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cannot be said. however. that she in any
way seeks to conceal her parentage. For
on one occasion shortly after her first
marriage. and in the days when she was
treated with coldness by the Faubourg
St Germain, when one OF the De
Choiseuls pointing to drop OF tea that
had Just fallen upon her dress, remarked
with a covert sneer, Sugar stains are
so difficult TO remove" she looked him
straight in the face and replied, mot
half so difficult as stains of blood al
luding 10 the tragedy Of 1871, when the
late Due de Choiseul-Praslln murdered
his wife under particularly shocking cir
cumstances.
1t is scarcely necessary TO point out
that the Princess de Sagan Is precluded
from presentation nj the Court OF Vienna,
owing to the fact that her father
was an army contractor of the name OF
Selliere. The young Duke Of Rlchelieu is
placed at q social disadvantage at Vienna
bv reason Of the parentage OF his mo-
Their. who Is a daughter Of the banker
Heine. Of New Orleans and Paris. 10
exception can be taken to the presen'
Duke Of Noailles. who traces his descent
IN the Crusaders. and the members OF
whose ancient house regarded the union
Of Antoine de Noailles. Due de Moucny'
with the new-Jersey born Princess Anna
Nurat. as a terrible mesalliance, almost
as bad. I'm fact, as that Of the Marquis
de Noaiiles now Ambassador at Berlin,
when ne married the lovely sister of the
notorious Marquise de Paiva. The little
Duo Decazes. were IL not for the fact
that he IS one OF the ttuar gentlemen
in-waiting of the Duke Of Orleans, would
be kept out In the cold. owing 20 the
parentage of his mother, who was Nile
LOewenthal. of Vienna, and his children
will be subjected 20 the same drawbacks
in consequence Of his having married
one Of the daughters. and heiresses. Of
the American sewing-machine manufac-
turer Singer. Princess Amedee de Bro
gle, as far as the Court Of Vienna Is
concerned, IS in the same position as the
Vicomtesse de Tredern whose sister she
IS. while the Count Alfred OF Gramont.
member OF the Pretenders household
will have TO leave his wife at Paris when
he goes 10 Vienna for the marriage.
owing 20 her having been prior TO her
marriage a mere Mile. Sabatier The
same may be said of the young Duke Of
Pisaccia. second son Of the Due de Ia
Rochefoucauld-D oudeauville. For his
wife although she bore prior TO her mar
riage the title Of Princess Radziwill, has
as mother one Of the two daughters and
heiresses OF old Blanc, the founder and
owner Of ne public gambling tables At
Monte Carlo. Numerous other instances
could be cited. in fact. at least two
thirds OF the houses OF the old French
aristocracy have been compelled, during
the last three or four decades. figura-
lively speaking. to 'regild their coats
Of arms" by means OF marriages with
heiresses of fortunes, acquired sometimes
in trade. sometimes I'm industry. and. as
shown above. I'm one or two instances.
even by the keeping OF public gambling
establishments.
EASIER TIMES ELSEWHERE.
The Court OF Vienna is to-day probably
tho only one I'm Europe where such
great strictness f. observed with regard
to the ancestral qualifications OF those
admitted to its ceremonies. functions.
and entertainments OF one kind or an
other. and IL will scarcely be believed
that even the majority OF the wives OF
Austria's ambassadors and ENJOYS who
are popularity supposed 10 represent their
Empress at the courts to which their
husbands are accredited. have never had
the privilege of being presented TO her
Majesty. In one or two instances. where
objections were raised 10 Austrian am
bassadresses on this account. they have
been. after much negotiation. admitted
To the honor OF a private audience with
their Empress, II being expressly under
stood. though, that. however this might
be regarded abroad, II must not be con-
sldered I'm Austria as emitting the lady
TO the privileges and prerogatives that
ordinarily follow presentation at the
Court of Vienna.
At the Court OF Russia there Is no hard
and fast rule, the only objections raised
being In the case OF ladies who have
Hebrew blood In their veins; and / can
remember the great fuss that was made
in 1883 about the unprecedented con-
descension Of the Czarina IN permitting
the daughter OF Baron Alphonse de
Rothschild to be invited to a court ball at
a moment when the Russian Treasury
was negotiating a Rothschild loan at
Paris.
In italy. at Madrid, Lisbon, Brussels,
London. and even at Berlin. practically
everybody is admitted 20 court who Is
halfway respectable. and whose ante
cedents are neither criminal nor other
v,ise unsavory. Thus among those who
have been presented 10 Queen Victoria
M her drawing-rooms at buckingham
| Palace have been one OF the leading
milliners and modistes Of Regent street.
who had been married for the sake Of her
money by member OF Parliament. and
Who had probably superintended the
manufacture and sold 10 several OF her
80. ,4ohutantes their court dresses