The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-06
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HED1VE ABBAS. who on the oc-
casion OF his former visits to
N the various capitals OF Europe
Travelled en- garcon. has this
ment abroad by being accompanied nv
one of his wives. whose name will be
looked for In vain in tho Almanach dc
Gotha. IL WAS not this. however that
caused the embarrassment. For there
Is no reason why her name should not
be recorded In its pages. since she is
legally married to him. according to
Moslcm rites, and ranks rs second
Khediviah. although she is his favorite
wife.
The trouble Is that the lady is an
Austrian. or rather Hungarian rene
gade. of noble birth. but of stormy
antccedcnts. who forsook the Roman
Catholic Church. In which she was
born, for Professionalism. In order to be
able to secure from the Austro-Hun-
husband: and then became convert
to Islam, In order to legalize her re-
lations with the Khedive which were
for some time previously source Of
considerable scandal even In Cairo
whore almost everything and every
body are tolerated.
The Khed!v!ah is by birth Countess
Marianne Torok, and a cousin OF the
former secretary of the Austrian en-
hassy at Washington. Count Alexander
Torok. Her mother a member OF the
historic house OF Vetter Won der Lille
Ian illcgitimatc branch OF the French
royal house or Valois) after dIvorcing
Count Joseph Torok. Governor Of the
province of Ungvar. married the we'll
known Magyar engineer, Theodore
Puskas, founder OF what is known az
the Spoken Newspaper" at Pesth: an
organ of the press which provides It's
subscribers. not with reading matter.
but with oral news communicated by
telephone. Puskas is dead. and his
widow has taken to herself third
husband. a certain Charles Cserna.
Torok. found life with her mothers
second husband intolerable. left her
home and went first OF all, on to the
concert platform as pianist, and t1en
on the stage. where she obtained more
celebrity through her sensational quar-
rels with her managers. and though
her outbursts of temper against the
critics and the public. than through
her art.
Most of her professional career was
spent outside OF Austria. with many
ups and downs, especially the latter.
and she was often in extremely strait
subsequent to her marriage In 1898 to
Baron Arthur Muller Won Klingspor,
of the sixth regiment OF artillery of
the Austrian army-a union speedily
sundered by divorce.
1t was either at Monte Carlo. or at
Pesth. In the Hotel Hungaria that the
Countess Marianne first attracted the
attention OF the Khedive, four years
ago, and at his instance. she took up
her abode In the following winter at
Koubbeh, in villa just opposite his
suburban palace, near Cairo. There
she lived until her marriage. about
eighteen months ago. Her position at
Cairo during that time was so equi-
vocal that the ladies Of the Diplomatic
Corps and of the foreign colony. de-
clined to hold any sort of intercourse
with her. She was not only boycotted
in the most relentless fashion, but sub
iected to ali sorts of slights by CaIrene
society, the women OF which were en-
couraged thereto by the knowledge
that their attitude towards the count
ess was q source Of satisfaction to the
first wife of the Nhedive, the ex-slave
and former odalisque. Ikbal Hanem.
or course. wheD the Khedive married
the countess. the situation changed.
and the ladies of the Diplomatic Corps.
and the wives of the foreign and ma
tive dignitaries In the service of the
Egyptian government, were Obliged to
pay homage and court to the woman
whom they had formerly avoided and
er Of Egypt hold courts very much
like those of a European Queen. with
this difference: that men are excluded
therefrcm; and until foreign woman
consorts of the Khedive and especially
to his favorite wife. at one of these
receptions, by the wife of the envoy
of her country, or by the doyenne of
the diplomatic Corps, she is barred
from court and excluded from all state
entertainments and functions.
This Magyar Khediylah, who now Ia
known as Princess Sobeida. (Which she
took in lieu of that of Marianne on tho
occa sion of her conversion from Chris
danity to Islam.l Is very handsome
woman, of the Magyar type. of identl-
caliy the Same ago as the Khedive; and
that she, Is clever is hest shown by
her SUCCESS In Inducing the Khedive to
marry her and to give her tho rank and