Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-17
NEEDED THE MONEY

The late Mrs. Paran stevens Is said
20 have made the match that mace An
ma Gould a countess ana the COuhl
Bonl de Castellane the husband OF a
millionairess-if the word may be used
you've got 10 marry a Gould, an
nounced Mrs. stevens, when the count
told her his financial plight ana marry
one he did.
There is no doubt as to validity OF the
Castellane title. Powder Pun, as they
call him In Paris. Is descended rom
long line OF nobility. They own count
less estates and chateaus--that is. all
do. but the count. As far back as
Charlemagne the Castellanes We're close
TO the throne. Today he is connected
By blood or by marriage 10 the Mar
Quis De Entrecasteau, the De Lignes,
the Talleyrands, the Countess q Al
hemer. the Comte de Grgan and 9TH
ers Of the elite Of France. Castellane,
whatever his faults, is no mushroom
aristocrat
In 1894 Castellane came here 20 wed
an heiress. He brought along plenty
OF proofs Of title and lineage. He had
good looks some English clothes, plen-
~ OF assurance and little money But
he also brought along a brand Of cham
ppgne which he expected TO boom In or
der TO pay his way.
His friend. Raoul Duval took Cas-
teilane TO Newport Cnst3ll1ne amused
Newport and changcd his clothes four
times day. We l4id siege 20 the heart
of Miss Virginia Fair. That she Is now
Mrs. william x. Vanderbilt Jr.. best
tells the story Miss Consuelo Van
7erblt now the duchess of Marl-
borough. felt the same way Then Mrs
stevens came 10 the rescue.
The Goulds had no place in Newport
then. and they hadn't heard az Castel-
lane Mrs. Stevens knew both. The
count was In pretty tight financial
straits and had a small room AT No.
% East ThiIty-second street over a
French ere smokers. He and Mrs.
Steyer.7 arranged q dinner FOR "a. Mrs.
Georrr Y. Gould was asked Miss An
ma Could was asked So was Mrs.
stevens The rest were people that
rsstellane had met In Newport This
was on December g. 1894 within the
month ne he'd proposed 20 Miss Anna
Gould. The engagement was formally
announced ON February s. 1895. They
were married on March A. 1895, 10 weeks
after the FIRST meeting
HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY.
Since their marriage five and a half
years ago. the lives Of the count and
countess de Gasoline have been filled
with events Rumors however UNI
ioubtedly magulhed the magnifcence
Of their entertainments in Paris and the
exploits and extravaganza Of the count,
During the last four years the names
of the count and countess have been
continually beiora the puhllc. That u
the count was mentioned frequently In
connection with alleged royallst move
ments, and that Of the countess because
OF her popularity IN French society. her
splendid entertainments and her large
gifts TO charity.
Count de Castellane last January be-
came involved In a controversy with NJ.
de Rodays. editor Of the Figaro Of Paris,
and. il was said, came near fighting a
duel 10 prove that he was not financial
~ embarrassed and had not gone 70 the
! United states to endeaVor TO raise
money on his wife's property.
At the time Count de Castellane and
his wife left Paris for this country the
Figaro stated that a sensational exc
cution" had taken place on the Bourse
and that the victim was a Spectator
who belonged 10 parliament and who
during the Dreyfus case had made a
parade OF nationalist sentiments, I'm
spite Of the fact that he himself was
closely connected by marriage with a
| foreign country
According TO the Matin the unfortu-
nate Spectator was Count Boni de Cas-
tellane lie was declared TO have left
! Paris for America in hope of securing
! fresh resources. II was rumored at
first that the counts losses were 10000
900 francs $4,000. 0O0), but later the es-
innate dwindled TO 100000 francs
(s6OO,OO The speculat!ons were al