The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-06

who has been able to keep on friendly
terms with him.
Mr. Atoms real name is Philip Louis
Preleau. and he is said to be a member
of a wealthy and titled family of Italy,
it being thought that he is the great
grandson Of the last doge of Venice.
He is also man of high culture, broad
education and professional training,
having been graduated from a south
ern college and medical college and
having served for two years as inferno
in q New York hospital
In spite Of this fact, he and his wife
are living IN humble circumstances il
this eitys he having found employment
as a bookISeeper in the Office of a man
ufaeturing company. where he is now
in charge of the Office force.
Fiction is not stranger fhan the al
legged romantic story of the princess
||s4Fho found it advisable to leave aer
European home. where she was al
tended by ladies in waiting from fhe
court. and who is gov living IN COM
paTatiEe poverty with her nobleman IN
one room. rented from a wtee9aII who
keeps a few boarders and roonef.
The experiences of life in a foreign
convent IN court circles in Russia and
| Belgium ii extended travels which
are said to have taken the princess
entirely around the world, three tines
on the stage, in leading New York
hotels where she also lived incognito
under the protection of a wealthy
guardian WIS IS said to have been the
foster brother of the car OF Russia.
in the straitened circumstances which
followed her guardians failure and
suicide. her romantic marriage. her re-
turn tosthe stage. her drifting to Mil
| waullee as a member of a company,
her leaving the company here and be-
ing joined by her husband and the
unique adventures which have attend
ed her life IN this city have followed
eacn other with rapidity and il spec
tacular contrasts.
During the year which Mr.. and Mrs.
Alton have lived in Milwaukee she is
said to have received personal letters
from King Leopold, the letters bear
ing the royal crest.
In them the king addresses her as
his dear daughter and urges her to re-
turn to Belgium and make her home
with him at the palace. The condition
| imposed is that her husband shall take
the oath of allegiance to him and be-
come a Catholic. and it is understood
that this last requirement is the bar
which prevents the immediate return
to Belgium.
The princess is a highly educated
woman and her bearing reveals both
the refinement to be expected OF a
woman of exceptional birth and breed
ing and the theatrical love of effect
which hints strongly of her career on
| the stage.
Fond Of excitement, It was deemed
advisable to send her out Of the eoun-
try. and she was placed in a convent
in Montreal. The guardian also came
to this country. lived at the Waldorf
| Astoria and operated on the Stock Ey-
| change He took his protege from the
convent and for time she lived in
New York city, having her own Rus
sian hounds and driving Russian
horses.
Ruined BY unfortunate investments,
| her guardian committed suicide and
| the princess was thrown upon her own
| resources
She at first openad studio. but later
became attracted by the life behind the
footHghts and went on the stage, TAX
| ing the name OF Lou Arlie.
While playing IN New York she met
her husband. who had been forced to
give up his work at the hospital owing
to an attack OF pneumonia. One night
he went out with q number of COM
panfons they met several actresses and
during The supper which followed the