Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-01

choose. That heir may ultimately be
the princess Of Fuerstenberg
Jeanne AleXandrine de Sagan is I'M
questionably a remarkable woman.
For a matter of thirty-odd years she
has reigned queen in exclusive Par
isian circles despite the stain upon her
fathers name and her own unconven-
tional life. She is the daughter of the
Baron Selliere of Paris who made
many millions in war contracts When
his rascality was revealed through his
transactions during the Franco-Prus-
sian war, France en- masse turned uD-
on him and Selliere in fear Of being
mobbed by the people had the courage
to blow his brains out
1t was this inheritance of dishonor
to which Jeanne Selliere, married al
ready some years to the Prince de Sa
gan, fell heir. The prince refused to
allow his young wife to profit by the
money dishonesty made by her father.
She would not yield and on that issue
the prince and princess separated and
lived apart for more than twenty-five
years.
The princess was one of the most
beautiful women in Paris when beau
tiful women were not so rare as they
are today. Tall and svelte, with gold
en- hair falling in natural ringlets about
her face she possessed the features of
a Hebe, the eyes of fair pensive saint
and a complexion of dazzling beauty.
The Empress Eugene was recognized
as the loveliest woman of the empire
Her majesty was admittedly jealous of
the charms of the Princess de Sagan,
whom she regarded as her only posi-
BILE rival
Notwithstanding the memorable out
break between the married pair when
the prince called the servants to wit
ness that in leaving the palace of his
wife in the Foubourg st. German, he
took nothing with him but his UNI
brella, the princess suffered very little
socially from the rupture of her do
nestle relations Her wealth, her
magnificent entertainments, her beau
ty and her wit made her a social pow
er. Notwithstanding the blot upon the
family name, the princess has been
courted and feted by the most aristo-
cratic men and women of Europe.
1t was the princess who made Worth
the king of fashionable modistes, and
of whom it was said also: Worth
makes dresses; the Princess de Sagan
makes the fashion by condescending to
appear in Worth creation"
Both the prince and the princess
have managed to keep much before the
public. The princes moral code ap-
pears to have consisted of one article
only. He drew the line at financial
dishonor, while he has set at naught
nearly every other principle Of NOR
atty.
He was, until he became a physical
wreck, the best known of the most
corrupt set in Paris, reckless gam
bier and intriguant, a man of the world
who had at a relatively early age ey-
hausted every sensation in life.
During the long years that the pair
were separated they were known as
the pest dressed man anu WoIHdH ii
Paris. De Sagan was an exquisite
who would have smiled in derision a
an American imitator of French dan
dyism. The de Sagan monocle at
tached to an inch-wide ribbon of blacl
watered silk, the de Sagan waistcoat
hats, walking sticks, CATERS am
creased trousers were the beginning O
the reign of the. chappie of "creve," a.
the dude was called in France.
The de Sagan estates had been seri