New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-10
THIS PRINCE DANCED
Fat Polish Noble Famed Tor
TerpsiChorean FeatS.


c;rgor ona Of the daughters and nenesseS
-, Tho great American sewing machi'e
manufacturer. has been placed III rw,,oo
Ing hy the death Of his stepfa'nei'
Lubor1irski. who for the last my
has been one Of the most cohspiO, A
amusing figures Of the French - .no
scion a. one Of the oldest houses
Polish nobility. which was raised u
lv rank by the German Enpe, .,s
seventeenth century. he was $50
hovhood a page Of honor 70 OzNi -.
las 7 and published volume ~ ms
riscences as such. which gave great
81 81, Petersburg ,,,-,,os+
N,,c!s+,,g ~ Paris during the paIniieS'
DAYS OF Fn1peror Napoleon ana Emp -
r,,,rerie he became a favorite III '.ie 90
Of tho Tuileries and member oi ma
he,6 90 ",,veurs" headed by the Duc ue
Grammar, C.sderousse on account OF ",S
ovoirsupois he was nicknamed h"uis
eu,f, hall of sat. and won much us
tirction by the invention OF a Ne"
known as the pas de goret' hteral'S '-'V
ororLer,s step" in the dance wnlch Vas
,ten tho feature Of the garden at Mapiiie
as il was subsequently Of the "o"ii"
Rouge
The prince. in 1y7. finding hinseh IN
financial difficulties. married the emu nv
" wealthy widow Of NJ. Boyer WHO "au
ar1assed an immense fortune ny the "'''-'I
facture OF his so-csIled eau ces ca'nleS'
and story used 70 be current 20 the eieO'
that the prince on the morning q NE
wedding day. was delayed in getting 10
church bv an huissier efYecting an entrance
20 his room, before he had risen from his
bed and selling then and there. on oehaI
r. his creditors the evening dress SUIT
which he was about 70 don for the cere-
-,orv The prince was in despair. But az
tho last moment he was rescued from Ills
r-adicarent by the concierge. or Janitor'
~ the house. who paid the money neces-
s.rv % release his clothes, thus enabling
tt,o IN reach the church in time for the
c,rsr,orv though triAe late. The prince
-..a~ forgot this assistance which he re-
.eire5 from the concierge, and ever after
v.sr6 cran1piored the cause Of the uni
yersany denounced 'pipelet.
The union did not prove happy one
To princess was the reverse Of liberal In
money matters where her husband was
concerned. and at her death. about ten
,ea-e $50. y was found t.at she had left
HIN but little
Eight years ago he contracted second
marriage. leading to the altar the Dowaser
Duchess q Decazes. by birth a Baroness
Loventhnl Of Vienna. and who was the
widow Of that Duke OF Decazes and OF
rivcksherg who was for n number Of years
Minister Of Foreign Affairs az Paris during
.5e FIRST decade Of the Third Republic.
p-nce Iubonirsh (vho was one Of the
the late Prince Of Orange. half-brother OF
.le present Queen Of Holland and popu-
l1~lv known by the sobriquet OF 'Ctron'O
was a very clever writer. published sew
c-al books, contributed numerous articles
% The press and was a brilliant and anus
Ing man. whose ore mistake in life was
sort Of chronic inability 70 comprehend the
distinction between a hundred franc note
and one Of thousand francs. OF course.
his dancing DAYS were over long ago. but
his pas seuls 81 eccentriques" are called
20 mind by his death
Papa Approval Of Harer' Skirt
With regard o. the harcm skirt. which
S. nov exciting 50 much discussion on both
sides Of the Atlantic. few are aware Of the
fact that IL formed the subject Of a Papal
the Christian era 81 Nicholas, also known
as Pope Nicholas the Great who reigned
from s5s 70 So A n. and during whose
portifcate that part Of Europe now known
rs Bulgaria and Pumania was converted
% Christianity Nv missionaries dispatched
rs him for the purpose. received three
years before his death a lengthy co1nmuni-
cation from the rulers Of the countries IN
he - no
missionaries. in order 10 obtain HIS views
or four different questions. The first was
whether II was still lawful for the newly
converted Christians 70 swear as thereto
fore. on their curved scinitars. which were
more or less Of a non-Chris-ian emblem.
n non. GOO they wished 70 know whether
they could retain as their battle standard
the horses tail THE third question was
whether 10 was absolutely necessary that
women should have their leads covered in
church. while the last and most impor-
ta7t question tre one which concerns Us
to-day was as 20 whether the Christian
women could with proprietv wear hifur-
Gated neither garments Ike the men. To
this last question Pope Nicholas returned
the following reply IN a Latin edict. which
Is given IN "Patrologia Latina" volume
q chapter xvii.
In my eyes the matter Of women's
retire. garments is purely secondary
question. II IS not their clothes but their
religious sentiments that I wish 70 see
changed II s perfectly Indifferent TO ne
whether their women Wear pantaloons
fbracceD inster1 Of skirts What I care
for is faith a0a good works. You have
customs which ore not those Of other
Christians Tou~ women wear pantaloons
and YOU fear that IL viii be accounted 70
them as a sin. since YOU know that il IS
written IN our books that pantaicons are
meet not for women. but for men. That
IS why you have thought n 10 consult me.
DO not worry yourselves ahout this DO
exactly as you see n, preserve your for
rne~ national customs or adopt ours. since
Io q certain way YOU are becoming a new
people by becoming Christians And. after
ell II YOU and your women retain or aban-
con the panta Oons. that viii help in moth
ing 20 your salvation. neither viii il in
crease your virtue The first men had re-
course 90 girdles. As long as YOU we're
heather YOU had recourse 20 pantalOons
Sow that YOU are Christians YOUR new
faith will for-ify YOU against sin and will
become 10 YOU and your women spirital
.Ia7taloonr."
As there has been no pr0nouncernent
since bv the Papacy on the subject Of the
t'flrcated garment in all these twelve
hundred wears which have elapsed since
the pontifcste Of ~. Nicholas the Great.
i, may be assumed that the Roman Cath
ofc Church while 10 has recently con
Ccmned in the "Osservatore Romano" the
Official organ OF the Papscy. the jupe col