New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08

of the titular gentlemen-in- waiting Of the Duke
Of Orleans would be kept out in the cold' own ,
to the parenta &c of his mother, VINO was Hi',e.
Loewenthal, Of Vienna, and his children VIII De
subjected 10 the same drawbacks in consequence
of his having married one Of the daughters anu
heresses Of the American sewing macnlhe manu
facturer, Singer. Princess Amedee de BrogHe'
far the Court of Vienna Is concerned: Is
in the same position as the Vicomtesse de IRE,
dern. whose sister she is while the Count Alfred
OF Gramont. member OF the Pretenders mousse
hold will have o leave his wife at Paris when
he goes to Vienna for the marriage, owing 10
her having been prior to her marriage mere
Mile Sabater. The may be said or the
young Duke Of Bisaccil, second son OF the Duo
de la RochefoucauldD oudeauville. For MS
wife although she bore. prior TO her marriage.
the title Of Princess Radziwill. has as motner
Of the two daughters and heiresses or oid
Blanc. the founder and owner OF the pubic
gambling tables at Monte Carlo. Numerous
other instances could be cited In fact at least
two-thrds Of the houses of the old French arts
tOcracy have been compelled, during the last
three or four decades. fgurativey speaking, to
'regild their coats Of arms" by means OF mar
riages with heiresses Of fortunes acquired sc me-
times In trade sometimes in industry. and. as
shown above. in one two instances even by
the keeping Of public gambling establishments.
EASIER TIMES ELSEWHERE.
The Court NJ Vienna is to-day probably the
only one in Europe where such great strictness
Is observed with regard to the ancestral qiialifi-
cations Of those admitted to its ceremonies,
functions and entertainments OF one kind or an
other. and 1t will scarcely be believed that even
the majority Of the wives NJ Austrias Ambas-
sadors and Enjoys who popularity supposed
to represent their Empress at the courts to
which their husbands accredited. have never
had the privilege Of being presented to Her
Majesty. In one or two instances. where OBJ
jections were raised to Austrian Ambassa-
dresses on this account, they have been. after
much negotiation. admitted to the honor of
a private audience with their Empress, 1t being
expressly understood though that, however
this might be regarded abroad. 1t must not be
considered in Austria as emitting the lady 10
the privileges and prerogatives that ordinarily
follow presentation at the Court Of Vienna
At the Court of Russia there iS no hard ana
fast rule, the only objections raised being In
the of ladies who have Hebrew blood In
their veins and | remember the great russ
that was made in 1883 about the unprecc-
dented condescension OF the CZarina In permit
ting the daughter OF Baron Alphonse de Roth
schd to be invited 10 a court ball at moment
when the Russian Treasury was negotiating a
Rothschild loan at Paris.
In Italy. at Madrid Lisbon. Brussels. Lon
don and even at Berlin. practically everybody
Is admitted to court who Is halfway respecta-
BILE. and whose anteceden-s are neither criminal
nor otherwise unsavory Thus among those
who have been presented to Queen Victoria at
her Drawing Rooms at Buckingham Palace
have been one Ct the leading milliners and
modistes of Regent-st.. who had been married
for the sake of her money by Member OF Parlia-
ment. and who mad probably superintendent the
manufacture and sold to several OF her fellow
debutantes their court dresses.
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