| Show r U l r 1 t NY i io o i it the Unpleasant Mess Belgian s 's Wife Stirred U b to toy y Sit Beside a German Y a tl r t My f fr r r P yg a atla n oa e w Y Fr t 7 tr n 4 yr ti t s a d dc r ryr c n alI lI lIf a ry p f r M I I w w r rR R Ml J d dR dair R air v wr M Me e q r ry v d di i 2 e r f J S C Mr t J z t by byC qa Yn E y C 3 i a q i h F r rt I Dr Otto Ludwig German to the United States with Ii his wife and they son Hermann dinner given at the White WhiteHouse THE House the other evening to the members of the diplomatic corps was not the completely harmonious af- af affair affair af affair fair it might have been It Was marred by acrimonious feelings that rankled in inthe inthe inthe the breasts of a number of those pres pres- present pres- pres present present ent and if spiteful looks and comments could have havo killed tailed it is believed that thIS Important function would could have ended In several fatalities The trouble was all due to the fact that Baroness de Cartier do de the w wife e of the Belgian Ambassador to the tho United States States seems unable to for for- forget forget for forget get or forgive the enmities brought by bythe bythe bythe the lato late war In spite of the fact that thata a treaty of peace was Ras signed some years ago alO the baron baroness s is as it were still In Inthe inthe inthe the trenches ready trenches ready and eager to take a ashot ashot shot abet at anything resembling a German Baroness de Cartier is an American born bom and bred and she fc fe feels Js is she can best show her her loyalty to the country she adopted when she married the Belgian diplomat by regarding all Germans as asher asher asher her personal enemies s She scorns to rub shoulders with them to take them by bythe bythe bythe the arm or even to sit beside one of them through the courses of a formal dinner Some time in advance of the recent WhIte House dinner the Baroness man man- managed managed aged to find out that it had been planned for her to have for an escort into the tho dining room and for a table companion Dr Otto the German Ambas Ambas- Ambassador Ambassador Ambassador This information brought from her an outburst which seems to make It plain that diplomats wives can be he qUIte as temperamental as liS any grand opera prima donna I will never walk calk into the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House dining room on the arm of Dr or or other German any IS said to have been the substance of the Baroness's protest I refuse even to Sit beside him If I cannot have some other escort rt then I cannot bo he present at atthe atthe atthe the diplomatic dinner Through the same mysterious channels which had brought the Baroness her ad- ad advance adVance ad advance vance information was carried the news that the White House would have to get dong along without her distinguished presence unless it could rearrange its plans as to her escort and her place at the table This ultimatum brought perplexity and dismay to the officials of the State Department who had been charged with the always perplexing duty of arrange arrangIng arranging ing the diplomatic dinner These faith faith- faithful ful ser ants ants of the Republic whose hose sala sala- salaries salaries salaries ries are very largely paid by men who sometimes dine in their shirtsleeves and who ho are never worried how the guests range themselves about the dining table so long as they get there were faced with a new and grave problem Until they heard the Baroness de Car Car- Cartier's tiers tiers tier's protest they had supposed that their worries concerning concerning this the first diplomatic dinner given since President and Mrs Coolidge entered the White WhiteHouse House were ere over 0 er For weeks they had been arranging distinguished and rearranging the names of the tho dis- dis dis downto guests who ho were to sit down to dinner with President and Mrs Mra Cool Cool- CoolIdge Coolidge Coolidge idge They thought they had everything arranged in strict accordance with the honored time honored functions traditions that govern go of this kind According to these traditions the Ger Ger- German German German man Ambassador must take tale his place In Inthe inthe inthe the grand entry into the dining room lust Just where they had bad him placed and he must escort just fuat the woman who had hadt t been assigned to him Mm the wife of the Belgian Ambassador There were to be seventy nine guests guesta at t the dinner They were to bo be seated c at a great oblong table with the President ar sus fry Kt f n ao y e ein dent and his wife faCIng each other In Inthe 3 7 theother the middle The seating of the guests had been planned accord accord- accordIng Ing m g to precedents which n never ver before e eco had been questioned And so the officials w s 5 k kr d r r Y Ysa sa I tY 1 coals co a l s of the State Department who had l k aAI a t rJ Ia a a l worked so hard and conscientiously conscientious y to r have everything strictly according to ther the r s e v 6 v I best internatIonal etiquette were greatly to hear that the upset t too yda r tY li i j i Baroness did not care at all for thed the d t as v f Q plan and lust Just would not come r- r r less It was altered 4 f r r 4 f tt Probably the will nil a aa Y M e W tA i a w e r 5 r y 4 J er 1 a never know exactly what ar i a r Nis r Sy m x ux iJ f r s l sr u s r a r WIres were pulled to bring bringa a kf nt k kr 4 r rf ti J v s Lj rf r a 3 Fr i h a 3 F r a 9 y yas i q about a change In the fit itS k 1 wp rY v Jt A h if as 7 t Yin r J J rr 3 win winf f r rz z arrangements for the flit White WhiteHouse n f Ny pi frKa d S t 5 i House dinner But that they s tr a E a V a f were changed there is no doubt doublI a i iw w et w wI I h tt The haughty Baron Barone Baroness r Yr E E r re y S a an n ya r ess de Cartier who had I R s 1 t v iu rr r ap R Rr a s t st s e t r 75 t y fr caused all the trouble rA rt t ty h y t y rt r r v 1 i n k t vr w r rr r i t w y a awas was among those pres- pres present k ent but she did not e i sy a a walk Into the tho dinIng l y r y ati ti room on the arm of o r i fit fitl l e eY Y A h r i iN ii N i Dr nor did 1 l e el ejr l jr s o 5 y fit N 1 e Ml she Sit at his side d dV f to y r V during the dinner iL No the German f Ambassador escorted Iz and had for a din din- dinner dinner din dinner ner companion Mme the w wife e of the Japanese Ambas Ambas- Ambassador Ambassador Ambassador And the curie curi curious ous oils thing about this IS that Mme nation was as firmly linked with Ith the cause of England I Franco 4 and the other allies as BelgIUm According to the gossip of some of those who were at the dinner the lady from Japan seemed to en enjoy joy foy herself very much in- in indeed in indeed deed To judge fudge from the smiles that hat wreathed her M 4 tY r i iX it X t f vi Ik Ika a a ad aw d w A The Japanese Ambassadors Ambassador's wife and children Although her country also has been at war with Germany Mme took the place beside Dr which Baroness Cartier scorned i b face she found Dr Wied feldt a very acceptable and an exceedingly pleasant dinner companion i According to the gossip with which Washington has been humming ever since that diplomatic dinner was as not a particularly pleasant affair for most of the guests ests Nearly everybody e present knew what Baroness de Cartier had done dono and much doubt was expressed as to whether the stand she had taken was either cither ladylike or diplomatic or respectful to the coun coun- country coun- coun country country try to which her cr husband is accredited Some looks cast of sympathy at the Ger Ger- German Ger- Ger German German man Ambassador and others shot at the WIfe of the Belgian Ambassador glances which made it seem as If ll the tho disarmament disarmament disarmament ment conference had been very unfruitful unfruitful ful of results To judge fudge from front the proud glint in her eye Baroness Ie re c Cartier felt extremely proud of the way she had forced the working hard working employees of the American State Department to alter the dinner arrangements to suit her whims But many are wondering if perhaps this pride of hers was not the sort that goes before a fall tall z zIt t tIt ItIS It is suspected that she may be and er probably already is extremely sorry for having been so snippy to the Ger Ger- GerIan German man pian Ambassador and turned the hospi hospitality of President and Mrs Sirs Coolidge into a 11 means for tor opening up the ugly old wounds of the war And there is every likelihood that she may be stillmore still more re- re regretful regretful re regretful Her lIer husband is said to have been sa e strongly opposed to the attitude she took If he had known how much publicity was to be given the incident it is belIe behoved ed that he would have insisted on her going m in to dinner on the arm of the German Ambassador or or else remaining at home He lIe knows too well how carefully an incident of this kind will be weighed by bythe bythe bythe the Belgian Foreign Office The Baronis Baron IS experienced eno enough gh in III diplomacy to understand that a diplomats diplomat's wife must be as tactful and discreet as he lie him himself sell if he is to achieve the greatest success Whatever ones one's personal feelings roe re- re regarding garding the Germans may be the tho fact remains that a state of war no longer eXists The United States has res med diplomatic relations with Germany and has duly welcomed Dr as the e of that countr country He Ire IS therefore entitled to at least formal cour cour- courtesy particularly tesy-particularly tesy particularly on the occasion when hen the President of the United States is his host But the Baroness de dc Cartier seems to have bave been heedless alike of her ber husbands husband diplomatic future and of her courteous duty to Dr and to President and Mrs Coolidge Also she was as heed heed- heedless le less s of her own social future which as almost everybody e thinks is seriously jeopardized by her bel dictation of the ar- ar arrangement arrangement ar arrangement of the seats seals at tho the White WhiteHouse Whitehouse WhiteHouse House dinner table 1 this hl is the Baroness's third marriage ge but never before has she achieved any any- anything anything thing like liko tho the social distinction which she enjoys as tho the wife of at the Belgian IiI JJ 1 i f fV V e li EM t m t 1 tt it I ff f 10 V t t v r fiol V WA i ff t my Z hW j 11 tf r j ii i f f f l f W e y w fI Mrs f Mrs C Ca Calvin a J Jv v I D W Coolidge the thet theM hostess at the theS ll thell t S dinner w which hi ch a was marked by bya y fI a revival of the wars war's hatreds on the part of some ome of the guests Ambassador And now it seems lIkely that she has kicked the fat of her social aspiratIons into the fire by her foolish determination to snub Dr Not so many years ago the woman who now holds her lier head so high as the tho Baroness do de Cartier was wag called MIss Marie Dow Dow-a Dow a name quite as unknown to the Social Register as l is that of Jack Dempsey Her first husband was Elihu Ellhu B Frost He was a multi-millionaire multi but all his millIons were unable to push his youn young x a at rt f r Barone Baroness de Career Cartier de the once divorced fJ If r r t and once widowed wife of Belgium's Ambassador v who upset the plans for the recent White House e ff s dinner by refusing to accept the German Amy Ambassador Am Am- Ambassador HOd Cy y as her escort J rI h ll L wife into the position in the smart set act she coveted So Mrs Frost after a few disappointing years ears of struggling for social recognition went to Reno and g t a divorce Her next husband was waa Hamilton Wilkes Cary and everybody thought that through him she at last had found a sure and speedy way to the innermost circles of New York and Newport society Mr Cary was none other than a nephew of the powerful Mrs William Wilham Astor and himself a man of the best social status But alas for tor Mrs Carys Cary's ambitions t is husband of hers died before society could get its lorgnettes on her herlong herlong herlong long enough to decide whether hether or not she had any right to belong Then came the war Like so many other spirited high-spirited American women the once divorced and once widowed Mrs Cary went cent abroad to nurse the sick and wounded soldiers and ard to cheer up the tho dl disgracefully gracefully healthy statesmen and dip dip- diplomats diplomats dip diplomats who ho crowded Paris Pans almost as much as an invading German army would could have done Mrs Cary found her war work not too arduous to prevent her playing about a abl abit abit bl bit with wilh the rather stern looking but very jovial Baron de Cartier Almost before anybody realized that it was any any- anything anything thing tiling more than a pleasant wartime flirtation they were acre ere married When the tho Baron was appointed am- am am ambassador to Washington his wife saw a glorious opportunity to achieve the so- so social social so social cial distinction in her native land which had been denied her with oath her first two husbands But now even some Orne of her warmest friends and ad admirers mITers are fearful that she herself has ruined her chances of bl blany any such thing Some of the gossips ha e ha e hinted that the Baroness thought by showing her utter contempt for Germany she would make herself a great popular heroine herome As far as America is concerned she already must have experienced a rude awakening from any such dream The Tho I on N 6 II I ri V w I P- P PI yen yC Yr k f a y I w h tY r Y Y 51 t C X C r fr F lY J N a tita 14 tit titI r I fJ M r s 4 4 4 r ri rw i w I Perhaps Baron de Career Carlier can explain why his charming wife refuses to un- un un J i that the war is over people of the United States are qUite agreed that the war IS and over Ud ready and d they are oiro eager to J let it m remain so f fl t l l If p f r 9 r F 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