The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-27
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BEING REAL COUNT

a mansion, and It was on it's terraces.
extending down to the large piece of
ornamental water that the poet La
MARITIME composed his famous poem
entitled The Lake" of which the Lac
du Bourset Is the theme.
Old Claude Casimir- Perier's son was
Prime Minister of France during the
presidency OF Theirs. in the early years
{ OF the present republic, and his son.
IN turn, was premier of President Sadi
Carnot before succeeding the latter
in the office of chief magistrate OF the
republic. So that young Claude Cast
mir-Perier can look back TO a father,
grandfather and a great-grandfather
who were all, In turn, prime minister.
The Periers are descended from
notary who exercised his profession in
the vicinity OF Grenoble. in the Dau-
phine. in the latter half Of the seven
teenth century: and one of his inme-
date descendants, Rose Duchesne Pc
rier. who died al ST. Louis Mo-, in 1912.
In the odor OF sanctity. spent the
greater part of her life as Sister OF
/ Mercy in the United States. associated
with Mime. Barat in the foundation OF
the Order of the Sacred Heart. and
playing leading role in It's establish
ment on this side Of the Atlantic. In
fact. there are many educational and
philanthropic institutions in America
which owe their origin to Rose
Duchesne Perier, who was also known
by the name OF Nine. Duchesne.
The one trouble about the Perier
family has been that, like the Roths-
childs. they have intermarried among
themselves. matrimonial alliances of
first cousins being the rule rather
than the exception The result OF this
has been TO augment their defects of
character. and a certain tendency to
/, Feasibility and hystera
/ have Just received from Washing
ton. d. c., a lengthy communication
from Countess Spottswood Mackin.
concerning my mention of her in one
OF those letters published In last De-
cember, and in which, for her sake,
expressed the hope that there was no
truth in the cabled reports to the effect
that she was about to marry the Span
ish Duke de la Terre. If expressed
this hope. II was due to the fact that
the Dukes first marriage, to a Spanish
heiress, had been annulled by the Ro-
man Catholic Church on canonica
grounds. and by the civil courts in
such fashion that the ex-duchess was
enabled TO contract another marriage
under her maiden name. These are
matters OF court and ecclesiastical
record
So far as I can understand from the
Countess Spottiswood Mackin's letter
the only thing to which she really
takes exception is the fact that should
have described her as Mrs" Spottis-
wood Mackin. and as formerly Miss
SalNe Britton, OF ST. Louis, instead
Of according to her the title of coun-
tess. which she secured from the court
OF the Vatican. through the good
oifces OF the late Cardinal Macchi. For
almost the whole of her letter is de-
voted to the enumeration OF the SER
vices which she rendered, both In the
nd 1.t-,
erary activities. TO win this titular re-
ward.
The countess is only one Of a con-
siderable number Of American men and
women who have received titular dis
tinctions from the papacy, in recopni
ton of their good works But while
they welcome these honors as token
OF papal approval, they do not make
use of them i'm this country, realizing
that nobiliary titles are not consonant
with citizenship Of the United States
To such an extent does this impress
sion prevail here that many foreigners
possessed of ancient and historic no.
hillary titles lay them aside when talk
Ing up their residence In America. as
out of keeping with their surroundings.
even If they retain the nationality OF
the land of their birth.
| make my apologies to the Countess
Spottiswood Mackin for having as
cribed to her the same discretion as
that adopted by other American re-.
cipients OF papal honors
The sensation OF the hour at 81.
Petersburg is the arrest of two we'll
known figures in court circles there
on the charge OF numbering the wife
OF an immensely rich mining engineer
and mine owner of the name of Time.
one of the prisoners is Baron Won EIeis
mar. son of the well-known general
or that name, and employed for several
years past by the State Bank at ST.
Petersburg. His accomplice, and the
more guilty party OF the two is voune
Dolmator, an official connected with
the Cipher Bureau of the Department
or Foreign Affairs. and as such fire.
duently selected to attend the Minister
OF Foreign Affairs in the latter's visits
abroad. His father is n high dignitary
of the same department.
Both young men are very extrava-
CANT, addicted to gambling and heavily
in debt. They endeavored to obtain
money from the unfortunate Nine
Time by means OF blackmail. and when
she resisted they killed her. by means
OF strangulation. Startled by the ring
ing of bell. they fed without carry |
ing OFT anything beyond n valuable |
diamond ring, which they hurriedly |
snatched from her finger. and which |
they sold carly on the following /
morning
1t was this ring which helped the
police to fasten the crime upon them, |
and to effect their capture before they.
had time to leave the country, go
Copyright. 1913, by the Brentwood
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