South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-08

THERE Is no mystery about the
poor-"the poor we have al
ways with us" But for the
poor the mystery Of the poor-rich Is
one OF those fascinating enigmas for
which no solution seems possible.
Just now that bathing speciality
among mysteries centres in Her
Serene Highness Princess Lwonr-
Parlaghy''-for thus she was ad-
dressed IN the formal engrossed and
illuminated acceptance by the d.
rectors of the New York Metropolitan
Museum Of Art Of her portrait Of the
Hon. Joseph II Choate
For how Il It possible that a
Princess who lives at the rate of
$4,000 year, and says she has con-
slderably more income than that,
should suddenly find herself. hgura-
lively. at least, evicted from her
home for non-payment OF rent7
The precise source Of the Prin-
cess income has remained a mys-
terry. There is more or less
mysterious chateau in France
which is all that is known here Of
her landed estates abroad. Chateaux
In France are not income yielders.
Has the Princess earned $4,000
and more a year by her portrait
painting2 How any portrait painter
could do that Is the greatest mys-
terry OF all
For several years. until two or
three weeks ago, surrounded by her
retinue OF attendants and Inverted
servants, she has lived at the Hotel
Plaza, IN apartments overlooking
Central Park, on a scale approach
ing regal magnihcance.
During that period the Princess
repeatedly confessed that she was
living at the rate OF $4,000 year.
That confession could easily be
credited The Plaza apartments alone
an immense studio, TWO specially
decorated rooms for the acCommOda-
ton of her collection Of antiques and
other art objects, a handsome dining
room en- suite with these, and living
rooms fOr herself. her attendants and
her servants-must have eaten deeply
into that sum total.
Now. suddenly, the outer doors or
those rooms are locked, with seals
upon them; and the Princess, owing
the hotel management a compare
lively insignificant balance of $12,50O.
IS said 10 be living with friends on
Riverside Drive.
Behind the locked and sealed doore
Of those regal Plaza apartments +
main. for the present, all the Princess
art treasures, which she has often
declared To be worth 100000. II
the Princess should continue to be
Catalogued with the poor-rich for
longer than a few weeks more there
Is a prospect. it is said, that these
treasures will be sold at public
auction
In the meantime there have
been advertised for sale at auc-
sion Princess LOwff- Parlaghy's two
black Hungarian horses, one vic
toria and one set Of double har-
ness" 10 satisfy a claim of $1,000 for
thelr board and care at the Durland
Riding Academy.
For something like two years, on
pleasant afternoons, this same vic
toria. drawn by these fine Hungarian
horses, and driven by a liveried
coachman. while the Princess stall
wart guard in an Austrian green
Jaeger" uniform, was mounted be
hind, was in splendid evidence before
the grand entrance 10 the Plaza. The
spectacle gained increased respect
when several other uniformed serv-
ants appeared from the hotel and
stood at attention while the Princess
emerged and entered the equipase for
her afternoon drive
With the disappearance OF the
Princess these liveried retainers. too,
have faded away. Among the un-
liveried attendants there was the
Princess private physician. Per
haps this functOnary fOresaw the
approaching debacie. for, shortly
after the European war broke out
he Is said 10 have departed for his
native Austria.
And II now appears that the
Princess herself had equal foresight
FOR. within the last three months the
members % her Plaza household have
gradually absented themselves until
tnere remained only her maid and
Mr.. Deius her personal representa-
tive and general factotum-
In addition 20 the Princess art
treasurers locked up in the Plaza she
Is said to possess In this country
valuable real estate IN the CatSkills
Deer Park, which. with its fine resi-
dence- IS reported 10 have cost
$4,000. When she bought this prop
erty a year or so ago her representa-
tive said that she had practically
given up living In her Chateau st
-ean on the Riviera, near Nice. and
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