Evening star., 1926-11-14
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Mrs. Coolidge Signals Approach of Christmas
by Going Shoppine-Personal Notes of
Other World Celebrities.

the decorative schemes of Chicago
homes.
Auguste Escotfier, who is called in
Europe the chef Of emperors and
the emperor of chefs" was the guest
Of honor at banquet given aboard
the Berengeria in New York City last
week. 1t was a memorable occasion
and was attended by the mighty in
Gotham's complex world, as well as
by all the leading chefs of that and
nearby cities. NJ. Escoffier is in his
sgd year, and has been living in re-
tirement in a splendid villa on the
French Riviera for the past 20 years.
He rose to celebrity while he was fill
ing a humble position in the kitchens
of Versailles when Napoleon Ill. and
Eugenia were reigning. because his
caviar sandwiches pleased the En-
perOr and because his Spanish pas
tries were the delight Of the Empress:
AS the presiding genius of the re
nowned cuisine of Napoleon III, the
fame Of this chef grew SO that when
the Empire was overthrown after the
battle Of Sedan, Emperor William /
Of Germany thought he could take
over the cook as well as other tmpe-
rial belongings of the Bonapartes.
Duk, pClIlS Il hCI 4 1LoIol-
fer scorned a salary which was enor-
nous in 1870. and offered his services
to the Gar. He was instantly
snapped up and was head cook in St.
Petersburg until the severe climate
preyed on his health and he returned
to his beloved Paris and took service
at Hotel Continental. The venerable
chef spoke very wittily at his dinner
and, being out of business now, he
gave away some valuable recipes about
caviar and the way to prepare cher
ries for the Queen, sweet which
Queen Victoria craved more than any
other and which Escoffier prepared
for her twice a week and dispatched
by special messenger to London or
Yorkshire.
Countess Renee Won Quadt, the
niece Of the Italian Ambassador. who
Is to spend the Winter in Washington,
is the only child of Count Albert
Guillaume Othon Won Quadt. formerly
a member of the diplomatic service of
Bavaria, and his wife, who was ST.
gnorina Amedee de Martino, sister of
Mobile Giacomo di Martino, King Vic
tor EmmanuepS representative In
Washington. The full name of this
charming visitor is Anne Marguerite
Renee Marie and she was born in the
late 1905 in the picturesque CASTILLO
of her parents. Santa Colombia, In
southern Italy. This family Of Won
Quadt Wykrandt-I -Isny was, before the
declaration Of the German republic,
one Of the mediatized Of central
Europe which had been deprived of
royal rights by the fall of the Holy
Roman empire and the assumption of
Prussia to be rulers Of these small
principalities after the Franco-Prus-
sian war. All the members of these
mediatized families had the right to
be called serene highness" and to
marry into the reigning families of
Europe with equal rank. That Count
Joachim Won Quadt who served as
secretary Of the German embassy
under DR.. Won Holleben in Washing
ton from 1908 was a member Of this
ancient Bavarian family, and he re-
ceived much attention from the diplo-
mats Of central Europe. especially the
Austrians, to whom the Counts Quadt-
Wykrandt -Isny formerly owed allie
glance; but his semi-royal rank count
ed for nothing in the republican Capt..
tai OF Washington. and he and his
countess merely figured in the list of
minor diplomats. Countess Renee has
spent much time in travel and in pur-
suit Of letters and Is accomplished in
many ways. She has, Of course, been
presented at several courts, and there
Is no idea of giving her debut party
here.
DIR. Washington Luiz Pereira de
Souza, who will become President of
Brazil on November Is, owes his first
name to the esteem and admiration
felt throughout all Latin America for
the great champion of civil liberty,
George Washington. Brazil selected
this date, November IS, as the one
for her recently elected executives to
take the oath Of office because 1t
marks the peaceful transition of that
vast country from an empire to a re.
public on that day in 1889. DIR. de
SouZa is considered one Of Brazils
most distinguished public servants. A
native of Sac Paulo, he is midway
between the fifties and sixties and in
the most perfect health. He began
his career as a lawyer, having studied