Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-28
THE SALM.SALMS.
A Pen Picture of the Dashing, Dark
Eyed Princess-The Princes Death
Before Metz.


Eyed Princess-Th Princes Dea TN
Before Metz.
Howard Glydon in N. Y. Evening Mail.l
The frequenters Of the National Hotel
in Washington during the year '62 will
doubtless remember the advent Of the
Prince and Princess of Salm-Salm
among them. They came very quietly
and seemed to have no acquaintances,
and for some days there was much per
plexity as to their names and real posi-
ton. AT last il was whispered that he
was Prince and that she was Princess.
But this statement was met with a coun-
ter statement, viz: that they were only
pretending to be so. The next rumor
was that he was Prince, but that she
wasn't Princess. The oldest and best
informed of the habitues of the house
seemed TO be in doubt on the subject,
and the matter was enveloped in the ut
most uncertainty, The morning after
news of these mysterious arrivals had
been buzzed about the house, young
and very handsome lady walked alone
and unattended into the breakfast room
at a late hour, and seated herself
in secluded corner. But more than
opa mir of ebarn avas had a1raad, sn;ed
bar amt ond hafpre sba ba5 hean' 'seatsJ
ton ton u,;nntas mir as evarvbodv IN tbe room room Lnew
that sba wos tba iody Who bod coma Win
tbe foreign nr;nce' and several tongnes
wara hnsy r. try;ng 10 6y bor social
stotus Her every ymoyoment M was Watched
narrowly and oyerv r,n-ssi Of ber ner.
son was az sscrnt;n;1e3 by ;non;s;t;ye eyes
Thav onI,, fo,,nJ ont t5a, ~ n,,s drossaJ
,la;nly Int In cod tasta in wb;ta
,,orn;nn dross. s,hat sha had alor;ons
JarI aSos I'D nd abnndant any JarL
JusL,, com,Iav;o, A,sLad ,,;th n hr;abt
rose IN tbp cheeks and l;ns and i;ttIe
brown hands nm excaed;ngly gracafnI
f;gnre neither short nor tsfi nor lean
or stout. ond tbot sbo seamad 70 ba ohont
twentv'two. M and from bar aeneroi ON
naoranna svo"Id ha sat dnw,r crooia
TL;s ros IN roai;tv tba pr;nooss AGnas
of Salm nee I'eclsroa tban bnt newly
rnorr;ad 60 tbo Pr;nco
"a After "a ~ fsw NV minute. Of tho sovoro or.
doaI 70 wh;cb she Voc snh;ootad bv har
wb;sner;ng critics one could Iordlv
hlamo tbe Iady for faol;ng norvons
That sbe felt tbs nnnleassntness Of ber
s;tnat;on vas - av;denceJ bv her deenan.
;ng color and dnwncsst evas Al last
she s % arose and abruntlv left the room and
her nntoucbed breatfast. and The nm.
ioasereJ loo tongues were inst bea;nn;ng 70
ws@ freely about ber ' When thav were
s;Ienced S nv tho return of the handsome
nnLnown folIowed bv q centleman in a
balf u;,;torv ana fore;gn yn;form Tins
;nforoaJ sba seemed 70 feel moro Of
bor ease Int 90 nncb constra;nt wss
v;s;hle' n the maeners of those two
toward each other in public that the no,
sition of the Princess was not fairly re-
oognized for several days, The Prince
b;mseIf was a varv sborf -sbonl-
dered and comnactly buiIt man of about
thirty with close eut hair of no particu-
lar color. but yereing on dark gray, near
sighted eyes, in one : Of which he kept an
eye-glass nernetually screwed. of a very
dori5 comnlexion, with a very German
mnstache and altogether not at ali
d;st;ngnished lacking The Princess
was n snlend;d rider and n crowd used
of1en 70 Gather in front of the National
Hotel to sao her round little fpure lifted
mon the hack of a ferv black horse who
rearad and nlunqed so that Il took two
grooms to bold him. and whom Il was
Snnossible for a lady to mount in The
nsual manner but once In the saddle
she would n,anags himI We heard Of
bor oftarwards with her husband in
camn hefore Petersburg and in The army
she had the reputation Of being brilliant
at aisist;ons Altogether she was inst
~ ~ N ,'srs'o = woman o. We sbould exnect to
Snd il tbe position in wbioh he was
niaoed in Mexico brilliant daring
T. | asb;no ;mnnlsive and LOYAL and clever
y. eiI ;ntriSne TLs most which she SO mo-
a. eilad IN May;6o ougbt to do away
,;,b o tba memory Of her womanly necoa.
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