New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-09
ACTOR OF ROYAL DESCENT
Son If United States Enjoy and {
Spanish Infanta's Daughter.

s-,s relatives combines IN his veins DloOe -
United States citizen with that o. me -, -.
spa Spanish dynasty q BOURBON 1o-, - -,
esfba- Charles Allen PerAIns was a. one u'ae
- 49,. ,s,-iSte- 10 Portugal, carlos Is
- - --o-pe- descended in direct ana IN
,---, ,s-. 80, King Louis XIV OF France, lie
Grand A0uarlle." -, - -. ~
Charles Allen Perkins me iaaHeI' liao a.. 80
5.ul1glati, service OF the Ih''ee STATES me- 80
- .-,--ess Marie Isabella GuroWskl The
- ,esorfng o. the romantic runaway
..- ta+veen the royal InIanta Isabella OF
$3.50. ts+e- of old King Francis. and sisteT-ln-laW.
80 az Queen Isabella. with the Austro-
- -ouut Gurowskd. Ex-M1lster PerEinss
,-s+-i,n7rtaI experiences were FAR rom pleasant.
snd his marriage was source CT great annoyance
u RE refining family Of Spain, which reached
-5i-,e, when he was arrested and subjected TO
IMPRISONMENT IN France on charges Of fraud. No
one exactly knows the merits OF the case but
I. is believed by many people that ne was more
s,rred against than SHINING, and that he was a
victim OF persecution on the part OF the royal
family q Spain in The AFFAIR.
nav add that his name was never permitted 10
fc--e il the Almauach &c Gotha, or even in
the Official year book OF the Austrian nobility as
having been married 70 the daughter OF Count
Igaatius Gur0Esk and Of the Princess Isabella OF
suain although the union was a perfectly legiti-
nate one and legally soleunized at Lisbon in the
u-essuce OF Admiral Gleason. OF the United States
NaTy, and OF the United States Consul in the
Portuguese capital
I understand that administer Perkins never saw
his wife ard children again after his imprisonment
n France and Dee died about fifteen years ago in
one o. the smaller towns OF New York State The
American newspapers In recording his demise de-
scrbed aim as the husband OF d princess of the
royal house ot Spain This. however as viii be
seen above, mistake. as the only title TO
which bis wife could Law claim was that of
countess. she being the second daughter OF Count
l7urovski and the Infauta Isabella.
English -oroncts suu fetch q fancy price. and
tn German French and Italian articles can't com
pete vita -ae-a," remarks The New-Yorl sun"
ed10rz.y- -1 connection with the undisguised pref
e-ence which American heiresses marrying for
eEnsn seer TO entertain for English mobiles rather
Than Tor members Of the Continental aristocracy
AID then IL on 10 ask the reason for this dis
elimination
ne answer is a facile one English coronets ara
tns o1y ones within the reach Of the American girl
thar carry with them not only great social, but
likewise legal p-erUgatlves, dating back 10 the
Mode ages. When an American girl marTies a
British ueer-as. for instance. when Miss May
Goe.et became the wife the other day Of the Duke
o. RoxaUrEhe-sne becomes invested thereby with
a. immunity trom the jurisdiction OF the ordinary
cr.uila. courts. and II guilty OF any offence can
Ou-y boz rr-=1 ty the House OF Lords, that Is 10
say by her peers. specially constituted into
tribunal Tor tho occasion as. for instance, when
q
t.Eau- She gains. TOO certain legally defined
precedence nos merely in society. but likewise
e---- and at state functions IN fact she becomes
possessed ri s sorts OF privileges and immunities
which distinguish her and the other eighteen hun
dreE d- sa peers and peeresses CT the realm from
The remaining three hundred million people who
subject tn -ls rule % the British Crown
On -r- Continent the ordinary nobility, no matter
whether -Gk~s princes counts. enjoy no such
LEGAL -~er0Carlves ly reason Of their rank. unless
they EalEar - belong to the so-called mediatiZed
houses which exercised a petty sovereignty in
Germany r-l1r 10 the destruction II the Holy
Roman Empire by the FIRST Napoleon
and these ulediatized families who do retain pre-
negatives nor only analogous bur even superior 10
those lt British peers are barred TO American
he.-essas F0r member thereof cannot wed
woman who Goes nor belong either the reign
ing houses m Europe or else 70 the ule6iatized
families. unless BIZ sIrreuders all his rights and
privileges and 5=sceEds TO the rank o. an ordinary
noble. as Count Fappeuheim was obliged 70 90 when
he married Miss Wheeler Cc PEladelp hia- Il would
have been just the same Il the Count Pappenheim
ia question had married. let Us say. a daughter Of
The late Prince Bismarck the great Chancellor who
likewise ErlISsiau Duke Of Lauenburg. The
Prince was uo- "a nedlat-zed noble, but merely
ordinary one. 1Edrg as such his place IN Part III
q tle A-ElalaCn Ue GOtha, and had Count Pappen-
helm. whose family figures IN Part II OF the
'Go-ta.. married the old ChanceIo-'s daughter. he
Wo-id have been obliged 10 surrender his preroga-
tre scion ~ media tIzed house and descend TO
ne rank ot an ordinary noble. In Italy. IN Russia,
la Austria. and OF course. in France. the mobiles
ENJOY go special ureroga-ives or iumunities, while
IN SPAN marriage with "a g-andee merely gives the
rrrc 70 appear on stated occasions at court. This
WI perhaps explain why English corone1s are so
Erea-'- preferred by American girls 20 those ma de
e Germany '- or elsewhere or the Continent
IN r.Zr fra1V
ado ted she stage as profession, and all pretease
o. acting f1- the sake OF charity has been aban-
lor-5. lie IS travelling through England with q
C1- z-y managed by Alexander Keith the role OF
ar leading woman being filed by Miss Florence
Tsupast The company has just produced the New
Hz-ser play entitled An Ideal Husband with
L1rd A-zIe=ev Ia fhe leading part Of Lord Gortng
Bel -at the company is for The personal salts
taior ~ the eccentric young peer rather than a
t-zlc-sl enterprise may Be gathered from the fact
tsi t1r pieces produced by the company are put on
t1s STAGE resarcless OF expense as far as scenery
and dresses are concerned while The orchestra is
compose or the admirable private band OF the
MARQUIS
As have mentioned before, this fondness Of Lord
Angesey t1r evertniuE connected with the stage is
&c 70 his e5-catior- For owing 10 the matrimonial
cAersnces of his parents and 10 the early death OF
rs mother. be was brought I'd entirely By her
Esier. the wife of COqueliD Cadet. the famous
chId
-ora Elph.ns-ore who has just returned 10 Eng
-'-- ron this country after most adventurous
sp-l-ag tolr Fl the great Northwest. and VINO Is
-si1 as having shot the biggest moose ever killed
u 4-sska IS one NJ the few Europeans and GER
- NE only British peer % the realm who has
managed 10 penetrate into Tibet, the For
-.4aen Land. which the British government Is now
- 70 invade. with Tire object Of reaching Lassa
- -e@A-nE Gown the barriers By which Thibet
-. sh surrounded FOR hundreds Of years
- q is q good looking fellow. and bears
So, 7-lniasce ~ the thirteenth Lord Elphin-
80 - Turing enc first two years that followed
7sicn 81 Queen Victoria fell desperately