The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-29
HOODOOED PALACES
BRING MISFORTUNE

K ) L d f II
s ny ia MsARaUIsE DE FONTF:NOY.
ONfE royal palaces are popularly
regarded as hoodooed. and as
~ destined to bring misfortune to
-, their illustrlous occupants. None,
however. has enjoyed a more unen<
viable reputation In this respect than
tho palace of the Eecessidades, OF
which the very name. translated into
English, means Palace OF Trihuia-
ton. When Lisbon was ravaged by
the plague in L 500 to such a degrcc
that all tho Weather inhabitants fled
from, the capital,.a couple sought
refuge at Ericetra. where Dom Manuel
and his mother and GRANDMOTHER en-.
barked the other day on boar1 tho
yacht Amelia for Glbraltar.At IEr.ceirl
the couple found beautiful image Of
the Blessed Virgin. and when they were
able to return 10 Lisbon they carried
back the image with them, convincel
that 1t had been ctIlcacious in arrest.
ing the progress OF the plague In the
capital. In compliance with their
prayers.
In the outskirts Of Lisbon. close TO
their home. they built "a church and an
abbey for the Image. to which tleY
SAW 2luC " AVIAN s5cliStoi a. JOS
Nccessidades stOur Lady OF Tribula-'
tom. IT soon became popular with
Ethe.tL!sbonese, and the seafaring pop
ulation in particular adopted Our Lady
OF Tribniation as their patron saint,
her church as their particular pla,e
Of worship. and her name az ttat OF
their guild. King Jose ". trans
formed the church into beautiful
Sbasilica. and built adjoining IL. on the
site Of theS mo1astery.a palace Dear
Inc I'M eur, n "a
his Queen performing her devotiors
at the shrine of Our Lady of Tribula-
ton.
So many of the members OF the
reigning family have died there-some
of them in the most mysterious and
uncanny fashion. notably, Queen Ste
phanie. King Pedro ", and his broth.
ers Ferdinand and John. ail within 4
few weeks OF one another-thati on
Christmas Day, 1861, the MAYOR ard
panied by vast-concoursc of people.
called upon King LuIss, II, there and
,hesought him TO abandon the palace
without further delay. on account of
In fact. they escorted hin, away shat
very same night by torchiigh, to tho
Palace OF Boler. Yet Dom Carlos cs-
stablished his residence in tho Seces-
sidades. was murdered with his eldest
son. and lay IN state there. while
Dom Manuel's brief reign of ;wO years
has been spent within its wallis 1T
has been his hoodoo, like that OF his
father and so many other members OF
the royal house OF Braganza.
Paris has been robbed of6one OF Its
most picturesque figures, and that
smart and amusing club known as the
.Epatant has lost Its president, through
sa. who had never been the secretary
of Napoleon liz. as stated In the dis
patches, but who had been his equerry,
and had played brilliant role at the!
imperial court. Like his elder brother.
grandson OF that Claude Regnicr who
was minister of Justice and also chief
Justice of France during the reign OF
the first Napoleon. WHO bestowed upon
him. first of all, the title of Count
Gronau, and afterHgthat OFFS Duke OF
Massa. Materially, he was grandson
Of Field Marshal Macdonald. Due de
Tarente.
AS a young man he enlisted In the
spahis. and after seeing q good deal
ferred to; Paris as an officer OF the
crack regiment of Guides. He took
part in the Crimean. " AR. was present;
attheS battle Of Solferino in \ $50 was
aide, .de-camp II . Marshal Bazaine in
thei1MeXIcan}iNVar was wi tn sHeApoleon}
=! .at Sedan,Sand managing s0ets away
Joined General Bourbaki. and remained
with hin1s9 untit- the end ofs his disas-s
tr ns eampaign pNrlng the last eiEht
while acting. as his equerry. he was in-
trusted by the Empress with the COM
position of nh those cllarad les and
theatrical Its which were performed;
Metternich. the Duchessc de Persl gny,l
the Gomtesseg do Malaret,. and % theirs, a
st. Cloud, at Compiegne and at Ram
bouillet One OF his mos amusing
plays was entitled 1.-THE Commentaries
OF :, Caesar IN which, TO the I E
relgn's literary works.
Itssseems almost incredible that a
man vii o. played so GO nsplc uous "a role
ct the court Of Nal oleon II IL. Where
survived until last week, su clently
vigorous In mind and body u un Il the
Very last to undertake. the active presi-
dency5 OF the one club In Paris that has
s Sfs ha Seaut,fa e @
Log king tut, to the Place ~, y
Concorde, and on toS The u owe r PORTO
Of the Champs Elysees, has been !! y
known In turn as the imperial Glubs
as the c;ercle sdes Mirlitons and as the
Cerclo do lsUnton Artistique whtchgis
Its Hpresen t & otlcial desi on only M
q few m ontlls ago, M hon n N is ell u
'e thd Marggs sc Massh ro
anniversary OF the club, a. rovieWI or
Theatrical sllit JUS bubbling over MI y
bril- liant wit. He was Of $nled q uln; siZe,
slight in build, and carried llfmsel s, ~
spite of his age, IRENE y 8 trnl ght Z.
With his carefully curl ed Y al r s
white lnustache and impe ria !, he looked
lRrecnillng one at Alexandra Iounlas's
"Threo Musketeers."" % such an On
lteft was this tho case that ne was
5populnrly known among his hume rous
friends as 'Aramls. II 70 leaves three
sons the eldest of whom. ] an, mar
| sried to Odett to- do u Boutray, noW ne
comes Marquis de Massa an d. w y sues
coed to tho a uls edom Of lis m ore IAN
Loot ogena IN N cl e, sat ii Il I'M
Queen Marie Amell 4 Q For tugal,
nowSin y ile, IS the only royal | rers son,
age In mod ern times, or eye n In mast
l8hastory, who has perso nnll Y IN y rse 9.
THAT appalling malad " lSn own as ~ lu
|Shubonic plague. hen. some years Z, y
ago, Lisb on WAS ~ b5ec tod tos Its Syls1t,t,
Stions, the Queen; SW d a & VI tlead getl
land certi hcated phys iolan, toe as ,sail ac:.
lstIye pant In hea organl ms Of i he hos,
initial service az lgne ed to- n he ga re y g
q; the y :, lnl;
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