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Show WHO IS "TELEMAQUE?" The Mysterious Individual Who Staked Count Boniface and Caught On. Here is the first explanation of a hitherto inexplicable circumstance of the Gould-Castellane marriage: Among the guests at that most advertised adver-tised of American marriages was a man, newly rich, not distinguished for elegance ele-gance of manner, breadth of education or for anything save an inordinate and abnormal itch to "get into society" and a monumental cheek in furthering an ambition not uncommon to people of his antecedents. But he was there, and all the Four Hundred looked on and wondered, especially es-pecially those that were not invited. It turns out now that this hearty old buck of humble origin, small beginnings and unbounded aspirations got his invitation invi-tation to the wedding through Count Boniface de Castellaue, the bridegroom. As everybody knows, Count Boniface had very little money prior to his marriage mar-riage with tho American heiress. He was forced to borrow. Ho was short of collateral or other material security, but his social position was valuable in the eyes of the man to whom I have referred. The latter came to the count's assistance assist-ance and indorsed his notes to the amount of $200,000, I am told, and thereafter was the count's bosom friend. Wherever the Count Castellane was, there was "the little joker," and of course he got an invitation to the wedding, wed-ding, and of course he went. You can bet that this particular example ex-ample of the newly rich never misses a trick in his social game. And such is the complex and heterogeneous hetero-geneous character of our social fabrio that, in spite of certain drawbacks, like the insect without wings, he will get there just tho same. I have not mentioned by name this charming friend of the noble Count de Castellane, but for an appropriate cognomen cog-nomen I'll dub Mm Telemaque. Cholly Knickerbocker in New York Recorder. |