The Detroit times., 1910-06-28
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AMERICAN GIRL
- Countess du viel castel Mss
Anna Ripley Will Enter Court of
Bourbon Pretenders

& fAdk8s June zo.-iue en6escueHs
Of Miss Anna Dillon Ripley, daughter
+ Of Mrs. Sydney Dillon Ripley. OF New
Y York. with Count Pierre du Caster IN
wolves not only an international mar,
fiase iato French nobility, but wiz
rive the bride official connections VIII
the younger branch Of the royal Bour-
bons. says cable TO the New YORK
American. The Viel Castels, like their
relatives. the Duke and Duchess de
Bassano. are Orleanists TO the niger
tips The Deuchess de Bassano. who
was before her marriage Miss Clare
Symes, OF Monte Carlo, is called upon
annually 10 do service at the Court
Z OF the Duke and Duchess OF Orleans.
& SO, also, are herdaughters, one OF
whom married a son of the late Sir
Edmond Blount, while another Is
welded to Count Louis du Mel Castei.
Similarly, Miss Ripley will have TO
do royal service as soon as her honey
moon is over For her the Duke and
Duchess of Orleans will be king and
queen. and she will address each OF
them as "Your Majesty" With her
husband she will take the oaths Of
loyalty to the pretender who is hailed
by the We'll Castels and Bassanos as
Philippe the Ninth, King of Franco
and Navarro. while his wife is recog-
nized as the legitimate Queen Success
sor to Marie Antoinette.
4. The stately ceremonial at the imita-
ton court of the orleanist pretenders
10 royalty will be a decided change
from Miss. Ripleyis home life. at Hemp
stead, Long Island. One of her duties
= as a loyal subject and lady-in-waiting
y will be to accompany the sham queen
when she goes tea drinking and shop
ping.
Republican Girls As Royalists.
The Baroness de Charette. formerly
Miss Polk, of Tennessee, as we'll as
her daughter-in-law, the Marquise de
!: Charette, formerly Miss Susan b.
Henning, of Kentucky and Tuxedo.
also do service for the imitation king
and queen OF France. The house OF Or
leans will be represented at = Miss
y Ripley's wedding. which~takes place
next month.
The viel Castels, though having in
nuential connections, do not figure In
REX. the newest and most up-to-date
work on French nobility, The Ripley
marriage will add one more Republic
can girl to the list or royalist Ameri-
sans In Europe. II will also bring Miss
Ripley into relation with all the great
branches of the Bourbon family OF
& France, Portugal and Spain.
Among the most brilliant entertain
ments OF the Grand Prix week was
hat of the Marquis and MarQuise de
aanay at their mansion In the Avenue
de l'Alma. when half the operate
wv - e. for fhnir htfu
dreds Of guests, and dances. panto-
mines and short plays filled the eve
ming
The Marquis de Ganay, formerly
\ MISC Ridgeway. Of Philadelphia, v .
sister Of Henry Ridgeway. who for IL
years was master OF the Pau HOUNDS
She belongs to one of the most power
fuF social sets in Paris and one pc
culiarity of her June receptions is the
number. of eligible young women in
yited The marquise is very anxious
4 that her son, the young Count de
Ganay, should marry and settle down.
10 she has paraded before him most
Of the rich and pretty girls of her
set. accompanied by their mammas.
Fair Procession Of Aspirants.
Scores of blushing girls have already
been summoned TO dine and dance
With the heir OF the Ridgeway money
and Ganay titles. Among this weeks
guests were Mile. de Morny, ac-
de YBnwopy etsoin shrdln shrdlunu
companied by her mother, the Duchess
de Morny: Mile. de Pourtales. with
. her mother, the countess: and the
pretty daughters OF the Countess de
tM ~ "a q rnficn ia
ChanConay. Mile de Luynes having
no mother, was chaperoned by the
s Duke de Luynes. Upon whom the
young counts choice has fallen Is as
yet unknown, but society remarked
the favor he showed Mile. de la
Grange. daughter of the baroness. who
was formerly Miss Carroll, OF Mary
land.
A fete given by the Countess lie
Pourtales has reminded old Parisians
Of the glories OF the second empire.
She leased an entire building. includ-
ing the public hall where the Chris
tan Scientists OF Paris hold their ser
vices, and there for five hours she en-
tertained over 5000 people.
No detail was forgotten to make II
perfect summer night fete. The do
= mestics were dressed as Swiss halber-
diers; enormous quantities OF roses
covered the walls and tables and even
The fcors. Huge grottos of ice cooled
the atmosphere, and two orchestras
one on each floor. played for those
who did rot dance. There were theat
rical Northumberland by Ed
mond Rostand. played by Radine and
Marie Louise Derval. two of the prct
TEST actresses In Paris.
De sagans' New Aspirations.
N With the consent OF George Gould
the Duke and Duchess de Talleyrant
4 de eagan have taken steps to settl,
& with all their German creditors.
DR.. Helder. a berlin lawyer, repre-
renting the creditors. held a number o
conferences this week with the Gould
Sugars. Two reasons have induce,
them to pay the heavy debts on III,
German estates. First, the wish to b.
presented at the court of the Kaise
WILHELM. which Is only possible whel
+. the debts are paid: second. they ar
anxious TO have a guardianship abe
1shed.
Count Won Hetzfeldt, who is III
Drokuardian of the former Ann
oou1d's husband. Is member of tn
|$ family into which the daughter {
Coils r. Huntington married. Duches
Anna objects to her husband bein
!. under this tutelage. In trial for N
~ - .li.. a.