Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-24
WAS A WOMAN
ONCE HEIR TO THE
THRONE OF FRANCE?
Sensational Claim Made in
Memoirs of Maria Stella,
Just Published-Was Sup
pressed for Years.

preeee1 for Years
PiN""SN ASi
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S"ppI -,
Ihe secret or Louis Ihllppe' just pun
lished by Mcbride Mast & Co, New
yorL aro made ruhtic tb, memoirs of
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MARIN "IeHa' VINO nearly " '''''"'E 's'
fought bravely but I'm vain for rccogui-
tion as rigbtful heir I'm the Bourbon line
O., .ho ,proro % u,-,,o,, --bcso rcr,orls
'"' ~ o''e VI
able revelations lay Nello"lhE III Il SihsIe
preserved copy in the Vatican library in
Rome until discovered there recently
by Boyer d'Agen, a French author, a
throwing the secular archives Of the
Vatican open to the public Tho trausa-
tion from the original French memoirs
arc made by Harriet NJ. Capes.
Monarchical countries have all had
their crops OF pretenders and their make
believe but in all their annals there Is
no story Of a fight for royal name to
be compared with this. For not only
does the claimant body assert that sn"
was exchanged at birth for boy baby,
the son of a jaier. but she brings 70 bear
exhibits and testimony which challenge
skepticism and compel sympathy. In
deed, this evidence so satlshod inc panal
court sitting in Faenza in lN2l that the
hitherto supposed daughter OF jailer
was given decree enutIlnE her TO as
sumo station in the nohility ana order
ing the baptismal records "hahE"a aS-
cordlng!y. Inc EplscopaI Tlnuhal eSta'-
lished that the woman was the dauEhtor
o. the Comte and Comtesse de JoinNilIe.
and not OF that obscure Ect 'taltE oId
plcpelan' Lorenzo Cnappihi: Ana Wh"
was was ue ool'lNiiIe .,s tso"s @T,!'.' In W. NSI"'' az
tolu, IGan LOUIS lm.ilyg, Luz CI,'a,.S, .,,,,i
aescehoaht OIL LOUIS nv, ana pUSSln'e
heir to the throne. but was ne history
Is silent. we mus .aNc 'me .tCo'"S ue-
iorS US LOT Mnat ny arr "U.. ..I., -.
maria o.ei.a ,,I MS i'Ti -, pS
staIins sihlPIy. Was p1'u III 10 ~,
tle It'ie Wv" % 'i"','-- ..' 'I,'' ~, 49,,
on tne ne'sHls v, '''e Af,.,'''".S, 't'C
Couiu oe reached on'! ny L''E o""
IoauS' 'ne "ese' - .'e. e''tE 81. -.
tne nouseno," vi on'api'n'' N,'pFt y.
the jan, ana none zoo haPpE t'c ID
was. FROM He' earnest E''iH VI ",S-
cretion' she nialhtalns' SI' was Co'lsC'ywus Us
OIL Mlue Eu,t Sspa' 80 s,.1s ~. .h ~,
parents, sisters anu o.o'"'- :, Sh' e,, ,ei,
IIlneasuraoly aooNe tLe'L'' near sue a.,
OF the o!ood as II were. 'Heu !t I"s.s
mysterious conSIE Ii''e"'s y. in1pl''S 49, -
enaoleu lhe Jal,eI - ] sS..u 'siS u ,Ltii.,.
Ter 10 soou s.io.tS, ~ ~ "a ~ t,,
SO asserted Usei lhaI she .aa II" 'Iu 'Iou
pie IN nnulns n~usuaIu ~ ~ ni- IAN, ar
speah pi- illU'e mo- 49,, t' - Eo,
Chlapplhl VINO Lounu ueI " ''uSD"'i'', ''I
ne forced her asa!NsL ner VIII WIN mo d
marriage VIII 10! ". oUN -, =. ~
OF the HlasIIICeiI IIS i'''''"" 'SN@''' '''
Wa!es' ,., 49,,
After the death OF NeWooFoueH W
disunSulshed "ldoW ehtereu ll'% a.lotngt ,'
marriage, more noole IMAM the hFSt' tHIS
time with the RUSSIAN baron SteIH HIe'
Followed then speCtacuIar I"uilu -.
social trlumphs In fr.erspurs' "l'Ct ",'Ctt
must surrey nave s""S"tN o"s 49,,
humh!e origin nau IL not ueeH -, iot ~
amazing revelatloh that was 70 come -
her after o!d Ch!aPpihl uea''' ~, ,g.
ter IN MS own hahu"T''!HE' ne ne 10y
you were porn ne con H'esseu, ~ q -, DoS
was also porn 10 M % t.s,, -
10 make an eNchahEe, Cot'ST'.,'r,
This and some otheF autH'SSIoHS, p". "o
clue 10 the real PArtiIS eNSep' '"'@
they were 'ot hlsh rahK'
From this nucleus Maria oIeLIa "eEntl. ,,t
IN S2Z. 10 puiIu up "eI H'e%. ~ I.
was destined before '"e ''oS
husband SON fortune peace "L NM
all that made llIe OF any llle''s'-''''''
yet to keep upon her answering course
adhertng through an 10 lna' ll9LIo SUI
formulated for herself at the pe-'"''"s -
ITO conquer or de as nave HNs"' al
or nothing
Her first move was 10 coI!"ct Ihe eN'-
denCe required By the PapaI court ]"
order to have the haptismaL ree"f"S
changed. She hired a lawyer ltHp"'
tant letters had been destroyed u"T!"-
the revolution; yet there We're m" "'.R
persons TO be interviewed VI ,"esI'
two old maid servants proved most val
liable. They first accosted her "ltn'
How like you are 10 the Comtesse de