The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-16
~ IA sLARouIsE DE roN,,lrrENnY

appointed by. King George as
| IL enc chief OF the set of court Off.
uaft'a special representative at the
coronation John lays Hammond, was
s sormeTi So. GSo o Of pomoay aud
F: dwad o0th queen Victoria and Kins
waiting. His frst WIFE who died about
s.Ne years ago. was sister OF Lord
spencer, and sinoo thon he married the
er OF tho Earl Of Kimberley. She 4,
1ne only daughter Of the late Matthew
Asnold. and cousin. therefore. or Mrs.
Of Sfrs n Whitridse; OF New York. and
ago TO Lord Sandhurst had to be post
poned for several weeks, owing 10 n
seSoae taxieab accident. on the very
eye OF the day appointed for her we'd
ding. her face being badly cut. Lord
oandhurst Is the second peer OF his
name Ills father was raised 10 The
,n,s OIL Lords for his services In con-
nection with the Indian Mutiny, and
aaIt9rwaras as COMMUNICATIVE chief In
india. The family name ia MnnstlelJ.
end me heir TO the barony is Lora
Snho hursts next eldest brother, tho
bar. - '. .'e'
gabrielle Rapagnetta. known In the
world OF letters on both sides OF The
Auantic by his pen name or Gabrielle
u I'm nm unzio. seems to have had IL Mt
l
| matter how great mans genius. there
is degree OF latitude accorded to such
Tn,e h that must not be oyerstcpped
ne poet byron found this out TO hts
cost. and D'Annunzio (to give him the
assumed name by which he is best
known). VINO docs not begin TO nos.
sess Byron's talent. Is finding this out
not only IN Italy, where his household
effects have been sold at public niIc-
ton for the benefit OF his creditors.
| p INt also In Paris. where his play in
fcr,e s' st Sebastian" is proving n
failure The mans moral reputation,
IN one word. Is SO Infamous as TO
h'W ond rem IN his rs. literary ,,,as, efforts.
sodes OF his dissraceful career Was re-
called the other day. when among the
contents of La Canpontina. his villa Ut
iorence, there was put up for public
unich artrt ple1HGe by the
Elcanor Dusc. II may be remembe rcd
that Dusc lavished all the devotion or
= singularly emotional nature upon
- = nhunzio helping him with his work,
placing al his disposal her purse from
which he did NOT hesitate to help him
ser IN the most greedy fashion. and
ans nny Iewerded her 7 by putting her into
her most sacred feelings were laid
bare. and her letters printed. In man
ner altogether revolving to those aware
OF the true facts of the case
- HtIuHHio iiNcwlSe completely ruin
cd another woman. namely. the widow
cd daughter of ex-Premier Rudini,
OF italy. to such an extent that her
FAMILY was compelled to judtcialiy de-
nrlve her or the control of the remnants
OF her fortune. In order to save pitt
lance for. her children. This particular
ahaire de occur OF the novelist and
playwright lasted somewhat longer
the notoricty which 1t brought TO him !:
Tor he Is consumed with vanity and
eEotism, iike 30 many genfuses. He
endeavored to marry. her. although al
really married himself: and as there is
no divorce in Italy, he made IAN at
tempt 10 secure letters of naturaliza-
ton as citizen Of Switzerland, In
| order TO obtain from the Swiss tribunals
authorities. appreciating the fact that
his sole object in applying for Hell
,a,!s citizenship iiz was to evade the
grant him letters of naturaliza ton,
| and the consequence Is that his marrI,
| age to tho only daughter of tho late
Duke OF Gallese and sister Of the pres
ent Duke OF Galiese. still remains ln-
dissolved II -
This lady. that is to say his wife,
ne has ruined. financially, as he has
managed TO ruin pecuniarily every wo-
| man who has been foolish enough 10
lives life Of misery and privation,
with the children whom she has borne
Elm. and derives no possible bsne-
him rom hs n nsnsy an aGder f4om hts is
/ plays, which he squanders in the most
| disgraceful fashion. His eldest boy,
Ganrieiino earns his living as a second ;
AIRY actor In a secondary company.
The second son studied to enter the
merchant marine. But certain sum
OF money was necessary for the school
| from which officers OF the mercantile
marine are graduated, and this Dan
nunzio refused; so that the young fell
low, despite his education, is at sea,
not as nm officer OF the mercantile
third son is a subordinate clerk on one
OF the Italian railroad lines Neither
the mother nor the boys receive n pom
ny piece from their father. Tho moth
she married D'Annunzio; and the pres
ent Duke of Gallese endeavored In
vain to prevent the marriage.
The late Duke OF Gallese's, history
| was a wonderful romance, and is con-
nected with the grand old Altempo
Paiace at Rome. IN very olden times
/ Il was a monastery, ana in the middle
ages 1t WAS acquired. rebuilt. eInbel-
! lished and arranged as residence, by
| the celebrated Cardinal Marco Altempo
On his death he bequeathcd IL to his
| natural SON. Robert AItempo, for whom
he procured the Papal title OF Duke
Of Gnllese, and who married a Princess
| orsini. Towards the middle OF the
nineteenth century there remained of
the ;Altempo family only 7Dona Lucrc-
lia. and a cousin, Count Albert Al
tempo. For the sake of family inter
! csts.. it was decided that The cousins
should marry. After few years
Count Albert died leaving widow and
a daughter The latter dldTnot long
| survive him, and so his widow, Dona
! Llcre2ia, remained sole,sheiress of tho
great patrriimsony Of she house OF AZ,
InEthc early hfGes, whcni3thc French
troops were IN. Promo, Dona Licrcaia
perceived one daS. from tho window or