The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-13
PRINCE IS COMING
ON HE|RESS HUNT
Charles Lofts de Bourbon Hopes
to Capture Fortune in
America.
FETE GIVEN IN HIS HONOR
Henry Alexander Turns Engage
mcnt Of Daughter to Roosc-
Welt to Good Account.
NY VANCE THOMPSON.

welt to Good Account.
by VANCE THOMPSON.
Especial Cable to The Times DIspatch.J
Paris, March IA brilliant and
eccentric fcte has Just been given In
honor OF Prince Charles Louis dc
Bourbon, for the purpose OF celcbrat-
ing his Forthcoming trip to America.
whittier he goes In search OF an
heircss,
Prince Charles claims to be the
grcat-grandson Of Marie Antoinette
and Louis XVI. II this be so, then
his eldest brother, Prince Jean. Is.
heir to the throne OF France and not
the Duke dOrlenns. who belongs to the
younger branch OF tho Bourbons. Prince
Charles does not conceal the object OF
his visit to America, and as he IS
quite handsome, his chances OF winning
a great teircss arc very good.
His younger brother. Prince Louis
Edward. wanted to accompany him IN
quest OF n wife, but his guardian,
Count de Grandecourt. declined to put
up the money for the trip. It may be
though claiming to be the great-grand-
son of a King of France, Is salesman
for an automobile firm.
a II. "A. Alexander Has New Hopes.
Henry Addison Alexander, Of New
York. has turned to good account the
engagement OF his pretty and talented
daughter. Miss Eleanor Alexander, to
Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.
Mr.. Alexander, whose career was
interrupted by the elopement Of his
second wife, Jessie Terrence. Of Chi
cago, with the lawyer Blakiston, has
been able to establish himself in n law
lean lawyer. G. Fauve1 Gouraud.
brother-in-law OF Mrs. Jack Gouraud.
who was Miss Amy Crocker. OF San
Francisco. The offices are located In
Whitehall House. Charing CrosA 1Ir.
Alexander is not only a member OF
the New York bar; he Is also a D. G.
L. Of Paris. The brilliant thesis for
which he won his degree at the Sor-
bonnie is still remembered by the
learned men of Paris.
This IS the third time Henry Alex
andcr has begun a legal career. He
first started In the Offices OF his father,
Alexander s; Green, of New York. Later
he was counsel1sto the American en-
bassy In Paris, and now he has select
ed London field Rumor says he
will now make new effort to win
back the affection of his ex-wifc, for
she Is settled in London and already
there is talk of her divorce from
Blakiston.
Elsn Maxwell Writes an Opera.
n. Valverdi, composer of Ia Maison
d,l Danes" and other successful
operettas given In Paris. has chosen
Miss Elsa Maxwell. once of Iowa, then
of New York, and now residing in the
Rue Bofssenade. to- collaborate with
him on new opera adapted from the
Spanish. 1t will soon be heard in this
city and Madrid. and later in the prin.
eipal cities of the United States. val-
verdi IS very enthusiastic over the
lyrics OF Miss Maxwell. as well rs
libretto.
Miss Maxwell is quite a musical
phenomenon: having absolutely no
technical knowledge Of music what
ever, she is able to imprpvise har-
monies on whatever instrument may
be at hand. She naturally selects
the piano as the best mode for the
conveyance OF her themes. About
year ago Miss Maxwell left Iowa for
! New York with a letter OF introduction
to several publishers. She selected at
hazard Leo Foist. called to see him.
and asked him to hear some Of her
compositions
Foists Immediately entered into a
contract for the exclusive rights OF all
! her publications. and sent her to Eu-
1 rope on condition that she should never
| learn note OF music or how to write.
4 She is obliged to play into a phono-3
graph and have the music copied from
| the records.
New York will soon have tile chance
to Judge Of the music of Miss Max
we'll, as the operetta which she has
written with Valverdi is nearly COM
| cluded. and the production will be
certainly booked for neXt-~ season.
Declines Legion of Honor.
| Madame Ia Com tessed dc Haussonville.
| president Of the Red Cross Society OF
| Frarce. has Just given admirable proof
of her nobility of soul as we'll as OF
mobility of name.
| The comtesse, In whose veins flows
/ the most .llustrious blood Of French
| aristocracy. during Gle recent flood
4 showed a devotion for the sufferers
without parallel. The Minister$of the
Inferior has decided to Yield ito the
|countlcss requests and confer on this
1 truly noble woman the highest honor
lsof the French government-the ribbon
of Tho Legion of Honor. As soon as
lthis intention was made known to the
/ icomtesse she FASTENED to secure an
4 interview With the minister She
thanked him. but absolutely declined
to accept the honor owing to the fact
that in Ter mind she had shown no
/ greater sympathy and help for the
sufferers and homeless and poor than
every single member OF the admirable
Red Cross Society of France.
She therefore,> IN her opinion. was
no@moreS entitled 10 the governmental
4 distinction than her associates. All
\ arguments proving futile, the appli-
cation was Withdrawn by the minister
who on usherng tho comtesse to hel
carriage was heard to remark:
There goes great lady indeed"