The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-01
HER SALON WAS MOST
EXCLU SIVE IN PARIS

and trerchantly as no speaks AS he
is not very tall. lie has sometimes been
described as "a pocket ST. Simon" and
as a miniature Dangctu." Ito is also
iutolerant OF mesalliances, and Is able
TO recall those which have taken place
among tho leading houses OF the French
nobility for hundreds Of years back
50 Keen is h on this subject OF pure
blood. unauthorized by any BOURGEOIS
strain, that II las been said OF him
mat on reaching ne gates OF paradise,
he wouit,. rather than accept admission
It the hfmds OF st. Peter n mere fisher
man. insist OF waiting AIRY length OF
time, In order TO DO let In by n saint
OF more illustriuus birth--suuh as. for
instance, 81. Louis, King of France
lie owns the Bavarian title OF prince.
ana figures ~ such among tho princes
OF Bavaria, but prefers to style him
self Count .\imery tie IA Rochefoucauld
10 has only on. son. Of the namo OF
Gabriel. who, greatly to his distress
married Odile de Richclieu. only sister
OF thu Duo dc Rchclieu. For he can
not got over the fact that her mother,
tho now separated Princess OF Monaco,
was the daughter Of the Jewish banker,
Michael Icine. OF New Orleans.
The late Countess Aimery DO la
ttlpNBcI DS birth to
the great house of De Mniily-Nesle. the
head of which. tire Marquis dc Mailly-
Neslc. ranks a. tho premier marquis
OF France. Among her Immediate an
ccstors was the famous Marshal de
Mailiy, who was behcaded during the
Terror. 1t was lie who. as ne mounted
the sc1ifolo in 1924. on what Is now the
Place de Ia Conco.de, IN Paris. cried
out: AT fifteen / mounted the breach
in the service OF my King. AT eighty
iNo l mount the scarold in the service
of my Coo
The Chateau de Verteuil, where tho
countess mas just breathed her last, sit
uated on the banks OF the River
Charcnte, ig ia more tho ancestral
homo OF tho La Rochefoucauld family
Than RocRcfoucauld Castle Itself 1t is
tuii or relics OF the nouS>. and has be-
ionged TO the la Rochcfoucaulds for
many centuries. Anne dc polignac
contesse do Ia Rochefoucauld. enter
taincd there with great splendor En-
peror Charles V. IN 1899 and among
others who have been guests OF the La
kochcfoccaulds undor this roof have
peen Kings Francis l., Henri H.. Henri
III. Henri ". ana Louis NH. OF
Navarro Queen Marie lie Mcdcis, and
queen Anne Of Austria. Among the
treasures OF the castle is n superb por-
trait or tho Grand Condo, presented to
fancois. sixth Duke de In Rochcfou-
cauld. who raised NJ Vertcuil a corps OF
100 gentlemen and knights OF France
Tor his service II. war. Marcuerite do
Natois spent considerable time ut
Nerteuil, rs the guest Of Count Francois
dc IN Hocicfoucauld, Prince of Marsil-
lac. who was killed III the saaguinarv
80 l.zix
ion Of The ago OF Vcrteul may he
gathered from the fact that i, ngures
~ INC pages CO Froissart as one OF IN,
hhest. strongest. and oldest chateauX
IN poitou
Tho LIE Rochcfoucauld family was
rounded H. the TENTH century by a
Younger son Of the Sire de l.usignan.
HIS Christian name being Foucauld,
ana having tho castle Of Ia Roche in
The Gironde, he styled IL La Roche Fou-
cauid, from which his descendants haVo
taken their name. Ills heir. sixteen
generations later. III the male line, was
nohlo OF sufficient Importance to he
invited 70 act rs godfather to King
Francis I. on tho occasion OF has
christcnlnr
The present head az the entire house.
Francois, Due do Ia Rochefoucau is
a retired captain of French cavalry,
and married TO Miss Matte Mitchell
Of Portland. Oregon. Their only child,
who bore tho titlc OF Duke de Liam
court. died AT tho age 81 four. and tho
next heir TO the ch:cltuinship of the
family IS tho dukes brother. Count
Gahric, do III knchefoucaulh Their
mother tho late duchess. was Il wo-
man OF extremely humble birth, 4
cantiniero attached to tho brigade OF
troops in which tho late duke was
serving In Africa, in the Algerian cam
paiSn she saved his lirc by nursing
him when wounded, Gnd his marriage
was III The nature of colonial ro-
nance. The great grandfather OF tho
presoAt duke, and III Count Aimery de
Ia kochoioucauld. took part, as Due
u AnVillc, in the American War Of In
dependence. with tho rank or rcar-ad-
iniral.
Tho trust system seems to havo in
Vadei even the great restaurants OF
France. and the death last week OF
NJ Million, serves to cal. attention to
the fact that he owned not only the
celebrated restaurant I.eloyen, but
also the Cafe dc la paiN, the Tavern
Weber, and the restaurant Edward
VII In the same way, ~ Mourier
owns tho Cafe dc Paris. which gave
birth to the tango craze also the pa-
Villon TArmcnonvillc, the FRO Catalan,
and the Abbays dc Thcleme. Then
there IS NJ. Cornuohc whose restaurants
include Maxim's, tho -Ambassadeurs,
and Lau tcnt's.
OF course, this poll OF making
trusts o. q series ~ restaurants prc.
vents their reccivin; the Individual