The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-07
UNION CLUB IN PARIS
is OLDEST IN FRANCE

and thcro arc ut least n dozen famous
generals OF that nnme who, during tho
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
achieved distinction on tho battlefields
or Europe The present duke has no
children. and the next heir to tho
FAMILY honors and estates Is. thero-
fore his twenty-two-y ear-o old brother.
FRINGE Louis iIo Is unmarried. Fol-
lowing him. there are his three unclos.
brothers of the late duke, and their
sons.
The eldest of these uncles. and there
fore second In the limo OF succession
to tho dakedon. Is Prince Amedee do
Broglic. married to Mario Say, ono of
tho heiresses of tho great sugar re-
inner. Henri Say, and making his home
with her ut tho historic Chateau dc
Chaumont. on the River Loire 1t may
be remembered that Princess Amedee's
Immense fortune. like that of hor sis
| ter the Vtcomtesse do Trcdcrn, md
or the American widow of her brother,
the late Henri Say, was swallowed up
q few years ago In tho ruin of the
president OF the Say sugar reaneries,
who, unabl. to retrieve the ruin due
TO Incredibly foolish speculation and
TO downright dishonesty, committed
suicide.
Ii Is Prince Amcdeo's son. Prince
Robert. who had such an extraordinary
career In this county. and whose mat
rinonal difficulties have engaged the
attention of the tribunals OF several
countries His nrst marriage was with
Madeleine Deslanues, daughter Of the
weli-known art collector Baron Dea-
| iannes. Il gouuaughtor or Princess Ma
| thllue Bonaparte. and divorced wife OF
Comic Napoleon EIeury.
Tho marriage. which took plaoe In
England, In tho Church of BIT. Mary
Magualene, Ut Brockloy, near London,
wa, very unhappy one: and having
been contracted IN defiance or the pro-
| tests or the princos parents, was with
| out vahuity in tho eyes OF French law.
she look steps before year was over
| 10 secure It's dissolution In England,
anu resumed her nuiucn name of
Bhione5s Desiandes. Having largo
! fortune In her own right. enc became
"a notable inquire in Paris. her Pompa-
Jour house III the Hue Chrislvphe
| Colombo achieving Tenown as u liter
| hrS centre. che won lame both as an
4 .,utnor and as an ARTIST. under tho
! peGuli.tr name OF "Ossit," anu among
| her most ferrent admirers WAC the late
| oir Edward burnc- Jones. Royal acad-
einician, who painted All exquisite
| picture OF her. az one ui the .Muses,
| noiuinS In her hand globe or pure
| crystal.
Prince Robert then became infatu-
| atcu with an American woman, vi mo
name OF Esleile AieAanuer. tho divorced
| "iIe OF sidney Is. cit, anu In;lt 4ied
ncr In Chicago ms union was an
/ nulieu on demand vi the prince y
parents siA nIontns la,cr rs tne French
/ Courts "hcieupun the piiiiC. i.uIar-
| iieu Eatelio -,icAtiuer, the leei,I..acy
| vi the nttic BirI Uoin OF lic .nloa,
| SuSn as II Was. REMAINING liz uouul
| mo princes parents haNInh Gu. OF
I suppilca, he suffered ali sotls OF naru
| maps III the Lnltcu otatca. .t.a n,lo
! ,l..caNoIeu TO earn her ilvu4g III va
.ict. shows III New loih Oh tnu
| i5vwery, and elsewhere on tne ...tsL
| .-Iar, by her singing, inc prince beng
| ataifcu 10 ccHuuCt the orchestra, al
/ enough hc knew Comparatively, l.l,Ic
| ..ooul music. Then tney became uc-
| .,enuenl upon cnai4lS, ana alter all
| surLa OF extraordinary experiences re-
| .urhcu to Europe, Where ,ury ~. ted
! company, the French courts pronounce
.ng 4 mai uIvorce IN 1909.
since then the woman, who az q
! divorcce is not permitted any longer
| 20 call herself Irincess de Brogiie in
| france. has been earning her living on
| atlantic. occasionally coming into
| prominence through The protracted
| litigation which has been taking place
between herself and the prince regard :
| ing the possession OF their little girl
| Copyright, 1914, by the Brentwood
Company