Show Hf n. n 1 W L J I f r- r CATHOLIC DIVORCES VATICAN ANNULS MARRIAGES IX IN CERTAIN BE KEYS rs OF ST. ST l PETER ETER Ambassador Whitelaw Reid appoints son of English Earl as as Chief Lackey The Other Other For For- Gossip It Is stated on authority that the Vatican will always annul a marriage if It it can be to its proved entire satis satisfaction faction that one or the other of the i parties s- s st t to the alliance was not a a. free agent in the matter One of ot the most I notable eases of annulment of a princely prince prince- ly marriage on grounds such as these was the dissolution some years ago of ot the marriage bonds of the reigning Prince of at Monaco and his first wife wile Lady Mary Hamilton At the same time timo the Vatican pronounced the marI marriage marriage mar mar- I null and void vola it also pronounced that her son was in every sense of the word legitimate Princess Mary whose mother was a princess of the reigning honse of Baden and whose father was the English Duke of ot Hamilton was I forced by her kinsman and guardian i I l u f M r POPE PIUS X R. the he the late Emperor Napoleon to give her herland hand land in iff marriage to Albert of ot Monaco The Tha latter showed himself a a. singularly neglectful and unkind husband and her life ifa at Monte Carlo Carla became sC so intolerable intolerable able bla that she took to flight carrying her infant child with her She sought refuge at Flor Florence nce where the Italian police olice acting on behalf ot of the Prince made a a. sensational attempt to take th the cloy oy away from her The plot was frustrated frustrated frus- frus rated by- by bythe the Grand Duchess Marie Marle of Russia who took mother and infant under her protection and defied the Italian authorities to to- cross th the threshold threshold thres- thres hold lold of her residence Princess Mary after fter- that that married Count Tassilo Fes- Fes of or Tolna ToIna one of ot the magnates ot of the Hungarian Austro-Hungarian Empire who occupied an excellent position at the Court of at Vienna Prince Albert of Monaco married again the next Princess Priness Prin- Prin cess ess of Monaco being an American girl a. a daughter ot of a New Orleans banker MIh pt P T- T n v-m v m r tJ venture h however wever turned out outa as a unfortunate as the first a divorce breaking the ties lies between them One most important factor in def defend defend- end end- tug ng the rights ot of the Roman Catholic Church hurch Church and adding to the he perfection ot of t its wonderful ful and working thorough machine Is the tha order or society ot of The Attorneys of ot St. St Peter It is to safe say that thaI nine out often ten people in n this country have never heard of this ils order of ot legal counsellors of the Vatican which in this country y is represented represented rep rep- resented by some soma a ot of the tho brightest legal minds It is composed of eminent Roman toman Catholic lawyers in different parts arts ot or the world worlds with branches in inthe the tho various great capitals The Tha order was Sounded founded by Pius IX and the first of f the statutes of ot the order indicates its ts object restricting A as it does the member membership hip to those members of the legal egal profession proCession who have given adequate adequate adequate ade ade- quate proofs of their unselfish d devotion to o tho the interests of the Church especially especially espe espe- dally in legal matters The only insignia insignia in- in signia of the order is a medallion showing showing show show- ing tag inga a violet cross on a a. white enameled ground I believe I am correct In saying saying say- say ing ng that Cardinal Cardin has charge of f the order Our Ambassador at the Court of St. St James Tames Mr Whitelaw Reid has at last ast appointed his chief lackey He Is the he Hon William Walsh The post bestowed upon the Hon lion Walsh Is that hat of controller of Mr Reids Reid's household household house- house hold lold an office quite unknown in this democratic country of ours but which exists In many aristocratic families In n England and in all royal establishments establishments establishments establish establish- ments from the Kings King's down In reality the comptroller is a no species of upper servant ranking several degrees defrees degrees de- de grees frees higher than a chief chief butler whose business it Is to see that all domestic matters run smooth smoothly Mr Reid is the first American ambassador dor or to employ such a a. functionary but no other American am ambassador to the Court of St. St James Tames has lived in so much style as Mr lr Reid held maintains As that hat is What Americans seem to expect expect ex- ex of their representatives abroad nowadays when they pay for it out of their own pockets Mr 11 Reid Is really to be congratulated on his success success success suc suc- cess in obtaining the services of the son soo of ot a belted earl as his chief lackey ackey The Hon Walsh Is the third son of Lord Third sons SOng of ot peers are usually usually- no t well off off The Hon Walsh is to be bl com- com rn 0 i. i 1 mended for doing something to earan earn ear an honest penny If It his pay I is no much his duties are arc not particularly particular onerous and if It ambitious he be will have hav plenty of spare time in which to loo look lookaround lookaround around for a better Job Meanwhile he Is comfortably domiciled at Do DoChester Dorchester Dorchester Dor- Dor Chester House the marble palace 1 In Park Lane which Ambassador Reid Kei has taken as his London residence The Hon lion Walsh is en engaged aged to b be married to Lady Spencer torah Churchill the youngest sister of r th the Duke of Marlborough Though hough sh she can hardly be pe called youthful she 1 is several years younger than her fiance As far as pedigree counts for tor anything anything anything any any- thing however the tho Hon lion Walsh Is u no bad match for her ber for tor ho he can boast boas ducal blood too If the Duke of ot Devonshire's rule rul against any of his servants accepting tips could be successfully introduced in this country all would b well There Ther are a a. few rew of ot the old oid nobility of England England Eng Eng- land who set a laudable example o of prohibiting their servants accepting gratuities from tram visitors or guests The Th Duke of ot Devonshire for tor Instance makes mares It an inflexible rule that no servant of ot his shall take a tip When however a party of Americans recently recent recent- ly ty visited C Chatsworth the Dukes Duke's Derbyshire Der Der- seat and were entertained to luncheon and shown shawn over the beautiful u grounds by the tha Dukes Duke's steward the leaders of the party thought the tha usua usual shell out must be ha the climax of the the- days daya enjoyment The Tha party consisted of 01 four tour men and three women and among them 3 33 35 was subscribed With commendable discretion the money mozie was not offered to the the- steward ateward who 6 of f course is Le above accepting recognition oT or l the kind but to an who saw BaWl the party to tOt and from the railway station But Rut the tha footman poInted out out that it was against the rules of ot the Dukes Duke's establishment to accept gratuities In ia Ill money ney That Thai seemed to suggest a way of getting around the rule The next day various articles of jewelry reached the steward steward steward stew stew- ard from OIn London with the tha request that they hey be distributed among the staff at his discretion The leaders of the party part w were Wl ve Edmund H H. H Abbott of New York York a and nd d Alexander Cattanach of at Salem MasS MasS' Mass and both had introductions from rom Sir Tho Thomas s Lipton The Duke and nd Duchess were not In residence at Chatsworth at the time of the visit i but ut the latter sent one of or her maids maida sp specially up from London to look after atter the le ladles ladies The beauties of ot Matlock Buxton and Bakewell were fully ex ex- lored before beora they they- returned to town Van Calava 1 |