The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-28
D'0RLEANS INTRIGUE.
Rumors of Compromise in the
Melba Divorce Case.

The Partisan rumor that the Melba scan
dal will be compromised Through the inter-
ventlon of the Due d. Aumale who is willing
10 pay Armstrong, the singers husband,
heaVy damages to get the Due d'Orleaus out
OF MS scrape, reminds one of the fact that
whenever disgrace and misfortune have
oVertaken any member of the Orleans
branch of the House of Bourbon the cause
ana origin thereof has always been of
FEMININE character. The young Duke of Or
leahs, VINO has been cited as CORRESPONDENT in
tne suit OF divorce brought by Captain Arm
strong against his wife, Mile. Melba, the
operatlc prima donna, is but following in
the footsteps of his cousin, Prince Henri;
Oh MS granduncles, the Dukes of Aumale
ana OF Montpensier; of his great-grand-
father, King Louis Philippe, and of many
others of his race.
True, not one of them has lowered himself
SO lar as to assume the role of liveried ser.
want Tor the sake of being able to carry on
an intrigue with another mans wife, but
they have done things equally bad, and in
deed far worse.
That the Duke of Orleans has superior
eye Tor feminine loneliness must be adj
mitteu. For Mrs. Armstrong, or to call her
by her stage name, Nine. Melba. is mag
innocent creature with charms enough to
birth, and is the daughter of David Mitchell,
the wealthy building contractor of Mel
bourne, who constructed both the City Hall
or Mansion House and the Exhibition build
lngS of 1881.
The Armstrong; are family anciently
settled upon the Scottish border. and which
greatly distinguished itself among the fol-
lowers OIL King Charles |. Mrs. Armstrong
maze most extraordinarily successful
DEBUT at the Grand Opera at Paris, and soon
M v,fUn1 nf
foremost prime dome of the lyric stage.
IL was while in Londcn that the Duke
OF orleans became infatuated with Nine.
Melpa, who was singing at the time at
tne Drnry Lane Opera. and after deliber
ately llltlng his fancee, Princess Marguerite
OF Chattres, lie suddenly left London
and vanished. Nor were any details OBJ
talnaDie OF his whereabouts until it was all
at once discovered that he was travelling
about Europe under the pseudonym of IN.
heviIie, and in the company of Nine.
Media: The audacity of the couple was
such that they actually spent several days as ,
man ana wife at the Hotel Beaurivage at
Lausanne Ouchy-the very hostelry where
Nine Melba had been residing a few months
previously with her husband and child.
captain Armstrong claimed sum of no
less than 10000, or S10O,0 900, from the Duke
as damages for the alienation of his wife's
aHectonS-rather large amount when it is
borne in mind that the Captain has reaped
nothing but dismal failure In his business
enterprises in Australia, and that he is sore ly
In need of capital for the purpose of making
fresh start.
1t may be of interest to add that if the
Duke OF Aumale is now the owner of the
magnificent palace and estate of Chantilly,
besides fortune amounting to several mill
Ions OF pounds sterling, he is indebted for
them to his fathers intrigues and his own
with the Infamous Baroness de Feuchers.
the companion of its former proprietor, the
Prince de Bourbon Condo.