Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-28

il the chateau Of the Barenne dc
baughanl a male child. who was
named Philippe Henry Francois Marie
Delacroix, his mother being Blanche
Zelie Josephine Delacr0ix, and the
father
Unknown" asked the mayo gent
~ The doctors smiled at each other,
and murmured. Not exactly I'M
known Then turning 70 the mayor
the spokesman added. simply put
down. Father not declared But. Mr..
Mayor, he added, seriously. I'VE wish
70 impress u on you that not a word
IF this event be breathed to any one,
and that especially no reporter or rep
resentative Of any newspaper is 10 get
wind Of IT,"
The mayor promised. and the three
doctors got into the automobile and
hurried or to Paris. But the poor
mayor can not do the impossible.
The mother Of the child. Blanche
DelaerOix. is Of curse her who is the
faVorite OF a king. she is twenty
four years Did. she has lived at the
chateau Of Lorrnoy about six months.
and King Leopold makes very fire.
quent stays there now. SO much so
that his ministers are very much
concerned at his frequent and pro-
longed absences from Brussels. The
happy monarch Is seventy-tWo years
Old.
The champagne vintage Of 1907 is a
failure. Reports from Reims. the
center Of the champagne industry,
state that the abnormal weather has
been most u~nfavorable to the vintage.
and hat the growers and shippers
have experienced heavy losses.
The cold and wet summer was fol-
lowed by a fine September. which
compensated for its unfavorable ef-
feet. but the harvest in october was
spoilt by a hurricane and heavy rains.
The climax of disaster was "A heavy
thunderstorm which completed the
havoc. With the exception of the
small quantity Of grapes picked be-
fore the storm the champagne crop Of
is a dead loss to the industry.
Princess Marie Bonaparte. who is
soon 10 marry Prince George Of
Greece. is the most Partisan of
best dressed and the most elegant she
is highly popular in Paris. not only
in society for her elegance, but among
the poor for her charitable works.
She is the only princess Of a former
reigning house who has al
lived in or near Paris.
Princess Marie. like many Of the
strictly royal princesses. is an excel
lent Hnguist, for her father had taught
three European languages when
she was a child employing foreign
g-overnesses. She nov speaks English,
German. Russian and Italian. besides
her native French.
Undoubtedly the wedding viii be
one Of the most brilliant seen in Eu-
-ope in recent years. The brides
iresses, at any rate. viii he the most
gorgeous ever seen In the Greek cap
tai. Dresses. hats and lingerie are
~ naturally being made In Paris, and
ire more sumptuOus and elegant than
rousseau yet produced in Paris.
But the princess taste is So good hat
10 undue ma%gnififence viii lay her
open to the charge Of ostentation.
Her father. Prince Roland Bona
larte. enjoys the wealth made by Ed I
nond Blanc. the original lessee Of the Z
Monte Carlo gaming tables, whose
laughter he married. Thus Princess
Narle's ancestry Is considered by the
b~lue-blooded royalties as some
What tainted.
The Monte Carlo money he has
.pent on a splendid house in the ave-
dtLena. "a wonderful library and
magnificent collection of pictures.
rhe father OF Prince Roland was the
Prince Pierre. nephew Of
Napoleon l.. whose lurid career WAS
described bv the American corre-
pondent when the hetrothal of his
granddaughter and Prince George was
irst announced.