New Britain herald., 1927-12-10
BOOZE PARTIES AT
 CAPITAL RECALLED
Widow Of Danish Envoy Waxing
 Reminiscent
By ANEL GERF.ALk

Copenhagen. Denmark, DrU l1 lP, Quests a brilliant diplomatic p3r-
 ties 1arning socks and Drcu King the nechs of champagne bottles on tables are some of the memories
 Madame Iillio de Hceermann- -lJn- dencronc has ol Washington in the
 SC vvnti"s.
 Madame q" Hrgerma mn indcn-
 crone, American born widow of q fla
 nous Danish diplomat and herself
 at the time Of the third Napoleon
 one Of the most famous women in
 Europe, is S4 years old. She for
 merly was Miss Little Greenough of
 Cambridge, Mass, where &he lived
 with her grandfather, Judge Fay, in
 a mansion now the property Of Rad ciffc college.
 "Mais onhn, lei me then shake you a cocktail Of some of my c%per-
 ienccs,' said the grand oIi dame.
 wlrcn asIed about social life during thc 35 10 40 years she was an am bassador's wife.
 ''i'Irsi,' she admonish"d, as she lighted q cigarette, you must bear in mind that what l experienced belonged 10 | period which in tine true sense of lha word represents the past.
 Not a few of the socalled brilliant social events of my tim" were very brilliant, but very formal and deadly dull. But many ot them were Won- d"rful affairs. sparkling not only or wonderful gowns and jewels, but of true wit and beamng happiness.
 T have experienced many truly quaint affairs. once in the Russian embassy ill Washington at q dinner i in honor of the Grand Duk" Con- ] stantin, all inc guests did nothing 1. but darn stockings. That sounds 1, myst, rious, does it not Count . the ambassador hal just bought Il darning machine, the first of it's kind. and he was so enhu- : sias,ic about his purchase that after the splendid dinner he had given Us . he produced the machine and dem , onstrGtcd it 70 us.
 Everyone was rnrapturcd by II, . and everybody tried his or hD, 2And . 1t it. None of Us had stocking with | holes in them, so we had to punch . holes in our tockings 10 get an op- aorrunity of using the darnins nat , .hinc. The G.and Duke was so i2scl- | mated by the machine that he then md there ordered the ambassador | c purchase another machine and ! nave il dispalc ched to his imperial mother. the cZarina.
 The quantity of food, liquid or of hcrW se, consumed at American affairs at that time was simply CO., o:sal l distinctly remember SO .alled champagne tea at the 'apllai ! with oceans of champagne ana but that vas long, long inc before anybody dreamed oi prohibition.
 "J also remember . most "Ntraor- inary entertainment in the Mexican minister's apartment. At least 1ouf imcs as many guests were invited IS the apartment could hold. Nha' crush. And the manners displayed.
 Ruircls were st0rmod in the toughest way. Chairs were uSen as ablcy. wine and food were all over bn floor. l saw gentlemen open .hamragne bottles by knocking off he nccks of the bottles on the cage f the table. Guests filled theIr pockets with chocolates and boh- .ons, and the ladies drew ou' th" il,er-siicks adorninS the Niands ana ut them in their hair as sou 'enir Of a~ ~surely unforgeftable eve ling. That affair look plac2 in 1S'o, rut I remember it as were Il ytStcr- lay.
 "My husband and l became great ricnds wish inc king of sweden. he late oscar II, one oI the finest nd most handsome men ever net. The day we were leaving !. .ockh olm to take up another dlplo- natic post, and actually two hours efore the departure Of our tram, nd all of our furniture was packed nd a, the railroad station. We were that the k!ng would De alling on us in person. There we ,ere in an apartment stripped of Fortunately in the partmcnt above lived another di- lomatist and friend of us. and in ext 10 no time part of his furnl- urc. curtains and carpets were Ushcd into our bare apartment. nd before the king passed our nreshold the reception room was Joking quite good.'