Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-18
MAY SIT IN HUSBANDS SEAT
Case Taken as Indicating Progress Of
French Women.
FEMALE TEACHERS OFMnITARISM
Cecil Sorel, Actress, Has Mysterious
Proposal Of Marriage,
KNOWN AS WOMAN premier"
Rumor that Prince Napoleon Hopes
60 Become Ruler of France A.
Created with High Dis-
dain in Paris.
BY PAUL vILLIEEs.

dain In Paris.
BY PAUL vILLIERs.
PARIS. Dec. 17.-CSpecial TO The Ree)-
France has many remarkable women All
self-made. Madame Curie stands at the
head She has been quietly continuing her
work since her husband death. There Is
a question OF electng her member Of the
Academy OF Sciences. an unprecedented ac-
ton for heretofore when a woman was
mentioned the male members had an clo-
uuent smile. which meant never. IN
deed. a law of the academy has &c be re-
peaIed IL Madame Curie IS elected.
Amagat declared the other day that
Napoleons idea Of women ought TO prevail
The great emperor said, a womans mis-
sion is to be a good housekeeper. spend her
time in having children, and rearing them
II seems a curious incident. but Madame
Curie. If elected, will occupy the chair Of
her dead husband. She participated as
much as he In the discovery Of radium. In
fact. since she Is alone she has made new
discoveries which proves that her brain
is equal to any mans in that academy.
/ Woman's rights are making progress in
France. General Dalstein has chosen
Madame Lagardene as military teacher.
| She is organizing classes in the army for
| the soldiers who do not know how to read
OF a popular book for the teaching OF
adults. She is TO have a school in the
Invalides.
An Actress "wOmnn PREMIER"
/ Who is the member Of the English no.
bility' from whom the famous French
actress, Madam Cecil Sorel. has re-
ceived a proposal Of marriage? This
remarkable woman has the reputa-
/ of hafu ahl 10 Ea
unmake ministers with wave OF her
dainty hand. The council Of ministers il
is said has at times met ia her sufnptuous
/ salon, and there the word Of the woman
premier" is law. Her fame as an actress
is subsidiary TO her distinction as the most
| extrayagant "wearer OF clothes" in the
world. Hers is the most-sought-Rfte per-
! son by the great costumers for the exhibit
ton of their latest creations. Her arrival
at any Of the great race meetings has in
1t something Of a royal procession.
NApOIeOB's Ambition Hopeless.
Prince Napoleon, who recently married
! Princess Clemenune, and who has done
| some boasting about his repubhcanism, has
recently been limiting at the possibility OF
! another French monarchy, with himself
as monarch. 1t Is believed that his wife.
who is regarded as an ambitious woman
Of the pinhead type OF femininity, has put
the idea into his head. France is prac-
tically a monarchy now, lacking only a
king or an emperor TO complete the bust
ness But Prince Napoleon has as much
chance Of becoming king as the sultan OF
Sulu has Of attaining the presidency Of the
United States. There has been but one
Napoleon, Napoleon the Great. Since he
passed away, there have been a few mis-
fits who have been trying TO make
noise under the shadow OF a great name.
Prince Napoleon is exiled from France
and that is why he was married in Italy.
Poor Princess Clothilde, daughter of Vic
tor Emmanuel, lives in absolute retirement
spending her life praying for the sins OF
her family. The marriage between the
sanity Cloth.lde, who was only sixteen.
with jerome Bonaparte, mother and father
Of the bridegroom, was a political one.
arranged by Victor Emmanuel and Ma
poleon III. Clothilde always lived a most
retired life, and after the death Of jerome
she went 10 Monoalieri to live in privacy
in small rooms that remind one OF the
cells Of cloistered nuns. In this castle.
which belongs 70 the crown, and in which
Prince Victor and Princess Clementins
We're married, there are many mansions
Earlier Ties Severed by Money.
When the engagement was announced
people said: How Is this possible for the
prince had other ties" Fortunately for
Clementne they were ties that money
could sever OF the three children OF
Jerome and Clothilde, Prince Victor, Prin-
cess d'Aosta and Louis Napoleon-ths
, French prefer the last Prince Victor has
never shown much energy OF bravery.
Prince Louis has Joined the Russian army.
and II he had been the Oldest that u.s. the
successor in the Napoleon dynasty, the
. republicans might tolerate him. But VIC
tor never!
His marriage makes Victor cousin Of
, the king Of England. the car Of Russia
the king OF Bulgaria. the king OF Norway,
the king Of Belgium. the king Of Spain, the
crown prince OF Roumania, the crown prin-
cess Of Greece ana Sweden and the grand
duke Of Hesse. All those family relations
hail from the Princess Clementine'E father.
King Leopold, and the Duke Of saxe-CO-
burg and Gotha- Now, from the grand
, mothers side Of the princess who was the
daughter Of the French king Louis Phil
, ippe, the prince becomes the cousin OF the
, duke Of Orleans and TO all the princes and
Processes Of the royal house Of France.
BY this alliance he also becomes the cousin
OF IIapsburg and HIttelsbach. From his
mothers side, the Princess ClOthilde, he
already is the cousin Of the king Of Italy.
King Manuel Of Portugal, and allied 70
a great number Of royal families through
! CO therine Of Wurtemburg, the wife Of the
King Jerone. grandmother Of the prince.
He IL thus related 20 about every royal
family whom his nustrious ancestor, Ma
: poleon l. Inundated and defeated
Dramatist Almost Centenarian.
Ferdinand Dugue, who wrote many plays
[ produced between 1895 and 1875. and Nine.
Dugue celebrated the seventeen ami
verssTy Of their wedding gay last week.