New-York tribune., 1892-01-10
A SPENDTHRIFT NOBLEMAN.
SENDING THE DUO DUES TO JAPAN TO
SAVE HIS FORTUNE
Paris. December 80.

Paris. December -.
The Due d'Uzes Is going TO Japan. It beinR
tie way now in France to send young "hows
who have dropped their fortunes to the furthe"s
part of the earth. A young ieine few years
ago was in this His family got nim ne~
clsred q perpetual minor. He directs tne ntcksI
mines there and came back richer than he went
ont But when he invested the money he haa
made he found that he had only power to draw
the interest. It is said that il the Comte Re
Pors were living in France he wond take steps
TO have lis eldest son declared perpetual minor.
Prince Henri de Chartres was SENT under the care
of NJ Bonyalot on his tour of exploration through
Central Asia and Thibet TO keep him from running
through his heritage. lie las taste for puDging
on racccOurses and for baccaral. One one occasion
he contracted at baccarat debts Of honor to the
amount Of 100000 francs. Baron iirsch is sup
posed to have paid them. Ar aDy rate, the
Prince was sent his long and fatiguing tour.
lie is again on his way TO the Far East and pro-
poses to explore the highlands OF Tonquin. toward
Yunnan. and Upper Bnrmah.
The Due d'Uzes vas sent on tour TO Amerca
not long ago 70 keep him ont Of mischief here.
But as this did not succeed. the Duchess his
mother, has taken steps 10 have him declared
perpetual minor. The technical expression il %
have him placed under judicial council. He 10
mortgages or selling estate. II was declared bv
his mother that he came OF age past two years
ago. On doing so he received his share OF the
estate left by his father the late Due d'Uzes to
four children. 1t came to 100000 francs!
The Duchesse d'Czes feared that her son WAS In.
corrigible lie did not seem TO understand the
value of money II is open 70 him, whenever he
may think tit, TO appeal from the decision. But
as he is on the whole dutiful son, he will
not oppose just yet the course his mother has
| taken, though, it must be said. he might have
| used against her the In quoqae argument she
having been lavish in her expenditure on pnlitcaf
organizations, having given 100000 francs to
General Boulsnger.
The Due dues might have been, so lar az
the lady's family needed. the husband OF the
Princess Victoria Mary Of 1eck. She was broushs
| over here when the Duke Of Clarence was be-
moaning his hard fate in not being able TO marry
Helena, the second daughter of the Comte de Paris.
10 have opportunities OF meeting the DUO dUzes'
and OF making a conquest OF him. But he IL
scnior duke OF the old French peerage The
dignity is a Justly traditional and indeed
shadowy Still it is thought grand one in the
Faubourg St. German. Were monarchy restored.
| il would enable him to take the highest place
at court after members OF the Royal family. IL
was therefore thought by MS family that the
| daughter of German Prince of porganatic birth.
namely the Duke OF Iccl. was not match for
him. On the Continent the Princess Victoria
| Mary does not rank nearly so high a Demoisele
dues Her descent on the maternal side from
George III would not bc taken into consideration
| in any court but that Of Great Britain.
The Duke of Teck is the son Of Prince Alexander
| of Wurtemburg by Countess de Rheides, person
Of obscure birth and OF Hungarian blood Prince
| Alexander might have put her away 10 marry
| woman of his own rank, but only on that cord-
| ton But as he did not do So he sank to her
level The children born this plane, and
have no kind Of right TO claim royal lineage.
They could have inherited the personal property
| Of Prince Alexander had he left any. But. al
he died poor, they had nothing except their good
looks for heritage A daughter married to
captain in the Austrian army. lives at Vienna.
| Another one keeps goats milk dairy in tba
| highlands OF Upper Austria, and is old maid.
| The Duke Of Teck married some time after the
| Prince COnsorts death and with the Queens
| consent Princess Mary Of Cambridge, who has
| Parliamentary annuity Of $4,000 a year. But
it was not nearly enough for the expenses Of their
| household, though they were lodged for nothing
| in rooms in Kensngton Palace. and had the
White Lodge in Richmond Park, country house,
also rent free with income for the rangership or
| the Park, a sinecure given by the Queen to the
Duchess OF Teck. The furniture OF the Duke and
Duchess Of Teck seized by creditors and sold
| few wears ago. This thought worse OF by
| the dues family than even the morganatio
ancestry Of the Princess Victoria Mary. There
| are no people who hold debt in greater horror
than the French. especially when there are no
| means of paying it-whch was the Duke of Iecks
case Now that Mary Victoria is 10 stand on the
highest step Of the British throne the Due dues
s said TO be sorry that nc did not get his mother
to consent to his marrying her T.. Y.