The New York herald., 1922-05-24
5000 at Pier as
Aquitania Sails
With Celebrities
Social, Business and Theatri-
cal World Represented Aboard
the Cunarder.

At least 5000 persons gathered on the
Cunard pier at the foot of West Four
teenth street yesterday to give good-by
to the multitude that sailed by the
Cunarder Aquitania for Cnerpourg and
Southampton. Besides the celebrities
whose departures are set down else
where in THE NEW York HERALD there
are among the voyagers many well
known in the social. business and the
atrical worlds.
Don Guido Pedrazzini. former presi-
dent of the Commercial Bank OF Italy.
left to assume his duties as director
and general manager of the new Banca
Credito Nazionale of Italy, which has
taken over the liquidation Of the Banca
Disconto.
DR.. Y. Rochira, Italian Consul In this
city. sailed to be abroad until October.
and the Italian Consul-Genesal. It. Z.
Bernardo. was among others at the ship
to see him off. Others on the liner are
Sir Charles Ross, inventor of the Ross
rife and wealthy Scottish landowner.
who had been detained here by the set
Ting of private business matters and
illness; Sir Charles Allom. British finan-
cier and yachtsman George b. Douglas,
president of the Quaker Oats Company,
and Mrs. Douglas; Isaac Guggenheim
or the American Smelling and Refining
Company; Charles Marris, head of the
Rftz-Carlton chain of hotels, and Mrs.
George A. Kessler, who will spend sew
eral months with friends in France.
Also aboard are Irving I. Blooming
dale OF Bloomingdale Bros. Mrs
Bloomingdale Gustavus F. Swift. vice
president of the Swift Packing Company,
and family; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Forgan,
Mrs. Loring G. Bradstreet. Miss Aileen
bradstreet and l.. G.. Bradstreet, Jr.,
Princess Margaret Boncompagni DIR.
and Mrs. John A. Fordyce, Mr.. and Mrs.
Cosmo Hamilton and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred c. Berolzheimer. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Fahnestock. e. Francis
Hyde, Mrs. Harvey Ingles and Miss ".
" Ingles, Mrs. Robert Refs and Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Meeker.
Nine: Frieda Hempel, who has made
more than seventy appearances as solo,
ist with the Chicago Symphony Orches-
ira, is going first to London to sing at
Albert Hall and later to appear in opera
AT Budapest and sing in Stockholm at
the 1O2d anniversari' of the birth of
Jenny Lind. Miss Hempel is accom-
panied by her husband. William Z.
Kahn. who is going abroad on business,
and her father.
William Fox. picture producer, will be
about three months on the o.ter side.
With him sailed his wife and two laugll-
ters. On arrival in England he will ocn-
FER with his director, Harry Millarde,
and A. S. NJ. Hutchinson, author OF IF
Winter Comes" to perfect the details Of
the scenario to be made from the novel.
the production of which will be staged
by Mr. Millafde In England.
Mr.. Fox will visit his studios I'm Roma
and review 'The Shepherd King" which
Mr.. ]. Gordon Edwards has Just cam
pleted filming in Palestine and Egypt.
Before sailing Mr.. Fox announced
that in addition to having leased the
Apollo and Lyric theaters in this city,
where two of his pictures are now play
ing, he had taken the Forty-fourth StrAe.
Theater. where. beginning August Is, he
Will present his special picture. Monte
Cristo,' for a limited season.
The Duncan sisters. Rosetta and
Vivian, sailed on the Aquitania to play
in London two months and then come
back to appear in their own play, The
Heavenly Twins" under Sam II. Har-
riss management.