The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-10
FReNoH MARRIAGES.

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he written, has just startled Paris once
more, aays a letter from that city tn tine
New York Tribune, by contracting q mar
riaae with the young vicomte de SOM
breuil. u man barely ~ years at age ine
ceremony took place Az the church ut ~.
Pierre de ChaillOt, and the appearance al
che scptuaRs.narian bride, whose mar ~
dyed q brilliant yellow. and who has ne
come exceedingly stout. gave rise tn some
uncharitablc remarks on the part OF the
crowd assembled ~ the church door.
Fortunately. however, the new vi
deaf, and was therefore bile
e. drive OF with her husband
I'm blissful ignorance. A grand niece of
Marshal Ncy and u daughter nj prince
de In whose quarrels with MS
wife constituted the most amusing feat
ure. Of the s'chronique scandaleusc" OF
King Lnuis P~hilippe's reign, the ex-
duchess de Pcrsigny has evidently inner
tied some of the psculiaritics al character
of her mother. The latter WINS the only
child of the famous banker Lafitte, and
kept up a. perpctui.l warfare with her
spendthrift husband ON the subject of the
sums which she dolesl out tn him Tor his
club and personal expenses. On one
memorable occasion she even went SD far
ms publicly tn box his ears i'm n court OF
Justice, and the most incredible tales
are told IA this day i'm Paris OF
her extraordinary avarice. IL wa
i'm 1sSs that Mile. de Ia Moskowa became
the wife OF the duke de Pcrsigny, the IA
voritc minister and confidential adviser
of Napoleon ILL.,, and from that time
forth until the day she deserted the En-,
the most brilliant and talked-of women i'm
che court of the Tuilcries. Her rather
gether Ia the taste of Queen Victoria, W tho,
at the conclusion of - certain court ball
AT which the duchess had been present at
Buckingham palace, addressed a persona
letter To Napoleon ILL.,, asking him to re-
call the duke de Persi1ny from his post Of
French ambassador tn the court OF ~.
The luke de Per signy, owing to- his
chronic state. of i'll health, earned next to
nothing 10y his profession, and until the
date of his death i'm 1ss3. the ill-assortcd
couple had tai exist on the small allow,
princess de La Moskowa died, and her vast
wealth passed ON tai her only child. the
cx-Duchess dc PersiRny, whose conduct
her sudden changc of fortune. After
spending a few months at Paris and Nice.
she set forth ON "a tour through India to
China and Japan. and was so de-
lighted with this last country that she
remained there almost n year. To say
but To give u very faint idea Of her doings
i'm the land Of the rising sun. Since her
return "a France she has quarrcled with
each of her married daughters, who
sought tn protect their own interests and
check her extravaganza by having her
forum" .,I placed Ssra;u IN a e tr cxs,a ana a sns ms
amusing lawsuits. Her marriage to the
vicornte de Sombrcuil constitutes the
is talking about IL in no unmcasured
terms.
tending marriages between Foreigners and
Americans, when the latter are ignorant
of the legal formalities required i'm Europe
TO render the union valid, is furnished by
the case of IN young and charming widow
well known i'm Chicago. About five years
ago she made the acquaintance of Lieut.:
IL A@x,n spsA, AT fVha atnnrf HAIL
officers OF the French navy, who gained
the officers cross of the Legion of Honor
Gmri ~ tSe insarr.c,i"m IN ne Naw , 1Sie.
donia. Lik many other officers Of
his rank he accepted i'm 1882 n
or first officer 81 one OF the French trans
atlantic liners. and IL was while acting as
such that he first met the lady in question,
who was "a passenger on board his vessel.
macy and love. and ~ few weeks later NJ.
married i'm London by an American clergy
man 81 New York. The bride was igno-
rant of the fact that the consent of NJ. de
Scrvan's PARENTS, granted in proper legal
form. WAS necessary Ia render her mar
riaRc valid according to French law, and
her husband took no pains to enlightcn
Shortly after the wedding, which took
place June II, 1884. NJ. dc Servan obtained
pany IAN appointment as naval sIperinten-
dent AZ 81. Naza r where he took up his rs.s-
ltlcflce with his wtfe. lhcy IIveJ there hap
PLY enough for IA time. but in lsS1 u serious
quarrel took place between them, and NJ.
Gle Scrvan obtained his transfcrt To Nantes,
leaving her i'm 81. Nazairc. A few months
later, having in the meantime become in
fatuatesi with the beauty and fortune of
Mile: do Doridcs of Nantes. he began pro-
ceedings to obtain. not "A decree
of divorce, but an annulmcnt of
his marriage, OH the ground thai
consent of his parents had not been OBJ
tanned, and that the ceremony of mar
riagc had been performed 10y an Aneri-
can Clergyman in "A country where neither
of the contracting parties was at home.
Before the ease had even come up for
hearing NJ. de Servan caused the bans of
his marriage to Mile. de Doridcs to he
published at Paris and Nantes. On read
ing the announcement thereof i'm the
newspapers the American Mime. de Ser
van Immediately wrote to the mayor of
Nantes explaining her position and de-
mandinH that he should refuse To permit
any further publication of the bans and
the celebration Of the marriage with Mile.
ale Doride.s until the courts had announced
their verdict Gs to the validity of the Lon
don marriage. Last week the Judgment
was given in the case To the effect tina,
the ceremony performed i'm London did
mot constitute u legal marriage according
to French law, and that the American
lady who had borne the name of DE Ser
van had NO just claim 10 it.. The court
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