The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-27
70 LIVE WITH SHADES
American Girl Chooses Future
With Noble Ghosts.
TO MARRY FRENCHMAN
Whose Ancestors Spirits
Haunt Ancient Chatauex.
} MARRY FRENCHMAN

/ coming marriage OF the charming Mis-.
Gerhard TO the young Due de Chaulnes
in Paris.
! She Is the young daughter OF William
tiebhard. OF this city and so the drst
cousin OF Mrs. Fred Nelson and OF Mr
Frederick Gerhard Her dowry viii De
81 e10.000 france (S6 900 0oo5 enough 10 re
gid the proudest ducaI 'scutcheou-
The man Of her choice is but twenty
four years Old-EmmanueI Theodore Der
nard Marie dAlbert de LUyness, Due &c
Chaulnes et de Picquignny.
He VIII present his bride with the his
toric and magnificent jewelry Of the
house OF Chaulnes.
The union viii ally her TO the richest
and the Oldest families of the "ancien
regime.
But this lovely New York girl must &C
ouire, too, a family participation in the
mournful memories Of her husband 5
mother. the beautiful but unfortunate
Marie Bernadine, Duchesse de ChauInes.
who was a Princess Galitze1-
The old Duke de ChaUInes. Paul. died in
1881. His daughter. Marie. now the Ouch
ess dues, was then but five years old ;
his son only three years. Immediately
after the death Due PauIs mother the
old Duchess de Chevreuse, who bitterly
hated her daughter-in-law, called q fam
lily council, which decided that the Ouch
esse Marie Bernadtne, one OF the most
fascinating women OF her time, should
not be intrusted with the care and edu-
cation Of her little son and daughter.
whom the council gave into the hands
of their grandmother.
The French newspapers twenty years
ago were fun OF the lawsuits for the
custody Of the the children between the
Duchesse Chevreuse and her Unconven-
tional Russian daughter-in-law. upon
whose indiscretons the old French wom-
an put the worst interpretations
The courts sustained the decision Of the
family council the Duchesse de ChauInes
was turned adrift by her husbands fam
lily and by their kin. all powerful in the
worFs OF society. law and finance
Her children, torn from her Stunned
by all who knew her. the daughter OF the
Galatians. Duchesse de Chaulnes. scarce
" year after her husbands demise. died
Of starvation in an attic at Nontmartre.
Her daughter. Marie. was educated at
the Convent Of the Sacred Heart. Paris.
In the chapel Of the convent she was
married TO the Due d Uzes eight years
ago. a fair young bride she was. strik-
ingIy like her Inflated mother The Car
dinaI Archbishop OF Paris Oficiated.
Prince GaIitzin proved that he had
forgotten his sisters suferings by at
tending the wedding. His daughter was
one OF her cousins bridesmaids
Miss Cebherd's fance inherited for
tune of S.0oo000 frances (s1.s0O. 600 from
mis- father but he had been a leader
among the giIded youth of Paris. He was
formerly engaged. TO Princess Catherine
Youriewska. daughter of Emperor Il by
his second and morganatic wife. But the
match was broken of because Princess
GATHERINGS mother refused to make imam
cial settlements entirely satisfactory TO
the Due de Chaulnes.
Miss Gebherds marriage VIII bring her
close TO that celebrated is somewhat ezra
tie woman. the elder Duchesse d'Uzes.
who includes among her ancestors the
Marquise de Montespan and the great
Colbert. Who rules the most exclusive
realm Of Partisan fashion.
The Duchess dues. who viii be the
sponsor in her world 20 the New York
duchess. is in many WAYS the most re-
markaoIe woman in France She identi-
fed herself with the cause OF Gen Boul-
anger TO an almost dangerous extent.
She combines the quality OF a femme du
monde with those Of a thorough sports
woman. She is STYLED by French journal
lists Frances Queen OF Sport. by others
Boulauger's Diana. She leads the hunt
in royal style. Is master OF hounds
herself and her hospitality At RambouI-
let and her other castles IS unbounded-
She has a strong. masculine face. show
Ing viIl-power in every feature.
She Owls vast estates. and plans horse
races where farmers daughters compete +
for substantial prizes. She states that
the physical education If French women
totally behind that OF every other Ea-
ton.
She has f0underd lawn tennis and row
ing clubs. supplying the nets. racSets.
etc. herself and payinE an English pro-
lessor - give the necessary instruction. /
Her daughters, all rrincesses, take part
in the exercises.
And reports say that returning from a
visit to England. she took hack With her
D collection Of music hau songs and was
training an original minstrel show Of her
own 81 as 70 furnish amusement for her
guests.
The Duchess comes from enthusiastic +
stock. or rather from q family thar has
done 70 make The world enthusiastic ~ .
times she is the daughter ~ the Due De
Nontemart and grsn5laughter Oh her
mothers side az Nine Veuve C'icuof n
fellow label fame She srlf draws q 1s~.-s