Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-08-18


He went to his most influential
friends, he demanded in the name of
De Castellane and the Gould millions
that they assist him In securing en-
tree for his countess among the best
people. They likewise responded with
great willingness. A few minor Ouch
esses were Influenced to give balls and
receptions in honor of the American
heiress. Anna herself gave gorgeous
affairs. It was a strenuous siege. The
Gould money flowed like water, but
It's flow was not sufficient to wipe
away the barrier that society had
erected against the assaults of Boni.
Anna gave up the fight. and soon after
rumors of differences between herself
and the count began to be known.
The eventual result of these differ
ences the world knows. Disappointed
in Boni as a man and as a titled being,
the countess began to devote herself
to their two children. Boni, quite
content with such an arrangement,
went elsewhere. The pretense of a
home was kept up; but Boni and Anna
had ceased to be man and wife. At
the same time the countess gave up
for the time being her siege of Paris
and lived a quiet, uneventful existence
until the De Sagan affair.
This was the second stage in the
new siege of Paris. The Prince de
| Sagan, being Boni's own cousin, was
one of the persons who strove to as
| sist Anna in breaking through the
barrier of reserve that hedges around
french aristocracy. He was one of
those who needed Boni's appeal and
used such influence as he had to force
from his friends invitations to the new
countess. And 1t was his hearty eff
forts along this line, his sympathy for
the countess struggling for recogni.
tion under the handicap Of Boni's repu'
tation, that first won him the regard
of Anna.
Way Cleared for His courtship.
After ALL" said he, what is social
eminence but to be a shining mark
for the misfortunes that attend the
mighty? Were 1t not better, more
conducive to happiness, for two souls
between whom exists a mutual bond
to make their own happiness without
troubling about society. Two hearts
that understand one another, alone ir
a villa in the country, away from such
sordid ~self-seeking as exists in this
city-ah! such is the ideal existence
Little by little the countess began
to think that way, too. At the same
time it is said that she never over
looked the fact that the Prince de
Sagan, even If he was in debt up tt
his ears, was in infinitely better stand
ing that poor Boni de Castellane
There were at least a few of the higl
houses in Paris open to the prince
they were all shut to Boni. Again, |
was said that De Sagan, while no an
gel, was a better man than Boni. HI
was esteemed and respected by man.
worthy people. Would it not be pos
sible, with the De Sagan holdings ant
titles rehabilitated by her money
once more to lay siege to Paris-ant
win?
Why not? II had only been Boni'
reputation that had kept her from al
tanning her hearts desire-social LEAD
ership in the capital. Behind hin
her money had been useless. Blu
with De Sagan, how different it nigh
be.
The subsequent courtship of tn
prince, his fight with Boni, Anna
fight to America, the princes follow
ing, the strenuous objections O
Annals brother, and the sudden mai
riage Of the Prince and Anna Will
the scandal of the affair was at whit
heat, all are well known to ever
newspaper reader in the world. TIL
couple went to Italy to spend thei
honeymoon. After a stay they re
turned to Paris. And then came shoe,
No. 2 for Anna, now Princess d
Sagan.
Society Open In Its Disapproval.
To her amazement the social LEAD
ers of Paris had been shocked at he
affair with De Sagan. The a%ristocrat'
considered the most lenient in tn
world in matters matrimonial, did nc
approve of the divorce and remarriag
, under the circumstances. They wer
further than before; they made n
effort to hide the fact that for the
actions the Prince and Princess d
| Sagan had been sent to social Cover
: try.
: The birth of a child to the pair di
. little to soften the attitude of tn
' naughty toward them. They still Wer
) outcasts from the highest walks {
Paris.
. Then the princes father, the Duh
of Talleyrand, died. The prince inhe
tied the title. The inheritance brougf
( nothing else with it, for the old duh
long had been in hopeless debt an
had existed on a pitiful allowance {
: $4,000 a year. But the title-ah, ths
was the thing. 1t opened doors tn;
, nothing else could force.
I THE Duke and Duchess of Tale,
rand" announced the footmen, an
society's portals opened and the
walked right in. For the title Duchef
i of Talleyrand is one of the proude'
in all Europe, and she who bears
) must be acknowledged a social quee'
: no matter what has gone before. tt
= title was first given to the great Tia
! leyrand, and since his time all !
! bearers have been persona grata eve
with the proverbial crowned heads
i Europe.
j So Anna Gould has triumphed
!. last. What Jay Gould's millions coul
not do, what the successive titles
/ countess and princess could not d