The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
ny la MAnouIsE DE FoNrENoY.

~ LA LIE FUN lE-N -.
% CUNT SALIENT. whose conduc, at
the Royal Naval Academy at
W y has developed into a
public scandal. which is creating
rFince Humbert. haif-brother ~ ~
luke or Aosta. or tho Count or TrrtnY'
INC Of the Duke Of the Abruzzi. He IS
OF That est years o. age. and vas horn
zen prinGess Letitia B%onaparte and
reio umsie. INC late Duke OF Aosta, who
= tsneu Tor several years IN Spain as
Ntns amadeus. Princess Letitin ber-
se!lls the only sister of Prince Victor
Napoleon. the B~onupartist pretender
aHa OF General Prince Louis Bonanartn
inc son Of King Jerome Bonaperte' Of
Westphaiia, not BY his marrIage Win
MISS Ms Patterson. OF Baltimore. but By
vi ~ s~IoseGment matrimonial alliance
,wlsn Frlncess Caroline. of Wurtem-
Pers. Princess Letitia's. mother Is
Princess Clothilde. sister Of the lote
Ing Humhert and OF ex-oueen Pia
More thar any other member OF the
mas inherited through her fathe tho
parties. and through her absolute re-
lusai 10 consult anything but her own
eapriees, Wins and tastes. has been
ihss oIsee Of almost as much trouble 70
present King OF Italy az her grand
aunts. the sisters OF the first Napoieon
WIRE TO the great Emperor.
~Eonaparte type. she was at one time
enEdgeu 10 her first cousin. the pres
ent Duke OF Aosta. who was deeply
o%ra dirapted wltn ner: But her extra
OF italy led her TO jilt him and 10
marry MS widowed father instead. that
- 70 say her uncle, as being nearer
present King was looked upon as ey-
ceedingly delicate. as unlikely to
marry, and 1t was thought Improbable
= { ne would ever live to succeed to
iate Duke of Aosta would have then
Deen the next heir. The marriage of ex-
lNlhs amadeus of Spain with his niece
a quarter OF a century his junior. and
VINO mad been the ~fiancce OF his son,
aroused an immense amount OF criti.
eissn, and II was only with the utmost
give q dispensation. The only con-
slderatlon In Its favor was that the
ex-illng., who was renowned for his
piety and FOR his lofty principles. might
wife. 1870 'ou"s
Princess Letitia was, however. dis
appointed In her ambitions. For, after
a marriage that commenced someIyhat
inauspiciously, the wedding being al
tended by certain ominous Incidents
the eY-King died eighteen month
later. leaving his niece-wife with one
young SON., Humbert. Count of Salient.
AS soon as ever the mourning of the
princess was over the possibility OF
ner marrying her eX-hiance was put
on tho tapis. He was then, as heI s
To-Day. an extremely handsome man,
and he was still. despite all. so greatly
infatuated with her that during the
early years of his subsequent marrIare
With Princess Helene of Orleans,
Jealousy n misery to the latter
tBut neither King Humbert nor the
Vatican would consent to even com
slider the possibility OF o union between
Her marriage to her elderly uncle had
given rise-to enough criticism, In ali
conscience: If she had, after that,
become the wife of her own stepson,
who was likewise her first cousin,
popular Indignation would have known
no hounds
At one momen her hnnd was sought
In marriage by Roland Bonaparte. But
this project. too. was vetoed by her
uncle and brother-in-iaw the late King
from her father. She was entirely dc.
pendent upon King Humbert. as she is
forday Inpon King Victor Emmanuel,
tie attention to her only son. Count
Salemi, who was brought up by her
mother, the widowed Princess Ciothilde
B~onaparte at Castle Moncalieri. near
Turin, in such seclusion as to give
rise to all sorts of stories as to the
mental and physical condition Of the
youngster.
Princess Clothilde lives the life Of a
saint, In the habit of a nun. having
converted her castle of Moncalieri Into
part hospital. part orphan asylum,
where the education of the children and
the care of the sick aro in the hands
Of religious orders. The boy therefore
did not have the same opportunities
as other boys, and when finally he
grew up, and II became necessary to
emancipate him from his grand
mothers control, and from the tutelage
Of the priests by whom his education
had until then been conducted. he
was III prepared for tho battle of life.
and Incapable OF resisting the many
temptat fons that fall to the share OF
avarv rnval nrinee. Adde6ito this waa