New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07

tied by her giving her hand. In the same church
where her exiled father and mother were
married thrty-one years ago, 10 the hephe" VI
the King of Italy. Kingston could haru'y co"
tain itself in the presence or SO many roya''eS
for as all the European royal families regha".
and non -regnant. are related Wheh d Hie'"o' Vi
one OF them marries there Is nj once sa'ner-
ing OF the clan. especially when 'ne pr'oe vi
hriaocroom ,s so popular as the Princess
Helene.
In two WAYS the ceremony was noteworthy:
tho brides brother and the head OF her house.
the Due dOrleans, who has by no means re-
coverad from the very serious accident that
befell him In Spain, had to be carried to the
church In an invalid chair and the wedding
OF the sister of one French pretender was at
tended by the relatives OF ahotner toh-
sidering the old relations between the u Oriea ,
and the Bonapartes II was ola 10 see thtIi
brought together on such an OCCASION put 'ne
reason. OF course. is to be found In the iact q,
| Prince Napoleon-"Plon Plon'-havlng marrieo
! the Princess Clotilde The Bonapartes. there-
! fore came as the bridegrooms relatives anu IL
may be remarked that they are never nnwiinhg
| to remind the world Of their union Win the
! House of Savoy. - I.
Apropos OF the bridegroom. whose father. ~
will be remembered. was for time tne RUE,
of Spain under the title OF King Amadeo 4
| may mention a curious fact which nave not
seen recorded I'm any % the obituary notices vi
that strange being Ruiz Gorilla, VINO was iol
chief of the extreme Republican party IN spain
| For all his later Republicansm. Gorilla was Il
member OF the Order of the Santssima Az
nunZata and in the little suburban VIVA whch
ne occupied In England you might see thr
| Insignia of that order which ranks with inc
| Golden Fleece, the Black Eagle and the Garter
| If indeed IL does not rank even ABOVE ,he
! Gartcr-as the most coveted or European uis
tnctions The truth Is that Gorilla pracI, c,
| obtained the crown OF Spain Tor Prince
| Amadeo and was thus royalty rewarded: ana
when Amadeo abdicated. driven away by ne
naughty Spanish dislike OF foreigners ms
| henchman kept the order though ne III one
| hogan To profess opinions which. II he could
have carried them into effect, would nave con
signed all kings to pcrdition. ana the'r oroe's ="
| chivalry with them.
THE LESSONS OF AN AUCTION SALE
Little has happened in the world Of art since
| nv last letter only another auction SAFE the
! Lessons of which are significant. WINE the
Price collection Of English pictures was being
Viewed and sold. described for y"a week
ago. the entrance hall Of Mcssrs. Chr'stie's
was adorned with the photographs OF another
collection. announced TO follow mmed'ateN !;
and those who were not IN the secret imagine
that a sale equal In importance To that OF ,hc
Adrian Hope or even OF the Dudley COLLECTION
vos about TO be brought To- the hammer. rms
consisted Of the 400 pictures by ou ma tar,r,
COLLECTED by that well-known amateur. mehry
pontsch ESQ. decoased": and Immediately
afterward there was circulated an ILLUSTRATED
cafal ogu- containing photographs OF lnhuH.i
all Tolheins. Raphael, and Nandyc&s. with
descriptions telling how they came from an
the famous collections. and all the "'her mo
nation hV which auctiOEeers are In III" Ma I'M
~ stirring the zeal of buyers Cnfortunate!
the expert who prepared the catalogue hah AZ
lowed his pen to run away WIN MN a,,u'
what IS much worse. the exrpIi'nceu huc-
tton.crs who issued il permitted their names
TO go forth all over the world as me autnoii!
for number Of statements Whlch "eIr vi
tanab, AZ the beginning of the sale Mr. WOODS
! confessed as much from IN" ros'riin ahh"un'
ine hat ne had received c"Inmuihra'lo,'i lIpi''
the representatives, OF me DUKE OF rono"I ~
| saving that the description OF various "i w
uictures as coming from the Dukes collection
was not founded fact. and endravorihs 10
disclairo all responsibility on the subject.
am no lawyer and am not prepared To say
what wonld Dee TIE legal effec, Of the disavoWai.
but | should Ike To put cas-" OF 'n's .I'u,
Surprising two dealers 'ert'F"a ..,,, ~. ,he
American clients 10 the effect. t'uN M VIZ ~,
P.rcira Rembrandt No 400. DoetHch sal" "hu
that these dealers had CONNECTED asa'''S yr Ola
another to the c:;ent Of 1900 or t'ooo. W"N,n
IN, b,lv.r have had a remedy Whrh on s''
ting Ms picture home, he found th',' II w.
q coarse copy. and that the oriflnni, rD'u ~
Tho PerDire snlo. was in ell-fnown co!I"''ln II
. IN berlin Fortunately. all the paraph"rhh'a,
OF catalogues and plate glass ana nm. "ra
frames could not bring the p,,ur - w.. ' question
higher than ~ guineas, 80 tha' the qurs 'pn
does not practically arise Bu' hms'tus VIZ
live al u distance should be warned thht aug
,iop catalogues even when Issued Dy 'n'
,nns, coiohra,ed firms are not always 10 be
trusted and that Their" is no guarantee INA.
the auctioneer may not try I" disaN"" '"e"' az
the last moment
, HENRY DOETsCHs COLLECTING
In no,nt Of fact although perhaps "A hundred
OF the Doetsch pictures had been rairiy soo'
IN etar, with before the owner began To gratify
unon them his incurable mania for "restora
D ton" the rest were copies. and nearly all nave
been seriously injured by overclean'ng. TO al
Z extent Of which the photographs give DO ioru
Henry DOe,sch was German VINO NVed iV'
many years in London as th' "'n M ,, .,s
direct of the Rio Tin'o Company. ne wa
T a bachelor and rich. and he crarnined ms pa,n
! elor in New Burlington-st. WIN nm
strange assemblage of old pictures Ch pr"
chile he avoided all dealers and all auctio'
sales protesting 10 get all his works straigh
= from old families When add tha' ,''s rs.
n | for many years was the celebrated pto's
. | Augustus Howell, now deceased, ma" "
whom the Whistler Eosseti circle ola no
. furnish the only victims those VINO are nc
4 | u,ainted with the inner history or the F.nss'
. | art world during the last thirty years VIII 10 ~,
require TO be told any more IL "as fshI'
: curious 10 hear Mr.. Doetsch. who In MS busi
r | ness was 20 keen and clever. ana "h. wa -
x | excellent q Judge OF champagne "hu Y'e"'
, | holding forth about his Raphaeis ana 'u' ~,
! and I.oouardOs and pouring contempt u'"" Wv
n,lhl,c galleries OF Europe which dared 10 TX
| hibit copies Of his originals. Well ne Is gone
and Howell Is gone. and now ms Pic'u,'H a,
gone-but not fear 'or me pa'' nros um ~
y | paid for them and not with the prosPec, !"
heor,ng much longer the names with which m
and Howell adorned them, .,>,,
n I have 10 chronicle. with much satisfaction
n the return Of the DAILY COMPANY, 10 ,"'' ,raun
, theatre Miss Ada Rehan and her ircnh
, made a happy temperance last night IN =
T. Railroad Of Love" and were We'coinru y, .
! crowded house: and now we are lookIhs iol
+ ward with impotence 70 the p ,ho rpa 20
- .'Two Gentlemen Of Verona, when the preSc'
= generation OF English play-goers mas new
e seen and 10 the Midsummer Nigh, D.r tsn
= ~ HUMPHREY WAKD