The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-08
nY LA MAnauIsE. DE FoNTENoY.

ny La MARaUIsE, DE FoNTENoY.
n N ARIA LulsN OF Bourbon. who.
ltvA come in for II good deal OF UNI
pleasant publicity lduring the
last few weeks In London. iii conncc-
lion with gang Of shady adventures
who. starting a l"National Dental Aid
Society for purposes OF fraud, havo
! swindled. in several cases ruined peo-
pie. by the use OF her name. IL neither
royal nor princess. The lady is said
, for the use of her, name, and while
she Indignantly denies that she re.
reiyed amy money. the fact remains
that her name has been used for some
months past as "a decoy by the dues-
ttonablc individuals concerned, with
out any protest on her part. TO extort
tic National Dental Aid Society was
constituted by them. not for the pnr-
| pose OF extracting real teeth and sup
plying artificial molars on philanthrop-
ic terms. but to extract money from
foolish people whom they induced to
invest in the concern The men. IT
pay be added. have been repeatedly ere
This exposed In print In connection
with other similar swindles. and have
been more especially shown up by
Henry Labouchcre in the pages of Lon
with regard to Maria Tulsa OF Bour-
hon, she Is as have said above. neith-
er royal highness nor n princess. She
does, howsever; possess In her own
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| husband. whose name was formerly
Juan de Monclus y CabanellaE. having.
in accordance with Spanish laws and
customs become Duke Of Seville
through marriage. At the time when
she became his wife he possessed a
considerable fortune, but | understand
TTeversas. and removed from Spain to
London, where the duchess who Is
childless, now makes her home. at 90
kenSiDston Square, w.
L c N " nf rooa n o
American visitors there, ii may be as
we'll 10 explain Just who she is.
The dukedom Of Seville. was formerly
princes of the refgning house of Spain.
and the duchess owes her possession
thereof to the fact. of her being the
eldest daughter of the late Duke of Sc
vile, though. she was not formally es-
| ta.blished In her rights to the dultedom
until she had defeated her moth
vile. The lattori is dreadful old wo-
| man of obscure origin and who max
Ing her home in Paris, bore as young
girl the name of Josephine Parade.
Maria Luisa,. preferrlng her two young
or girls, and when.s after Maria Tulsa
married. IN London, Don Juan de- Mon
fortune. the young couple showed a
disposition to resist her constant and
ever increasing demands for money.
she, with a degree of shameless efron-
terry dificult.to describe. actually COM
menced legal proceedings in the courts
| OF Madrid against her eldest daughter
| with the object of deprlying her of
tho grandczZa and Of her title Of
Duchess of Seville, on the ground that
| she was illegitimatc. The proceedings
| In court brought 10 light the fact that
Maria I.uisa had been born out Of we'd
| lock-, namely two years before the
! union Of her parents had boen legal
lied by marriage. which latter. how.
ever, according. 10 Spanish law had
| the result of leGitmizing her. But the
| judges held that tho dowager duch-
ess had entirely failed to prove the
main plea upon which her suit against
\ her daughter was based. namely, that
Maria Luisa, although her child was
not the offspring Of the late Duke of
Seville. l5l} Illia.s
| Popular sympathy was all. OF course.
with Dona Maria Ltiisa, who was thus
confirmed in her tonors and dignities.
public execraton against her unnatural
mother was So great that she had To
be specially protected by the police
from the angry populace on her fway
| to and from the court g.s3
n The Duke of Seville, the grandfather
| of the duchess. was brother OF King
| Francis OF Assist. who was consort
| of old Queen Isabellaa OF Spain. At one
time he bore the name OF Henry, was
| deeply in love with Isabella and en-
gagged to marry hor. But the match
trigue of -Isabella's mother, Queen
Christine, and sho was married Instead
to ibis eldest brother. Francis.
J Prince Henry, disappointed in loyo
Las well as ambition, Joined o. EaYQlu--