The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-26
Noted Folk Sail
On Mauritania:
4 Ships Follow
Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Gerard
and Countess Sigray Leave
on Cunarder.

Five minutes before the Cunarder
Mauretania backed out of her dock yes
terday. bound for Cherbourg and South
ampton. j. w. TAFT. inpresario OF Sgd
ney, persuaded the Russian pianist.
Serge Rachmaninoff, to sign a contract
for thirty performances in Australia.
The pianist used the fountain pen OF
the persistent Mr.. TAFT and the wide
teak rail- of the promenade deck was the
desk. Rachmaninoff will first. play I'M
various parts of Europe, including Ber-
lin
James w. Gerard. former Ambassador
to Germany; Mrs. Gerard and her sis
ter, the Countess Anton sigray, formerly
Miss Harriet DAILY, also were passengers
by the swiftest liner. They will visit
England, France and Germany, and the
Countess will go to Hungary to join her
husband. who was arrested for an al
legged part in the attempt to restore the
late Emperor Charles to the throne and
is now out on bail. Countess Sigray has
been visiting her mother, Mrs. Marcus
Daily, and other relatives here.
The Rev. Dominicll Tavanai. superior
has been visiting the homes OF the order
in the United States. is returning by the
Cunarder with a large party OF cleri-
Gals. Miss NJ. V. Neill. formerly private
secretary to Secretary of State Hughes,
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sition in the American Embassy there.
others sailing are Gen. George f.. Ran
dolph of Baltimore, g. i. Wilson, who
was accompanied to the pier by his
daughter. Mrs. William Randolph
Hearst, and Sir Harry and Lady Nc
Gowan.
A throny Of the city's uniformed fire
chiefs were at the White Star line pier
to see Fire Chief John Kenlon and his
wife sail for the Mediterranean by the
steamship Arabic. He will investigate
not only fire fighting methods in the big
cities of Europe but also garbage dis
posal
Father DuHy Sails.
On the same ship Is Father Duffy,
chaplain Of the 165th Infantry. the old
Sixty-ninth Regiment, who was escorted
to the pier by ESQ veterans. Of the war
command. He is bound for Rome to
attend, with group of other priests,
the Eucharistic Conference. Later he
will visit the battlehelds. in France
where he saw service. DR.. Katherine b.
Davis, former Commissioner Of Correc-
ton. is going to Naples, she says, ITO
sit on the porch OF the Hotel Victoria,
look at vesuvius and ruminate."
Others of the Arabics company are
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Bourke Cochran on
vacation trip to the Mediterranean. Mr..
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler and his bride.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard and
Adj-Gen. and Mrs. ]. Leslie Kinkaid.
The spring exodus to Europe will con-
tinue to-day when hundreds Of persons
prominent in the business. social and
operate worlds will leave for foreign
shores. Scheduled to sail to-day for
Europe are the Paris OF the French
Line, carrying more than 100 passengers
in its first cabin; the Manchliria OF the
American Line, with go first cabin pas
sengers: the Scythia of the Cunard Lin3,
with 400 on board, and the Hanover OF
the North German Lloyd Line, with loo
first cabin passengers.
Mrs. Roche ON the Paris.
Among those sailing by the Paris are
Mrs. Burke Roche. Mrs. jacques Car
tier, Mrs. Herbert L. Griggs. Miss Vir-
GINA l. Stern, Miss G. a. Freeman. Mr..
Wood Fosdick. Mr.. Robert Walton
Goelet, Mrs. Thomas Upham Coe, Mr..
George Warrington Curtis and Mr.. J. c.
Baldwin, Jr.
Going to Rome for the Eucharistic
Congress are the Right Rev. Bishop
Joseph Schrembs, the Right Rev. Mgr.
T. c. O'Reilly. d. D., Of Cleveland, nj
twelve priests.
Other passengers were Mr.. Ricardo
Boza, Peruvian Charge d'Affaires to
Holland, and Mr.. Guillermo BOA. civil
attache to the Peruvian Legation in Hol-
land.
Among the others are Mrs. Marie d.
Bustanoby. on her way to Constanti-
nople to claim a large estate left by
her mother: Mr.. William Beck. Mr.. Hec-
tor Dufranne and George Baklanoff OF
the Chicago Opera Company; Mr.. Maui
rice Dambols, French 'cellist: Mr.. Ralph
q. Richardson, secretary of the Long
Island Railway, and Mr.. Gaspard dA.