The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-02-08
DUCHESS HOLDING
CENTER OF STAGE
HER FLlRTATlONS WITH COUNT
BoNl HAVE, BEEN Bette NolR
OF HER FAMILY.
PAPERS NOT YET SERVED
Are Fighting to Prevent the
Countess Taking Divorce
Proceedings.

e Paris, Feb. mo legal papers have
4 been served up to tonight on Count
) Boni de Castellane by Maitre Cruppi
@ who, Oddly enough, while acting as
counsellor for the Countess, is also the
: close friend and adviser of the Count
NJ. Cruppi, Ike the Count, is a
{ Royalist Deputy Member Of the Cham
ber, representing Haute Garonne. A
members of the chamber, who saw
+ Maitre Cruppi this afternoon, said this
evening:
'Maitre Cruppi and have been
working to arrange a friendly settle
ment of the affair, and although no
conclusion has yet been reached every
thing points to an early reconciliation
of the Castellanes. We hope to attain
an amicable understanding in the be-
ginning of the coming week The
Countess will undoubtedly consider
her children
A man who dined with Count de
/ Castelane tonight said:
The Count has not yet been served
! with legal notice that the Countess
desires divorce. All the talk about
a divorce is unfounded The existing
difficulty between the couple will soon
end with a friendly understanding.
We expect a reconciliation between
the Count and his wife within the
next four or five days
Defends the Duchess.
Il cannot understand how the name
of the Duchess d'Uzes came to be men
toned in connection with the affair.
1t is ridiculous. The Duchess Dues
has not been on friendly terms with
the Count or the Countess de Caste-
lane since the Counts marriage The
Duchess never attended any Of the
social functions in the Castcllane
mansion given by the Count or Coun- |
tess The Duchess is not implicated in |
the slightest degree in the Counts do |
nestle d'scord"
Today the Countess de Castellane |
was much better and had conquered
the fits of weeping. She is receiving
numerous cablegrams from New York.
1t was learned tonight the real
reason the Countess delayed begin
ming the legal proceedings. BY hastily
abandoning her husband and home
after their quarrel and fleeing TO the
Hotel Bristol she committed faux
pas. Her voluntary abandonment of
her home debarred her from obtain.
ing the permission of the judica al
referee, the officer of the court from
whom husband or wife must obtain
to initiate divorce proceed.
ings.
Lost Legal Standing.
Friends advised the Countess after
her fight that she had lost her legal
by abandoning her home
which entailed abandonment of her
Fearing TO lose possession
Of her children the Countess returned
% her home
friend of the Countess says she
has obtained permission to depart. the
subtle French divorce law forbidding
he initiation of a divorce action If the
wife is not at the time living under
Ter husbands roof
The Countess ignorance of the law r
,ntailed constructive. voluntary aband. d
'nment of the children and gave the Il
yount an opportunity to begin nego- "
iations for a reconciliation. The Coun. 0
ess preferred returning home TO take r
he legal chance of losing possession
4 the children, the mere thought of v
which precipitated mysteries. Y
Even if the Countess refused a re- h
onciliation and initiates a divorce ac- a
ion, society in Paris and New York n
'ill not have its curiosity gratihed by G.
judicially the name of the CO N
espondent. n
In French divorce pleadings the n
anne of a correspondent is never men p
oned being impaired to the Judge u
rivately when necessary. h,
Friends Of the mysterious Duchess al
epend on this for the preservation OF m
er reputation. The Duchess. although n,
u Partisan smart society is discuss
lg her. boldly faces the scandalous
ossip Of the affair in which the Is
ne of the most conspicuous figure.
riday and Saturday she attended sew IN
raj receptions and a tea in the aristo. IN
ratio quarter Of the Fauborg St. 10
onore. At one reception she met al
tied cousin, who not only refused to "
lake hands with her but turned her m
ack when the Duchess addressed her. &C
The Duchess is called the bette noir
her famous family. Her frtations az
ave been numerous and not confined TO
'lely TO the Count de Csstellans. She in
'viously delights in holding the cen Or
r Of the stage in sristOcrstic gossip. er