The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-06
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This is the boast of the American and We
run our organs and McKinleys for presi-
cent, our Leedys and Morrills for governor
and our Jerry Simpsons and Jerry Bot
kins for congress. Again we Will be neard
declaring that men are nothing, principles
everything But after all. hero worship
caste distinctions and homage TO wealth
are things which are not unknown 20 the
average American. We do not lose our in
terest in the favorites of heredity or OF for
tune. A writer in the Chicago Record talks
in an entertaining way of some OF the
bloods, snobs and adventures OF France
and England who are just now attracting
attention. He says that there are few
more ancient or illustr.ous families In
France than that of the De Paumu!les,
who may be said TO head the nobility OF the
former province of Berri. 1t is easy, there
fore. to understand the sensation which has
been created by the announcement Of the
impending marriage of Mdiie. Genevieve.
daughter of the Marquis de Paumulle, to
Lieutenant Victor Thomas of the Sixth
Dragon regiment The aristocracy of
France had already been greatly shocked
by the union of the second son of the Due
cess Louise Radziwin. daughter of that
disreputable Prince Radziwill, who is one
of the three partners owning the great
gambling establishment at Monte Carlo,
ard of his plebeian-born wife, nee Blanc.
who herself was a daughter of the founder
of the establishment. 1t was terrible
mesalliance, and one TO which the duke and
his wife never would have consented had
il not been for the large dowry of Louise
Radziwill-a dowry of money obtained by
keeping a gambling hell. But bad as was
that marriage in the eyes of society, II was
in no wise as startling as that OF Gene
We've de Paumulle 10 Lieutenant Victor
Thomas
Victor Is the stepson Of N. Edmond
Blanc, the principal and managing partner
of the Monte Carlo concern His mother,
now Nine Edmond Blanc, although mar
ried at the age of IS to a carpenter named
Thomas, an ex-convict. at the time OF his
birth was one of the most conspicuous
derli-mondaines of the French capital She
went by the name OF alice Marot," ard
numerous photographs of he are still IN
wide circulation. The carpenter never has
lived with his wife since the FrancoGer-
man war, and soon after the completion OF
his term in the penitentiary was shipped on
10 Algeria, where he receives a, small al
lowance from NJ. Edmond Blanc, condi-
t;onal upon his not returning to France.
The Marquis de Paumulle, therefore, for
the sake OF money, is marrying OF mis- only
daughter 10 a young man who is the grand
son of couple of menials. the offspring OF
an ex-convict. and the stepson OF III. Ed
mond Blanc. a man who not only derives
his wealth from the gambling tables at
Monte Carlo. but who also on several occa-
sions has come near being lynched on Par
isian and suburban race-tracks for having
run his horses unfairly. Twice have the
trainers and Jockeys of Edmond Blanc been
warned off the turf in England as well as
in France and It is significant that all four
now live In Germany. pensioners on the
bounty OF their former employer. Edmond
Blanc has twice won the Grand Prix at
Paris, but under such suspicious circun-
stances that IN ISL. as in 1892 NJ. Carnot
declined to comply with the custom which
requires that the sovereign or president OF
the republic should grant an audience at
the palace 10 the winner Of the Grand Prix
on the dev after the race.
NJ. Edmond Blanc az the present moment
IS knight OF the Legion of Honor and
mayor OF La Ceile st. Cloud. his wife. the
mayoress. being the head of the local char
tiles and president Of large school direct
ed by a number of nuns who, good and
holy women that they are. see in Madame
Blanc a rious benefactress. and ignore her
brief career on the stage OF the Pssais Roy
al theateT. from which she was dismissed
for ircompetency. TO become one OF the
queens of the hak-woriG.
NJ Blanc himself is indebted for his cross
Of the Legion OF Honor TO the fact that ne
invested $4,000 IN the newspapcr, La Petite
France. OWNED By " Daniel Wilson. thu
son-.n-Iaw % President Grevy. That Is to
say. he acquired the decoration by pur-
chase. since all the payments TO II Wilson
fo- crosses of the order which he sold. were
made Under TIE gaise OF subscriptions 10
La Petite France This fact was made
clear during the government Inquiry into +,
the Legion OF Honor scandals. which result !
81 n n 1sxon's expulsion from parlsz- I.
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his fzfher-!n-law. VI Grey. from the pres
E6e-cy OF me republic Indeei LIE cseosa-
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three sssceesssye ministers Of commerce. i
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