The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-09
Stormy Career of Count Who
Has Been Gathered to
His Fathers.

~ - hHft1 i>f DE toNIENON.
COUNT LEON DE TCRTNNI?. who !
has Just hccn gathered tc his
fathers, WAS = collateral desccn-
dant Of the famous Marshal Turennc,
was ali old member OF tho Paris Jockey
Club, and was married To a sister Of
tho French Due dc l'itziames, Who IS
linc:,l though loft handed descendant of
King James III. OF England. and OF his
tavorito. ArAbcllt Churchill. sister Of
the first Duke Of Narlborough. He
likewise considcrahlv distinguished
himself in tho sicso Of Paris IN 1870.
Sut there WAS ono stain upon his escut-
ch""n, one which the older houses Of
the Frcnch aristoCracy declined to for
civ" him, namely. tho giving Of his
daughter IN marriage 10 Arthur Meyer.
tho editor irl-chicf Of tic Paris Gaulois.
X was question II money. this mar
November The Comic dc Turonne's
cntirc income did not exceed 4.on0
francs $500. ana naturally he WAS re-
duced To all sorts OF doubtful cNpodi-
ents. II was III order 10 help him ont
nf these monetary troubles that his
handsome young girl, commenced TO
write for the prcSs.
This brought her into contact with
Arthur Meyer. the editor of the eau
lois, vino thus became acquainted with
the monetary struggles OF the Turcnne
forced to break off her engagement TO
e man OF her own rank, owing to her
poverty. At first. he proposed TO adopt
her, bu, found that IL would present no
end Of difficulties, and, moreover
that it would naturally give rise To
maleVoicnt gossip. owing /" tn" fact
that hc was a bachelor, OF particularly
stormy antcccdcntS, ana She - lovely
young girl. SO finally ne offered TO
mako her his wife. with tho avowed OBJ
ject of providing for her welfare. aud
protecting her from tho financial diff
,icultics that were crushing her.
Tho announcement OF the marriage
aroused no end of Indignation among
the members OF the old aristocracy,
more especially when il WAS learned
ihat She VAS virtually driven int" the
union. in order To provide actual sus-
tcnance for hcr father ani for herself.
she has some enormously rich relatives;
among them the UZ.s, tho Noailles, the
Wagraus. the ,;ontaut-BironS. and Jean
and Stanislas IL Castollanc, and these
were assailcd with rcproaches for their
lack of generosity towards Leon de
Turcnnc and his daughter.
Stung thereby. q first cousin. the
Marquis dc Biron, started q subscrip
ton list among the near relatives 70
nrovidc an annuity for the TURBINES,
he himself healing the list with u
subscription OF LOCO francs year,
which was a good deal for him, since
he was not rich. Eut none OF the
others would consent - contribute ii
cent and so the marriage took place,
after Arthur Meyer had become con-
vert 90 tcmnn Catholicism.
The union turned out far more hap
PLY Than any one had any reason to-
expect. Arthur Meyer treated his
young wife with profound Difference.
as ii he thoroughly appreciated tho
honor whicli she had done III marrying
him, while she was grateful L. him
FOR having saved herself from perjury
and nor old father from want PEG
pie talk more kindly now OF Arthur
Meyer. and those al his wifc's relatives
who We're wont To dcnouncc him in
terms OF loIthinE and contempt arc
now ashamed 10 DO so any longer.
Ills career has been of tho most OK
irIcrdiuary nature that il is possible
To conceive 10 started his career az
:: hookkccpcr and general factotunl
OF blanche d'Antieny." that infamous
member OF the half world who is pic
turcd nv Xol;. in one OF his most power
ful novels. under the name OF "Nana."
Afterwards ho worked on the stock
Exchange. III various capacities. and
from there driftcd into journalism,
whcro, after varying success, he ulti
mateiy obtained control of tho eau
cal paper in France.
Tie number OF things that he has
managed 10 1.-Two down is almost in
credible" Thus. when having been
challenged by Drumont editor OF tho
idbrc Parole, 10 q duel. he lost his
head during tie combat ana suddenly,
in :SlarinC defiance Of all the laws OF
sWordsmanship and chivalry. ;raspcd
mold 81 his adEerSary's rapicr with his
left hand and then began iunging at
the dcfcnscicSs man with MS own wca-
pom which n ran rjght Through pru-
monts body before the Mortified sec
onds could interfere. pluaont laid
for weeks bc.Wceu life ard death. bus
ultimately recovered. by a miracle"
The result of this incident was tlat
Meyer was declared "hors Ihonnour'
(outsidc honor), which meant that any
person was at liberty TO insult aim
IN the Grosscst Kramer. and then "a re-
fuse TO fight him. ON Tho ground that
ho was Il sort OF Il person with whom
Il man could not containinata himself
by meeting on the field OF honor. This
would have meant the social death of
any other man. But Arthur Meyer
still continues to flourish
Al the wedding OF Princess IIclcr,e OF
Franco TO the italian Duke Of Aosta. 1T
Twickenhan, at which tho English
ROYAL family. members OF most OF the
rciGnins nouses Of Europe aud all the
leading royalists of France were pres
ont Arthur Meyer, having taken one
Of tho best seats in church, was per-
emptorily ordered outside by the
brides brother. tho Duke OF Orleans.
Ito make way for his bcttcrs"
Tho Dowagcr Duchess of Uzea in
1899 sued the Paris newspaper, the