The Washington times., 1920-05-02
PARIS. April 10.

fAnl0y hlNi 49,
- NE OF the prettiest romances OF the
great war has ended century old
~ feud and united the famous royal
house OF Bourbon and the equally famous
Bonapartist family OF Murat.
Prince George de Bourbon. prominent
young member of the great French royal
house, has become engaged to Princess
Nina Murat, a very charming member OF
the Bonapartist princely family. They
met while engaged in hospital work after
the war and found that they could not
help loving one another in spite OF the
age-long enmity of their families.
Everyone knows that Napoleon Bona
parte rose to power on the ruins OF the
royal house Of Bourbon in the French
Revolution. Joachim Murat, Prince of the
Empire and brother-inlaw Of Napoleon.
was his greatest cavalry leader.
Ever since that period there has been
hatred, more or less bitter, between the
house of Bourbon and the distinguished
families, of the Napoleonic era. This feel
ing was especially strong in the case of
the Murat family, because Joachim Murat
took the crown of Naples from branch of
the Bourbons.
Never before this has Bourbon inter
married with any of the famous Napole-
onic families.
Shortly after the outbreak Of hostilities
Prince George de Bourbon, finding that as
member of the former royal house Of
France he was prescribed by law from
joining the French army, became an avia-
ton officer in the Italian army. For a
time good luck was withshim, and he dis
tinguished himself by downing number
OF Austrian planes, but one day. engine
trouble forced him to descend within the
enemy's lines and he was taken prisoner.
Chance was kind to him, for the two Aus
trian officers who effected his capture
turned out to be his cousins. sons of the
Austrian Archduke Joseph. 1t was through
the efforts of these relatives that he did
not have to suffer the discomforts that
we're usual with prisoners. .... ....
Upon his release, after the armistice,
Prince George came to Paris and entered
Cross to assist in after-war reconstruction.
Fate had been preparing the stage setting
Tor this romance for some time. About the
time when Prince George commenced his
flying career, the Princess Nina Murat, i'm
PEELED by an irresistibly, great desire to do
some practical work for the men fighting,
sailed from Cyprus, where her family had
seen living. to join some one OF the WON.
sn's relief organizations working behind
he lines. She was readily accepted on her
arrival at Marseilles, and was assigned to
a large military ambulance as an "auxil-
iary," where she labored throughout the
entire war, caring for the wounded, until
the armistice gave her rehabilitation.
She thought Of returning to Cyprus, out
the war had changed her viewpoint OF life,
and she realized that a life without mo-
tive or purpose would never again satisfy
her. She resisted the appeals OF her fam
lily to return home. Sne decided to con-
tinue to enjoy her emancipation from her
former life Of idling and do some good in
the world by becoming real, trained pro-
fessional nurse.
BY chance she learned that there was
vacancy in the student nursing staff of the
American Hospital in Paris. She thought
that in this splendid institution maintained
by Americans for Americans one Of the
best equipped and best organized hospitals
in Europe, she would be able to get the
necessary training to do what she planned
She went to see Doctor Edmund Gros
prominent in the direction of the hospital
who was at first sceptical that a young
woman OF such title and high position
could be serious in taking up professional
nursing But she soon convinced him, and
not long after she was seen In her white
cap and blue and white gingham dress,
known as miss" or "Mademoiselle Murat,"
the new student nurse. She surprised
everyone by the earnest enthusiasm with
which she went about her rather onerous
duties.
One day a new patient was received in
her ward, suffering from a severe attack OF
tonsillitis. She was assigned to attend to
him. She tucked him in his bed and placed
the thermometer In his mouth in a thor
oughly business-like, professional way.
When her preliminary attentions had An.
ishsd. she started TO arrange the pillows