New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-23

.iohs that the decree of divorce was granted
by the French courts on December 81. 1905.
,hs' is to say. too late for publication IN
ias' years issue, and it adds that since she
op'ained the decree this princess, VINO is IN
ie line of succession to the throne OF
Great Britain, has dropped her name OF
oouhtess Jametel and resumed. Win her
liner consent. her rank ana ute oI
Duchess of Mecklenburg-Streltz
me courts awarded to her, as was ohiy
natural under the circumstances, the care
OF the child, little girl. who Is the issue
Vi her unfortunate marriage and now
makes her home with her venerable grand
liiother the widowed Grandduchess OF
Meckienburg-S treitz. in the latter peau-
uful villa at Dresden The aged grand
ouchess, now in her eighty eighth year, is
by birth an English princess of the blood.
pelns sister of the late Duke or cam
bridge and of the late Duchess OF Teck,
ana the last surviving grandchiid OF King
George III. of England.
Jametel, who since the dissolution of his
marriage has been mentioned as one Of the
suftors OF the American divorce, Mrs.
Hart Mckee. does not belong TO any of
the leading clubs in Paris where he has
spent all his life, and in spite OF his hav-
ing been allied by his former union to half
the reigrnng houses of Europe he has
never been able to secure admission to the
Union. the Jockey Club. the Agricole, or
even to the smart but by no means ex-
elusive, Cercle de la Rue Royale. He is
the son of an apothecary at Fontainebleau
who made a fortune by means of pat
ent medicine. Filled with social ambitions
and encouraged by the Infante Eulalie,
whose acquaintance he had made, he
sought. and obtained with some difficulty,
the hand of Duchess Marie OF Mecklen-
burg-Strelitz, and in order to qualify him
self, after a fashion, for the union. Sc
cured, as / have mentioned above, from
the Vatican the title of count.
Had Janlete1 after the marriage kept
quiet, avoided publicity. refrained from os-
tentation and remained In the background,
above all. had treated his royal wife well
and had rendered her happy, he would
in course of time have acquired the good
will and friendship of all her royal kins-
folk, German as we'll as English. to his
own advantage. In fact he had everything
TO gain thereby. Instead of that, he con-
Quoted himself with such an amount of
vulgar snobbery as to force them to hold
aloof and when he found that his wife's
relatives were not inclined to do anything
for him in the way OF social advancement
he commenced to neglect her in the most
shameful manner. He subjected her to
much unhappiness. and it not only
with the consent but with the warm APP
prevail of all her kinsfoik- that she got
rid of him by divorce.
1t may be remembered that two years
ago when the French government secured
possession of the diaries and confidential
correspondence of Monsignor Montagnini, on
Id 11-f.,, rhaYp no
been in charge of the diplomatic affairs OF
the Vatican. it gave out a number of the
documents in question for publication. One
OF the letters addressed by Monsignor Mon
tagnini ta the Papsl Secretary of State at
Rome mentions Jametel follows:
"Jamete1 is making efforts TO appear chic,
and has inherited a certain amount or
money which he has to a great extent
squandered in gambling
OF course, the question will arise as to l
how the relatives of the duchess could
ever have given their consent to her nnion
with man of such obscure birth and
such a lack of any kind of social status
as Jametel, who had little else to recon-
mend him but good looks and money
derived from the paternal patent medi-
cines. II may therefore be well to explain
that II the alliance was tolerated, it was
because the OucheSS mao become, DIS d
very young and inexperienced girl, in
voved, through the disloyalty and care
lessness of her governess. in foolish
Irritation in which she YVES at the worst
guilty of indiscretion. but which malevo- |
lent gossip. gross exasgeration and en-
deavors by INSCRIPTIONS parties connected
with the affair to b1ackmail both her and |
her parents had converted into a scandal |
Of sufficient magnitude 10 render royal |
suitors shy about applying for her hand |
Her sister, Duchess Jutta, is married to |
the Crown Prince of Montenegro.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.