The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-27
of Prince to Greece
Means Brilliant Season
in Athens.
nY la MNnouIsE die ,oNrENoY.

; IN America the name OF Rookie
n Teller SO in Europe that Of
~ Den'dofi. stand in the popular
eye for literally boundlcss
wealth. Under the circumstances. the
Cars appointment OF Prince Elm
Demidon to represent him in Groese
as mis- Minister Plenipotcntlary. con-
s;itutes an assurance that the next
season at Athens will DC exception
ally brilliant. For Prince and Princess
Elm arc still, comparatively speaking.
young. are both good looking. and Of
a particularly happy temperament with
not only the means but also the in
clination TO promote social sayoty, and
indulge IN hospitality OF tho most law
ISL description.
Elm Demldon is accustomed TO do
things In Il large way and, as an in
stance thereof, / may mention that
wncn alter mis- schooling a. LtOn, the
time came Tor nls passing the neces-
sary Russian university examinations
!egUislt. 10! Z. diplomatic career, he
abNSltely declined To interrupt his
stay OH the riviera py returning 70
ST. PetersDur. Tor TIE purpose. In
stead, he caused all the examining
members OF the faculty OF the Un-
yeisity of st. Petersburg TO come to
nlm ut Nice in & special train placed
b. him a their disposal From me
moment they left the Russian cl.itaI
until their return. they were enter
tained most luxuriously on boarl the
train as well as at Nice. as his hon
oged guests. Under the circumstances.
&. is not astonishing that ne should
have passed his examination with ny
ing oolors
He mas been attached in turn TO the
embassies OF Vienna, London ana Paris.
as well as to the Legation az Copen-
hagen. and everywhere has been q Sue
cess, especially in England. whore
both he and his beautiful wife. born
Countess Sophie Worontzon- Daschl<oi,
daughter of the Viceroy OF the eau
casus. became favorite friends oi Ed
ward VII. and Queen Alexandra. ana
frequent guests ut SandrIngham
Besides being a diplomat, and also
q sportsman TO his nnger-tips. Prince
Film has achieved considerable
amount OF fame as an explorer. and
mas written most Interesting book
on that remote and otherwise almost
unknoNu quarter OF the world called
kamiscnatka, where ne discovered new
!dhes new mountain ranges, new fauna
new flora and new tribes. even that
had never before seen q white man
With his We, who accompanied him
IN his kamtschatkan explorations. ne
spent some time in the capital OF that
name to the Straits. lies entomber be-
meath Il handsome monument.
l have mentioned the princes wealth
as colossal and II is indeed beyond es-
t!mation. since portion OF his income
is derived from apparently inexhaust-
IDLE Quarries OF malachite and lapls
tud equally rich gold. saver u..u
platinum mines. Moreover. a great
portion CT the mineral wealth of the
Dem!don estates remains as yet totally
undevolopcd
No members Of the Russian diplo-
metic service enjoy to such degree
the intimacy OF the imperial house OF
Romanon. as does Film Demidor.
He was a sort OF child by ador-
tion Of Car Alexander Ill That en-
peror in the years Immediately pre-
ceding the death OF his elder brother
Nicholas, fell deeply in love with
Princes Marie Metschersky. ana was
bent on marrying her To prevent the
match Alexander II. sent his younger
son OF on some military mission to the
Caucasus, and while he was away
Princess Marie was led TO believe that
the absent grand duke had abandoned
her. and was coaXed into marriage
with the late Prince Paul pemidoir.
Broken hearted. when She discovered
this. she died less tnan year later.
after giving birth to Prince elm Dem
ldor, VINO as ne grew up became an
object OF Alexander Ills particular
affection, reminding him as he did OF
the one romance OF his youth
on the other hand. Princess Elm