become the furore
owing to his singing Of opera and Is
called the "Adonis tenor" Mrs. L.
Gimbel, the Baroness Robert D. Err.
LANCER, formerly Mrs. Peter Cooper
Hewitt, who offered $1,000 to anyone
giving her information as to the
whereabouts Of her pet dog, Mingo:
Herman Harjies, whose wife Is a
prominent hostess Of King Alfonso.
Owing to the early thirst Of the
bathers. Deauville ran short Of gin
on Thursday, since when the Porto.
flip has become the only fashionable
drink to be enjoyed for 81.