The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-05
His Rich Collection of Art and
Trophies Being Arranged
in Large Palace.
BY LA MARQUIsE DE FoNTENOY.

By LA MARQU1SE DE FONTENOY.
u RUSSELS has now become the
~ headquarters not only OF Prince
Napoleon. the head of the Bona
partist party. but also of the Duke OF
Orleans, who has been driven. partly
by difficulties in connection with the
English revenue authorities on the
subject OF his extensive property In
England. and partly, too. on account
of the necessity of being in nearer
touch with his adherents in France
TO transfer his residence from the
United Kingdom to Belgium He has
acquired large mansion or rather
palace. hitherto known as the Chateau
Putdael, In the magnificent Tervuren
Avenue. ut Brussels, and it is there
that all his rich collection OF art and
historical treasures, his trophies of the
chase In many climes, and his family
archives. are now being arranged
Although the wife OF Prince Napo-
Leon namely, Prince Clemen,ine OF
Belgium. is second cousin of the
Duke of Orleans. they hold no com
munication with one another. and
when they happen to meet at any
theatre. or in the Bots de Chambre.
which is the principal parl; of the Bel
gian metropolis. they affect to ignore
one anothers presence This attitude
comes rather from the Bonapartist
Pretender, who cannot but resent the
extent 20 which he is left alone by the
members of the old French aristoc-
racy. who are continually focking to
BRUSSELS from Paris, ana from all
points in France. in order to pay their
respects to the only head of their
royal house, namely. the Duke of Or
leans.
Count Gabriel de Choiseul-Praslin,
whose impending marriage TO an Ital-
ian Countess Caginacci. has just been
announced from Pars-her name does
not figure in the official annua1 of the
Italian nob!lity--is half American. his
mother having been Miss Elizabeth
Forbes, of New York. The count is a
man OF about thirty-three, who has
seen a good deal OF active service rs
subaltern OF one of the colonial in
fantry regiments of the French army
in Cochin China. and in Morocco. One
OF his uncleS, Count Horace de Choi-
Seul-Praslin, former Under Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, and one
time minister plenipotentiary in the
diplomatic service of France, married.
as his second wife. Mary Hooper,
whose father was for many years
deputy consul general OF the United
States in Paris
IaDrlel s eldest brother nd the cher
or the family, namely. CASTOR de Choi-
seul-Praslin. seventh Due de Praslin
also has an American wife. In the per-
son of the former Lucy Tate. of Lib
erty KY. widow of Charles H. Paine.
the copper magnate. of Boston. Mass
The duke was previously married to
n member OF the old French house or
De Sa1vertc, hut the union was sund-
cred in 1905 by the French courts. and
annulled by the Vatican.
The dukes present marriage was
followed by sensational lawsuit, be-
tween his American duchess and the
soi-disant Count dAulby de GatiEny,'
son or a small tailor, and which cul-
minated In his being sent 10 jail: not,
however. until there had been all kinds
or publicity of a nature TO render her
position an extremely unpleasant one
in French socinty
or the Duke of Praslin's title there
can be no question, and he is equally
entitled by law TO the historic name
OF Choiseul. There is also an Alfred
de Choiseul, who is Marquis de Gouf-
her, and who is only related remotely
TO the Duo de Praslin. He is coloneI
commanding the Thirty-flfth Regiment
of Infantry at Belfort. and has the
Legion of Honor and a number or
Russian and other foreign orders OF
knighthood.
But there is no lawful Duke OF