Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-24
Trey CHOSE YANKEE WIVES.

SONS of the Notable French Politicians and
Noblemen WhU Have Hsdded American
women
PARIS, Jan. 80 i propose in this letter
to mention briefly some of the American
girls who have welded FreDchmen, and
to give you some little idea Of themselves
An d their itmiIies. Nine. Wellington
wife Of the French Ambassador to En-
gland, was Miss King Of New York,
whose father was once president OF
Columbia C llege. During the eXpoei-
ton of 1873 Il W6ddington was Minister
of Foreign Afairs; and remember that
at one Of the grand balls given at the
Palxce Of the Qlsy dorsey
Nine. Washington and young
gentleman from New York led the
cotillon, or "geTman." as We gay in
Americs. 1 Was very proud to see all
those daoc+rs following the lead Of two
OF my compA riots. Gus Of Nine. Wad-
dlBgion's sisters married Hon. Eugene
SCHUYLER. Another sister is the wife Of
Mr.. W6stenberg, who once represented
the Netherlands in Washington, and who
is now accredited 20 the court of King
Humbert. Ga her husbands side she Is
well related. Her brotl er in lay, Richard
WadCi gtOD, represents K lue1 in the
Chamber al D puties, and another broth
er-in.l,E ID pr fessOr in the SOrboDne.
The WSddingJ ms are quite IS much
E1glish IS encb. They were born IN
Paris, of EUg isl parents, and educated
10 Eoglisn as ", II as in F:encl schools.
Mr. r chad Waddington's wife Is Scotch,
and they 81 speak E glish as easily as
French, aIrnough Mr.. William Wadding-
ton cree ssid to me that If he wished TO
make speech he preferred to do 30 In
French. The wife of another disIin-
guisbed French public man Is als) an
American refer to Nine C!emep ceRu
Sue WAS Miss Mary Plummer OF Green
wjch, Conn and FIST met her future
husband at Il well known Con-
1tcticut young ladies' boarding
school, where young Or Clemsncesu
was tie French teacher. Nine. CIemen-
ceau Is frequently seen at pub
lie receptions with her hush and, but, with
the * z ptioD OF sd occasional appear
avce on invitation at the United stes
Ministers, she is seldom seen Ia Ameri-
can circles at Paris. This is said to be
due to the influence OF her husband, who
WISHES us WIG W "AOlIy
Rrench.n Aud he has succeeded admir8-
bly,. Nine. Clsmenceau speaks the lan-
gusge WITH only slight accent-less tnsn
her husband has la Elg!ish-and has
Edspe herself qsry qui ky and resdily
10 her new surroundings. Although ct
hesrt she is strongly American, ON the
surfsce she IL decidedly French and Eu-
Top "a.
NJ. Ribot, ore Of the Gblest men on the
Republican side of tire Chamber, is the
husband of the dauehter OF Mr. Burch,
ouCe prominent Chicago banker.
There is the MsrchiOness O. Tauey-
rsnd Per'gord, for iastaUce. She wss
Miss Curtis II New YORK. Her father
w.s Gree "WeIchant pTicce" who lived
on MurTsV Hill, and wss related 30 ex-
Governor Il Nman and other we'll knowT
Manhattan families. She got divorce q
short lims ago from her Lo.hSIiO OF c
husband, who has since married another
American The sister CT the Nc! c1icnesI
was one Of the prettiest young girls IL
Paris when she was In her teeos-she MAJ
be YET, but have net seen her for sev
eral ye&rs- aud married, some two o.
three yesrs ago, Prince RAspoli, membeI
of S distinguished Italian family. Mis-
Curtis was his third wife.
Baroness de Chsrette, wife Of tie com
mAuder Of the PJntifcsl Zouaves, WA
Miss K, daughter Of Colonel Polk c
Nsshv,il-, Tenn, and granddaughter o
Bishop Polk, who was killed IN bas'l,
ourirg the war OF the rebellion, no
granddaughter Of President Polk, IS ha
been ofen stated. Nine de Charette nos
lives al La Bssse Mote, an estate pre-
sented TO her husband by the Zouaves
Bsrou de O5Sreite is nephew OF the lst'
Count de CoGmbord, and for inst reason
Il for no other, is more RJyalist thai
the K'rg"
The Vsc9untF IS de Courval wss Mis-
R,y Of New York. While travelling will
her parents in the Holy Land she met tn
Ylscount, who was fascinated with be
charms and married ner. he died few
years ego, and the Viscount4ss now live
aloue ia he beautiful house, Rue Fer.
tin, Chsmps Elysees. Her entertainment
are among the most magnificent given il
Paris.
At SO Fifth avenue lived Miss Eisi
Forbe., who, in 1874, became the Duches
de Choiseul-Prasiin. Miss Norma Christ
mss Of New Orleans is now the MAI
cbioneks de Suerez d'Aulan. Like Nine
( de CbArette, she prefers TO live at he
husbands country place, near marseilles