The Washington herald., 1908-02-09

piuHSF OF the races tBtu TO ittdfIJ Il
title. The general view seems to be- that
with such marriage she is sure TO
lose her money and her happiness. and is
lucky If she gets of with her life.
long line of conspicuous failures can
be quoted 10 lend support to this idea.
and the Vanderbilt family have contrib
uted the most conspicuous Of all in the
Marlborough hasco. But there has been
an abundance Of examples to the con-
trary, and it would seem that Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt, leaving all personal questions
aside. has more than an even chance Of
finding happiness in her new venture
It must be admitted al the outset, how
ever, that she will have 10 break the run
OF luck in her family to do so. The
separation Of her own cousin, who was
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt. from the Duke
.of Marlborough is still fresh in the pub
lies mind; but the TACT that another
cousin, although a distant one. the Count
ess Czaykowski. made an even more un-
fortunate marriage is perhaps forgotten.
The story Of all the failures reads much
alike. The Countess Czaykowski was
Miss Edith Lyman Collins. and she is the
great grandchild Of Commodore Cornelius
vanderbilt the ferryman. being OF the
same generation as Miss Gladys Wander
bit but descended from a daughter Of
the commodore's, Marie Louise Wander
Dill The accounts Of her engagement to
Rechid Bey. Count Czaykowski. of the
turkish embassy IN Rome. and Of the
brilliant wedding ia Paris bear an omi-
nous resemblance to all such affairs. 'sThe
count grandfather was the leader OF the
Polish insurTectiOn." Miss Collins fam
ny announced and went TO Turkey when
eNiied BY the Russian government. His
rather Is MuZaffeT Pasha. who Is specisI
aid-de-camp to the Sultan head of the
cabinet Of war and governor general Of
the Imperial Haras. The count is con
sldered one Of the most brilliant young
diplomats in Europe &c
The marriage took place in the church
Of ST. German rAuxerrois ON January
g. l@i. and was d large and fashionable
AFFAIR incidentally it might be- remarked
that Miss Collins had lived abroad for
several years prior To her engagement.
was good deal Of a linguist, and might
De expected 20 make successful foreign
Three years ago the countess obtained
legal separation from her husband. and
IN July 1905, the brilliant young diplomat
was found guilty Of ,.sf-s uding a French
banker out Of S2,700 and Was sentenced 10
lVe years imprisonment As ne was in
me diplomatic service Of Turkey he was
permitted 10 leave France
The other international alliance" in
the Vanderbilt family. although il took
place as long ago as October 81. 1885. is
sim vividly remembered by most New
Workers for the unprecedented magnid-
cence and popular excitement and curios-
ity which attended it. The wedding Of
the Duke and the Duchess Of MarI-
borough took place tn St Thomas
Church Bishop Potter and the late Bish-
op Littlejohn performed the ceremony.
Cards OF invitation that got into HE
market sold for several hundred dollars.
and the AFFAIR was described as the
social event Of the century" Miss Con-
suelo Vanderbilt was only eighteen years
old al the time Of her marriage.
Ten years went by. and TO all appear
ances the marriage between the represent
ative Of one Of the weaithiest families Of
America and the holder of one cf the
most famous of English titles was a
success. When pessimists talked against
such matches the AIaTlboToughs were al
ways pointed out as q happily married
couple who proved the adyisabuity OF
American girls marrying abroad Then
came the crash a little over a year ago
In January, 1867, the terms Of a separation
We're agreed upon, and the most notable
OF the alliances had failed All kinds
OF scandal relating to the duke was print
cd and talked, and according to reports.
nothing bat the diplomacy OF the Marquis
Of Lansdowne, the dukes uncle saved
the situation from ending in a divorce
suit
As the situation now stands. the Duke
q Marlborough keeps Blenheim Castle
Slong with q SlQ0.050 annuity settled on
him at the time OF the marriage by the
brides father. William X Vanderbilt
The duchess retains her right TO wear
the family jewels and TO take social pre-
cedence as the wife Of duke She with
drew her collection Of Sevres china, books.
and furniture from Blenheim and lives
now al Sunderland House How much
Vanderbilt money. beyond the annual
Slo0oo0. went TO pay for the dukes ex-
travagances no one knows
Il the Marlborough marriage and sep
aration were the most notable and con-
spicuous Of their kind. the Castellane-
Gould match. with its end IN the divorce
courts. was close second. The parallel
between the two cases is somewhat odd
Miss Anna Gould became ,he Countess de
Castellane in 1895, the same year that
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt became the
Duchess of Marlborough There were
three children born Of the first marriage
and two of the second. all boys. The
CastelIane marriage lasted about a year
less than did the Marlborough one, a di-
yorCe being granted TO the countess in
the French courts on November -. 1906
Just year before the MaTlbOUOuEhs sep
arated Then the parallel ends. however
as the C8stellane divorce trial revealed
al the details Of the disagreement. and
the count was proved guilty Of brutality
10 his wife as well as OF frequent acts of
infidelity His debts amounted to 81. 100. 900
and the countess would soon have been
bankrupt, it was said, if the divorce had
not taken place Aside from debts. duels
constituted the chief hobby Of the Gould
count the last Of which was the informal
affair a few weeks ago when the count
and a cousin had a splitting and wrestling
match on the steps of a Paris church.
The latest international matrimonial dis
aster that has obtained notoriety is the
collapse of the Yarmouth-Thaw alliance.
The Countess OF Yarmouth, who was Miss
Alice Thaw. a sister of Harry X. Thaw,
obtained an annuiment of her marriage TO
the Earl OF Yarmouth. which took
place at Pittsburg on April q. 1903 It
must be admitted that this match was a
different affair from the three failures
described above. The reputation OF the
bridegroom was known by every one to
be unsavory, and it was hard to see how