Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-18

err Of the great Napoleon, married the
lovely Betsy Patterson, a reigning
belle of her day and often called
glorious Betsy" This union had a
lamentable ending. for the capricious
Jerome deserted his American wife at
the command of the emperor. who de-
sired to make Jerome a pawn in his
tremendous international chess game.
Bride a General Favorite.
Miss Wise is popular in her home
city as well as in Washington. New
port and Paris. Her friends declare
she bears a charmed life. She has
been in peril several times. On one
occasion she narrowly escaped death
when carriage, in which she and
Iycurgus Winchester were riding, was
run down by an electric car The ac-
cident happened at the Mount Royal
entrance TO Druid Hill park in Balti
more on Aug. 2, 1906. The future
duchess suffered broken left leg and
bad cut under the left eye, and for
time 1t was feared the cut would
mar her beauty. Her companion. VINO
was called the handsomest man in all
/ Maryland. was instantly killed. He
was the husband of Katherine Girls
void Pratt Winchester, daughter of
| MIR. and Mrs. Dallas Bache Pratt of
New York. Miss Wise was a good
friend of the Wlnchesters.
After long stay in a hospital Miss
Wise went abroad. Her musical tai.
ents attracted the attention of Emma
Games, who urged the girl to study
| for grand opera. Sure that her pro-
tegee would achieve success, the prima
donna herself began to give the fortu-
nate Baltimore girl three lessons a
week
That Miss Wise made the most of
her opportunity was shown by her
rapid advance. In the end her voice
did gain laurels for her. though not
of the kind that Nine. Eames nor the
girl had dreamed of.
Truly Love Match.
The new duchess is not tall. has
light brown hair and dark blue eyes,
with dark lashes and a pale complex
ion. She is remarkable for her vi
vacity AND ability TO talk with sure
knowledge on almost any subject.
The duke is thirty-seven years old.
He always told his friends that he
would marry only for love, and that
he would wait until he was sure he
had found the right girl
But certainly the Due de Richelieu
did not need to contract an alliance
for money. On the death of his
mother he will inherit half OF her
great fortune. and he receives an al
, lowance from her that is princely
. His mother. born in New Orleans as
the daughter of Michael Heine, lead
+ ing banker there, enjoys the distinc
ton of being the only American won
an who ever attained sovereign rank
in the Old World, and has figured in
the courts of Europe, not among tht
ei mere nobility, but among the crowned
: heads She gained possession OF hel
Il place on a throne through her mar
riage to her second husband. this
n reigning prince of France, from whom
l she is legally separated.
e The present duke is the third of thu
/, present creation. Through his mothe
n he is related to the Millenberger, tn,
e Harkins, the Pollock and the Marign!
Y families OF New Orleans. He has beef
e twice reported as engaged. first t.
r. Miss Irwin, sister of the countess o
= Limerick, and on another occasion t,
Mile. Pauline de St. Sauveur,
Brilliant Line of Ancestry.
A. The dukedom of Richelieu, at tn
e death of the great cardinal, was be
6 queathed, with the kings permission
e TO his granddaughter that Is to say
s to the grandson of one of the cal
h dinals sisters, and finally came to b
E. the possession of the American won
st ans son.
'e There are other French dukes wit
is American blood in their veins. One 1
the four-yearold Due de Chau mes {
d de Picquigny, tenth of his line who's
n mother was Miss Theodore p Shont
/! The Due Decazes will in due cours
sc be succeeded in his honors by his so
L. Louis, born of his marriage to til
n late Isabel Singer. and also will con
lie in for much of the wealth which h
ly American mother derived from h,
= fathers sewing machine inventio
b. Then there is the Duo de Prasll