The St. Louis Republic., 1900-04-16
A CHUM OF ROYALTY.
An Interesting Woman Who Late.
ly Died in Paris.

Another woman with n past in which
Princes. Kings and Emperors figured has
died in Paris. Her real name was Made
leine Brown. but she has been known for So
many years as Nine. Brohan that IL is b.
the latter name that she will be recognized.
Her death was a severe blow to the Prime
de Joinvi!ie. whose particular friend she had
beeh Tor a long time. De Joinvile is s.
wears old and Mime. Rrohan was IL She
was lively of mind. cultivated of taste ami
of interesting conversation. Her expressive
countenance. her clever panromime and dis
;inct enunciation made the Prince forget in
ner ne, company that he was almost stone deaf.
When they first met Louis Philippe was on
the throne of France. and his son. tho
Prince of Jonyille, was the sailor Prime.
copied after the Anglo-Saxoi1 model IL wa
this Prince who brought the body of Ma
poleon back from st. Helena. In those early
days de Joinvills used to haun; the green
room of the Theatre Francais where Made
leine's mother. Susan Brown. was playing
Susan Brown boldly dropped her common
place name and became Suzanne Brohan
thus appropriating the name OF the Prince
De DE- E"han and adding to it her initial letter
Madeleine made sensational debut in
Paris as Il stage Copuette in 1916. She hau
talents suited to the role and beauty In
those days Later in life she became stout
and suffered much from rheumatism
Madeleine Brohan looked upon herself as
sort of aunt of the late and present car.
She broke away from the Francois as soon
as she obtained a leading place there. 10 So
to ST Petersburg. The Winter Palace was
then court of love. Every son arr.
daughter of Nicholas | was In love. and
not wisely. Nicholas /. though an autocrat
believed in the freedom of tire hearts at
fectiops. and never tried to force the in
ClinationS of son or daughter in regard Z"
marriage. His eldes; daughter made .wn
consecutive love matches. His youngest
the supreme beauty of the family. was
madly in love with the actor. Delaunay.
magnanimity. Delaunay was expelled from
Russia and the Grand Duchess mar
ried off to the Crown Prince Of Wur-
temberg Madeleine Brohau remembered
th,. Court of st. Petersburg as northern
Olympus. where the GODS and gotidosses
always were seeking amorous adven-
lures. She was greatly courted by the
former. But Alexander III became melau-
choy and detected after he came Ia the
throne and submitted to the intellectual
guidance OF the Grand Duchess Helena.
who was q scientific phiian;hropist. The
young Empress soon grew sated with
wealth ard grandeur and became religious.
The court following her took another com
eyo,l Madeleine Brohdn WIS glad TO find
herself again q star of the Francais.
Madeleine was married once, hut shc used
to speak of that marriage as AN accident.
one of the merest incidents in her life
She married u Young aspirant for literary
fame Mario Uchard. and they separated
within a year Ther Mario wrote a play.
'f'iarnrna. and dedicated ii TO Madeleine
..hy her widowed Mario J'chard. She was
known well tu the gay world that futtered
around the giiaed fabric of the Second En-
pire and used 10 appear on the stage long
after increasing Etrth and rheumatism had
made II Impossible for her to play any part
which did not aloy Of her sitting down
before the audience.
For some years after she retired from the
stage she lived In Versailles. and then
came to Passy. The back windows of her
villa there looked on the Notifications and
the Rois beyond The Prince called daily.
In tire afternoon. and then both went out
for "A drive and walk. A maid. who carried
wraps and folding chairs. went with them.
There could not be more unaffected or
less STACEY party. He looked quietly happy.
His tall figure was good deal bowed His
otservant and very kindly eve often sought
the ,;.,ly's face. to- lose no observation that
she might let fall They returned to the
villa at ) when tea and cakes were served.
Th. Prince. after tea went hone. and his
friend pottered about until dinner. she
husied herself in the evenings at her work
table but had Ia give M reading in order
not to rick blindness. Not many old COM
rat,es remained: but the children OF dead
literary and theatrical friends regarded her
as n kind of aunt. She was devoted in her
old age to the children of her sister, Su-
zanne SamOry.