The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-10-01
A $4,000, 900 BRIDE.
Marie 5onaparte Once In Hands Of
Matrimonial Agency.

matrimonial Agency.
Less than year ago Henry La
Douchere's revelations In London
truth on the subject OF the use Of
Tue mouse or commons as q matrimon-
iai agency by certain OF the we'll con-
nected clerks OF the national legisla-
ture, In connection with the Lord
lownshend case, incidentally brought
10 lght the fact that the chief bar
gam which the agency in question had
Tor disposal was princess OF the
House OF Bonaparte, with a fortune of
Sl5,OOO,OOO. A titled husband was then
sought by the matrimonial agents for
this princess, their terms being COM
mission OF 100000, payable to them
on the day OF the solemnization of the
marriage. The princess in question
was Marie, daughter of Roland Bona
parte by his marriage with Marie
Blanc, one of the daughters and heir
esses OF that old Blanc who founded
the great gambling establishment at
Monte Carlo. 1t is from that source
that the great fortune of Roland's
daughter is derived.
Under the circumstances, the report
from Paris of the engagement of Marie
Bonaparte to the Count de Tredern
and OF their impending marriage nat
urally suggests the reflection that 1t
is matrimonial alliance based upon
finance rather than upon pure affec-
ton, and that the terms of the con-
tract have been negotiated by some
matrimonial agency which will re-
ceive a handsome commission for its
share in the matter.
Count de Tredern is a son of that
Vicomtesse de Tredern who played so
conspicuous role In the General Bou
LANCER episode, and whose name is ia
miliar on this side of the Atlantic by
the number of lawsuits which she in
stituted in vain effort to prevent her
only brothers American widow and
sons from inheriting his property by
disputing the validity of his marriage.
She Is the daughter of the great sugar
reiiner Say, and married in the closing
days of the Second Empire the son of
the late Due de Brissac. Owing to her
birth she was cold shouldered by the
old aristocracy of the Faubourg st.
German. One day while serving tea
to some of her husbands friends few
drops fell upon her dress. AS she
touched them with handkerchief the
Due de Cholseul Praslin remarked, with
a certain touch of sarcasm. BE care
ful, madam; sugar stains!"
Less than blood, monsieur!" re-
piled the Marquise de Brissac, with
great GOODNESS, looking at him and the
duke colored and turned away, for his
father is officially declared to have died
in prison while awaiting trial by the
French House of Peers for the shock
ing murder of his duchess, whom he
had slashed to pieces with sabre.
The Marquis de Brissac died during
the war Of 1871, from wounds and ex-
posture sustained on the battlefield,
leaving a son, who is now the present
and eleventh Duke de Brissac, married
to the sister of the Due Dues, and
daughter, Diane de Brissac, married to
Prince Ernest de Ligne. After a few
years of widowhood the Marquise dc
Brissac contracted q second marriage,
with the Vicomte de Tredern, one OF
the most popular members of the
Jockey Club, but the union was not
happy one, and in 1883 they were d.
vorced Marie Bonaparte's fiance is u
son of this marriage.-New York Tri-
bune.