The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-03

the old regime she said. st isn't at all
surprising that the daughter should marry
into the very elect.
1T isn't a case Of dot, either. though
Miss Morton has q good marriage portion;
Comte Bosom de Acknowledgment Will
rave money enough Of his own.
half Of his fathers fortune will go TO
him, and his mother, who adores mn ana
is very wealthy. will leave him all she has.
He Is handsome, t~oo-handsome, in the
and he is a very decent fellow, as French
But. do YOU know, IL he had been quite
hopeless, and / had been Miss Morton
] would ave been tempted TO marry MN
lust for the sake OF the mother-in-ia"
one would get with him.
"She's the finest thing in Parasitic
finest thing in the way of an old gentle;
woman / ever saw. II isn't fair to call
her old. She viii! never be old.
Years have absolutely nothing to do
with II, and for that matter, she isn't verS
very old, ever If one counts by years. L
used that word old merely because the
woman always seems TO me TO belong TO
the old days Of the salon. and OF the women
who ruled society regally.,
The Duchesse de NalenCay has ruled
French society for twenty-five or thirty,
wears. She has been the acknowledged
leader. a..
"She is a royalist born and bred, royalist
TO her finger tips. During the Empire
she refused To appear at court. She de-
clined even to meet the Empress. =,
-She scorns the Republic as she scorned
the Empire. There Is absolutely no com
promise about her; but she ia charming
charming
sShe is tremendously independent, TO the
extent Of defying all criticism, yet she Is
generous and big hearted, and her own
story If a romance
he was the Beau Brummel OF Paris. ana
travelling a pace rapid even for Paris.
She was the daugl er OF Baron Seilllere
exceedingly rich and absurdly young.
1T was all a matter Of dot, and as soon
as the wedding was over, the husband took
up his race TO the logs, with an dduluoi!ai
income to increase his speed.
That sort Of thing happens every day IN
France. IL doesn't occasion any remark.
But the Princessn had ideas OF her own,
and she gave the faubourg a surprise
mime. de Gallifet MAS her intimate friend;
She too was young and good looking and
rich and she too had been married for her
money and practically abandoned.
"The two young wives decided TO make
a stand. They were the first women OF
position In Franc TO separate from their
husbands. demand their own money and
live independent lives.
The Princess was very rich. Nine. de
Gallifet had money, but not nearly as much
AZ her friend. The two lived together.
Their position was accepted and indorsed.
They entertained magnifcently.. went
everywhere together. didn't pose for al
instant as blRhtcd beings. II was all
rather splendid. that storming OF French
prejudice and winning out triumphantly..
Three or four years ago, the Prince de
Sagan came n cropper in that race OF his.
He was 6S and wa riding az hard and fast
A. ever, when a stroke OF paralysis came
and made him a hopeless invalid, quite
helpless and with mental faculties nm
paired.
THE moment the Princess heard Of the
calamity. she flew 10 his side, forgot all her
old injuries, took him to her home. gave
up her time and strength and money To- bin.
She II doing IL Vet and he adores her.
Tits father diet a few years ago and
made him Duo de Nalencay, but every Que
calls he wife the Princess lie Nagan. She
is still good looking. perfectly gOwned,
.autocratic. proud ~ luGfrr, but heavenly
good Ia the crippled husband and de-
Votei IA her son.
"Nu~ isn't that q tJnuing sort Of n
her lu-lavY No daughter-in-lBw could
live up 60 her, but they cay she II de-
With her sons american wife