New-York tribune., 1907-08-07

from being well off has been more than once in
financial difficulties himself. notably when secre-
tary Of the Spanish Embassy AT Vienna. and Is not
IN position 10 give any serious assistance 10 MS
destitute knsman.
1t is not the first time that the latter has been
hard UP. Thus, some fifteen years ago remember
his appealing for hep 10 the late Sir John Blundle
Maple. Sir Augustus Harris and others. VINO de-
ternined that the of great a celebrity as
the composer Paife should be permitted 70
starVe opened subscription IN behaH OF the
man. II did not prove, however. a success as
paragraph appeared in one Of the soclety papers
London stating that the man was an lrnposlor-
He. however. able to furnish PROOF tldt He
was really the legitimate offspring or the com
poser and secured verdict of 81 900 damages from
tie writer of the paragraph in question: d NIis-
Fielding Kane. He has during the course cl
stormy career been compelled 10 earn ms "Iean ~ s @
a private in the army. Il gasfitter. ana even d.
an organ grinder. and 70" time was an lhIildl "a
the Field Lane Mission for the Destitute IN i!ohooI
II was his sister Victoria Balfe. VINO "Ilie WIN
ming laureIs on the operate stage oy her peduty
and her voice al ST Petersburg also won the 1eot'
OF old Sir John Champion the Enghsh envoy m 'nei g
who will be chiefly remembered IN TINS coui't % t ~
connection with his having been "lihiidN n. = - -
Washington at the request OF Preslueht -
for having permitted his name as BRUSH Minis,
to be used during the Crmean war in connecIon
with some trouble about the enlistment III -
United States Of recruits for service under ihe
English flag. Sir John offered Victoria pdlle M
hand in marriage and the wedding took place a
s. Petersburg. The shock created by TINS suuueI
transition from the stage to the hlehes1 So, oF
society proved somewhat painful TO the HclloiI9 - "
etiquette of certain exalted personageS IN 'he -
sian capital and Sir John was at his own Itques ~
soma months later transferred to MadTlu.
1fc1Ta.e otions of rropriety were less rigid than
those OF the late Czarina and LADY Cralhl'Io" @ @
came OF the acknowledged heiies oi 'i's 60
In the winter Of 1855 the Duo dc Frias. one
Of The crandest mobiles of Spain and hheal u
scendant of the Grand Constable of Castle unoer
King John II. returned TO his nallVe E.1 ialu O. -.
long absence abroad. Meeting Lady trampt"n AT
a court hai he fell desperately in love with the IAN
amhassadress and as the comparison between me ne
bri1li and her elderly NuSDdiu tpHlA
only be to the disadvantage Of the latter poor OH
1ob,7 soon, became aware that he longer pos
sessed his Rifes affection. even her SfdItuue-
The grand passion existing between the amoas.
sadress and the duke soon became matter Pi
talk. nothing. however. occurring to create ied'
scandal
Sir John. with the same chvalry that character
ized john Ruskin his domestic relations Tealiz
Ing that his wife could he happy only WIN ,He
man 70 whom she had given her heart. ncthed hcF
that as he desired above everything else ier We
fare he would offer defence If she prousht =
s,lir in London not for divorce, but for the ahhN
n7ent of the marriage under circumstances ""'''
would permit her resume her maiden name
Like John Ruskin in the case OF ms W. .S ~
afterward became Lady Millais, Sir John oHereo no
defence and allowed judgment 10 ne prohoUlo'-d
against him His chivalry in the matter was APP
ciated nowhere more than in SPAIN, ara II -
o,,f,+f whether any foreign ambassador has ever
enjoyed a similar amount OF popularity a"ns "a =
countrymen Of Ccryantes. lie Tenalhen a. -'a i ~ "
,,n-r his retirement from the diplomatic service
in 1853 a..
on the annulment Of her marriage the eS-Lady
CHAMPION lost 10 time III MARRY ins ~ -:
Frias and with incompreheIlsip'e IdCh ~ -,
cacv the newly welded couple pi"ce1en ~ne, %
from Paris To Madrid. whore naturally they l"l''
evary door closed against them Even easHEolle
C,,ae, isabella was outraged by the heartessneSs
- - lsrL Of gratitude shown by The new hedg-l
duchess and refused receive her an d TAG :
the duka sent back To the sovereign htS ''i'''.
-ross Of tbe order Of Charles III resigned MS P'S'
20 C-.ar,l,erlain ard Withdrew from Spain Dul
ing the following fifteen years ne reslaed ar a'i -
mostly al Biarritz. where the ma fllaS - -,
l,a We'll known TO American visitors. and Wh Where
rfs Irish wife died in 1871. He suosNqushuE no ~
-ias ,he-a Princess Carmen Pignateih with "L'.'
( - - - NJadrid His son hv Victoria Ralte - the
,,raserr Duke Of Frias. who was educated III f-'.H
Iar7 and is married English woman ca uF'l' ~
f Sir charles knowles Bart, the wldo" OF mem
Ar+,,,,r Tempest He has many American lI'eI,'7'
, ,,.in1v among the polo playing set OF New h"Ih'
''iaiiiiS "'''''~ MARoI-IsE DE FoNTENoY.