The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-30
VIENNA DON'T LIKE
MRS. "SILENT SMITH,

woods on either hand and facing upon
Lomond Another possession OF the
family is Arrochar House. and third.
Ardencaple Castle. The estates are
tho Tweed the Laird OF Luss IS regard
ed as one OF the greatest personaEes in
Scotland.
Pay or BE Snubbed.
1t Is difficult o convey any idea of
the irritation which prevails al the
court OF Vienna, and especially among
the members OF the relgning house.
against Mrs. James Henry Smith. OF
New York. II is claimed at the court
OF Vienna that the widow OF the New
York multimiliionaire. who used TO be
known as silent smith gave dis,
tinct and solemn promise TO the royal
and imperial relatives of Prince Miguel
OF Braganza that she would pay all
his debts in fun on the occasion of
hts wedding. 1t was on this distinct
understanding that the princes aunt.
4archduchess Marie Therese OF Austria.
and his other relatives. gave their con-
sent to the match.
pledges. and her refusal TO furnish
FUNDS for anything beyond mere
composition with his creditors. which
the latter have rejected Is denounced
as an act OF bad faith. and while Dom
Miguel has been forbidden by the Em-
peror, and by his cousin. the heir pre-
sumptiVe Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
to return 10 Austria until all his debts
are paid in full, and has thus been
rendered an exile from the land of his
birth, where his family have found
refuge. hospitality and the most dis
tingulshed treatment after it's expul-
sion from Portugal Dom Miguel's
American wife, the former Miss Anita
Stewart. and her mother Mrs. James
Henry Smith, find themselves cut of.
probably for ever from all those So
cial advantages in Europe which they
| had expected 10 secure through this
extraordinary marriage. In fact from!
Mrs. Smith and her daughter. as
| wealthy Americans, was Infinitely bet
ter in every sense than to-day. when
even the very diplomats are compelled
| to hight shy of them for fear of giving
right Sly of Mnxims.
In the somewhat sensational divorce
trial which has just taken place in
| Summers. of the Coldstream Guards.
and his rich Scotch wife. and which
was decided in the latter's favor. the
fact was brought to light that during
a stay in Paris, the captain had taken
his wife to the Folies Bergeres. to
Maxims and TO a number OF other
/ places of entertainment of a peculiar
order. with the object of showing her
/ certain phases OF Partisan life. AS it
lis quite a common thing for English
and American people of unimpeacha Bile
responsibility to take their wives. sis
4 ters and female relations generally TO
these places, in order to crafty their
curiosity, it is Just as We'll TO point out
that the English or American woman
who visits resorts of this kind in
Paris lowers the prestige of her coun-
try in foreigners eyes. and that her
male relative who takes her there
. shows himself to be singularly lacking
in good taste, breeding and in knowl-
edge of the world
No respectable Frenchman would
take his wife, his sister or his daugh-
ter to such places: Just in The same
way that he would never dream of per-
) hitting the '.Rire." and those other
. improper, though sometimes witty
!. comic illustrated papers Of Paris tc
!, enter his house or to come under the
I eyes of the women of his family.
:. The cabarets and cafes of Montnlar.
Z tire. the Folies Bergeres. MaXim's anc
a analogous houses of entertainment
Hike the periodical literature which j
have Just mentioned, minister in a per.
!. fectly frank and open fashion to Ger.
. tain phases of human nature, and be
!, ing avoided by respectable French peo
pie, possibly do no great harm t
81 French morals, When, however. i
t comes to American and English ladie.
: visiting these haunts. under the pre-
(. text of seeing Partisan life the cas-,
: is quite different and attention should
r be called to the deporable impression,
q which their behavior in this rcspec
S creates,
S Company,1