Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-11-03
The Prince and the Actress.
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has given new aim to the theatrical
ambitionsof the ladies Of the Paris
boards. The visit made by the En-
press Elizabeth to the beautiful scastle
of Lake Stahnberg, where the-newly-s
married couple reside eashas become the
talk of every foyen d dttistes in Europe
They say in the, coalisscs here that Her
Austrian Majesty, was the great promo
ter of the marriage, the story connected
with her brothers love and ~courtship
being romantic enough to excite the
strongest interest in her kind womanly
heart, and making it forgetful of all
distinction of rank where an equal share
of love and delicacy had been displayed
by both the lovers. Mile Mendel, who
had preserved her repatationsunsullied
amid all the perils and temptations of
a 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 cou ltry-golden hair in soft
silky masses, without the smallest tinge
of auburn-pure gold-unburnished
complexion DELICATE as the inner pc
tails of the Bengal rose-pale pink,
scarcely ever seen in nature, and almost
impossible toproduce byarti6cialmeans;
lips of the. deepest carnation; teeth
small and eSquisitely white. and eye
brows of the darkest brown, with eyes
OF the deepest blue. All this made
such an impression on the heart of Duke
Louis that from the moment he first be-
held her at the Munich Theatre, he
vowed himself to the worship Of this
one idol.
But Mile. Mendel was valiant in de-
fence of her reputation, and aware Of
the responsibility incurred by the pos
session OF great talent, she resisted
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, as much was
expected of him by his family. At that
time Mile. Mendel was in, the habit of
gearing velvet collar with clasp or
namented by single pearl Of great
value, which had been presented.t 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 a vow
to bestow her heart and hand on him
alone.who could match this single pearl
with as many others as would form the
wbola necl,loce The declaration was
made laughingly, for the fair creature
knew well enough the Duke, liv-
ing fully up to his 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 his horses
and broken up his establishment-gone
to live in the strictest retirement in a
small cottage belonging to his brothers
Park.
bat,y night, whep about to place
tie velvet band upon her neck, she
found, to her great surprise, that sec
ona esarl had been added to the clasp.
She kneS we'll enough wi, 1t At came,
and .sInjgd sadly at 1ne e@-5s7Ege ss9g or 5 labor
.1at are that Duke Louis was in
Curing FIR loves sake.
By aegees the velvet band became
covered with pearls. all of them as fine
as the ole oestwowed by the King Of
Saxohy, until one evening great was
the rumor in Augsburg The fair Men
del had been robbed while on the
stage, divestd of all ornament, in the
prison scene as Bettina Won Armstedt, !"
her drcssiug-mom had been entered,
and the yelYet collar, with its row of
priceless pearls had disappeared from
the toilet-tabie. The event was 50 ter
rible, her nerves SO shaken, that in spite
- OF the assurance of the chief Police
Magistrate, who happened to be in the
theatre at the moment, that he was
sure to find tie thief IN a very short
time, for he had the clue already, poor
Mile. Mepdeliwas so overcome with
grief that her memory failed her en-
tirely, so that ol returning T. the stage
not word could she remember Of her
part. The audience waited for some
t5ime in astonishment at the silence
,naintained by tie actress; the actress
gazed s. ths audience inpiteou; embar
F;lssment. ant;i, b q sudden inspiration,
and almost mecE cEanicaiiy. ia9eod. she
remembered that she had the rehearsal
copy of the play i'm the pocket Of her
Aptop. She drewit forth without hesi
Sltion, agd began to read from it with
the greatest !galf-possession imaginable
At first the audience knew not whether
TO laugh or be angry, opt presently
m ,mory, pathos, forgetfulness Of all hui
her art Lad returned to Mile. Mendel,
and in the utteranceof one of the most
impassioned sentiments Of her speech
she flung the rehearsal copy into the
orchestra and went Oh with her part
without pause or hesitation. The ap-
planse of the audience was SO tremen-
dous that. one of the witnesses to the
scene has told us thst,the great monster
chandelier in the centre of the roof
swung to and fro with the vibration
But or her. return to her dressing-room
the excitement proved too much, end
she tainted away. On coming back to
consciousness Il was to find Duke Louis
Dat her feet, and the head Comnaissaire
ksading by her side, bidding her take
gage, for the pearls had been found.
here are they p exclaimed she.