Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-08-05

THE PRINCE AND THE ACTRESS

The announcement Of the approaching
recognition by the Imperial family Of Aus
tria Of the marriage of Duke Louis of
Bavaria with the beautiful Mile Mendel,
the actress, of Augsburg, has given a
new aim to the theatrical ambition of the
ladies of the Paris boards The visit
about to be made by the Empress Eliza
beth to the beautiful castle Of Lake Stain
berg, where the newl y married couple re-
side, has become the talk of every foyer
Tartistes in Europe. They say in the
coulisses here that her Austrian Majesty
was the great promoter of the marriage,
the story connected with her 5rether's
love and courtship being romantic enough
TO excite the strongest interest i'll her kind
and womanly heart, and making it for
getful of all distinction of rank. where
an equal share of love and delicacy has
been displayed by both the lovers. Miss
Mendel, who had preserved her reputa-
ton unsullied amid all the perlls and
temptations of theatrical life. is considered
as the most lovely woman in Germany,
her beauty being of the true German type.
of the peculiar fairness beheld in no other
countries golden hair in soft silky masses,
without the smallest tinge of auburn pure
gold a complexion deli
cate as the inner petals of the Bengal rose,
pale pink scarcely ever seen in nature,
and almost Impossible to produce by arti-
fetal means lips of deep carna'ion teeth
small and exquisitcly white, and eyebrows
of the darkest brown, with eyes of the
deepest blue. All this made such an i'm
preston on the heart of Duke Louis that
| from the moment he first beheld her at the
Munich Theatre he vowed himself to the
worship of this one idol But Mile. Men.
del was valiant in defence of her reputa-
ton, and aware of the responsibility in
Cured by the possession of great talant,
she rcsiste every overture, even that of
marriage, on the part Of the Duke. we'll
knowing that it was out Of his power to
contract any alliance of the kind, so much
was expected Of him y is family.
At that time Mile Mendel was in the
habit of wearing a velvet collar with a
clasp ornamented by single pearl Of
great value. which had been presented to
her by the King of Saxony, and in order
to quell all hope of success in the bosom
of her royal admirer, she declared to him
one day that she had made VOW to be-
stow her heart and hand to him alone who
could match this single pearl with as many
| otbouc ,uovII form, tho uhnio nnnE loo
The declaration was made laugingly fol
the fair creature knew we'll enough the
Duke, living fully UP to bis income, which
was but mediocre for his rank, could
never accomplish this Herculean task, and
she laughed more merrily still when she
beheld the disconsolate expression Of his
countenance at the announcement she had
made But soon afterward she heard
that the Duke had sold bis horses and
broken up his observation-disclosures to
| live in the strictest retirement in small
cottage belonging to his brothers park.
That very night, when about to place
the velvet band upon her neck, she found
to her great surprise that second pear
had been added to the clasp. She knew
we'll enough whence it came, and smiled
sadly at the loss of labor she felt sure that
Duke Louis was mourning for loves sake
By degrees the velvet band became GOV.
cred with pearls, all of them as fine as the
one bestowed by the King of Saxony
until one evening great was the rum?r IL
Augsburg The fair Mendel had beer
robbed !; while on the stage, Invested o
all ornament, in the prison scene, as Bet
sian con Arnsteea, her dressing-room had
been entered, aud the velvet collar with
its row of priceless pearls had disappeared
from the toilet table. The event was 81
terrible, her nerves 50 shaken, that in
spite of the assurance Of the chief of police
ma gistrate, who happened to be in the
theatre at the moment, that he was SUR
to find the thief in very short time, fo
he had the clue already ; poor Mile. Men
del was so overcome by grief that he
memory failed her entirely, so that on re
turning to the stage not word could sh
remember of her part
The audience waited for some time ir
establishment at the silence maintained b.
the actress !; the actress gazed at the audi
ence in piteous embarrassment, until, b,
a sudden inspiration, and almost mechani
cally, indeed, she remembered shat sh
had the rehearsal copy of the play in tn
pocket Of her apron. She drew it fort
without hesitation, aud began to read fror
it with the greatest self-possession imagin
able At first the audience knew nc
whether to laugh or 10 be angry, but pres
emily memory, patbos, fOrgesfulness,
all but her art had returned to Mile Men
del, and in the utteranoe Of one of tn
most imprisoned sentiments of her speec
she flung the rehearsal copy into the or
chestra, and went on with her part with
out pause or hesitation. The applause {
the audience was so tremendous that on
of the witnesses to the scene has told U
that the great monster chandelier IN th
center of the roof swung to and fro wit
the vibration. But Oh Acr return to ht