New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-02
Many American Counts.

Count Bernard de Pourtales. whose en-
rsEemert 10 the second daughter of the
Rev CyrU and Mrs Hubbard. Of Cam
posenea. Meudou. France. and Of New
Lodge. Co'eman's Hatch, England. has
rst been aurounced-the marriage IS set
for August next al Neuchatcl-is the for
msr husband of Miss Florence Drouillard'
o. Nashville. Tenn. whom he married IN
lss the union being sundered by divorce
in 1915. There are three daughters OF THIS
rarriage-nameIv. Gladys. who is now
sixteen Roxana who is fourteen ana
Arsne. ten They are said 20 he with
Rs parents. Count and Countess August
d5 Pourtales. at their place IN Geneva.
Count August IS an elder brother Of the
ate Count Hermann de Pourtales. whose
widow Is the former Miss Helen Barley
O, New York and Tuxedo Her stepson,
Raymond Pourtales, formerly attached 70
the German Embassy AZ Washington
married there the only daughter Of his
chef Count John Bornstorf.
There Is no family OF the Old World
nst has furnished moro titles 20 Ameri-
can women than the Pourtales. There are
dozen or two Counts dc Pourtales who
rave taken American wives and several
other Counts DC Pourtales have been born
q the United States. Indeed. the head
rd chief Of the entire House Of Pour
ass IS Count Otto. Of that ilk. who
makes his home at Florissant. El Paso
County, Col, where he is married 20 a
Mss Laura Montgomery and has two
sons, both born here. one OF thirty and
ne other % twenty-five. He and his sons
ns citizens n the United States. lie
vas born IN Boston, where his father, the
ate Count Francis de Pourtales. was for
Years. director Of the Geological Museum.
The Pourtales have been settled in Ger
cany and Switzerland Ence the time OF
ne revocation Of the EEct OF Nantes. and
ave furnished no end CT soldiers 10 inc
russian army and Of dignitaries 10 the
Vurt Of Berlin. receiving their hrst
patent Of nobility from Frederick the
I'ea, in l7J0 and being promoted to counts
% the eve Of the battle Of Waterloo.
Notwithstanding the emigration Of me
F'lrta.es on account Of their adherence
The Protestant faith. there are more
Nofaan Catholics than members OF the
"-caled Reformed Church among Their
lumber. In Switzerland they have been
'ssafded for the last hundred wears or
-"s as forming part Of the patriciate'
W even IN a republic so democratic as
1N OF Helvetla there are class distinc-
~'iS and a patrician class, the members
Which are more proud Of their ancestry
s'a more exclusive in their associations
nan the aristocracy 81 monarchlcal coun-
TIES
Chiffonnette' a Noted Member.
F6haps the most famous Of all the
o-r'ales IS the now venerable Countess
..|lfaond de Pourtalos. who IS known IN
ans as The Countess" just as II there
re 10 other woman Of that rank ana
o IN the palmy days Of the Tuileries
az another nickname. that Of Chiffon
e by reason Of her perfect elegance
taste IN dress. Her intimate friends
nose days were the lovely Marquee
Naihfet, who was known as "Cochon-
.N and the then Princess de Sagan'
f~afd Duchess Of Talleyrsnd-
u' Who went by the name Of Canals
owing % the fact that her birth
:, vel as many Of her ways apd utter
49, ssvored In the eyes Of her blue
- ,sea friends rather Of the masses than
we classes. Nine dc Gallifet was in
ssea tor her peculiar sobriquet 20 her
M'sho' the famous cavalry general and
s.''er Of War. who was never tired Of
,llng her dread lest SOAP end water
~" lnjure her exquisite complexion.
A, INhlrd word has ever been uttered
tn Nhinonnette." 20 whose wise and
% counsel queen Alexandra. much
s'i woman, IS Indebted for her mar