Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-10-10

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with the Chinese Emperor Most Of II
lived here for twenty years. The Cha
teau De Langeals IS famous among ar
chaeol0glstS as the hyphen between the
gothic and renaissance styles, for, though
| feudal and fortresslike in appearance
| the details hetray the strong influence of
the art of Italy impressed upon the sol
diers Of Charles VIII. by their conquestS
in the peninsula. In this castle Annie
De Bretagne was married.
Opposite stands the house of Rabeais.
| where the old cynic wrote his naughty
| stories. To support the family dignitr
! the marquis had n fortune of about
100000. francs, or about 81, 100000
! The 1500O,000 francs which Count Bnni
I reported to his mother as his by the mar
rlage settlement proved Il welcome add
ton to the finances of the family. and Tho
| 6G,U0O,0OO francs which remained with
| the bride placed them in a position where
they could have held their own with fine
proudest and the wealthiest in the land
Calls Him Her Dear" Husband.
Further details show the indebtedness
of Count Bonn ana ms wife to be about
23,5OO.0O0 francs. Of this sum there
was expended on real estate in connec-
| ton with the charity bazaar and their
private home OH the Avenue Malakoff 3.
702, 900 francs mortgages, G.5S5. 2GO
francs; loans. notes and tradesmen's bills
4 ,293, $50 francss and on art and bric-a-
brac dealers, 100000 francs
Nj. Wertheimer, who is one of the art
dealers interested, claims goods were
bought, then taken back and resold to
in the transactions there now remains
due him the sum of 100000 francs.
The Countess de Castellane, whose
property has just been placed under the
direction of her brother, George ]. Gould,
by French court, was questioned rela-
tive to the matter ct her mansion in the
Avenue du Bots de Boulogne, but she
would not go into details Of the case.
She said
please make light of the matter. 1t
will only revive stories which will hurt
my dear husbands feelings. He already
suffers keenly the exposure of his pres
emf situation
Count Boni has been away from Paris
for the last three days, but will return
today Thursday. Last night he was
conversing for an hour with his father
over the long-distance telephone and had
heard the news. He is indignant that
the court should have appointed a for
eigner 10 watch over the countess for
tune. He wanted his father appointed if
trustee was to be named
Gould Heirs Not Spendthrifts.
New York, Nov. 1.-While the count
and countess are getting rid by lavish
expenditure of every dollar the estate
furnished them the other members of the
family in this country are constantly
adding to the inherited principal The
following table shows the money status
of the different members of the Gould
family:
Name. Fortune; Spent. Now Worth
George $1,000, 900 $4,000 $2650O. O00
4 M n nan .....4,
Howard " 100000 10000 1890 a500. ,009
Frank .... 100000 100000 1900. 000
Helen ..... 5000 900 100000 10000 900
Anna $500. 100000 100000 100000
The entire property has earned. per
haps, } per cent. or $500,O00, year for
each heir since the death of Jay Gould.
While others were carefully reinyesting
the income from the fortunes they in
herited, Anna has run through her in.
come like a whirlwind. Not only has The
S0U0,OOu a year been insufficient to meet
the expenses of herself and the count,
but SJ,UOo,00O of her original bequesi
has been expended i'll the extravaganza
Of Partisan life.
Since the death of Jay Gould his chill
dr,n have spent nearly $1,000. 600
Gould. the father, was one of the most
modest Of millionares in his way of liv-
ing. His home was as unpretentious as
that of any humble merchant. Certainly
a
short time ago Frank paid $1,000 for
St Bernard dog. Jay Gould would have
lived half a year on that sum. 1t cost
Anna ST .00000O down to become a coun-
tess and millions since TO maintain the
title.
Regret They Married NobIemen.
The following is a list Of American
girls who have come TO grief by marry
ing noblemen;
The Countess Rosemont de Rouge-Aix
is the daughter of a Boston millionaire
named Stewart. The count married her
because her father was to pay his debts
The bride. learning Of this, left him in
disgust and IS now working as gov
erness in London.
The Duchess of Manchester was Miss
Consuelo Yznaga of New York Her
husband was a rake ana caused her I'M
utttrable sorrow
The Countess Pappenhcim was Miss
Wheeler Of Philadelphia She was forced
TO leaye her unsavory husband aud has
returned 10 ner mother
Nine De Steuers, who married the ell
roy of the Queen Of Holland to Paris.
found life unbearable with her husband
and is back in this country, happily mar
red to an American. She was q daugh-
ter of George Cary, who married Miss
Astor.
The Countess Erdoedy OF Hungary
was Miss Julia Scott Of New York. She
first married a Maj. johnson Of the Eng
fish army. ron whom she secured d.
vorce On the ground Of habl'ual drunken
ness
The Countess de Taleyraud-Perigord
is now living in this city. She was Miss
Bessie Curtis Of Boston. Her husband
made her life wFetched and she was
forced To leave him.