The Detroit times., 1910-03-05
FEE HUNTERS
PURSUE PRINCE
Princely Husband of New York
Brewers Widow Has To Pay
For Meeting Tradesmen.


| PARIS, March Since the return
ct Prince Del DIago the husband OF
Mrs, Josephine smith. of New York
/ brewery, The most extravagant and ex.
lraordinary commissions nave been
demanded OF him by his friends" and
/ by some Of the iradespeOple with
whom he did business. says cable to
The New York American
Among those who touched large
commissions was Count Boni de Cas-.
! tcllane. His claim is based upon the
! fact that ne introduced Prince Del
/ Drago Co a weliknCwn goldsmith ana
! Jeweler in the Due Ge la Paix where
| tile prince placed heavy order 10"
silver for ms mauFion in the Rue Bas-
sano. Count BOni, who learned the art
Iof "raking OFF, in the days when ne
Cisbursed Anne Gould's cash. received
la commission commensurate with mis-
ability and standing as nobleman.
Al came none toe soon, the counts
funds being very low. In few weeks
| te will lose mis- stipend OF $4,000 yearly
v hich he gains rs deputy. there being
no hope of his reelection. Count
/
social efforts than To anything else.
Irince Del Drago, though the grand
son OF queen has no such standing
! IN Partisan society as Count Boni even
IN his fall.
The Marquise de Castellane, Count
| Boni's mother. Il one OF the old no
bihty ana at his request she invited
the Princess Josephine Smith Del
! Drago 10 reception at her house In
| the Rue Constantine. The food had
put out the gas and electric lights and
the function was given In flood fashion
! by the light OF wax candles. The
american princess thus met almost all
tine old nobility Of France as we'll as
many Italian aristocrats. II Is be-
lneyed this will oren the closed an
cestral palace Of the -Four Fountains
at Rome TO Del Drago and his hither-
/ TO unacceptable wife.
! The prince is now in Rome pleading
with his irato parents to receive his
Anne rican prices, since she has
alre7Sy been accepted by the best
( Partisan society
Another big commission has been
paid 10 Count Visoni, who was form
crly in the Italian diplomatic service.
Re introduced the furniture dealer
He asked % per cent. but finally took
! , per cent commission.
The most curious of all Is the COM
mission asked for by the Vicomte De
Pontiac de Bordeaux. This nobleman
! ie trying TO compel Prince Del Drago
10 pay him a percentage upon the en-
tire fortune of the bride. In other
"a, al mi q
Pontiac himself was sutton for the
hand OF Mrs. josephine Smith when
Del Draeo entered the field and point
eG out that. he being prince, while
lie Pontiac was only provincial Wis
! count. the latter's chance OF winning
the American widow was extremely
slight.
/ De Pontiac, realizing the force OF the
crgumenr. Withdrew from the contest.
/ He now says he was promised a COM
! mission, but Del Drago shrugs his
shoulders, for the French courts have
decided that q contract FOR services
I to bring about marriage Is immoral
End cannot be enforced
Madame Simone. the leading lady
/ i'm "Chantecler," IS about 10 present
her young husband, Jean Casimir-Pe-
:ier son OF the late president OF the
French republic, with pledge OF her
objection. and Rcstand IS In despair 10
find some one 20 replace the ex-wife
Of NJ. I.ebargy in the role of the Hen
Pheasant
On thu other land, NJ. Guitry is
cheering up. as he believes that his
pYotege, Yvonne De Bray Will be given
Vine. Simones role. Meanwhile the
distinguished house OF Casimir-Perier
is receiving congratulations from all
sides Among the reasons advanced
AGAINST the marriage OF Nine. Simonc-
Benda Lehargy with young Perier was
the disparity Of age and the conse-
Cuent danger lest the great French
family should die ont. The interesting
event is so near that the Hen Pleas
ant will be obliged 20 leave the Thea
ter Port Saint Martin in fortnight.
Madame SimoDe's husband has re-
oumed the practice OF going early to
the flower market every morning and
buying flowers for her. as he did In his
student days at Sorbonne when their
wooing began. The Casimir-Periers
are striving heroically TO win over the
mother SO that the baby may be born
in the famous family mansion, which
| has a row of 16 windows overlooking
the Place des Etats Unis. They urge
/ that 1t Will be wholly unbecoming FOR
! n child whose grandfather was a presi-
dent of France ard whose great-grand-
FATHER was A prime minister Of Louis
! Philippe to be born in hotel or lodg.
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