The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-01
ANOTHER PRINCE
LOOKING FOR WIFE
Spanish-1talian Nobleman Com
ing to American
Market.
AN HEIREss is WANTED
suitor Neither Young Nor Hand
some, but Well Fixed for
Clothes.
AN HEIREss is WANTED
pY VANCE rHoMPsoN.

ny VANCE THOMPSON.
Especial Cable to Tho Times Dispatch.1
Paris, April so.-F1red by the sue
cess of the Austrian Prince Miguel OF
Braganza, the husband OF Miss Anita
Stewart. another prince with royal
blood in his veins goes to America
next week in search OF a. wife.
This time IT is the Spanish Italian
Prince francesca del Drago. BY cour-
tesy he Is called prince" although,
strictly speaking. that title belongs
to his elder brother. His real title Is
Count D'Asoria. OF his royal blood
there is no doubt. His mother was a
daughter OF Queen Maria Christina of
Spain.
Prince del Drago is fifty-two years
old At this age he may not be able
to marry an heiress OF sweet sixteen.
but when informed OF the many hand
some widows on the American matri-
monial market, Prince francesca
promptly took his decision. He also
has before him the successful example
OF his brother. Prince Giovanni del
Drago. who married Mrs. Josephine
Smith. owner OF the Lion Brewery. OF
New York, and her fortune of $4,000
900. after having given another si5,-
100000 to her daughter, Mrs. Pauline
Murray.
Prince del Drago has already been
married, his wife having been Bel
gian woman with title and names as
long as his own. bu: this marriage was
annulled by the Vatican in 1905. Prince
del Drago is not handsome, but the
outfit he has procured from the best
Paris tailors makes him smart and
quite presentable. He bears a scar on
his forehead as reminder of his duel
with Signor Felchi. the italian painter,
who married Princess de Bournan.
daughter of the late Don Carlos.
1t Is stated that Princess Giovanni
del Drago furnishes the funds for THIS
matrimonial campaign. The princess
has taken up her residence in Paris.
and lives at lb2 Rue Passano.
Sad Plight of Mrs. Wbitcombe.
Mrs. Whitcombe, a former society
woman Of considerable wealth, is still
lying helpless. penniiess and alone in
French hospital dependent on tho
Protestant sisters. Mrs. Whitcombe IS
an American who counts among her
former friends j. Pierpont Morgan.
Charles Schwab, Lady Paget and SEN
ator Bever!dge.
When the new American hospital
was ready for use Mrs. Whi.comoe
naturally thought she might have a
refuge there and be given proper
treatment for her recovery. She wrote
Lady Paget asking her to secure
her entry to tho hospital. Mrs. Leeds
at once cabled the. doctor in charge.
| asking him to have Mrs. Whitcombe
received immediately
The doctor wrote Mrs. Whitcomo.
telling her to call and see him. As
she has not been able to use her legs
for the last year this brilliant suG.
gestion was not carried out. SO very
much against his will. he finally called
| upon the sick woman where she lay
patiently awaiting his visit. only TO
inform her that he could not receive
her in the hospital. He declared that
| the mere fact OF Mrs. Leeds's ger-
crosby In founding a free bed did not
| entitle her To send in patients TO oc-
cupy it.
In short. he said he was the only
nerson who had any say In the matter.
and he said No so Mrs. Whitcombe's
petition was refused.
Then the Comtesse D'Auberviile,a-
intimate friend of Mrs. Whitcombe.
went to the American Hospital and
tried to discover the reason for such
uniustifiable treatment OF an Ameri-
can woman. She was at first refused
| any explanation at all. AS she In
sisted 1t was intimated that Mrs. Whit
comhe was not proper person" The
doctor said she had been guilty Of
falsehoods when she claimed the
friendship OF Lady Paget and other
Well known people.
1t does seem that in this new Amer
lean hospital, founded by Americans
for Americans, a helpless, penniless
| American woman should receive that
| charity which Is now being bestowed
upon her by absolute strangers.
hope this case may meet with the at
| tention 1t deserves, for it is indeed q
pitiful one.
Curious Roosevcltian Echoes.
! This would have been Roosevelt,
; week in Paris had it not been for the
| fact that France discourteously I'M
! dertook to elect It's congressman a,
| the same time, so tho newspapers were
| filled with election returns and the
biographies OF newly-e1ected deputies
and our former President did not ge'
| much space.
The French government did every
thing possible for him; the American
| colony, the American ambassador ant
American Journalists worked overtime
! but Colonel Roosevelt mistimed III!
visit and did not get on the front page
OF the Paris newspapers. lie was
| crowded away among the sporting
events. Had he come at any Other
\ time the Paris journalists would have
! printed columns about him. AS 1T wa:
,hcnri Rochfort said:
"He is essentially Partisan. Indeed
| with the exception Of Sarah Bernhard
| he Is the most Partisan person tina