Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-25

Count Gizycki Asks Separation From
Former Miss Patterson.

The Polish aristocrat. Count Joseph
Gizycki, who four years ago married Miss
Eleanor Patterson. the daughter OF Rob-
ert w. Patterson. publisher OF the Chi
cago Tribune, has begun an action for Q
separation from his wife, says a cable
gram from Vienna to the New York
World.
The count and the countess are staying
at different hotels in Vienna. Greau
! secrecy is being observed as to the suit
The grounds for the counts petition are
not announced, but ii is rumored that
he charges the countess with partially
for wine suppers and with extravaganza,
alleging that she spends. almost entirely
upon Dress her annual allowance OF So.
600 from her father for her support.
On the other hand, the countess charges
1t is said. that her noble husband Is an
tnveterate gambler. having FILTERED away
two estates. with the same outlook as to
two more which have recently descended
to him from his uncle. one in Galicia the
other in Southern Russia. The countess
complains further that the count spends
all his time at the jockey club or at
the races, living like a bachelor, and
abandoning their one child to the care
of the countess father. Before the couple
separated they maint tanned apartments In
Vienna. but lived for the greater part
OF the year on their country estate
Countess Gizycki is a handsome woman
auburn hair. Her mother is a daughter
of the late Joseph Medill owner Of the
Chicago Tribune. Miss Patterson first
met the count In 1902 In Paris He was
twenty years her senior, but that did not
deter him from becoming an ardent suit
or. He formally proposed to her in St.
Petersburg I'm 1903. while she was visiting
her aunt: Mrs. Mccormick. wife of the
NH cS,Jn
took place April IA. 1904. at Washington
at the winter home Of the Pattersons on
Dupont circle. The union, II was pub
lished at the time. was against the wishes
consent of the mother, who had agreed to
settle an annual allowance out Of her
done for the prisoners by Americans
Count Itchy was best man.
Count Gizycki had been well known in
America for several years previous to his
marriage. In 1899 he crossed the ocean
to attend the wedding of Miss Julia Grant
and Prince Cantacuzene, and while at a
dinner dance at Newport caused a sensa-
ton by showering ten-dollar bills on the
orchestra In 1905 Countess Gixycki was
taken dangerously Ill on her estate near
Kiev. in Russian Poland and was taken
to Vienna for an operation. Her mother
and her brother came from America to
attend her In 1905 the Count and Count
ess Gizycki went to Washington and were
guests at the marriage or Representative
Roosevelt. daughter Of the President.
Countess sister-in-Law Discredits Il
CHICAGO. April 25.-'I am. surprised at
such a story. and do not believe there is
any truth i'm it, said Mrs. Joseph MediH
Patterson. commenting on the news that
Count Gizycki had begun a separation
suit. MY husband. who Is the Countess
Gizycki's brother. has gone abroad, but
his trip has nothing to do with any DIM
Guilty between the count and the countess.
In fact he has not gone to Vienna at AL.
l have never heard of any trouble between
the Gizyckis. and l think would know
IL there were any"
The countess father also in in Europe.
Later. it il said. Mrs. Patterson received
a cablegram from Vienna saying that the
count and countess were at the Grand
Hotel in that city and were having
happy visit.
The countess. II is reported has talked
freely to her friends in Vienna regarding
her marital troubles.