New-York tribune., 1908-02-05
PRINCES OF CHIMAY.
Their ancestor the Father of Inland
Navigation in France.
Copyright, 1905. BY the Brentwood Company

Copyright, 1905 by the Brentwood Company
There is no truth in the story according 10
which the divorced Prince Joseph Caraman Chimay
is about to remarry. He is a Roman Catholic and
as such although he has felt obliged by the mis-
conduct Of his American wife, Clara Ward. OF
Michigan with the gypsy Rigo and others TO sever
all legal connection with her by means OF the
courts Of law, he does not consider himself free in
the eyes of the Church to marry again. 1t is his
younger brother. Peter. who holds the rank Of
minister pienpotentiary In the diplomatic service
of King Leopold, who is about to wed, the bride
being the widowed Vicomtesse de Dampierre. She
is daughter of the enormously wealthy lawyer
Carraby. who for many years was the leader or
the Partisan bar and whose first husband. the
vicomte de Dampierre Spanish and Roman Duke
of San Lorenzo and an officer of cavalry in the
French army, died couple Of years ago.
The chief of the Dampierre family is the Mar
quis dc Dampierre, and its foul der that Will
lam de Dampierre who took part In the Third Cru
sade. in the twelfth century. The widowed duchess
and vicomtesse has boy by her first marriage
now sixteen years Of who has inherited his
fathers Spanish and Pontifcal honors- He at
least will thanks to his mother and now possibly
to his stepfather. have some money. For the DAM
pierres themselves are poor, and the last Mar
Quis de Dampierre but one. most picturesque
character, won't to make his home In the Quar-
tier Latin. near the Luxembourg. His income did
not exceed 1920 year paid quarterly. and when
ever he received his stipend he paid his rent and
his caterer, took from cedar closet his best
clothes and went across the Seine, dined for two
three days at the Cafe Anglais or at Bignon's.
called upon elderly duennas contemporaries Of his
in the Faubourg ST. Germain, and then relapsed
into obscUrity, not to say oblivion. on the other
bank OF the Seine He a great raconteur and
had known the world famed Careme the chef Of
Junot, Due d'Abrantes Dampierre took interest
IN CareIne's work. and Careme. appreciating the
friendship of the marquis. taught him the art Of
cooking-that is TO say, everything, since it In
cludes history. geography natural history. anthro-
poiogy. physics. chemistry and the most refined
philosophy, His Jean Baptiste. the late
Marquis OF Dampierre. fortunate. figured
IN the national legislature and died president Of
the National Agricultural Society Of France. In
his youth he page Of honor of King Charles
Y and nineteen years OF age when the royal
Duchess OF Berry in 1882 sought refuge at his
parents home. the Chateau de Plassac, in the
Charente Inferieure, after the abortive royalist
rising in the Vendee in favor Of her son. who died
the Comte de Chambord and who child had
reigned a few hours France Henry V
Young Danpierre. with his father and mother. vol
unfairly shared the captivity Of the Duchess de
Berry in the castle Of Baye after her betrayal to
the government authorities. and subsequently fol-
lowed her TO Bohemia and 10 Venice. Empress
Eugenia prior 20 her marriage was also a guest
OF the Dampierres al the Chateau de Plassac- But
the marquis absolutely refused. in spite OF ali the
entreaties OF Empress Eugenie to have anything
more DO with her. socially otherwise. after her
marriage to Napoleon III, not only because he
political opponent Of the latter. but likewise be-
cause he resented the idea OF the young Spanish
nobewornan occupying G place the throne OF
France.