The Washington times., 1906-11-30
Copyright 1906. b. c7inedins-

winter in this city. today declared. first
with some warmth and a little later in
tempest Of laughter. that no such en-
gagement existed. and that. really, she
ought to know
Now NJ. lie Due dc Chaulnes. etc. is
said TO be extremely good looking though
somewhat portly; fond Of pretty faces.
the boulevards, hunting and all the gay
life Of Paris. And there is the handle
20 his name.
Miss Shonts IS known as q typical
American girl-ailuriL gly pretty, fond Of
life. exceedingly clever and Just fun
OF fun, Yet, II taken at her word, she
does not desire n tuft-suCh a one as
M le Due has TO OFFER, at any rate.
whether NJ. le Due ever proposed
marriage 60 Miss Shonts and was re-
jected. and So adopted a most novel
way or trying 70 force a betrothaI. Is
not certain But this much is: That a
dispatch TO New York paper con-
Hrmed the rumor, by announcing that
the original cable had been sent upon
The authority Of n less q parsonage
than the duke himself.
Startled His Paris Friends.
il appears, according to the Paris dis
patch, that NJ. le Due. not quite sure Of
himself before the dashing American
girl. contriVed to have his sister-in-law
approach Mrs. Shonts. Just how FAR
negotiations proceeded nobody seems 10
know, bat VI. le Due, according to his
friends. suddenly startled his circle in
Paris by announcing that he was to
wed Miss Shonts. and the cables be-
tween the French capital and New
York hummed with the heat OF intense
messages.
When the announcement was first
made on this side, no one was prepared
10 say whether such a thing was i'm
proba bic or not. but now. right here IN
Washington, Miss Shonts sets all such
doubts at rest by saying that she does
not know who authorized the cabIed
dispatch and that most emphatically
she Is not engaged and never has been,
TO be married 10 NJ. le Due.
1t was while Mrs. Shonts and her two
daughters, Miss Theodore and Miss
Marguerite, were in Paris. after their
nary here, that Miss Theodore met the
duke. The social success of the trio
in the French capital was Immediate
The light-hearted young American girls
were widely commented upon for their
elegance and good taste
II is said there were rides in the
Champs Elysees in the dukes auto.
innumerabie gifts Of bOnbons and
"a -
Anyway. NJ. le Due de Chaulnes ct de
PicqLigny. Of Paris, appears to have
been ca9itvated,
Shonts' Home in Chicago.
While the Shonts home really is in
Chicago, the family Is having cosmo-
politan experience. During their school
days at the seminary the young women
were so pleased with their popularity
at the seminary that il was decided the
winter should be spent In Washington,
where they will be presented to society.
While az school they had their own au-
tomobile While abroad, with their
mother. they spent, much time in Lon
don, as well as Paris. They reached the
English capital In time for one of King
Edwards courts and were presented to
his majesty by Mrs Whitelaw Reid,
wife of the American ambassador.
Dispatches from London said many
complimentary things about the charm
ing American girls" who were counted
among the most attractive debutantes
ever presented at the staid old court OF
St James
But society is eagerly awaiting the
outcome OF the crOss-denials.
Il certainly seems TO be up to NJ lie
Due de Chaulnes et de Picquigny OF
Paris 10 explain