The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-03
BOUND TO HAVE
WHITE DONkE Ely
Robert Braxton Henry, OF Vir-
GINA, Starts on Roman
tic Quest.
"
GOES TO AnOALus1A
At Any Cost, He Is Determined
to Breed Race Of Milk-Colored
Mules.
GOES TO ANDAL y STA
by VANCE THOMPSON.
Especial Gable to Tho rlmes-Di.patoh. j

Paris, July 2.-Madame Cavalieri-
Chanler has given her first dinner re-
cepton. 1t was at the Champs Ely
sees Palace Hotel, and was family
affair. as all the guests were members
of her musical family or friends OF
her husband. Those present were Mr..
and Mrs Gatti-casazza, Mr.. and Mrs
Toscanini, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rus
sell, Mile. Jeanne Granier. the charm
ing actress; Henry Clews, Jr, the
thor-ar,ist; Isadore de Lara. the
composer; william Astor Chanler,
Cavalierls new brother-in-l law; Prince
Manufacturer, Commandant Cifariello.
and Mrs Baskerville.
Late In the evening Mile Granter
gave some of her famous Rotations;
NJ de Lara sang songs of his own
| composition; Henry C1ews. Jr.. recited
| an original poem, and the bride did
| dance which captivated every one.
| The bridegroom's part of the evenings
| entertainment was to look happy, and
I he filled IL to perfection.
I Robert Braxton Henry, OF New York
| and Virginia, left Paris to-day on a
| quest which promises to be as ro-
| mantle as that once famous search
I for the Golden Fleece. Mr.. Henry. who
| is the son of we'll known Virginia
| Judge, inherited the Henry estate. near
| Richmond.
| A Qui1otic Donkey Hunt.
| He has given much attention to
1 breeding In recent years. and has gone
| in for raising mules. A few weeks
! white donkey in the province of An
dalusia, Spain. and he determined to
! secure It at any cost in order to breed
/ race of milk-white mules
\ Taking the first steamer for Cadiz.
he set out on the quest of the white
donkey He does not know in what
part OF Andalusia the donkey is to be
found. but he will tour the entire
! province In a motor car questioning
farmers, innkeepers and travellers I'M
til he discovers and purchases the
unique white animal.
) The Opera Comique closed it's sea-
son this week with Signor Scotti and
Geraldine Farrar in la Tosca-" Miss
Farrar created Juror by the wild
abandon with which she threw her
self into the part. At the opera an
other American singer closed the sea-
son, where Mary Gardens Salome
scored the biggest success in opera
Paris has had in years.
Z. Oscar Eammerstein has been any
! thing but idle. He has signed the
Russian dancers probably in conjunc-
ton with the Metropolitan manage
, ment. He has also virtually closed
an engagement with Sophie Brandt
whose last American success was ir
THE Waltz Dream" He will present
her in an English version of Hans
!, the Flute Player. His plans for q
. season of comic opera in English II
! New York are we'll advanced, and to-
day he said no expected soon to Givt
: out a complete statement of his pro
. jecIs.
q A New Rospigliosi Alliance.
The young Prince Ferdinand Ro.
! pigliosi, of Rome, has been buying
costly presents at Boucheron's. in tn,
Rue de la Paix. for his new f1ancee. tn,
Baroness de Villenfague. Of Brussels
The prince Is a brother-in-law OF the
former Miss Bronson. of New York
that distinguished lady being the wifi,
Of his elder brother, Prince Gull.
\ | Rospigliosi He is also nephew o
the Princess Rospigliosi. formerly Mis-
Mary Jennings Reid, of New Orlean
and Washington, ard later Mrs. Fred
erick Hale Parkhurst, of Bangor. Me
Prince Ferdinand is one of the 81:
| children of the captain of the Nobl
r Guards of the Vatican. His mothe,
who is also Miss Bronsons mother-in
law, is the Princess Helena Marie d
la Conception llneal descendant o
: the Emperor Justinian.
. 1t was believed the approach!n,
i marriage might be made the occasion
Of reconciliation of the Nobl
Guardsman and his family with Primo
!. Giuseppe Rospigliosi and his American
:, wife, the ex-Mrs. Parkhurst. Sine
!, the latter's marriage to Prince Ros
pigliosi bitter war has been wage
: against her by her s'ster-ln-law wit
the blood of an Emperor in her veins
but the decision of the papal trtbuna
against the American Rospigliosi will
probably nullify this amicable inten
ton.