The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-25
PRIVATE BALLET
WILL Be IMMENSE
Greatest Review and Caricature
Ever Held in Eternal
City.
DONNA ToRLoNIA Ar HEAD
Widespread Interest Being
Taken in Her Social
Venture.
ny VANCE THOMPSON.

tspeeal Gable to The Times Dlspatch1
Paris December 2i.--Donua Marine
Iorlonia has Just been to Paris In the
throes OF preparation for the biggest
private ballet, review and chricature
Of ftoman society ever held In the
Eternal city. Until she married Don
Torlonia. three years ago. the duchess
was Miss Elsie Moore, daughter of MIR
and Hirs. Moore, of New York
During the short period of her mar
RED life the duchess has succeeded in
placing herself prominently in the best
Roman aristocratic society. Last sea
ION SHE gave q dinner. ut which 300
Terlonips were guests
studied In Music Halls.
This dinner is still the talk OF
Partisan and Roman society For the
Forthcoming entertainment the Ameri-
can duchess has carefully studied tho
puslc halls of Paris. such as the Folie
Bogcre. OLYMPIA. Alhainbra and Batn
clan not 10 mention the Moulin Rouge.
Great interest in this social venture
las been taken rs the Partisan music
hall managers ballet masters and
writers Of popular reviews, who, ono
and all, are ready to take hand in
ttakins inc entertainment Of the
duchess a great success
The Duke Marine di Torlonia IS also
greatly Interested in this music hall
venture OF hIs wife. II appears that
no prominent mobiles win be spared.
Even those who trace their descent
from homulus and Remus are 10 bo
caricatured az the navigation Of this
facilc daughter OF the republic 1t rs
interesting to know that there are Gfty
ArU sat ladies' married 70 roman
prince o. dukes. so IN this review
MANY Afnert,e tCIyy.
Cousins to Assist Duchess.
Also IN the Forthcoming entertain
ment the duchess wiil be assisted by
Ter cousins. the RuspoIis and the
sorgheses, tho DorIas and others OF
The two prlucely Snd ducal lines to
which her husband belongs.
French soeiety is wondering how
such Americans as the Princess san
faustino, formerly Miss Csnpbei the
Princess PogEio Susa, nee Curtiss the
Princess Colonna. nee Bryant and
Slomum. will like 10 see themselves
ard their princely lords WHO are to
crvc as targets for writer's of this
society review The great event wifi
probabiy he held in tho princely ban
rooni OF TorlnDia Palace some dine to-
wGrds the end of January.
Gardner Pnintirgs yaiucIess.
The late Lady sieux. OF London, who
recently brought suit against FRANK
riardner for non payment OF rent OF
her country house in England and
sho got Judgment for at least a part
u her claim for $4,000 just before her
death attached the picture gallery in
the Gardner mansion which stands In a
Tve-acra lot in Iayillette.
Hitherto this gallery had been con-
sdered a very valuable, but the e&-
pert whom Lady Meux sent TO execute
the judgment has made an eItraordi-
airy report that many of the pictures
supposed to make up the collection arc
missing and Others are bogus. Among
those described as bogus is famous
Madonna and Child attributed TO Ra-
ahae!.
Madonna Not Raphael.
Frank f.acroix Gardner has always
supposed to have been owner Of this
masterpiece. The official reports. how
ever, that It is not a Raphael. nor even
OF Raphael school. and that 1t has lit
tie or no real value. X
Another picture the court ordered
sold to pay Lady Meux was Leonardo
Da Vinci. This picture, according to
the expert. was so bad he says Da
Ninci could not have painted 1t had he
tried 1t has no value at all.
Another picture attributed to Mas
sin has also been pronounced valueless.
AS Lady 1ieux could get nothing to
satisfy the French courts Judgment,
she appealed, but the lease OF the
Gardner mansion stands In the name
OF Mrs Gardner. formerly Nine. Legacy.