Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-29

litical demonstration in favor of the
Duke D'Orleans. pretender to the throne
Of France. The duke was represented
at the ceremony by Baron De Fonscol-
ombe. president of the royalist COM
mittee.
Other American "Royalists.
The Marquis de Charette is half Amer
lean, Tor his mother, the Baroness de
Charette, was Miss Polk of Nashville
Tenn. The baroness is a strong royal
list having adopted the political opinions
OF her husband. They insist upon cal
ling the Duke D'Orleans King Louis
Philippe.
Another fighting American royalist
also in evidence during these ami
versary days of Louis XVI and Marie
Antoinette, is the Marquise de Mar
timpre. formerly Miss Drouillard OF
Nashville Another American called
frequently to do service at court is
the Duchess de Dino. formerly Miss
Symes of Montreal Nine. Anna Gould
now the Princess de Sagan. was also
one of the fighting royaIists" when
she was the wife of Count Boni de
Castellane. As the Princess de Sagan
and Duchess de Talleyrand she is a
legitfmatist. and stands for the elder
branch of the Bourbons.
send complete outfit necessary to
search for Egyptian queens Such is
the extraordinary message which comes
from an American to the learned con-
servator Of the Guimet museum in the
Place de lena. The American in ques.
| ton is the learned Psychologist, Theo-
dore Dairs of Newport.
a recent find of the Egyptian kings
| by Prof. Loret of the University of
Lyons has evidently stirred the
chivalrous nature of the Newportian.
and he has gone in search of the
Egyptian queens in consequence. His
voice is that of one crying in the
| wilderness, for he is at present away
out in the desert of upper Egypt. made
| famous in Christian history as having
been the haunt of Paul and Anthony.
town to him is Luxor. which stands
upon the site Of ancient Thebes In
f1uenced by the personal fitness of Mr..
Dairs for the work of exploration, and
museum, the Egyptian government has
given him every encoura cement, and all
facilities for his Investigations.
Rich Harvest Probable.
| 1t seems a long cry from the marble
palaces of Newport to the holy cell of
| a hermit in a desert, yet the hut just
built by Mr.. Dairs is fashioned after
| the habitations of the ancient Anchor
| lists. Judging from his past success and
the number Of mummified queens sup
posed to be buried in this part of
Egypt. Mr. Dairs will reap rich
harvest. Hence among them there must
be many queens. and as queens as well
as kings were buried in all the regal
splendor with crowns, bracelets, jewels
and other trappings of ancient royalty.
Mr.. Dairs is very likely to find treasures
untold
The explorer intends TO vary the
of his excavations with
sional trips in his house boat on the Nile
near ancient Thebes.
James B. Morgan New st. Martin.
An evidence that James B. Morgan of
New York, in order TO attain that perfec-
ton preached by the gospel Will sell all
that he has and give to the. poor" has
just been made manifest at Nice. James
Morgan is nephew of the world-famous
banker, j. Pierpont Morgan. Usually he
lives in the Champs d Elysse with the
japanese princess whom he married. At
present he is racing al Nice iR company
with Frank Gould who also owns a rae
ing stable and who wins race once in
a full moon.
The other evening. when the thermome-
ter stood singularly low for Nice, a shiv-
ering stable lad, thinly clad, had to lead
d race Nurse SeEeTdi ulll..S 10 the stable.
The horse was warmly blanketed, but the
meager garments of the boy invited
pneumonia in the treacherous night air
of the Riviera. James Morgan took in
the situation. He took off the handsome
fur coat he was wearing and wrapped 1t
around the stable boy. The astonished
and grateful youth was speeches. with
surprise and gratitude. The coat was
such as is worn by Russian grand dukes
in st Petersburg and Moscow. and if
the price were put into francs it would
reach an enormous figure.
Now it is well known that saints have
given away their garments in times past,
but it is not the usual custom of mil
lionaires.
Courtship of Count De Lesseps.
Count jacques de Lesseps, son of the
famous engineer who planned the Pan
anna canal. has gone to London laden
with gifts for his American bride. Two
remarkable presents also await her ar
rival in Paris. He could not very Well
take them to London, as one is an aero
plane and the other a house.
The aeroplane is a charming souvenir,
since 1t was in an airship that he met
Miss Grace Mackenzie, daughter of Sir
William and Lady Mackenzie of Mon
treal. Never was a young lady wooed
from q higher plane.
There are four Counts de Lesseps, all
brothers. They are Counts Charles. Vic
tor. Ferdinand and Jacques. The last
mentioned is the youngest, and was born
when his father. the great engineer, was
over eighty. He speaks English like an
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