The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-11
AUSTRIAN EMPEROR
CONTROLS FORTUNE

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vSho - m a6ooauts control Of The prop
erty. ana independent Of any court Of
law.
That thAs Application should have
been made 10 the benkA constitutes an
qmrreis which have been raging for
some time Rst between Archduke
Francis Ferdinand and the Duchess Of
HohenbrH on the one hand. and on
the other most Of the remaining arch
dukes and archduchesses.
Il 10 e be hoped that the readers Of
Arthur Meyers new book Of reminis.
CWhat I Can Tell.) viii not regard Vt
a . true portrait Of Partisan life dur
ing the last forty years. Tho relndn-
tscences, e - true. are IN ertistic
production. worthy Of . man who dur.
the leading journalists and editors on
the banks Of the Seine. But In order
to furnish q BACKGROUND TO history, ne
takes for the purpose the salon or the
hate Confesee de Loynos. ana ne makes
All the personaSes who are mentioned
guests. and q hAbituss Of her enter
tainmenta In fact. II We are TO be-
neve Arthur Meyer. all the ELECTIONS
to tho French Academy. many poAticaA
ooups and ministerial crises. several
International alliances. tnnumeraole
social successes and executions. etc:
were eli determined In her salons ana
under her aeg1a.
II this were true-which 10 not the
oase-it would be singularly unfor-
tunate for France. since the Comtesse
de Loynes waA. prior to her marriage.
= noted demimondaine. who was the
favortte In turn Of Alexander Dumas
wicked old Emile de Girardin; OF
Prince Napoleon. (surnamed Pion-
Plon,"> and Of the ill-fated Provost
Paradol. who committed suicide while
representing France a. minister paen-
ipo4entiary at Warrington One OF
her lovers. Ernest Baroche. son OF the
statesman Of that name. beaueatneo
with Q number OF mining shares. wnacn
became afterwards extremely vaiuaoie.
With this money she was enabled 70
secure the name and the mana OF q
perfectly authentic Count de Loynes.
Guard ep' under the Empire. and whom
the overthrow Of the Napoleonic re-
Sfme had loft penniless and without
occupation.
Arthur Meyer 10 perhaps scarcely
qualified to form a correct judgment
OF the importance of the influence OF
the Comtesse de Loynes's salon upon
life in France during the last haff
career as the book-keeper and genera
factotum Of another celebrated demi-
mondaine. known as Blanche d'Anttgny'
who IL So graphically portrayed ny
lola as Mana" in his novel OF that
name.
Prince carlo Brancaccio. who arrives
in New York to-day from Europe. is
half American, his mother, the late
Princess Brancaccio, having been
Miss Elizabeth Hickson Field. dauRh-
ter Of Hickson Field. OF New York. the
late princess, who in her younger days
was a great beauty OF the blonde type.
was one Of the two American-born
ladfes-in-waffine OF Queen Marguerite.
who was very fond Of her. and 1t Is
no secret that a considerable amount.
though not ALL Of the violent and Ell
fectual opposition OF the Dowager
Queen to the marriage Of her favorite
nephew. the Duke of the Abruzzi. to
Miss Catherine Elkins, was due to the
Influence Of the late Princess Bran
caccio
| The Bsancaccios are q very ancient
Neapolitan family. the FOUNDER o.
| Burrhus Brancassius. who fiourishec
! 900 years ago, their ducal titles OF
Castalnuova df Lustra and OF Pontei-
andolio dating from the beginning OF
the seventeenth century. and their
princely title OF Ruffa1o and OF d.
Triggiano. from the commencement of
the eighteenth century. Prince Carlo
is unmarried. about forty-two years OF
age an onicer of the italian army. and
makes his home with his septua gen-