New-York tribune., 1909-02-15
||TEW DUO DE MOUCHY
s,rOag Strain of american Blood in
His Teins.
1899. BY the Brentwood Company ]

-. 1893 sy the Brentwood Company
IooP'.s xozilIes. who at the age of nineteen
hs svoceeded his grandfather as the seventh
as jas' ,sochv and in the possession Of the Cha
Ds' oe ,,,,,shv grand old palace in the Depart
! rssr oe .hs Osse distant about hour from
aeni o o. Iur. the Dukes OF Richelieu. OF Choi-
Fzfis = of Vsiiornbrosa and Of Chaulnes,
ST. blood in his veins; for his mothers
k1s ,bs late Vicomtesse de CourvaL was
r'tn. ~ family which has many represent
US x.u York Washington and st. Louis.
faTst = - ~ the irst New York girls to marry
81 So . x--s,cb srfstocrscy. Then, too. the new
- y, .s.,6n,other on his fathers side-namely.
ssFe I -tsop,ed Duchesse de Mouchy-is a native
ns n.ps r,,ited States. and was born as Princess
= ,sy.st al Bordentown, n J.. OF an Ameri-
ks --,ser. Miss Caroline Fraser, of Philadelphia
- --,,sr had previously occupied the position
fS -. IN the family OF ex-King Joseph
-. ot Spain at Bordentown.
BoAAI ,E,,-s- who not merely the chosen
A. A,a- but likewise something akin 10 an
- ssuEhter, Of Empress EuseHie, With
Eop - practically lived until her marriage in
fao1 -. ae said 10 have made her husband, al
- ,n.s- union was very far from being
|n'~s.rn Like most Of the members OF the
y "a Crusade house Of de Soailles. he held
Fa.a 80, the Court OF the TuiIeries q young
10 s.cis-inr 10 recognize in any way the En-
y. was very wild, however, when he re-
- e,o-n his travels. was constantly getting
-D.ss - ~, the police at PsTis. acting under the
- :, Hseoleon III in the matter. who was
-, "a concIIiate the old aristocracy. and who
-, ,sslized that scandals among the classes
, -o+ conducive 10 law and order among the
-ssses. - -. -. -. g.
=. hss q not been for their preservation in
-. memoirs" and "reminiscences the Er-
p. "A being notified one night by his chief OF
- rsrr-oix that the Due de Mouchy was
- m trouble and that the affair was Of more
8 ordinarily serious character. caused the
=, nobJeuan 10 he brought into his presence
: !, Trsfe-ies and. AFTER seriously remonstrat-
= nth him about hts conduct. promised him i'm
- for what had Just occurred If he would
s-,..r- hIraseif-thst is 10 say. turn over new
- Szrnleon added that the best way Of man
- fhs, was 10 marry. and suggested that he
- become 2 suitor FOR the hand OF Princess
-, Nurat In fact he was given to understand
~. Il he cid not marry the princess ne
ls sroect 10 further indulgence on the part OF
=. .7-,reror The duke. face TO face with the
r.-.srsve of the grave consequences Of his latest
--.naee on the one hand and marriage with a
~ handsome and fascinating girl of identically
4, ovn age on the other-a girl who was the
,sc,ssd daughter OF the Empress. favorite kins-
-,-,,n of the Emperor. and certain 10 be hand
,nely lowered BY them-decided 10 brave the
,-e.r f his family and marry the girl-that is
:, cav. IN. granddaughter OF the stable LAD who
-ss -sised by the First Napoleon TO the rank OF a
N,-shsi q France and 10 the throne Of Naples.
n. se NoSilles furious at what they de-
,r.uced as the terrible E1esailtance into which the
m, se wouchv had been trapped. and long as
he Frnpre lasted declined 20 hold any eoumunica-
ton WITH him or with his wife. But mentioned
tAor. the rna-riske proved the making Of Antoine
4. gosilles He entered politics. became member
= ne National Legislature. director Of the Great
Northern Railroad Of France, and took lead
iur position On the tart. becoming in course OF
tine one q the pillars Of the Jockey Club and OF
tbe ITnior During the war Of 1870 he managed by
,.-se,si intervention at Versailles secure from
oe Emperor william 2 reduction OF the heavy
cvnt-ibusion exacted by the victorious Germans
ran his own Department Of the Oise in which
his estates and ancestral home were situated. and
.n- number Of years e<ter the esta biishment Of
ne republic represented not royalisnl, but Bona
ss-7isn II Parliament. In fact. having once given
lie allegiance 20 the Bona3artes, on the occasion
Q, his marriage 20 Anna Murat, ne remained true
:, .hsi- cauze in evil as veil as in good DAYS.