The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
STRONG TIES OF THE
HOUSE OF ORLEANS

HOUSE OF ORLEANS
In no other royal house the family
brains come out so strongly in the wom-
en- as In the House OF Orleans. The men
are democratic, free and simple, but dis
tinetly royal. One of them, the Due de
Montpensier. who recently 'honored" this
country with a visit. has so very much
or the blood Of kings, and he so obvi-
ously shows 1t. that if he were not dem
ocratie he would be overpowering. TAN,
willowy. yet OF military bearing, affable
and ali bonhomie. some papers here
stated that his highness was after an
American heiress, but that was a poor
joke. lie is very rich. He does not need
American wealth to polish up his titles.
and, last but not least his ultra proud
family never would permit such an al
lance. If the truth must be told.
lie serves in the Spanish navy, because
the French republic naturally fights shy
OF all pretenders. His brother has been
an arctic explorer Of note. his sister has
Travelled through widest Africa and HIS
cousin. Henri dOrleans, has been dec
GRATED by the French government for
scientific information collected by him
when travelling through the orient. Nor
must it be forgotten that our visitors
grandfather, the Comte de Paris, fought
all through the civil war as brayely as
any American.
! said that the family brains strongly
appear in the women. Perhaps pre-em-
inently that is so I'm the case OF the
Queen mother OF Portugal. now IN SO
sad a plight owing to the revolution
and the exile of the relgning family
She is a forceful woman. far too forceful
for tie dilerant bonvivant she married,
and who with their first born. was muir
dered before her very eyes while riding
in a carriage in the streets Of Lisbon last
year
The first among royalties until the
Shah OF Persia was dethroned and took
refuge In hospital work. she studied
medicine and nursing. and established a
hospital OF which she is competent 20 take
practical charge Apparently the Or
leans despite ancient lineage and all the
tales told about their haughtiness, are
not afraid TO do what they want TO 60
nor hampered by conventions.
Then there is Helen or France. who
married tbs Duke OF Aosta. cousin e
the King OF Italy. and for years the heir
20 that throne Now there is only one
life between him and the crown-that %
the little Prince Umberto, only son
among the four children Of King En-
manuel and his Queen Helena. the Monte
negran princess. This duchess is more
popular than the Queen herself. The
Italians love noblesse, and elegance Ger
tainly is the keynote OF the Orleans
house The "shepherdess" queen is hand
some and sweet. but when the tail form
OF the Duchess OF Aosta appears and
bows her acknowledgements 20 the cheer
ing people. one cannot but see the daush-
ter OF g long line Of Kings While not
beautiful, hers Is a type so aristocratlc
and so intelligent that she would COM
mand attention anywhere, though her
identity we're unknown
The Duke Of Clarence elder brother 10
King George. who died young. was very
much fin love with this princess Ia their
childhood DAYS in England But for the
heir 10 the British throne TO marry the
daughter OF a French pretender obviously
was an imposslbHlty. and they parted
But Queen Alexandra and the late King
were very fond 81 the bright girl. and
after the death or their son, they seemed
10 cling 10 her with especial tenderness.
After Princess Helen had married the
Duke OF Aosta. and the pair were sta
toned at Naples. the royal British yacht
came every winter, anchoring in the bay
for weeks. while the King, Queen. and
duchess quietly spent a reminiscent time
together.
The House OF Orleans stiH IS a mighty
house. though deprived OF its French her
Itage. The family has touched the Brit
ish throne. attained the throne OF Por-
tugal. stands very near the throne %
ITALY. and Prince Louis OF a younger
branch is the pretender TO the Bra
lillian throne through HIS mother the
daughter Of the late Emperor Dom
Pedro II. And there really had been no
good reason for dethroning the good
bourgeois" Louis Philippe. He did as
well as any reasonable populace could
have asked, but then the temperament OF
the French still was aroused by the days
OF the terrible revolution,
Lady Dorothy Observation-Disclosures the
daughter Of the Earl of Buckingham
shire. who soon is to wed Mr.. Claude
Hope Morley. has greater claim TO public
interest than at first her name would
seem TO imply. for in the female line
she is a representative OF John Hampden
the seventeenth century champion Of po-
llucal freedom and the great opponent Of
ship money.
The Hampden estates passed into the
possession OF the Hobart family in 1924
through the marriage OF the hero Of
Chalgroves young daughter 10 Sir
John Hobart. the elder lines az that date
having become extinct a grandson was
created first Lord of Buckinghamshire,
and the present earl on his marriage with
the granddaughter of the first Earl or
Camperdown assumed her name con-
Jointly with his own. with the result that
he bears the rather formidable name OF
Mercer-H Henderson, Hobart Hampden.
The Hampden family is inseparably
by ties Of kindred and soil
with Buckinghamshire. A considerable
portion Of the Hampden estate by Ed
u-orl ba E,rFaegar