Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-22
An1ecam Girls Whose Rnmc@s French Mobiles Have Turned Quit M

their influence is part of that mysterious
something that is putting new push into
the French ariStocracy. AND the Choi.
seul-Praslins have a third American girl
among them, the daughter OF Ne"
York lawyer.
There is a fourth American girl among
them In the days of the old kings VINO
gave the titles one of them would nave
decided quickly whether the Prince de
Bearn ct de Chalais is Choiseul-Pras-
lin; but the courts of the republic will
not. Therefore, to this day, we are not
certain that Miss Winans of Baltimore Is
really married into the old family OF the
minister of Louis XIV. In any case,
however. she has a grand seigneur for
a husband: there is no kick coming from
the Princess de Bearn ct de Chalais.
None of the French nobility for cen
turtles stood higher than the Chambruns.
When Louis XIV made the marquisates,
a Comte de Chambrun got one of the
first. They always had sense. They kept
much land right through the revolution
They had money placed in England. At
the restoration they got a whack at the
S12cAG0.GD0 fund to indemnity the mar
tyred French nobility.
To prove that their sense remains. the
Marquis de Chambrun snapped up an
American girl of the Rlves-NicholS Fam
lily of Virginia.
Good 1t is the old tale l have told you
several times already. Instead OF mar
riage failure. the French noble family
Go ahead" they said to the Comte de
Chambrun, when he was old enough to
marry; find another like herr And he
found Miss Longworth. Alice Roosevelts
sster-in-.aW.
The Chamb"uns play a most important
part in the effort to ameliorate the So
cial situation of French working people.
At home in their vast and patriarchal
Chateau of rEmpery Carrieres they are
the masters of the land as far as EYE
can see. Their villages possess no wretch
ed poor Their farmers have blooded
stock, new agricultural machinery, dis
tilleries. grain mills. canning factories.
The American girls who became Cham
bruins helped to point out the way.
No Chambrun has ever wasted dollar
Of American money. What the late head
Of the house spent Oh the Musee Sociale
was his own; you might say that he spent
French money helping the United States
| could go on for paSes. For each
American girl whose love and dignity
and money have been wasted in French
title buying there are fifteen who have
made love matches, reasonable bargains,
settlements IN life continuing happily
Shall l speak of the Marquise de Ga
nay, once Miss RidseWay Of Philadel-
phia? She IS a grandmother with her is
sue married into great French families.
Or the BaronEe Louis de Ia Grange and
the Comtesse Jean de Kergorlay? They
were daughters of Gov. Carroll of Mary
land Or the Marquise de Breteuil, who
was Miss Garner of st. Louis. and who
was recently intrusted by King George
TO take care OF the young Prince OF
Waes in France? Suppose that she did
bring the marquis 81 000, 900. as the Car
rolls brought So. Cox, 900 cache They new
cr regret;e ed 1t.
The Marquis dc Mores never had good
hour away from his wife, Miss Hoffman,
OF New York. Their son-you might
think him an American-is today the
Duke of Valombrosa. most ancient
title. Rita Bell, niece Of James Gordon
Bennett, is as happy as queen with