The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-23
THE BACHELOR GIRL"
BECOMES PRINCESS

, his best to deprive of any temporal
significance.
The father OF Don Ronredo. tho
present and fourth Duke OF Sermon
eta. is distinguished not only as
seatesman--he has repeatedly held tho
ONCE OF Minister of Foreign Affairs
but IS also the leading archeol1yisc
of Italy.
HIS eldest son and heir. who bears
the title OF Prince Teano. Is the great
est living authority on Islamic lore.
and is just bringing out the fourth
volume of his monumental work on
the history OF Islam. which is to cover
the period from the Hegirn TO the
capture OF constantinople in 1883. He
is. like his father. very tall man.
considerably over ak feet in height,
with big. thoughtful dark eyes. q short
! black beard and mustaohe, fine
chlse!ed features. and the face OF a
man that one would expsct to see
framed in monastic cowl rather than
in society as the husband OF one ot
the prettiest and most fascinating wo-
men OF Anglo-Itai!an society, daugh-
ter or the chief OF the house OF Colon-
ma; woman who may claim to bs
the most daring feminine pioneer in
the sport OF aviation.
Prince Teano. in the midst of all
his Oriental travels. in connection
with his study OF AIohammedan ris-
tory, geography, religion and civil!za-
t!on at first hand. and which lave
taken him through all Northern
Africa, Palestine. Northern and South
ern Arabia. Asia Minor. Central Asia.
Persia and India, has found time 10
visit the United States on several oc-
casions. and the Caetani Palace at
Rome contains some fine pelts and
heads of grizzlies. shot by him in
IA HNty -
in waiting to Queen Helena.
Don Roffredo himself, that his to
say. Miss chapins nance. has ach!evad
considerable celebrity as a musical
composer and has produced several
very successful operas Another
brother, Don 1.-TWO Caetani. who has
repeatedly visited America, Is now
Italian charge daffaires at st. Peters
burg, yet another brother. Gelasio. is
playwright. while the only sister
Dona Giovannella. makes her homo
just at present at Picking. where her
husband. Baron Alberto Grenier, Is
Belgian minister plenipotentiary.
The Duchess of Sermoneta is an Eng
lishwoman, once famous beauty OF
English society, and member of that
house of Wilbraham, of which the
Earl OF Lathom is the chief She 10 a
sister OF the Countess OF Crawford.
and was at one time famous as tho
finest equestrienne In Italy. a cuun-
try in which she has been yer ac-
tive, as the founder and moving spirit
of the Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals.
The third wife of the late Duke Of
Sermoneta, who survived him a num-
Der of years. was an Englishwoman,
the Hon. Harriet Ellis, sister OF the
late Lord Howard de Walden, and as
she remained Protestant until her
death, 1t Is possible that Miss Mar
guerite Chaplin may remain q member
of that denomination after her mar
riage, If she has not already become
convert to Roman Catholicism
The Duke of Sermoneta has some OF
the finest game preserves in all Europe.
those around his castle of Fogliano.
perched on the rocky banks of the
Lake of Fogliano enjoying a European
celebrity. Fogliano is also noted for
Its immense herd OF huge water buff
faloes. and for its butterI or cowboys.
who perform quite as remarkable feats
OF horsemanship and of daring as their
American counterparts. 1t was there
that the Duke of Sermoneta invited
Theodore Roosevelt for a shoot on
the occasion of his last visit to Rome,
an invitation which the former Presi-
dent of the United States was COM
PEELED at the last moment to decline.
Copyright, 1911, by the Brentwood
Company