The New York herald., 1922-08-06

| ington a week before he was supposed
| To be sailing from France. And the
1 French Ambassador got busy and
changed his sailing from August IL 10
August 2. He had few very busy
days In Washington before he left. max
ing his official adieu. getting Count de
Chambrun settled and putting him au
| courant, and presenting him TO the
State Department as Charge, so that he
was only just able to make his boat-no
time for dallying in New York.
Princess Cnntacuzene Sails.
Princess Cantacuzene. by the way.
sailed on the same day-l'm not sure
about it's being the same boat. She and
her husband. Prince Michael Cantacu-
zene-Speransky. have been living in
America since the Russian cataclysm,
and spent last winter in Washington
with her mother Mrs. Fred Dent Grant,
widow of Gen. Fred Grant. Princess
Cantacuzene was active socially and in
Russian relief organization work Her
young daughter, little Princess Bertha,
namesake of her great-aunt. the late
Mrs. Potter Palmer, was one of the most
popular OF last seasons debutantes here.
They spent the early part of the summer
with Mrs. Grant III the Catskills. and
now Princess Cantacuzene has gone to
Europe merely for few months, as l
understand it. They expect to make
their home in America.
Really most of the news of the week
has been made in the diplomatic corps.
Sonora de Riano. wife of the Spanish
Ambassador. went last Tuesday to Hot
Springs to be the guest for a fortnight
of Mr.. and Mrs Harry Wardman. The
Ambassador did not go with her. though
he may go down there for the week end.
But he Is arranging to take his real
vacation when that visit is over. Then
he and Sonora de Riano will motor up
to and through New England and put
in couple Of weeks at Newport.
The Peruvian Ambassador and Sonora
de Bazet also went TO Hot Springs on
Tuesday. expecting to spend August
there. They had been kept in town by
the Tacna- africa conference and they
gave their final party last Sunday, a
dinner celebrating the Peruvian Inde-
pendence Day and also in honor of DR..
Prada. counselor Of the Peruvian En-
bassy, and Miss Elizabeth Howe. whose
engagement was announced last week.
The dinner was more or less family
rarty as most of those national birthday
parties are. chiefly from the embassy
family circle and few other Peruvians
who happen to be available. Miss Howe
and her mother. Mrs. Emerson Howe,
were about the only non-Peruvians in
clpded.
On Tuesday also was announced the
promotion of Mr.. ]. L. Lefevre of the
Panama Legation to ministerial rank
and his approaching transfer to South
America as sort of minister at large
Gown there. Mr.. Lefevre has been at
tached to the legation here for ten years
end since September. 1918, he has
been Charge dAffaires and except for
the name of it, practically minister.
His attractive sister, Miss Ramona
Lefevre, has been one of the most popu.
lar of Washington girls and has been
an effective hostess for her hospitable
brother. She is in Europe now. has
Leen for several months, and was last
heard from in Switzerland with an aunt
who is convalescent after an operation.
Mr.. Lefevre expects to start for his new
post as soon as he has seen Senior Don
Ricardo Alfaro. the new Minister com
fortably installed at his post. and II is
quite possible that his sister may not
return here at ALL but join her brother
In South America after he gets there
Then the course Of things continue
rather upset down In Cuba 1t was de-
tintely announced month or SO ago
that DIR. de Cespedes was TO be Min
lister of Foreign Affairs in the reorgan-