Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-11-03
The Prince and the Actress.
-[FrOm the Court ] Journal.l

mas gwen ueW dilu w tLe luctIll1Cll
ambitionsof of the ladies Of the Paris
boards. The visit made by the En-
press Elizabeth, to the beautiful Scastle
of Lake Stahnberg, where the new y
married couple. reside sshas become the
talk of every foyercl d7istss in Europe.
They say in the, coa1isscs here that Her
Austrian Majesty was the great promo
ter of the marriage, the story connected
with her brouhers love courtship
being romantic enou 5h 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 rcputationaunsullied
amid all the perils 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 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 produce by byartifcialmeans
lips of the deepest earnation; teeth
small and eyluisitely 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
exp pected of him by his family. At that
time Mile. Mendel was in. the habit Of
aearing velvet collar with u clasp or
aamentod by single pearl of great
value, which had been presented to her
by the King OF Saxony, and in order to
quel 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
whole necklace. 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 10 his brothers
bark
That very night, when about to place
tie velvet band upon her neck. she
fo,nd, to her great surprise, that a sec
ond pearl had been added to the clasp
She kneS we'll enough VII VII Il came,
and sml!sd sadly at rne e@t4sEEe svEg q labor
Sat are that Duke Louis was in
Curing hr loves sake.
BY degrees the velvet band became
covered with pearls, all of them as fine
as the ole oestwowed by the King OF
Saxony, until one evening great lSas
the rumor in Augsburg. The tair Men
del had been robbed while on the
stage, divested of all ornament, in the
prison scene as Bettina Won Armstedt, y
her drcssing-roo,n had been entered,
and the velvet collar with its row of
priceless pearls had disappeared from
the toilet-table. The event wag 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 very short
time, for he had the clue already, poor
Mile. Mep4el was so overcome with
grief that her memory failed her en-
tirely, so that OIL returning t tho stage
not word could she remember Of her
part. The audience waited for some
filne in astonisament at the silence
,nalntained by tie actress; the actress
gaHed - iha audience inpitcou elnba-
F;lssment. pnt-i, b. sudden inspiration
and almost mechanically ia@0od. she
remembered that she had the rehearsal
copy Of the play in the pocket Of her
apion. She drew it forth without hest
Sltion, 4gd began to read from it with
the greatest salf-possession imaginable.
At first the audience knew not whether
to laugh or be angry, bqt presently
IN ,uory, pathos forgetfulness Of all tul
her art Lad returned to Mile. Mendel,
and ia the uttsrance of one Of the most
impassioneQ 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 that-the great monster
chandelier in the centre of the roof
swung to and fro with the vibration.
But or ler. return to her dressing-room
the excitement proved too much, and
she tainted away. On coming back to
consciousness it was to find Duke Louis
9Ast her feet, and the head Comnlissaire
.f landing by her side, bidding her take
If Ayage. for the pearls had been found.
here ase they 2" exclaimed she.
you sure that none are missing?