The New York herald., 1922-10-09
TaHeyrands Here
on the Last Lap of
Trip Around Globe
Former Anna Gould Visits
Native City After Long
Absence.


on a tour Of the world, the Duke and
Duchess de Tallcyrand arrived at the
Plaza Hotel yesterday and the former
Anna Gould is again in her native New
York after many years absence. The
last time the Duchess was here was
when she came to attend the wedding of
her sister. Miss Helen Gould. to Mr..
Finley j. Shepard. Tney expect to spend
several weeks here before crossing an
other ocean and completing the last
link in travel that has carried them
around the globe.
The Duke and Duchess de Talleyrand
left Paris six months ago and sailed
from Marseilles. They were forty days
on board a French steamer. Speaking
of the trip, the Duchess said yesterday
in her sitting room at the Plaza:
We stopped at Colombo, Singapore
and other places, finally reaching Shang
hal. Travel in China was very uncom-
Portable and one was impressed with
the number of spies everywhere, keep
Ing watch on travellers.
From there we went to Japan and
found that country very different. The
hotels were most comfortable and every
one was glad to make the trip pleasant
and agreeable. But one must admit
that the country gave one the impress
sion that they were preparing for war
There were soldiers training everywhere
and the country was alive with boy
scouts. We missed the cherry time but
were there when the lotus was in bloom
and found an abundance of the BIOS
SONS. The country is most interesting.
"We took the steamer President Jack
son of the Admiral Line at Yokohama
and came to Seattle. From there we
went to San Francisco and then mot
ored to Los Angeles. I was surprised
to find the roads far superior to the
roads in France. They were beautiful
and the country is wonderful. The
French roads were once very fine, but
the war ruined them for the time being.
Perhaps they are better now. l have
been away so long that l am quite out
OF touch with the present conditions of
roads or politics in France.
I'VE spent one week in Chica go. where
the roads are delightful for motoring.
We were the guests of the Rev. Samuel
Watson. formerly head of the American
Episcopal Church in Paris. and Mrs.
Watson. They live at Glenco, about
twenty miles out Of Chicago, in a pretty
spot.
II am very tired from my trip. but
hope to enjoy New York.
The Duchess looks younger than she
did when here ten years ago. She wore
a frock OF dull gold embroidered with
large silk flowers of corresponding
shades of brown, and a hat to match.
Her Pekinese dog "Tanky" made the
whole trip and was well received every
where, she was glad to say. He is three
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her brothers.
The Duchess de Talleyrand was very
young when she became the bride OF
the Count Boniface de Castellane, and
her wedding was one of the first inn
portant International marriages OF this
country. 1t was soon followed by that
of Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt to the Duke
Of Marlborough. Both terminated in di-
vorces. When referring to this yester-
day. the Duchess de Talleyrand said
smiling. II think it is a great mistake
to marry when too young"
Her son. Count Henri de Castelane,
and the Countess his wife. who are in
this country on visit, are in Philadel-
phia. with Countess de Castellane $
grandmother, Mrs. James Elverson. II
is said that they will start back to
Paris this week. The youngest daugh-
ter OF the Duchess de Talleyrand has
been in America six months, the guest
of her aunt, Mrs. Finley j: Shepard,
whose country place for the summer
has been Kirkside. Roxbury, n. Y.