The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-15
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prises do. and for some time the poor
countess was in very straitened cir
eumstances Indeed. She Is not. as
many believed. a fullbred American,
! American mother
Her union to Count Arthur Fab
picotti was not happy one. and
since divorce is unknown In Italy. the
l,oh In France, Immediately after
wards efecting the severance OF his
.natrimonial ties through the French
! tribunals.
Thanks to this divorce. Countess
Ahrthur was enabled to marry Baron
! Niliotti. who had some time before
| peen shclved by the Italian Foreign
Cl'ce because Of sensational troubles
IN Which he was involved as Italian
charSe o'anaires at Paris--troubIes
! that led to q most unseemIy falling
out with one OF hts conpatriots who
G,uarre.ed with him concerning some
had previously spent some years IN
the Italian diplomatic service at Wash
, mn;,s,. where he acquired the rather
by the Chevy Chase Club.
BY and by Alliotti and his bride
established themselves in Rome. where
the charming eXmodiste speedily
concentrated that she was still more
! ehhrminS as baroness than as "A
countess. and made such warm fr ends
In influential quarters that to the
mmaZsment OF everybody. Alllotti,
SMnose iather was Il rug dealer at
| Snyr na. has been appointed to succeed
| Mexico.
The Fabbricotti family wero orig
Ih1iiE dealers in Carrar;i marble own
ing certain valuable Quarries. Being
prosperous In business. they were able
10 puy the title OF count. about seventy
| years ago. when such honors were.
s SUI a,d to be obtained by a judcious
cAPenoiture OF cash, from the rulers
or the petty states into which Italy
was then divided
| Count Raybaudy Massiglia may. how
Sfgr. prove TO be n diplomatic agent
tm. to replace. since. besides be-
IN tho service. lie has also acquired.
oy long experience in different coun-
trics and climes. the art of dealing
WIN more than one difficult situation,
ana as a matter of fact remained in
MeNico FOR many months toillnE al
most lone handed. at singularly
strenuous time, for the best interests
King George Y. may be said to
| on the third OF June. and an official
one. celebrated on the most convenient
approximate date. But whatever time
nay De selected. an important par,
or the observance consists of the pic
colorS" Ut Is held on the Horse
GUARDS parade ground where George
MS house and by any foreign royai-
Ties who may happen to be visiting
ms court, all In fun uniform and SUI
heCpiy mounted. reviews tho entire
oFlsaoo or guards. horse and foot.
The whole pageant is extremely i'm :
pressivc and stately. and an inter-
estcd spectator would never guess lis
peculiar origin, 1t was originated By
'hat most unpopular and gcnernly
cNecrated individual, the Duke Of Cum
berland, younger son of George IT.
VINO was nicknamed "the Butcher :.
on account of his cruelties after The
i latte OIL Cuiioden, when tho retreat
NE enemy were merciiessly pursued
the result being that the Jacopite ris.
ing In Scotland camc to an end aimos,
at once.
his object in inventlng the troop
nc s oi tne eoiors was praiseworthy
may De said to have been in thu in
.orests OF temperance. 1t was for Tho
n ptHi,,ppse OF discovering which of the
onieeFs hau iailcd to recover from IN.
eiiects of tho drunkenness and reveirv
n OF the previous night 1t was tbo
fashion In those days to drink heavily.
ana , some OF the officers allowed them
In this respect. so much so. indeed
that they were frequently maj ~
duties the next day ''''' Lux
In, In such cases their condition was
satisfactorily pass through Tho -,
or the trooping of the coiors at tha
morning parade. one of the features
o, OF nne pageant requiring each officer
70 march very slowly and alone direct-
| ~ 10 MS post, tho least irrcrmia III
Oh gait being, of course, INSTANTLY
noticeable.
While the necessity for this ,est mo
longer exists. the parade continues
~ INC form established by the But
cher Duke, and Is an invariabIo a.
Compartment OF the official ceiebrat ton
% tne birthday OF the sovereign
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