The age-herald., 1898-01-16

Humbert and return to her mother unless the intimacy was terminated. Victor Elm s.anuel, though scarcely fitted to give ad- vice on the score of morality, expostulated with his son and gave to the duchess the order to travel abroad, whereupon she be- took herself to Paris, where she became a source of great jealousy to Empress Eu- genie, who, when the war of 1870 broke out, took advantage of her nomination as re- gent to get even with the duchess by im- prisoning her in the Castle of Vincennes as a German spy.
 The duchess returned to Italy after the war and established herself at Milan, where she was frequently visited by Humbert who became the father of her youngest son. The latter, promising lad. died in 1893. and King Humbert, who was at Rome at the time, traveled all the way to Milan in order to attend his boys funeral. Since then the duchess, who has now established her residence in this city. and who still retains much of her former marvellous beauty, has devoted herself to works of charity, and some time ago sold her su- perb collection of jewels, with thep roeeeds of which she has founded a hospital for crippled children, which bears the name of the son that she bore to King Humbert. Queen Marguerite is no longer jealous of the duchess, and is so indulgent and kind- hearted that when the duchess lost her son she actually wrote her most sympathetic letter and sent some beautiful flowers to
 
 any objection to the occasional appearance of the duchess at court here, nor yet to King Humbert's almost daily visits at the house of the duchess The latter rightly or wrongly is believed to exercise a good deal of influence over the king, politically and otherwise. which is not astonishing as she possesses an immense amount of po- litical experience and is immeasurably su- perior In brilliancy and intelligence to the vast majority of her countrywomen who, as @ rule, are as ignorant and as inane as they are beautiful.
 The duchess abominates Crispi and the latter, who ascribes to her hostility the kings attitude toward him. some time ago denounced her in his newspaper, the Trib- una as playing the role of Mime. de Main tenon to King. Humbert's Louis XIV.
 It Is somewhat cruel of the duke to rake up all this old scandal, which everybody here had agreed to forget and condone, Queen Marguerite among the number, and it's revival cannot fail to give much dis tress, as well as impair the sadly damaged prestige of the Italian monarchy At the same time, the duke cannot be blamed for wishing to rid himself once and for all time of the very unsavory reputation of be- ing a complainant husband, which he is not.
 But it must be confessed, however, that he is singularly unfortunate in having mar ried into such family as that of his wife. For her mother was one of the favorites of King Victor Emmanuel, while the wife of his eldest son, young man who rejoices in the predestined name of Pompey has in times past had occasion to complain in a very serious manner of the attentions of King Humbert's nephew, the Count of Tu- rin, to his wife. Indeed, a litta baby ap- peared upon the scene most inopportuney, which the young countess endeavored in vain to persuade the long-suffering Pompey was his offspring As he considered this impossible, owing to the fact of his having been absent for eighteen months previous to it's birth in the United States, where he has some business interests, he applied to the courts for legal separation This was contested by his wifes who attempted to convince the courts that the boy was really her husbands son, and that being a fol- lower of the. theosophist cult, founded by