The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-08-19

AFFAIRS. IL was strenuous siege. Inc
Gould money flowed like water, but
Its flow was not sufficient to wipe
away the barrier that society had
erected against the assaults of Boni.
Anna gave up the fight. and soon after
rumors of differences between herself
and the count began to be known.
The eventual result of these differ
ences the world knows. Disappointed
In Boni as man and as titled being.
the countess began to devote herself
to their two children. Boni, quite
content with such an arrangement.
went elsewhere. The pretense of
nome was kept up; but Boni and Anna
had ceased to be man and wife. At
the same time the countess gave up
| for the time being her siege Of Paris
and lived quiet, uneventful existence
until the De Sagan affair.
This was the second stage in the
new siege of Paris. The Prince de
Sagan, being Boni's own cousin, was
one OF the persons who strove to as
sist Anna in breaking through the
barrier Of reserve that hedges around
French aristocracy. He was one OF
those who needed Boni's appeal and
used such influence as he had to force
from his friends invitations to the new
countess. And 1t was his hearty eff
forts along this line, his sympathy for
the countess struggling for recogni-
ton under the handicap of Boni's repu-
tation, that first won him the regard
of Anna.
Way Cleared for His Courtship.
After ALL" said he, what is social
eminence but to be a shining mark
for the misfortunes that attend the
mighty? Were 1t not better, more
conducive to happiness, for two souls
between whom exists a mutual bond
to make their own happiness without
troubling about society. Two hearts
! that understand one another, alone in
villa in the country, away from such
sordid self-seeking as exists in this
city-ah! such is the ideal existence"
Little by little the countess began
to think that way, too. At the same
time it is said that she never over
looked the fact that the Prince de
Sagan, even if he was in debt up to
his ears, was in infinitely better stand
ing that poor Boni de Castellane.
There were at least few of the high
houses in Paris open to the prince;
they were all shut to Boni Again, it
was said that De Sagan, while no an.
gel, was a better man than Boni. He
was esteemed and respected by many
worthy people. Would it not be pos
sible, with the De Sagan holdings and
titles rehabilitated by her money,
once more to lay siege to Paris-and
win?
Why not? It had only been Boni's
reputation that had kept her from at
tanning her hearts desire-social lead
ership in the capital Behind him
her money had been useless. But
with De Sagan, how different it might
be.
The subsequent courtship of the
prince, his fight with Boni. Annals
fight to America, the princes follow
ing, the strenuous objections of
Annals brother, and the sudden mar
riage of the Prince and Anna while
the scandal of the affair was at white
heat, all are we'll known to every
newspaper reader in the world. The
couple went to Italy to spend their
honeymoon. After a stay they re-
turned to Paris. And then came shock
No. 2 for Anna, now Princess de
Sagan.
Society Open In Its DisapprovaI.
To her amaZement the social lead
ers of Paris had been shocked at her
affair with De Sagan. The aristocrats,
considered the most lenient in the
world in matters matrimonial, did not
approve of the divorce and remarriage
under the circumstances They went
further than before; they made no
effort TO hide the fact that for their
actions the Prince and Princess de
Sagan had been sent to social Coven-
try
The birth of a child to the pair did
little to soften the attitude of the
naughty toward them. They still were
outcasts from the highest walks of
Paris.
Then the princes father, the Duke
of Talleyrand, died The prince inner
tied the title. The inheritance brought
nothing else with it. for the old duke
long had been in hopeless debt and
had existed on pitiful allowance of
$4,000 a year. But the title-ah. that
was the thing. 1t opened doors that
nothing else could force
THE Duke and Duchess of Talley-
rand" announced the footmen, and
societys portals opened and they
walked right in. For the title Duchess
of Talleyrand is one of the proudest
in all Europe and she who bears it
must be acknowledged a social queen.
no matter what has gone before, The
title was first given to the great Tai
leyrand, and since his time all its
bearers have been persona grata even
with tee proverbial crowned heads of
Europe.
So Anna Gould has triumphed at
last. What Jay Gould's millions could
not do, what the successive titles of
countess and princess could not do.
the death of an old man, and the sub
seauent inheritance of a title by his
son. has accomplished. The siege of
Paris becomes a victory. and Anna
today is one of the foremost leaders