Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-11-03
The Prince and the Actress.
[From5the Court j Journal.]

Mile. Nheuucl tilc stSl1C';s, VI 4AuSSDDui -
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 new! y
married couple. resideyshas become the
talk Of every foyer d dTRistes in Europe.
They say in The coaliyycS 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 reputation unsullied
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 .try-Solden hair in soft
silky masses, without the smallest tinge
Of auburn-pure gold-mburnished /;
complexion delicate as the inner pc
tails of the Bengal rosc~-pale pink,
scarcely eve. seen in nature, and almost
Impossible to produce by artificial means ;
lips of the deepest carnation; teeth
small and exl luisitely white. and eye
briows of tle 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 tie 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
mearing velvet collar with a clasp or
aamented by single pearl Of great
value, which had been presented.to her
by the King of Saxony, and in order to
qnell all hope Of success in the bosom
OF her royal admirer, she declared to
him one day that she had made a vow
10 hestow 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
Ian ore merrily still when she
beh.ld 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 S
ark.
That very night, when about to place
tie velvet band upon her neck. she
toind, to her great surprise, that see
ond rearl had been added 10 the clasp.
She kheT we'll enesgh vi VII. II came,
and smlsd sadly al rnc c:t1szISe .y1E Or labor
at sire that Duke Louis was in
CURING f;r loves sake.
BY degrees the velvet band became
covered with pearls, all of thea as fine
as the ole oestwowed by the King OF
SaxoGy, until one evening great was
the rumor in Augsburg. The fair Men
del had been robbed while on the
stage, divested Of all ornament, in the
prison scene as ''Bettina von Armstedt, y
her drcssing-mom had been entered,
and the YelYet collar, with its row Of
priceless pearls had disappeared from
the toilet-table. The event ,sag 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 lie ha. the clue already, poor
Mile. Mepdel was so overcome with
grief that her memory failed her en-
tirelv, so that Oh returning tt ihq stage
not word could she remember Of hcr
part. The audience waited for some
SINE in astonisament at the silence
,nalntained by tie actress; the actress
aazed . ihe audience in pitcou elnbar
,,Gtssment. ent.i, b, Sudden inspiration,
and almost mechanically i4d@od. she
remembered that she had the rehearsal
copy OF the play in the pocket Of her
apfon She drew it forth without hest
$ltion, xgd began to read from it with
the greatest solf-possession imaginable.
At first the apGie4c3 knew not whether
to laugh or be angry, d4t presently
IN :,nory, pathos, forgetfulness Of all iui
tlep art Lad returned to Mile Mendcl,
and ia the utterance of one Of the most
impassioaed 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 50 tremen-
dous that one of the witnesses to the
scene has told us thstthe great monster
chandelier in the centre of the roof
swung to and fro with the vibration.
But on her. 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
sst her feet, and the head Comnlissairc
a&nding by her side, bidding her take
yage. for the pearls had been found.
bere are they p exclaimed she.
von sure that none are missing