New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-28
PARIS LANDMARK GONE.
Death of the Duchess de Talleyrand
Removes a Noted Figure.

with the death at IIoches of the Duchess of
rralIeyrand who was also Duchess of Perigord
Duchess Of valencay and Duchess of Sagan
.hsre disappears from the scene woman who
for the last fifty years or more has played con-
sncuous role in Partisan life She was well
known as the Princess de Sagan-at the TUT
,eries she went by the nickname of 'Cannail-
,ette" for reasons indicated by the meaning OF
,,e woodland while In the first twenty-five
xears of her life she kept her name before the
nublic by the splendor of her fetes and by the
hrilI,ancy Of her social sway, throughout the last
two decades of her existence she was forever
calling attention to herself by the extraordi-
nary number of lawsuits in which she al
most continually involved. They were lawsuits
with kinsfolk, lawsuits with tradesmen, and law
suits with servants. who were wont to complain
that they could get neither their wages nor the
money that they had laid out for her unless they
sued her for IT.
Rut il was her differences with the members
of her family that involved her in the greatest
mass of legal difficulties. She appeared in court
in turn against her husband, her eldest son, her
brother-in-law the Due de Mountmorency. her
own brothers, the Barons de Seillere, and
against ali sorts of other relatives. besides TAX
ing an active interest. though not an actual
participant In the action for divorce which re-
suited in the dissolution Of the marriage OF her
Younger and favorite son, Bosom de Talleyrand-
Perigord and Helen Morton. daughter of ex-
President Morton. of New-York
II is to this son that she will undoubtedly be-
oueath the greater portion of her wealth, as she
hated her elder son. the present Prince de Sagan
most bitterly. and her husband has been Tor the
last eight OF ten years in a state OF paralytio
imbecility.
Her fortune may be described as gotten for
cd nv her
amy contracts and 1t may be remembered that
after the war of 1870, when people were begin
ming TO be called to account he blew his brains
out on the very day that he was to nave ap-
peared in the criminal courts at Paris to answer
the disgraceful charge OF having supplied the
unfortunate French troops endeayoring TO de-
fend their country against German invasion
with paper soled boots and with greatcoats and
blankets made of such shoddy cloth that they
came TO pieces when wet and on which the gov
eminent stamp of approval had been forged.
II was about this time that the Prince oe
Sagan left his wife, summoning all the servants
into the great hall of the palace in the Hue 81.
dominique in order to bear witness that ne car
ried nothing away with him from the mansion
but his umbrella The princess was compeileo
by the courts to pay him an annuity OF szo'oVo
a wear as long as they remained apart, as the
fault of the separation was hers For mere
Than a quarter Of a century he hVed aIooL
from her and never crossed her threshold de-
Ginning the offer which she made to pay ali MS
liabilities if he would appear even for a few
hours only and do the honors as master or the
house at the memorable ball which she gave IN
1878 in honor of King Edward and Queen Alex
andra It was her brother, Baron Raymond
Seilliere who at the last moment took his place
on that occasion. Indeed, it is impossible to
describe the aversion which the Prince de Sagan
manifested on all casions for the woman who
bore his