NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 13 
Famed for Beauty in Europe 
Mme. Dumba, Wife of the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, a Lover of Art, Music and 
Athletics. 
ab HE AMERICAN CAPITOL will next winter possess 
among its foreign chatelaines one of the famous 
beauties of Europe. 
Some five or six years ago it was rumored that the 
Kaiser, wishing to bring his 
embassy to the front rank, 
was about to designate the 
Prince of Pless as Germanic 
ambassador solely because of 
the wonderful beauty of his 
wife. 5 ake 
In selecting M. Constantin 
Dumba to succeed Baron von 
Hengelmuller, it may be as- 
serted that he was chosen for 
his pre-eminent success in his 
chosen career and that the 
marvelous beauty and accom- 
plishments of his wife have 
played their part in the work- 
ing of destiny, for the Am- 
bassador comes of a splendid 
old Greek family. 
For nearly 1000 years the 
Dumbas resided in Southern 
Macedonia. His grandfather 
was called to Vienna to serve 
in the foreign office during the 
troublous days of Napoleon. 
The father of the present 
representative of the most 
venerable monarch in Europe 
controlled the most important 
cotton mills in Macedonia, and 
spent most of his time there. 
By the favor of the Austrian 
government, however, they es- 
tablished numerous cotton 
mills throughout Austria and 
amassed a tremendous for- 
tune. P 
M. Dumba has inherited this, but early in life he de- 
cided to follow the traditions of his family and enter the 
diplomatic service of his adopted country. He studied 
at the University of Vienna, and his first mission was as 
under secretary of the embassy in London. 
Since then his rise has been phenomenally rapid, for 
in Austria pomotions in the corps are slow anda man is 
usually nearly 60 rather than 50 when he becomes am- 
bassador. 
Mme. Dumba is nearly 20 years the junior of her dis- 
tinguished husband, and she belongs to an illustrious half- 
Balkan, half-Russian family, portions of which hold 
enviable posts in St. Petersburg, in Bucharest and 
Belgrade. 
It was while visiting some kindred in Bucharest that 
the young Baroness Von Leiven first met M. Constantin 
Dumba, who was acting as charge d’affaires of his nation 
at the Roumanian capital. The marriage occurred later 
in the splendid home of the Leivens in St. Petersburg. the leader of the corps, 
MME. CONSTANTIN DUMBA 
Summer Home at Manchester. 
The Baron, father of Mme. Dumba, was director of 
the famous National Museum of Russia, the Hermitage 
and the nuptials were graved by the presence of the en- 
tire court circles, including the Czar and Czarina and 
their charming young daugh- 
ter. 
M. Dumba served for a 
time at the Russian capital 
and fron there returned with 
his beautiful bride to Vienna. 
His latest inission was minis- 
ter to Stockholm, where they 
were associated for the sec- 
ond time, and now for the 
third time, with Sir Cecil and 
Lady Spring-Rice. 
Mme, Dumba did not come 
to Washington on her arrival 
in this country the middle of 
June. The Ambassador met 
her in New York and _ they 
proceeded at once to the sum- 
mer quarters on the North 
Shore of Massachusetts Bay, 
at Manchester. M. Dumba 
will make short trips to 
Washington, as his presence 
may be required, and later in 
the summer he and Sir Cecil 
Spring-Rice are planning a 
fishing trip in the White 
Mountain streams. 
Since 1894 the land of 
Franz Josef had been repre- 
sented by the Hengelmullers, 
the old type of European no- 
bility, haughty, unapproach- 
able and conservative to the 
last degree. 
Baron von Hengelmuller 
passed his 19 years here with- 
out knowing more than a half a dozen public men other 
than those included in the so-called smart set. 
M. Dumba belongs to the common people, boasts no 
title, though of course, owing to the wealth and prom- 
inence of his family, he might have obtained one, had he 
so desired. Having tremendous commercial interests, he 
feels deep concern in popular movements. 
Vienna has always sent here men with wives who 
made their impression on their day and generation, not 
even excepting that charming though indiscreet woman in 
the days of the Civil War. M. Hanselmann, the Austrian 
Minister whom President Lincoln asked to have recalled, 
owed much of his discomfiture to the injudicious conduct 
of his wife. Baroness Hengelmuller spent the last year 
of her husband’s service practically in retirement because 
of the publicity given certain criticisms she made of Mrs. 
Taft and her conduct of social affairs. 
Mme. Jusserand, as wife of the dean, is, of course, 
But Mme. Jusserand is rather 
