The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-05

ANaray, twenty eight years of are
who was brought up by his grand
mother, the late Duchess of Avaray,
ana by his father. md who IN his child
hood was the object OF n sensational
attempt on tho part Of his mother 70
k!dnap hiu and to carry him off into
Hc!glain. after the French courts had
deprived her OF the boys custody.
Shc Is by birth Countess sosalie de
Mercy d'.Argcnteau Her father was
connected in his younger days with
the Eclgian legation III Paris. ana her
mother, one OF tho beauties OF me
court OF the Tuiicries, and III the same
'iine persona Eratissima At Berlin,
played an extraordinary role during
the Franco German War in lS1u-lS7l
Napoleon Ill. while in captivitv AT
Wilhclmshohe imagined that he might
be able to help the impcrialist cause
IN France by securing from Germany
more favorable terms OF peace than
those offered by bismarck to tho re-
public. So he invited Countess t,ugene
ne Mercy q Argentcau to visit him at
Nilhelnshohe. from whence she set
out early in February. 1871, disguised
with written instructions stitched into
hcr pctticoat and provided with a
mliitafy pass, under the name OF Mime
liaendei." Tor Versailles There she
was received with great Kindness by
old Emperor William. who had been
one OF her warmest admirers and also
by bismarck. Neither OF them how
ever, found il possible TO yield to her
representations and to her cntreaties in
behalf Of France, and Incidentally OF
Napoleon III Bismarck. despite his
dctcStations OF pctticoatcd diplomats
ana politicians Was so much Impressed
by her charm that he wrote her the
following note:
Versailles. February &c. 1871.
Nine Ia Comtcssc:
In returning to YOU herewith in
closed with many thanks the letter ana
the memoranda of which YOU have
been so good as to permit me TO take
cognizancc | beg OF you to accept the
expression of my profound respect ana
or my sincere regrets that the nc.otia-
tons with SO charming plenipoten-
tiary should not be moro long and
more frequent
CSianed "BISMARCK."
o-day the daughter of this fas
chatting cmssary Of Napoleon III. to
the late Emperor William and prince
Bismarck at Versailles Is ekine out a
scanty subsistence in Florida after q
somewhat cvcntful decade passed in
ana around New York. During those
ten years she came frequently before
The public, by reason of her cXtraor-
dinary marriage to John Ferdinand
|cntnor. better known by tho name OF
Jack Bonavita. the lion-tamcr OF Concv
island, New York. by her quarrcis
With the various kennel clubs around
N"w York and Boston concerning the
priHc dogs which she made n business
81 breeding. There were also libel
suits which she brought against rival
exhibitors in these shows. who had
charged her with making false entries.
"fd with dNeinr the coats of her dogs
lhcls were troubles with her creditors.
ana proceedings IN connection with
pfoin!ssory notes, which she Insisted
were iorgerics. as far as her signature
was concerned. In short, there was no
'ha 10 her tribulations mainly due. IL
W"nid appear. to her lack of business
sense ana responsibility. her lamontablc
ithofahce of American conditions. and
W" absent" OF any levcl-iieadcd adj
wiser, who would have shown her how
70 avoid the thousand and one pitfalls
maj lay ~ her path on this side of
the Atlantic
she had for 4 time largo Kennels
near EnElcwood, y. j.. and also In
chester county, y. Y. But financially