The Washington herald., 1922-03-26


Mrs. warren Delano Robbins are
giving a dinner in compliment TO
the Glbsons. The Robbins are leav-
ing here shortly for Berlin. where
he will be counselor of our En-
bassy, Then there were other
parties OF a less formal nature.
REPORT POLISH MINISTER
MAY yOT RETURN HERE.
There seems to be some rumor
that the Polish Minister isn't COM
ing back. Washington will be
sorry for they are very popular here
and are charming as well as real
people. He is entitled to be called,
you know. serene highness-" His
wife Is a countess of the house OF
-Bodzicks- He formerly
represented certain districts and
AGRICULTURAL interests in the par
lament at Vienna. Like the prin-
cess. he was born as a great noble
OF Austria's Polish province of
Galicia, and was a distinguished
figure in the political life of the
dual monarchy until its downfall.
The family to which he belongs
historic of the old Polish aristoc-
historic of the old Polish aristroc-
racy, and IL was Peter Lubomirski,
who in the latter half of the
fifteenth century. acquired the con-
fidence not alone of the Polish
crown. but also of the Holy Roman
Empire. which raised him to the
dignity Of prince and of serene
highness.
The oldest member OF the Lu-
bomirski' family was undoubtedly
that Prince Joseph LubomIrski. who
after becoming eXpatriated and
forced to earn a precarious living
in New York under an assumed
name, wound up by leading to the
altar in Paris the enormously
wealthy widow of NJ. Boyer. who
had amassed an immense fortune
by the manufacture of his so-called
Faux des Carmes."
A story used to be current to the
effect that the prince on the morn
ing of his wedding day was delayed
an uneonscionable time in getting
to the church where the ceremony
was performed, owing to the seiZ-
ure by deputy sheriffs of all his
clothes, in the early morning, while
he was still abed. including the en-
tire outfit for the wedding and for
the honeymoon trip. The prince
realized that IL he did not turn up
at the Marie. and at the church.
the bride-elect would be affronted
would entail a continuance of his
acute penury.
At the last moment and when in
utter despair, he was rescued from
his predicament by the concierge"
or janitor, Of the apartment house
where he had established his resi-
dence. The janitor paid the money
necessary to release his clothes
from the clutches Of the huissiers
deputy sheriffs), thus enabling him
to reach the Marie and the church
Just in the very nick of time. The
prince never forgot this assistance
which he had received from the
concierge, and ever afterward
championed the cause of the univer-
sally denounced "pipelet."
The union, as might have been
expected under the circumstances,
did not turn out very happily. The
former Nine. Boyer showed herself
both tyrannical and avaricious,
making the prince account for every
penny of money and for every hour
and every minute of his time. He
eventually obtained his release
through her sudden death by apo
pIexy. whereupon to his intense dis
gust IL was found that she had left
him but little.
prince. who in his youth had been
page Of honor to Gar Nicholas 1 in
the closing years Of his reign, con-
tracted a second marriage, leading
10 the altar the Dowager Duchess
Devazes, by birth a Baroness Loe-
wenthal, OF Vienna She was the
mother of that third. Duke Of De-
cazes. who had married Isabella
Blanche Singer. Of New York, one
of the daughters and heiresses OF
the inventor of the Singer sewing
machine, and her first husband. that
is to say. the second Duke Decazes,
will be remembered as having been
for a number of years Minister of
Foreign Affairs at Paris during the
first decade Of the present Republic
OF France.
Prince Joseph Lubomirski died in
1911, leaving a very racy volume OF
his "Reminiscences of the Court OF
Russia" in the days when he was
menber-of the household of Emper-
or Nicholas /. and also two volumes
of "Reminiscences of the Court of
Tuilleries'' during the reign of Ma
poleon III. when he was the inti-
mate crony and boon companion OF
the late Prince Of Orange. half
brother of Queen wilhelmina of the
Netherlands, and popularity known
by the nickname Of "Citron."
Joseph Lubomirski used, even In
those days, by reason Of his ten
dency TO obesity, to be known by
the nickname of "Boule de Suif"-l
ball of fat. His avoirdupois, which |
augmented as years went by. did
not, however, prevent him from be- |
ing one Of the most agile and tire
less OF dancers. Until a compound
~fracture brought about an amputa-
tlon OF one Of his legs, he was al
ways inventing new dances and new
figures, especially what are known
as eccentric dances" Perhaps the
most widely known of these dances
was that entitled the Pas de Go
ret" (the piglet step), which for
years was a feature of the now de-
funct Moulin Rouge In Paris.
WHITE HOUSE RESUMES
INFORMAL RECEPTION.
The. white House figured more in
the social columns last week than
II has done, I believe, since Ash
Wednesday. Mrs Harding had a
tea party yesterday for the women
of the press, for one thing. and one
or two other afternoons Mrs. Hard
ing received a few guests by ap-
pointment. Then the new Director
Of the Mint and Mrs. F. z. Scobey
blew into town and were staying
at the New willard, and the Hard |
ings had them for luncheon, and
later kept them as their guests at
the white House for a couple of
days, while they were arranging |
for an apartment at Wardman Park |
Hotel where they are now estab-