New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-15
"CITIZEN PERIG0RD."
Duke of Dino Whose ArmOr Has
Been Bought by Metropolitan.

tionabe distinction OF having been divorced by
American wives in succession. The first was
Miss Bessie Curtis, OF New-York. now known as
the Marouise de Taleyrand-Perigord. who spends
all her winters In New-York. while the other,
known the Duchess de Dino. was Miss Adele
Sampson, OF New-York. her first husband. from
whom she was divorced being Frederick W. Liv-
ngston. OF that city. Tho duke spent a good oea-
OF time in this country twenty-five and thirty years
ago, when he known as Maurice de Talleyrano-
Perigord. Now about sixty years OF age, with
mustache brushed up in military fashion, ne pears
upon his features the impress Of the tact that ne
served his country the battlehelds. both In Mex
leo and In the OF 1870. Indeed, so sreauy olo
he distinguish himself at the battle OF Chanplgny
that his name was put forward for the cross Oh the
Legion OF Honor, which he declined on the srOulU
that he had the misfortune to have one Oh MS
brothers. the Count Archambauld de Talieyrano-
Pergord, serving against France as a captain Oh
cavalry In the Prussian Army.
In spite OF his titles and ancestry, the uuhe me
his intimate friend and crony. Henri Rochefort'
Marquis de Bucay is not only a democrat put even
socialist: that is to of an aristocratc type.
For long time he declined to bear any uue anu
insisted being addressed as 'Ciuzeh Ferlsolu
Like Rochefort he helped Louise Michel or Com
mune fame made an allowance to her mother. Sent
checks to anarchists, and presented sum OF eVVo
francs to the bloodthirsty strikers OF Arzlh a' '
time of their great strike.
T,,+ srtbouqb he tried 10 forget his ancestry and
his name his house in the Rue Jeufroy, IN Parls'
and afterward his Villa Pergord. at Monte CaIIo'
were always filed with reminders OF MS rank Al
the Henri II dining room OF his house In Paris MS
arrnoriA bearings were embroidered on the cur
ta,ns carved on the sideboards painted on the coOr
panels and the porcelain made for MN Oy vi
nort OF Florence well as engraved on the SILVER
His collection OF bbeots and OF orica-orac Is as
marvellous as that OF his ancient armoT' whlch ne
has inst sold his taste in these matters oeing as
delicate sure and eclectic as that or hochelOI@
The latter was told day by his friends thaI ne
might choose any souvenir he pleased rom w, VIC
-, urhA
nee niece If porcelain of Sevres. decorated with
the portrait of King Louis XIV and worth al least
1900. -. .,,,,
The duk. Is a wonderfully gifted man. not only
"a a, artist hut also as a writer. Besides having
- e. organ nicer and director OF some Of the most
remarkable archaeological discoveries mace III
Fgpt In the last quarter OF the nineteenth ce'u'!'
n. has frequently exhibited the works OF ms OuSI
az the various Paris salons. and mas puOus"
number Of volumes Of poems. one OF winch INA' nc
6ouhtIsss now regrets, Is dedicated 10 his second
wife and has a preface written by ms IrlehG 1A,"9
Jullette Adam, while another enuteo Inc Ia.
Silence" is a poem EVOKED by MS uip WIZ 80
vail known author Pierre Lott from the Feo sea
tn palestine following the route as far as pos
sibe as that passed over by the lsraehtes uhue1 ZIG
leadership Of Moses. They had no adventures 70
spea Of and travelled surrounded by every form o.
luxtrv-that Is to say. luxury Of an Arabian chaTao
,sr 5IsnAnsinr with everything European down TO
the very raiment with the object OF becoming THOR
oughly inbued with the spirit or their surrouholheS
Pierre Lott describes the trip in book enuueo
"a Desert regarded by many as the literary mas
,ernee. OF this naval officer. who is. as an Acade-
rnician ous OF the forty "Immortals' OF France
while the duke, finding prose too inadequate 10
express the depth OF the sentiment which tho lone
illness OF the desert aroused In his breast hAu re-
course 20 some really grand verse.
-rh. ruk. Of Dino Is a first cousin OF tho present
Duke OF eyrand-Perigord ard also OF the Duke
OF Montmorency. well as OF Countess jean de
Casteane his father the late Duke OF Dlno' nav
ing been the younger brother OF the late Duke OF
TaIleyrand-PeriEord and OF sagan. Both the late
Duke OF Talleyrand- Perigord and the late Duke OF
Dino were nephews OF the famous statesman known
as Prince Talleyrand. one OF the younger sons OF
the present Duke OF Talleyrand Is married 70
daughter Of Levi =. Morton, former Niee-President
OF the United States. The young couple have as
sumed che title OF Duke and Duchess Of NalencAy.
but do not figure such In the current issue OF the
Almanach de Gotta
Emperor Joseph lost old and faithful servant
the other day through the death at an advanced
age OF Baron Braun. who for more than forty years
filed the post chief OF the privy chancellery 10
the Austrian monarch. The privy chancelery OF
Francis Joseph is an institution which does not
exist anywhere else in the same form, and the
functions OF the chief OF the ohanceery are a
species Of combination Of these performed by King
Edwards private secretary, Lord Knollys; OF his
keeper OF the privy purse. General Sir Dighton
Probyn; OF the chief OF the Cars so-caled pri-
vate cabinet and OF the chief OF the private cabi
n
knows, is Baron Won Bucanus
Like the latter. old Baron Braun fire.
Quently employed by his imperial master to inform
Cabinet ministers and great dignitaries such for
instance Count Beust, the Chancellor Of the dual
empire that the days OF their official careers were
numbered and that their designations were required.
1t was his duty read and comment every
legislative measure submitted to his majesty before
its presentation to Parliament by the government;
draft imperial replies TO public addresses, and
when speeches from the Throne were drafted by the
ministers OF the day to edit them and modify them
IN accordance with the prerogatives Of his
ereign He had 10 advise his monarch on personal
as well as on official matters. and is known
eral. occasions to have been responsible for the
organization OF administrations well as for the
dismissal OF others In fact. his influence with
Emperor was very great, all the more so because
side Of court circles and OF the highest administra
tive spheres being aware OF the role which he
played. Indeed. doubt whether there many out
side Of Austria who ever heard OF his existence.
About eight years ago he resigned, and, on his
recommendation. the Emperor appointed the Chew
alier Francis Schiessl de PerstorT in his place.
Herr PerstorT is a diplomat OF about fifty
years OF age. who at the time OF his appointment
fulfilling the duties OF Austro- Hungarian Min
lister at Belgrade, position of considerable diff
Guilty and calling for the exercise OF immense
amount OF tact and discretion He had previously
made his mark secretary OF the embassy at
Constantinople. and later at Teheran. while at
Vienna he had been careful TO avoid being mixed
up any OF the internal crises OF years He
is not OF noble BIRTH but his title OF chevaler
and the prefix OF won TO his possession OF the
third class OF the Order OF the Iron Crown, which
at the time when II conferred upon him still
carried with It elevation to the hereditary nobility
The rank OF chevaer. ritter, OF elder, may
be said constitute the lowest degree in the order
of nobility In Germany and Austria Its possess