South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-10

relatively young man, having been 4
born in 1868. His father was very
well known among Partisan liter
airy circles. through the care with
which he published the family pa
pers OF the La Tremouille family.
which proved a valuable contribu-
lion 20 French history. He had been
married TO an extremely ugly but
remarkably clever woman. the
daughter Of the COmte Duchatel,
who had brought him a dover Of
something like 100000 francs
They had only one son, who now is
I the holder Of the title. and who in
his turn married the daughter and
/ heiress of Count Pulet WIN. who was
considered as the greatest heiress in
France, and who among other
+ things, possessed the famous vintage
called Chateau Lanite, near Bor-
deaux. They had four daughters in
succession. and people were already
/ beginning TO fear that the ancient
name of Ia Tremouille was going
I to die out. when the duchess, a few
days before the marriage OF her
eldest daughter, the Princess Char
I lotte de la TremOuilIe. 70 Prince
Henri de Ligne. gave birth 10 "A son.
I now eight years old. who. except his
father, is the only remaining La
Tremouille in existence at the pres
/ ent day
The Ia ROchefoucauId.
The Ia Rochefoucauld family can
boast Of just as many quarterings
/ as the Ia Tremouille with the addi-
! tion that it counts among its great
men the famous author Of the
MaXimes, and the lover of the beau
I tiful Anne Genevieve de Bourbon.
I duchess of Longueville. the sister Of
the great Condo, for whom he COM
posed the celebrated marigal:
Pour plaire a ses beaux yeux.
j. al fait lie guerre aux Rois,
! Je laurais fat aux Dieux
/ The family is divided into several
: branches the head Of the elder one
being the duke de La Rochefoucauld
Liancourt. the husband of the late
I Miss Mitchell OF Portland, Me-.
whose marvellous beauty made such
a sensation when she appeared for
the first time in Paris. Then there
come the branches of the La ROUGH
/ efoucauld Estissac, the chief Of
/ which is married 10 a sister of the
| present duke Of Mortemart: the
/ branch OF the dukes of DoudeauvilIe.
! perhaps the best known, thanks TO
/ the splendid hospitality exercised
by the late duchess inA her house Of
the rue de Varennes. and the branch
OF the duke Of la Roche Guyon. the
owner OF the splendid castle of that
| name, illustrated by the verses Of
Lamartlne, whose eldest son and
( heir has welded the other day the
Princess Helene de Ia Tremouille.
4 Quiet Wedding.
In other days this marriage would
most probably have been celebrated
| 10y many festivities in the society of
\ the Faubourg st. German. But in
I the grave times we are living
/ through, il was felt that the uuieter
IL took place the better it would be.
! The young couple went for a short
/ honeymoon TO La Roche Guvon after
which Count Gilbert de Ia Roche
| foucauld returned TO the front while
his bride of a few days resumed her
work as nurse in the Paris hospital
IN which she has been employed to-
gether with her mother and her sis
tiers, the Princess de Ligne and the
| Marquise de Blacas. ever since the
/ beginning of the war
French women are all doing their
4 bit. and doing it sometimes at the
sacrifice OF all that they hold dear
In this world Indeed the whole Of
France is showing itself admirable.
and undaunted in its faith and hero
ism. But nevertheless there comes
a moment--at least this is what 7
/ have been told-wheR the most
/ courageous break down and weep.
and this happens during the daily
I prayer which is said in all churches
/ and i'm all hospitals. morning and
/ evening when the help OF God is in
voked for "Our soldiers at the front
and wounded here, all the dead in
the whole of France. together with
an earnest appeal TO the Almighty
I 10 grant an women and mothers the
/ necessary courage 70 accept with
| resignation the sacrifices imposed
Iupon them by their fatherland."