The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-25
Mile. Roberto de Neuflize Will
Wed Viscount Dun
cannon.
By LA MARQUIsE DE FONTENoY.

u La MAft4I1s DE
MI aroused. both in Paris and In
Iva London. by the engagement OF
Mile. Roberto de Neurize. only
daughter Of Baron and Baroness DE
Neunize 10 Niscount Duncannon son
of the Earl OF Bessborough. This An
glo-French alliance, strange to say
since. as a general rule. any proposed
marriage is met by volleys OF comment.
not always cordial or fat ,rins--meets
with unanimous approval. True, the
afflanced couple are admirably matched
In position, fortune. and looks; also.
they are reported to be very much
in love with each other, which Is In
thes, days a really extraordinary CO.
The de Neuhizes belong to an old
French family IL one is TO believe "a
Hozier." who, as everybody knows.
makes but f2w mistakes in his time
honored dictionary of French nobility,
Indeed, the de Neufilzes are mentioned
on page 1924 of one Of his ponderous
volumns being entitled to bear arms
as follows: Azure, a cheyron. or. be-
tween three roses argent, staiked and
leaved With the same. and In q chief
argent. a crescent sable, between two
stars. gules."
What. however. will interest people
on this side OF the Atlantic much mnre
than those trifiing details is that Rob-
erie de Neuiize's father Is not only
an officer of the Legion OF Honor. but
also head of the great banking house
of Neufilze & Co., regent of the Bank
of Francs. director of the Paris Lyons
Mediterranean Railroad. n director OF
the Ottoman Bank. not to mention half
a-dozen other dignities belonging II
the financial. sporting and social world.
all of which makes him very eccept-
able millionaire. aven in fastidious and
blase American eyes.
Mile. Roberto &c Neufiize Is a de-
lightful type of the modern French
maiden. re-touched In the most delicate
and becoming fashion by that splen
rides we'll and sits her horse s1uarely.
Her father is horseman of no slender
merit, and he doubtless showed har.
from tenderest infancy. how to take
cannon. he is everything that young
Englishman OF birth and breeding
should be. All the members of his
family are noted for their good looks.
Indeed: over century ago. one Of
them, Lord Ponscnby the great grand
son OF the first Earl OF Bessborough.
and who was the handsomest youth OF
his day owed his lifs to his thriking
appearance.
The Incident occurred In ParisIn 1871
when there was all over France q
strong feeling against England. Lord
Ponsonby, In his wanderings about the
oldest part Of the city. happened to
fall in with mob. and was at once
men and women who took up the cry
started by one of them. OF "a la lem
terne!"-the lamp posts OF that time
belng the most convenient objects to
convert Into gallows. He was pushed
and dragged along to the street corner.
the rope that usually held the lantern
was placed around his neck and he
was haulsd UP. actually hanging in
mid-air, when the women-it viii be
remembered what fendish part they
n1ayAd In the
by common Impulse. rushed forward
cut thu cord and let him drop to the
ground eNclaiming that he was to1
handsome a boy to be hanged. evcn
though nc was an E9glishman. and.
bearing him off carefully, tended him
until he had recovered from his in
jurfes
Lord Duncannons father, tho Earl
of Bessborough, WAS one OF the first
naemears of the peeaH~ TO go Into