The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-03
is HEAD OF ENTIRE
HOUSE OF BENTINCK
Queen MGrgaret at his house. in Foun-
tainhall Road, at Edinburgh,

Queen MSrgnfet, at his house. in Foun-
'ainhail Road, at Edinburgh
The, Due de Brissac's marriage with
! the widowed Baroness Edouard do lEs-
pee. daughter OF the late Comte de
BeaurepaHe, Will take place on Novem-
d'Eylau. in Paris, and is bound to at
tract some attention on this side OF the
Atlantic. For. on the occasion or the
last visit OF the young Duchesse dues
70 this country, 10 attend the wedding
IN New York OF her only brother, the
late Due de Chaulnes to Miss Theodore
Shonts. she wac called back 10 France
In hurry by the grave Illness ct Pau
OF her husbands eister the late Ouch
esse dc Brissac. That malady terminal
ed fatally. and not long afterwards
mourning. not only FOR her brother. the
Due. de Chaulnes. but also for her Sis
law. the puchssse de Brissac. to
whom she was deeply attached.
The Due de Br!ssac who Is a man OF
about forty three. hus four children,
the eldest boy. Roland. Marquis de
| Br!ssac. being little over twelve years
French Dragons, and as, such. on more
than one occasion commanded the
mounted escort OF the late Queen Vic
leaving the army. he took tho place OF
:Amba ssador Leishmen's French son-in-
law. the late Comte de Contradiction.
as master of the hunt, at Pau. While.
killed in the Franco-German War CT
1870 his ancestry is OF the most illus
trious character. his lineage on his
mothers side Is quite the reverse OF
father before no succeeded to the duke
dom. and after his death became the
wife of the Vicomte de Tredern. from
whom she was divorced in 1888, losing
thereby her right to use the name Of
Tredern, being now known in law as
Madame Jeanne Say" She ia the sis
ter OF the great French sugar reaner.
American wife. and has many relatives
on this side OF tho Atlantic.
The present Duo de Brissao is the
dom having been created in 1911. and
he is descended In a direct line from
that enormously fat Due de Brissac. to
whom the French nation is Indebted for
having the pleadings in the law courts,
as ISL as the judgments and decisions.
delivered in the vernacular, instead OF
in Latin, as had been the case previous
1t seems that the, duke. who was
had ridden all the way from Paris to
Rouen. Just in time TO hear the Judges
deliver their Judgment against him,
with the Latin words "Debotat dictum.'
These at any rate were the only words
that he heard Furious. he returned to
Paris. and on arriving there complained
bitterly to the King OF the impertin-
ence of his Judges.
why, what have they done to you.
my poor Brissac?" inquired the mon
arch.
They have condemned me to lose my
boots!"
Your boots?' inquired the King, in
astonishment.
They used the expression 'debotat
dictum.' and should like to know what
else that can meant" (The French de
better" means to take off the shoesD
There was shout of laughter on the
part OF His Majesty. and of those pres
ent. and II was with difficulty that the
real meaning of the expression was
made clear to the irate duke.
why could not they tell me that my
suit had been rejected in plain French.
instead Of their cursed Latin?' he cried.
claimed the King,
"Henceforth If you are subjected to
dehottat," 1t shall be In French"
From that time forth all the judg-
ments of the French courts of justice
have been delivered in the vernacular.
Copyright, 1911. by the Brentwood
Company