[6] "Her principal qualification as a partner was her ability to meet the moods of Maurice," recalled a 1927 article, "and their work together was remarkable".

[7][8] They toured together for several years in Europe and North America,[9] and appeared on Broadway together in the musical Good Morning Dearie (1922).

Alfonso of Spain and his cousin, Duke Ferdinand of Dúrcal, both wooed Hughes in the early 1920s.

[4] In 1925, Hughes married wealthy Argentinian Carlos Ortiz Basualdo at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.

[16][17][18] They hosted international visitors, including British princes, John J. Pershing, and Noël Coward, at the Basualdo family's cattle ranch near Lake Nahuel Huapi.