The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-08
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lDlElk;R;E DE sALvlAc. Vicente de
j riage to Miss Anna Ripley.
daughter of the widowed Mrs
Sidney Dillon Ripley. of New York. and
niece of James Hazen Hyde. former
vice-president of the Equitable Society.
has just been announced. is no longer
in the first blush OF youth. and has for
some fifteen years past been mem
Der of the Union Club of Paris. proof
in itself that he belongs to the old
aristocracy and that his title is au
thentic and not merely assumed. His
mother belonged TO the ancient House
of Merouyille. and until recently he
made his home with her in the Ave-
nue. Montaigne. in Paris. and at the
Chateau de Marcilly, in the Depart
iInent OF the Euro He had several
brothers the eldest oIsc of whom,
Louis Count de Vielcastel. is married
to Marie de Bassano. one OF the three
daughters of the late and last Due de
Bassano and OF the duchess. who was
MISS Clara synes. OF Quebec Being
only Younger son. the yicomte is not
particularly we'll off. Needless to add
that he Is a Royalist and a frequent
visitor 10 the English home of the
Duke OF Orleans, though l do not
oeiieHe that he belongs TO his mousse
hold.
The best-known members of the De
Vielcastel family have been Pierre.s
sranduncles. Louis and Horace. Louis
was member OF the @---"h Academy
and was for many years connected
with the Department Of Foreign At
fairs, part OF the time as charge daft
FARES at Madrid. While residing in the
Spanish capital he was one Of the
haoitues OF the salon of the old Count
ess de Montijo. on terms of great in
timacy, not only with her, but also
with her daughters. and when they
TOOK I'd their residence at Paris he
was Of much use to them, in securing
invitations for them to official balls
and functions, the doors of most OF
m mae salons ra,. In the Fpaubourg St Ger,
shsm He couiS no sSssa
swallow the, Coup d'Etat. nor It's pe-pe-
traitors. and resigned from the gov
eminent service; while as soon as
ried to NAPOLEON III, he refused to
ho!d any further intercourse with
either her or his sister, the Duchesse
dAibe. nor yet with her mother. the
greatly gespected: was one OF the best
known contributors to the Revue des
DeuX Mondes." and after the overthrow
OF me empire. was appointed by the
mission entrusted with the examina-
ton. the classification and the care
OF. the archives of the Ministry of For
eign Affairs.
NNAt1 tAlSiC ACSlS hHOWI. DuL IN
tinitely less respected. was his brother.
Count Horace de Vielcastel the posthu-
NOUS publication of whose diaries COW
ering the period from ls4s until 1854.
they appeared in 1885. Although Il
man of the most brilliant attachments
gifted as an artist and as an author,
yet he was OF the most spiteful, jeal-
Gus and uncharitable character and
set down, day by day, in these diaries
Of his, the gossip which he had heard,
the scandals of the hour and his un-
kindly comments on everything that
he saw and heard. Its doubtful wheth-
er anything more savage has ever
world of France. or concerning the
foreign royalties and mobiles who Wis
tied Paris during the fourteen wears
covered by his diaries. Hardly sin
racy escaped his vitrolic pen, and aom-
pared to his diaries, those of his Eng-
lish counterpart. Charles Greville, We're
mere milk and water.
observing things, for he was during
the last ten years Of his life cham
Sberlatn OF the court of the Tulleries,
the deputy director OF the Louvre Mu-
the Department of Fine Arts, while
much of the. bitterness which charac-
5terizes all his references to his chief,
Count Niewerkerke. was due to the fact
superseded him in the good graces, and
I may add. the affections. Of Princess
Mathllde Bonaparte, although lie sub
sequently continued to frequent as a
mere friend her salons. where pre-
viously he had reigned, almost as mas
ter.
Don Michelangelo Caetani, Just
twenty years Of age, who arrived tho
other day In this country, to spend
some time with the Secretary of,the
Navy and Mrs. George Won l., Meyer
at their summer home in Massachu-
sets, is not duke, bears no title and
fourteenth Duke of Sermoneta, at
Rome. and Of the duchess. who is an
a member of that house
Of Bootle- Wllhfa ham Of which the
chelangelos eldest brother Is Prince
Teano. freauent visitor TO the
in the Occident, but even IN the
Orient as the greatest living authority
on Islamic lore besides being )renoWn-
ed as the author OF the most monu-
mental work on the hist ory Of slam.
The Ppincess poano, who ~ one, Of the
,prettiest and most tasci ting women
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