New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-09
SOME DUCAL MARRIAGES.
THE NEW AUSTRIAN AMBASSADRESS-
GAMBETTA'S FOE-GENERAL
NEGRIER.
Paris, August %.

for the past half-century Of marrying money Oh
plebean origin and to confine themselves instead
50 the noble Faubourg itself for their ma'rimonai
alliances. Thus the young Due dues mas mar
ried a daughter Of the late Duo de Chaunes; tn"
Due d'Ayen. eldest son and heir OF the OLD Duo
de Noailles. brought home as his wife sister OF
the Due de Luynes. while the latter is welded 10
a daughter OF the Dowager Duchesse Dues. Ana
now the young Due de Brissac son of that very
well-known and conspicuous leader OF society
the Vicomtesse de Tredern, is engaged 10 Mile De
Crussol a sister OF the present Due Dues All
these young Dukes are we'll endowed with THIS
worlds goods and therefore afford to choose
their wives from their own set. and according to
their own liking: and inasmuch as they are each
full Of life and spirit. simple yet chic. alike IN
their manner and In their style OF existence IL Is
probable that they may by degrees exercise a
dominant and at the same time beneficial nhu-
ence upon society here which for the last ten
decades has been rather too prone TO worship the
golden calf and to give way In everything 10 Id
haute finance and la grande banque.
The young Due de Brissac is probably the
richest OF all the young mobiles whom have men,
toned: for his mother is one of the wealthiest
women I'm France being the heiress Of the great
sugar refner Say He Is serving as lieutenant IN
the 21st Regiment OF Dragons at Ramboulet.
and like every one Of his ancestors. bears the
odd name of Tjmoleon. Pride Of race has always
been a prominent feature of this essentially mill
tary house when has furnished generals and
rnarshals TO almos. every sovereign OF France.
and as a illustration Of their arrogance IL may
he mentioned that when, in $780, the grand old
Marshal Duo de Brissac was on his deathbed ana
was visited by a Capucin whose object was 10
receive his last confession. he turned upon the
priest with the naughty EXPLANATIONS ANA VINO
is II that has made you bold enough TO dream OF
interposing yourself between the Lord Almighty
ara T,uoIeon7', The future Duchesse de Bris
sac is a pretty girl Of about nineteen years OF
age. and has inherited her gifted mothers talent
for the brush being as clever and as successor"
NTH her water colors as the widowed Duchesse
Dues is with her oil paintings Mile de Crus-
sol likewise possesses a magnificent voice ana Is
like her intimate friend. the Comtesse de Gref-
fuhle. nee Princesse de Chmay. an enthusiastic
Wagnerian.
Talking OF Wagnerians. the latter. who COM
prise all that is most eclectic and ultra-chc III
society here are about 10 receive notable ac-
cession TO their ranks In the person or countess
wolkenstein whose husband is TO be the new
Austrian Ambassador here In the place OF Count
Hoyos Countess Wolkenste!n is such an en-
thusiastic devotee Of the creator or Iannhauser
that she has won for herself the nickname OF ia
Prtnce.se Trompette" nv which she is known
throughout the length and breadth OF Europe
She is a remarkable woman and prior TO her
marriage 10 Count WolkensteiD played an I'M
portant role at the Court CT Berlin as the wire
Of old Count Schleinitz. who for 80 many years
filled the office OF Minister and chief OF the I'M
per.al household of the late Emperor William
Her salon at Berlin was not only the trysung
place for everything that was graceful. witty.
clever and artistic in the German capital. but
likewise served as the headquarters OF the en-
em,es OF Prince Bismarck who used TO be the
bette noire Of Ia Princesse Trompette." So bitter
was the animosity which she displayed against
tie Chancellor and so active her opposition, that
bismarck induced the Emperor TO intimate TO
Count schieinitz that the Countess must suspend
her bi-weekly receptions
Within a few months after the death Of Count
Schleinitz his blond and charming young widow
who was at the time bareiy thrty-two years or
age married Count Wolkenstein, the Austrian
Ambassador at 81. Petersburg. where she soon
became very intimate with the Czarina, and as a
trusted member Of the Court circle was able 10
play a prominent part in the so-called forged
lett r incident" which so Intensely angered Em-
peror Alexander against the German Chancellor.
Countess Wolkenstein will therefore come TO
Paris with a reputation not only Of being
woman of remarkable brilliancy. but also as one
who managed for time at any rate to down"
Bismarck and who helped 10 influence the Car
and Czarna against his ant-French policy. She
will probably leave as great a mark here as did
Princess Metternich, and the Austrian Embassy
promises 10 become more what 1t was dur
Ing the reign Of Napoleon ITI-namely, the head
quarters Of fashion.
Last week the death vas recorded Of Gambet-
ta's old secretary, the Pere Dumangin, who up
till the day Of his masters death made point
Of retaining his lodgings IT. Bcllsve. with the
object Of keeping alive the connection between
the great popular tribune at the Palas Bourbon
and his constituents In that. the most turbulent
disaffectcd and impoverished quarter OF the me-
tropolis. Curiously eno'gh. he has been fol-
lowed TO Che grave at a few days interval by NJ
Reties. This name may convey little to Ameri-
can readers yet 1t is that Of the who first
broke the charm Of Gambetta's popularity, and
consequently. OF his immense power. II may be
remembered that when this popularity appeared
at it's very zenith Gambctta determined to de-
liver an address TO his constituents The meet
ing took place In the Sale St Baise. and when
Gambetta arrived in his cosey brOugham arrayed
In immaculate evening dress. his very appear
ance served to arouse the luminosity Of those
present. This bitterness they quickly demon
strated BY demanding that the meeting should
be presided over by Reies. a button-maker by
trade who had fought In the ranks OF the Com
mune in 1871. And. not content with this. they
absolutely declined to be addressed by Gambetta,
drowning all his attempts to speak by yels and
shouts Of "Reties Retes!"
1t was then that Gambetta lost his temper alto
gether smashed his on the table before
him. and. addressing hi, constituents as
drunken slaves" declared that they were un-
worthy Of freedom and that he would hunt
them out from their dens.' an apostrophe which
led TO an onslaught against the platform. Gam