The National tribune., 1908-11-26

tactless ''giye me of mine own" man
ner with which SO many have ap-
preached Mrs. Sage has hurt her and
lessened her sympathy. Personally
money means very little to her, and all
she asks now is to get rid of her great
fortune in the best and wisest way. She
spends the greater part of her time with
her trusted advisers, looking into vari-
Gus charitable enterprises and trying to
get an intelligent, sensible grasp of this
whole great question of philanthrophy.
She has succeeded in disposing of con-
siderably over SIS, 100000 already, and
in a very wise and admirable manner,
and there is no doubt that the remain
der will be equally well placed. Only
it is too bad that she takes the matter
so seriously, and cannot make more OF
joy and less of a burden of the great
privilege which Fate has placed in her
hands. Most people feel they could
give away $65, 100000 without a qualm,
and get lot of fun out of the expert
ence.
Another little American sprig of no.
bility has opened his baby eyes upon
the joys and sorrows of this old world,
the same being the infant Duke de
Chaulnes, born in Paris the other day.
His young mother, Theodore Shonts,
it will be remembered, was married
with much pomp and ceremony last
February to scion of one of the Oldest
families of the French aristocracy, and
within a few weeks was made widow
by the sudden death of her husband.
| The. baby becomes, of course, the heir
to the honors of his father, the late
Duke de Chaulnes, and to the title. The
| infant Duke has string of names, ac-
cording to the fashion of the Latin peo-
pies, but among them is that of his
American grandfather, Theodore. This
latter parsonage. by the way, is said to
be expressing his glee at the birth of
the boy by capering around in great
fashion The Marquise de Fontenoy
points out that the personal liberty of
the young Duchess de Chaulnes is con-
siderably restricted by the birth of her
son. Had she remained childless she
| would have retained the title and the
social position which goes with 1t so
long as she remained unmarried, and
at the same time would have been free
to leave France and even to have re-
covered her American nationality. Now,
| however, as mother of the Duke de
| Chaulnes, her status is quite changed.
According to French custom, her late
husbands family have most decidedly
a finger in the pie of the bringing up
of the young Duke The child cannot
be taken out of France without their
consent, and must be reared very much
according to their notions, otherwise,
VOLTA, the French family council, which
not unfrequently makes things most un-
pleasant for the recalcitrant member.
As the mother of the baby Duke, Ouch
ess Theodore will have to mind her P's
and Qs. She cannot remarry without
the consent of her husbands powerful
family unless she wants to give up her
| boy or fight her right to him in the
courts, and she must expect to have
her every action criticised by them,
, and to be called to account in case of
their disapproval. However, our Amer
lean Duchess de Chaulnes is not likely
to experience any trouble from this re-
striction of her liberty. She is said to
be a great favorite with all the noble
relatives of her late husband, especially
his sister, the Duchess Dues, who is
constantly sounding her praises and is
much in her society. Then, too, since
the late Duke left no property what
ever. and the future heir to the noble