The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-07
PRINCE HONORED BY
FRENCH GOVERNMENT

OF Belgian diplomat. was famous as
the h6erla OF the late Duo dc Norny.
IN fact. the marriage OF Prime. stan
is'ua 10 Mile. lie Hon. was Gnnounc ii
IN INC following terms in the Oniclal
Ghzette OF ALLAN: Yesterday was cell
eoHnted The wedding OF Mile. lie Hon.
1aushter OF Madame IL, lion and OF
the Due de Morny, to Stanialas. son
OF Prince Joseph poniatowski." Nine.
lie Hon. who was OF Hebrew birth,
nc!nS the daughter OF tho onco we'll
Known Parisian money broker Mos
!.. familiar TO all the g!lded
youth of the reign Of Louis Philippe,
occupied superb mansion on the
Cnhihpa Eiysecs. near tho Rond Point.
WnFe taoiished In ANAL pavilion
adloin!nB thereto. II used TO be pop
giaT ~ known as the kennel OF Nine.
I>c Hons pet dog"
BY this marriage with Mile lie Hon.
i'E1hce StGnlslns. who died in 1908,
mad three children. daughter. of the
name of Catherine, VINO still lives.
residing in tho Rue dc Rivoli. In Paris;
Charles, who married Miss Catherine
Ely Goddard, and who died, as | have
described ABOVE, in New York. at the
Hotel ST. ReGis. IN 1906; the remain
ing, ono OF tho three being Prince
andrew Poniatowski. who after being
connected with the California Jockey
Ciu6' ana hevera! mining and indus
.r!ai enterprises, Is now tho head OF a
Franco-Ame rican bank Ut Paris and
is apparently regarded there ns an ex-
pert authority on American financial
aTairs; lie is married to Miss Eiizn-
peth Sperry OF Stockton, California.
sister law of w. II. Croker OF San
Francisco.
The late Prince stanislas was In
many respects rather unlucky man.
ihat Is 10 say, he missed great oppor-
tuhiiles. Thus. on the occasion of tho
memorable visit of Alexander H. of
Russia 10 Paris In 1907, he had been
assigned to attend tho two Emperora
hn ne fT.s,
hsld at Longchamps. Not only had the
prince just arrived, tired out by
hurried journey from Florence, on the
morning OF tho review but he like
,iGuity IN getting into the tigh; patent
leather boots which formed part and
parcel OF his uniform as equerry. One
or MS fellow equerries. Raiinbaud
happened TO be calling upon him, and
on the prince giving Expression to his
fatigue and 10 his Discrimination to go
on duty, Raimbuud offered to take his
place. which Poniatowsk gratefully
accepted, placing ut Poniatowskrs dis
posal his own favorite charger
Haimeaud had Just time to get into
MS uniform, and to take his place on
Pon!atoWshs charger. alongside the
Imperial equipaRc. when the latter
containing the Emperors of Russia and
afterwards Alexander III) ana his
brother. the Grand Duke Vladimir.
started from the Tuileries for the re-
view.
On the return to this city from Long.
champs. after the great military pa
geant was over. the attempt of Bere-
zowski on the life of the Car took
PLACE in tho Avenue do Boulogne.
Had Prince Poniatowski's boots not
been so tight on the morning OF that
eventful day, It is no who would have
been in the place of Raimbaud. and
ne would have had the opportunity
The preservation OF the Gear by n Po
lish prince, from a Polish assassin
would in itself have been an extraor.
binary. event, and there is no Knowing
what form tho gratitude OF Alexander
and OF tho Russian imperial family
and government might have taken
Possibly !. might have assumed the
form OF the restoration in some mod
flied shape of Polish Independence wiz
the late Stanislas Poniatowski as rule
under the suzerainty of Russia rho
chances not only OF a lifetime. but Of
n century. nay. and the fate OF ma
ton. were lost. owing to pair or
tight-fittins beots
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