The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-12


The marriage took place in England,
ut Kow. and the English royal family.
full OF pity. rather than OF copdemna-
tion, for tho young duchess. attended
the wedding in Juno 1889. In bodS,
the only nbsentecs betrg Queen Vic
toria and her eldest son, tho then
Prince of Wales. afterwards Edward
VII. Queen Alexandra. Queon Mary,
King George and their children wero
oil in the church. and thus gavo their
countcnancc TO the match.
1t did not turn out we'll Had Jamo-
tel. the young duchess's husband,
kept quiet. avoided publicity, re-
Trained from ostentation. and remained
in the background: above all, had he
treated his royal wife we'll. and had
rendered her happy. he would In course
OF timo have acquired the good VIII
and friendship of all hor royal kinsfolk,
German as we'll as English, to his own
advantage. In fact, ho had every
thing to gain thereby. instead OF thar.
lie conducted himself with such an
amount OF snobbery and became 80
pushing as to force them 20 hold nloof.
and when he found that his wife'S rela-
tives wero not inclined to do anything
for him In the way Of social advance
ment. he commenced to neglect hor In
tho most shameful manner. Indeed, no
subjected her To so much misery that
1t was not only with the consent, but
I
ldnsfolk that she got rid of him by
divorce.
The lttlc girl born OF tho marriage.
ard bearing hor mothers Christian
namo of Marie. was awarded by the
courts to the duchess. In order TINT
should not hc compelled 10 bear ner
fathers pntronym!c of Jamctcl her
grandfather. that IL to say, tho reign
Ing Grand Duke OF Mecklenburg-
Strolitz. created her u Countess Won
Nomcrow. In her own right, ut the
same time bestowinE upon her 0rinorial
bearings of her own By patent
Little has been heard since of
Georges Jame;ci. It was Il cruel dis
appointment to him that ut the time Of
his marriage his fathcr-in-law. tho
grand duke. declined to bestow any
prinColy title upon him, or to receive
him Mt his court, ana that tho doors
OF the leading Paris clubs and salons
remained as tightly closed TO him af-
ter his marriage as they had been pre-
viousiy. fic is not unknown on this
side OF the Atlantic, has on several
occasions visited Washington. and hg-
ured in the confidential correspondence
OF Mgr. Montagnini, tho last papal
charge d'nffaircs In Pnris-corrcspon-
dcnco which on the prclnto's expulsion
from France after the rupture OF dip
lomauc relations, was seized by the
-pNti II!!NHl tiu gwen pUl ior pupi!-
cation-in tho following manner:
"Jame,cl Is making efforts to appear
chic. and has Inherited certain
amount Of money. which he has to n
great extent squandcrcd In gaming"
! Prince Julius Lippe. who Is now
marrying Duchess Marie, Is several
years her senior, holds the rank OF
secretary OF embassy in the German
diplomatic service. is a captain OF Prus-
sian cavalry, and the second brother Of
tho rcigninG Prince of Lippc. He has
II strain of American blood In HIS
veins. for the mother of his mother
was the daughter OF some very bour-
lrcois people of the name OF iiuibuch.
icstabli.hcd In business at Fhiladclphia.
Il was. indeed. owing TO this Phila-
dclphia grandmother that the now
IcigninE Prince Leopold ~. OF Lippe
was so long prevented by the Kaiser
from definitely assuming tho full
iledGcd sovereignty OF Lppc. It being
argued at Berlin that Prince Leopold
was disqualified from succession TO the
throne owing to tho fact that his
grandmother Was not OF royal nor even
/ OF noble birth. and that he, therefore.
could not he considered otherwise than
lus morgauatic The case developed
Into u cause cclebre. and was ultimate
ly decided in favor OF Prince Leopold
/ not only by the Supreme Court OF the
German empire, but also by n commits
| sion of arbitration, headed By the late
/ King OF SaNony.
| Once the matter settled IN this fash
! ton, tho Kaiser made his peace with
I'rincc Leopold, and bestowed upon him
| a commission of major general In the
/ Prussian army, the honorary colonelcy
| OF several regiments. and the Order OF
the Black Eagle. which is the Prusaian
equivalent OF the English Order OF tho
Garter.
/ The reigning Princes other brother,
Prince Bernard Lppe, created a sensa-
ton some years ago by clipping TO this
country with the wife OF a brother
officer. namely. Countess Bodo Won
| Oeynhausen. Az soon as she had been
divorced by the count, Prince Bernard
married her. But. although She Is py
birth Il Baroness Won Cramm. that is
to say, q member of the Oldest saxon
nobility. known ms the Uradel, name
ily. nobility which Cutcdatcd the dawn
Of history. and. from TN ancestral point
/ OF view, OF much more blue blooded
/ lineage than the ruler Of L!ppc tho
latter would not permit his brother 70
marry her OF footing Of equality.
we'd her morganat!CnllY. and on the
/ occasion OF her wedding, no created
her Countess Won Chesterfield, which
title Is borne by hcr nttlc boy, who Is
barred. as morganatic. from tho suo-
ce'sion 10 the sovereignty OF Lippe.
| Copyright, 1914. 10y the brentwood
| Company
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