The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-31
BRILLIANT CLOSE
OF SOCIAL SEASON
Paris Is Ablaze With Fashion
able Functions
NO FEAR OF THE FLOOD
Daudet Lays Before the SENATE Aiesee
Proofs That the Poor Little
Daupbin Died In Prison At
Hands of Janitor

Paris July 30.-(Spec1al )-Inouen raiis
he threatened with another flood, ana we
have not had such wet summer since
1865 the season closes in a blaze of glory
The Princess Murat has just given an
entertainment In the gardens of her pal
ace, which for originality and magnin-
cence surpasses anything seen IN years.
It almost seemed as though this hostess
had transferred the Olympia and the
Moulin Rouge to her mansion
In the salons the guests enjoyed the
celebrated Russian ballet, which has
caused such a sensation all through Eu-
rope. and which I believe you will have
the pleasure of seeing in New York next
year. A stage was erected for these
dancers lust outside the terrace with the
magnificent gardens and park for back
ground The fete certainly carried oii
the palm for originality and spienoor'
and l do not think any OF the otner So
ciety ladies of Paris will dispute my opin-
ion.
The Countess de Talleyrand, formerly
Miss Carries of New York, has also given
a splendid entertainment to mark the
closing of the season Of which Prince
Paul of Russia was the guest of honor.
The Countess Odin de Loubersac, nee
Miss J,ivermore of Boston, has recently
given q ball In honor of the Grand Duke
George of Leuchtenberg; and not to be
outdone by these hostesses, the Princess
d'Isenburg, who was a Miss Mason be-
fore her marriage, the Countess Nostey,
also American, wife Of the Russian mui-
tary attache; Mr. and Mrs. Tuck and
Mrs Frederick all contributed brilliant
social functions to the dying season. Mrs.
Fredericks dinner was in honor of the
Duke of Sparta.
To Andre de Fonquieres and the Mar
ouise de Talleyrand-P erigord is the dis
tinction of having attended the greatest
number of social functions of the season
of 1910.
It is to be regretted that Prince Rode
lin, the German ambassador, has been
recalled. He and his gracious wife will
be greatly missed next year, but 1t seems
the latter, who is French woman,
mixed herself up somewhat too much In
our politics to please the Kaiser, hence
the ambassadors recall
Whether the Dauphin, who is known to
history as Louis XVIII, really died linger-
ing death In the prison of the Temple. or
whether he escaped in a clothes hamper
and left descendants, are questions which
every now and then become troublesome
In France.
Ernest Daudet, the well-known writer,
has just placed proofs before the
ate that, go to prove the poor little
.Dauphin, and heir of the Inflated
Marie Antonette and Louis XVI, really
died in prison, under the Ill treatment of
the ferocious Samson. his jailer. Duadet
Is known a violent partisan of the
: Due dOrleans, which. of course, may In
sfiuence his judgment. On the other
hand, Senator Bossy d'Angas maintains
that the Dauphin escaped, and that the
Naundorfs, now in Paris, are the lineal
descendants of Louis XVI. He has put
petition before the senate asking that
they at least be recognized as French cit
izens.
The Naundorfs are known in certain
sets as Prince Charles and Prince Louis
de Bourbon. Certain American ladies.
generally those who are new to Paris. en-
terrain them in the belief that they are
indeed descendants of the former King
and Queen of France. At present it seems
the Naundorfs citizens of nowhere.
Paris says they are Dutch because they
were born in Holland. The officials OF
DELI say they French. because they
are the descendants of the Dauphin. The
inquiry now before the senate is not like
~ to settle this long disputed question.
And even If it did the Naundorfs would
be as far from the throne Of France as
they are now.
A chaplet of pearls and gold, an auto
graph letter and his blessing are the
wedding presents which Plus the Tenth
has sent to the Princess Clementine, the
youngest daughter of the late King Leo
pold of Belgium. At one time the auto
cratic Leopold invoked the aid Of the Pom
tiff to prevent this very marriage, for he
s governed his household with as heavy
hand as he laid upon the Congo. The
Princess Clementine has already been pre-
scented to her future mother-in-law, the
Princess Clotilde. Prince Victor Is in
Brussels trying to free himself from the
ENHANCEMENT of a common-law marriage
he contracted many years ago. He has
quite a family by this marriage, but then
so had his kinsman Napoleon III when
he married Eugene.
The aged exs Empress is taking quite
vital interest in the forthcoming marriage.
which will be celebrated at Marlborough,
her English residence. The date Is some
time during the month of October The
Empress who is very rich, will bestow
upon the newly welded couple hand
some dowry.
regret to state that the latest Ma
poleonic marriage. that of Marie Bona
parte and Prince George of Greece, is not
turning as well as was expected. The
princess is the daughter of the distin-
guished scholar, Prince Roland Bonaparte,
and a few years ago her masnificent
trousseau was the talk of all Europe.
Now the bridal pair do not even live
under the same roof w
Henry NJ Cannon is we'll known In the
United tSates as president of the Pacific
Coast company, and a former controll-
er of the treasury. He Is not SO well
known, however, as a resident of q Fran
ciscan monastery wherein he followed a
life more simple than that ever dreamed
of by DR.. Wagner himself
The history leaked out when Mr.. Can
non recently passed through Paris on his
way home. His friends noticed a change
in him, but no one imagined it was due to
q residence in monastery, on the slopes
of Fiesole, not far from Florence. True,
he had bought the monastery and hung
It's bare walls with tapestries True, also
he wore silk underwear rather than the
prescribed hair shirt, but all the same he
lived as a monk and occupied a monas-
terry From his quiet retreat, like John
Ruskin, he sailed forth every day to
study art and Etruscan patterns. Henry
M. Cannon brought the same zeal to his
life of contemplation and study as he is
known to have done to his development
of a state or even Of Alaska itself
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