| Show Estate Steward Adopts clots ts t Sons of Late King Leopold Leo i g 1 11 Correspondence Sept Hel L 6 GIt It over OHr every everyday P day that an estate steward hai has tho the chance chanco to Lu adopt the son ion o on ot of n king but Jt 31 1 who hn has occupied l that I Ilion lion for tor sonic somo nt aL tho the Baroness Vaughans chateau nt at near lies haa just adopted legally the two tl suns sons of ur tho late lato King ICing Ing Leopold of ut Belgium of la Is the tin tinman than man whose whon marriage to tho them baroness barones has hag ar asted the le late latest 9 i sensation of the thi hour In Parts Paris and the tho Vaughan is tho the woman whom Leopold married shortly before his hll death after sho she had ruled his hili establishment for tor four tour years Only the tho fact tact that hut the marriage wan solely religious mind and not nol civil cell as ag well Nell prevented l the tho elder ehler of ot the two boys boB whom has ha now adopted from having a II valid claim to tho the throne ot of Belgium AH Is It was wan their father bestowed on them the titles title ol ot duke of ot and amid count court ol of or Whatever also elso may bo ho said suld about h Leopolds t 1 e widow t no oo one van Lan accuse her hor of ot being Int but a 0 woman of or excellent sense acne In the height ol ot of other her power she kept well In the tho back background background ground content to bo be the th of ot a king Icing cord and abstain from all ail In Interference n In n the tho politics or drubs affaire of ot his country Since his hiM death sho ahem has hiL heen been living quietly at her estate nt at and the tho notoriety which oho sho ho attained at lit tho the time limo of ot his hili death was W forced on un her by b tho thin efforts of ot othi ofhie his hie hi legitimate children to make her give Ive up II somo some of ot the property which had been bestowed on her by her hor royal lover laver WOMAN OF OJ MYSTERY The Tho baroness has hIlS always been a woman of ot mystery and that mystery has not been lessened 1 In any Auy degree by h her mast marriage lIer Ilor origin Is as ae much a n mystery an M her lifo life When Tier her connection with King ICing Leopold first Hest became public It t was stated that she was WM tho the daughter of ot a 1 professor of ot languages J Later ater It was W II said that her hor parents were wre concierges Janitors In Purls Faris and It w was lal as always understood that her real name was Willi Caroline Carolina La but hilL that she hat changed ch the tho commonplace Caroline to tho rho niece more ro 10 romantic mantic Yolande about the tha time that she he met the king kin Now Nov we learn from the tho banns of ot marriage published at atthe tho the little village of ot which surely Rurel are aro official flint her tier real reRI name Is II Blanche Xelle Josephine Delacroix Se and that sho was born horl at Bucharest Ilu harest Roumania In 1883 1161 Her Ifer maiden maim name n am o In Is I given gt Ico of ot course couse COli rile as eA aRtho tho rho religious marriage to the king kin hast hall no nn legal force In Whatever hater h Alever her hei parents may mav have lIen been however It l h certain cart sin that they the y hero persons person In quite humble circumstances One of at her sisters today kop keeps a vegetable stall In one of ot the Paris markets and one of ot her hr brothers Is n a na welter a I r The baroness hems has cut herself off orr entirety entirely from her family and has hns refused to listen lUten to their demands and I applications for tor money mon On one oc no occasion 0 carton casion when her ulster sister and her hr large family of children presented 1 them themselves themselves selves Mehel at nt tho the door of ot the baroness Paris Purls apartment she he Is I said to send I those ordered a n 1 servant to I In dreadful le plc away Another story stor told toM of ot her concerns nn an occasion on which she h ws was driving In ha her auto automobile mobile In the nol nets de Boulogne A Acab Acab cab drew IrI across the path so an that the tho th motor car eliI wn was A compelled to t I stop nn anti l the baroness looking out SAW a 01 woman waving frantically at nt her from the tho then window u o of ot the th cal t fine Hh r n her ordered l her ter r Mid n nd she pima Immediately Immediate chauffeur r to go gem on nn even een If It he hI had hAil to torun torun torun run down Iown the th cab nb and her ear started l H a that a collision was n nar r rr r ly I averted A IN A CAFE CAPI CAPITo To tier her Intimates sho Is said Mild to 10 have havo declared that IOhl ehn he owed her hr family nothing When she attic was waa wa poor and un unknown unknown known they did I I nothing for tor her hr and he she was wn left to tight fight her hr own way In Inthe tho the world which no nn ono one will deny den she hc did with uncommon success When rhen Ring king Leopold 1 1011 met her hor In POll 1905 1 she was waA wasa II a waitress In Ia a Paris onto and It Ig I 1 said alil an nn unusually beautiful woman Sow Now Nf w she hI Is III stout and conr coarse o looking but hut she ahe is still of or treat great tier Her dominance over orr the tho theold old ld king was due dime as s 11 much to her intellect In III amid wit wll ns nil to her beauty beRUt L t ld wn wan II attracted tn to her at nt race nee snit soon she ahe was waa installed at nt the thedo Chateau de do Lonny noor near Paris 1 where i r liar her royal lover loer spent I nt m at of ot his hla tune time 1 whon when he ho could gut gat away from rota his hie own awn a country In rn keeping with her Iter reputation I r tion fur gaud senna she ahe mado no dl dis play there She Sho kept only a IL small timaU 1 and the only alga that thata a IL person of or any Im Importance was living thorn thura was trap tho them presence about the tho nn up l r achi M to tho the chateau of ot half hilI f a n dozen I i policemen In plain clothes t Phe he devoted hOIl lt to making Leopold L com cant 1 and the old king who wh had hall s been n a I notorious roue become became on one of ot m tho the most domestic of or menA men menA mentel A few tel months month before tho birth of ot other I her leer e Ideal son lIOn w h toil took look place In J h teary 1110 nt at villa nt It Capo u Ferrat It near h her hilI r conferred l i ithe the tho title Vaughan on nor her i After Arter tills this Leopold became still stillI l I more mor surd and U It waft said ald at lit one 1 time limo that he seriously contemplated a L t 7 11 l regular with willi his hie mistress 8 Mi rut II vr ar order that the little duke lUll of ot loUen L i should succeed him on en the tha th throne thront lIs ia i lt advisers persuaded l him however that If It he hI did this th the Belgians I would drive him from Crom the throne end iti proclaim a Il republic c Soon SOOIl after aft r the birth or of the little duko duke If the baroness balone took up liP her re residence ai tit the Villa lIIa rt adjoining the tho h T Troyal royal palace at lit laken and d La e with It by 1 y a n covered bridge There the I win elm 10 11 was wall lawn horn s sr BIO BIG 1 lt 1 r I M Durieux I will receive lv a 11 great for Cor fortune t tune with Ith his new wife wit Much of ot tie te money which Leopold wrung from tho the t Congo ho he bestowed on her and shortly shor lH Ioto foiT his hll death ho presented pl her with I thin HID th beautiful of ot and the th great estate counseled connected l with It Her f fortune tort uno Is variously intimated estimated at al front from to i himself lt 1 I extremely well known on trie tTe Parts Paris boulevards boulevard He lie U Is bl blahout about T i years yearn old and Is a 1 keen sports snorts I Iman man mun For somo porno years hei he has been leen leena i ia a familiar figure Ouro riding tiding early in tn tho 1 A k morning In the tho perks At t Met first On t hf he h wn erns merely an nn acquaintance but as QI tier her fortune tort uno grew she sho felt relt Increasingly the need of or a IL man of or business to look altar after iu her Interests and investments and Du Pu 1 u wins lL Installed Since Leopolds Leopold 1 death ho hI has hall resided most of ot the th time tim at nt and 1 I am told tolI ho he has hns managed the tho baroness fortune fortuno uncommonly uncommonly well ell and hen has hn added 1 to It largely g by b some fortunate Investments In rub rubber ru m her ber shares hares BOYS nOYS ADORE ADOUE HIM HIMlie I IH H lie has ha been hoen seen p en n a n great deal re recently r rev t ther driving with the th baroness l and amid her hor two lx bos y anti on t the tho eldest has ha been tak u tot for with ti r him on a n beautiful little pony Irony Both Roth f flays lays boy adore him timid and Ind there thero seems mB to be belittle little danger that he will 1 not noL make makl Ii them nn an ex client stepfather j jI I tun Iun told tul that In accordance with i itin tho tin desire of ot their father tather both t bays y t twill 1 will be trained for tor a n military career and It Is I likely tot that Int when they tho are aro ar till old enod g h they will wi l t x e given v von commissions s i on can either the Ih Austrian er 01 r Unless th tb n a taste r Nr far faras r ra a n soldiers M 1 tle 1 rs ln life Ir e t as i they tho ho l hout will wt I h hI hIno v va I Ino 1 no ne need l to tn follow fullow it t as R x a ut 1 i lun I for tor l left ft ami ample f fortunes settled tl d don 1 1 amt on en them In addition to the tho provision s which he made for their mother In fairness t to t M I Durieux It I must ml t i Im be wild said that he U is I not a n I fortune hunter 10 for tor In Ile t pile of ot the lime flat fAd f fas that tat he tie hI acted i n RA as the Ihl hron steward h he 1 Is I pose i I f i of ot ample means meM of ot his hla own although s 1 rich his hla I 1 of ot he Is not nearly rs a as ea bride BLUS LS L f t h |
