The Washington times., 1924-12-15
TO
RETURN in
NEW YEAR
Letters From Abroad
Bring Details of Their
Activities
By JEAN ELLIOT.

dealing with the, settlement
- Of the troublesome oil question
] bring assurance from Prince An
tome Bibesco. minister Of Rumania'
that he is not going OF resign.
Good news this for Washing
tonians, but only bearing out the
promise made by the minister be-
fore sailing that he would return
some time in the new year, bring
ing Princess Bibesco with him.
AS understand it Prince Bib9sco
expects to return to England in
time to spend Christmas with his
wife and daughter, little Princess
Priscilla, as guests of Princess BIZ
besco's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Asquith, at Sutton Courtney,
their place on the Thames, near
Oxford. On leaving Washington o
few weeks ago, the prince went to
England to join the Princess BIZ
besco and then they had a fort
| night or so in Paris before he went
off to Bucharest to confer with
his government. The princess. who
has no great love for Runania,
whatever she may think of Ru.
manians, returned to England.
Princess Bibeseo went abroad in
midsummer and during the weeks
that she was in England "0n her
own" she spent part of her time
with the Asquiths, part with her
half.sister, Lady Bonham. Carter, and
divided the rest between various
friends and London hotel, her
mouse having cen sold shortly after
sne first came to America.
1t is understood that the Princess
IS Well forward on a new book that
is to appear shortly; and, in ac.
cordance with her custom, she lets
nothing interfere with her work.
she lives quietly both in London
and Washington quote an
English gazette-"a fact for which
.ner hiking for reading, music, writ
ing, bridge and conversation with
really clever people mot forgetting
the good American game of poker)
may have something to do. as most
OF these are rather solitary pastimes
and none requires a crowd. The
arrangement that she is to spend
half a year in England has been
adhered to. which is Washington's
loss. She is a devoted mother. as
Mrs. Asquith is an adoring grand
mother. to Princess Priscilla, who
is wonderfully far advanced in
knowledge for her years and who
promises to grow up rather strik-
ingly handsome
There was CONSERVATION in the
Asquith household when Priscilla
developed a really severe cold
few weeks ago, but she recovered
in short order: and Princess Bibes1o,
who had been laid up with throat
trouble managed to throw it off
in time to join her husband in
Paris. 1t is said that the Bibesco
family have united in trying to per-
suade Mrs. Asquith to return to
this country with them. But she
will have none of 1t. She is too
bad sailor to brave the voyage
for few weeks stav. And. more
over, the u. S. A. has no charm for
her.
AS her again quoting
an English periodical, Princess
Bibesco prefers a little band Of
bright young people which includes
her cousin, the Honorable Stephen
Tenant, and Lady Eleanor Smith
and which resembles in some de-
gree the coterie of which Mrs.
Asquith and her sisters were mem
bers. Each of these latter day
Souls" is sworn to originality an
individulaism and each is de-
termined on achieving mark in
some artistic field.
"A few weeks ago Princess
Bibesco formally opened the new
Holland Park Rink and since that
time roller skating, of which a re-
vival is predicted every year with
cheerful untruth, has actually been
enjoying considerable popularity
in London. Waiting on roller
skates to an excellent orchestra is
regarded as very diverting-and
very good for the figure. Deponent
sayeth not as to whether or not
Princess Bibesco is patronizing the
sport very consistently, but before
she left Washington she was going
in for tennis very hard and very
regularly with the fear Of ceasing
to be a "slim Princess"