The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-25
~ La MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
MOTHER chapter has been added

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n to the scandals in connection
a with the late King Leopold OF
lion s ei.s,nin, through the publiea-
"reminiscences of Henri Bataille. who
spent many years III the monarchs ser
vice as valet. The work Is full or all
! sorts OF intimate details. which cannot
be said to either improve or damage
the memory of his late master since
the latter.s reputation, as far as his
private life is concerned. was OF too
ceptible of injury.
1t describes, however. how on one
occasion. when Leopold had brought
Of 'f dae, and ran ira gnes, to the palaee
declined 10 serve dinner for her in
| me Kings private apartments. They
were wiling 10 serve him. but not
She woman. Leopold gave way. In SO
iar that he submitted to have din
her provided for only one person: and
the author of the book claims that
the King and the woman were seated
ut the table. she eating off the plates
which had been prepared for him, while
ne Yea himself direct from the dishes
The book also declares that lust q
lew hours before his death, Leopold
had called his secretary. Baron COT
met 70 him. and had given him not
only his watch and chain. but also
a medallion which he had worn around
/ his neck from his boyhood, that had
neen blessed and presented to him by
me ti4en nunclo at brussels, who after
wards became Pope. as Leo XIII. Baron
Gofnnet by the directions of the King
handed both the medallion and the
watSh and chain TO the woman known
as Baroness Vaughan who, according
TO stories current in Paris. is about
TO marry the din!inutive Due Decazes.
@hose hrst wife was the late Isabella.
singer, one or the daughters and heir
esaes of the sewing machine manu-
facturer.
Color has been lent to these stories
pSy the iact that the Due Decazes has
toiiowed the sultaaa of the late King
OF the Belgians 10 Aix-les- Bains. whero
ne is in constant attendance upon
ner' she Is coiossally rich. In fact,
wealth. since there is no means OF
tracing with any degree of certainty,
az the vast sums lavished upon ncr
b o., the last four years of his life
The Duc Decazes is the grandson of
h tnas ~, sie, Deeozes. who. though OF
| the period of the latter's exile ana
was created coun- by him on the
restoration, although IL was insisted
mad beer of a mental character. Few
men were more e%ecrated in their day
thGn this Ellie Decazes. So much SO
sn 7aIy A nnds H KY did not dare to be
CAGES until two years after he had
induced the drunken King of Den
mar h, II Sot or the worst description
to confer the Danish dukedom ~
Glucksb!erG upon his favorite
according 10 historians. to contem-
porary memoirs and to diplomatic dis
patches since published this first Due
Decazes was not free from suspicion
of having instigated the murder OF
the royal Duke de Berry. heir TO the
throne. and who made no concealment
Of his adherence Of the man, opposing
him in every way. So convinced was
George ". OF the dukes completely in
the affair that when Louis XVIII. ap
pointed the man as his amba ssador 20
the court OF St James the English
King refused to receive him and in.
sisted upon his recall. His son. the
second Due Deeazes, was for a mum.
Der of years Minister of Foreign AZ
fairs at Paris, especially during the
presidency of Marshal Mcmahon. The
present duke is the third OF the line.
and has taken a prominent part In
aviation and yachting matters.
Lord Errington eldest son and heir
OF the Earl Of Cromer. has Just retired
altogether from the Foreign ONCE and
from the diplomatic service in order
to devote himself wholly to the great
banking house Of Barring, of which