Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-10

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1t, manned some time in Paris. His sup.
j., ply of money was exhausted; beside,
business called him home. She had
Ia had enough Of Russian life. Her place
was in Western civilization; here she
lived-she vegetated there. Return she
Il would not. He stOrmed, he swOre, he
v raved, he entreated, he prayed, he wept.
All in vain, of course. Women are not
"a made of penetrable stuff. He returned
without her. She was left in Paris with
nothing but her face-a fortune greater
. than de BalZac's, or de Lamartine's, or
Victor Hugo's, or Seribe's genius. All
their gift eve brought them in as
much money IS this wOman's face has
/: brought in 20 her. The Russian noble
man certainly had not reached the from
tier before she had bewitched one of the
celebrated artists of that day. They
visited England and France, and reaped
a golden harvest in every field, ali of
which she garnered. The artist discOv-
cred at last that the more concerts he
gave the poorer he got, and left her in
the lurch in London, if the mistress Of
!, so many guineas might be said to be in
the lurch. She came to Paris, and on
the way fascinated a Portuguese noble
man, Count de Paiva Araujo, the
master of a splendid estate, and
just twenty-One years old. She
was at least ten years his senior.
Count de Palva ArauiO was not satisfied
with giving her his estate, nothing
must do but he must give her his name
and title. His family tried to curb his
wild wishes; diplomacy and the law
exhausted their ingenuity to save this
young man from this woman. She
baIiied all the efforts of legations and
law-courts. They were married and he
fiOated in biiss-while his money lasted,
or rather while she was transferring his
estate to herself. This done, she Quilted
him, carrying of not only all his wealth,
but something else which she found
quite valuable-his nam and title.
Hitherto she had been an
character, hencefOrward she had a title
and an ancient name, both of which
were lawfully hers. She had not, how
ever, attained her great object of life, |
which was to grow enormously wealthy.
So she set about giving her husband a
successor. She was in a lucky vein, for
the tenant of her heart was aman with
alarge income as music teacher, concert
giver, and manufacturer of pianOs-M.
Henri Herr. He was otherwise rich, too;
he had amassed one hundred thousand
dollars, OIL may be two hundred thou
sand. Mr.. Herr went crazy with fnfatu-
alton for her, and continued demented
until all his capital had gone and he had
fallen so far behind all his engagements
that there was serious peril of his
creditors Selling his piano man.
ufactory. After finding the bot
tom Of NJ. Herbs purse, she Quilted
him. He went to the United States to
recOup his losses. AT this j%uncture she
mel a German, possessing one of those
| great estates which resist even such a
termite as this woman This German
was Count Henckel Won DOnnersmarck.
She could not have been less than forty
three years old when they first met.
The German was not only lavish of his
money on her, but she turned his social
relations to most profitable account.
The Empire had given an immense i'm
petus to sp~eculatiOns of all kinds.
Shares of the Credit Mobilier, issued at
five hundred francs, were worth fifteen
hundred francs and eighteen hundred
francs. Mires, Midland, the brothers
Pereire, Cusin Legendre, and all the
other wild spectators of that day were
making tens of thousands, believe that
they were transmitting paper into gold.
A shrewd man with capital and social
relations had but to stoop to pick up a for
tune. Two such cool, clear, INSCRIPTIONS ,
heads as Nine. de Palva and her lover i
made money upon money. Shewas worth f,
before the war more than two millions 7
of dollars, and she has made an immense
deal Of money since. She owns the his !
torical Chateau de POntehartrain. She >
has these possessions well stocked with i
pheasants and partridges lit is said she \
don't like to see them killed: a first 0
rate shot, and a sportsman who :
kills a hen pheasant, are sure never to :
receive a second i|nvitationl. Guards. n
regularly relieved, patrol the estate night
and day. A vehicle comes in every
morning bringing to her vegetables and
fruit from her garden, orchard, forcing
house and winery; for she has all these
IN the highest state of excellence, The
best Englisi gardeners tend them, and e
her stablem4I are of the same nation. y
manage her dairy, and Dutch i
women her laundry. Her cooks are Z
French, her cOnfectiOners are from Wen u
Her plate-rOoms contain sixty thou y
dollars worth Ofsilver. Herr iron safe -
contains five hundred thousand dollars y
worth Of Jewels, and one hundred thou Il
send dollars in bank notes, which she (
Keeps by her in case Of an emer- y
yency beyond the usual course of events. d
Her house on the Avenue DIES Champs y
is said to be the costliestin Paris. n
The stairs are the purest Carrara -
marble, with bronze banisters expressly ~
designed for her, and whose moulds ~
we're broken after they were made. The IL
nantels n doors of the draWingroom y
IRE m~alachite. The painters who deco VI
'ated her drawingrOOm, diningroOm and -
library are said to have received above "a
thousand dollars for each "
Dom. There is no house in Paris like a
{. When war was declared, she quilted ~
Paris and took up her abode in Lon ~ ~
lon. Count Henckel Won Donners- "a
naTck repaired to the Prussian head de
and made himself particularly ~
Isefnl by his knowledge of France and ~
I French. He was an old and intimate ~
Of Count Won Bismarck. When
be French were driven out of Alsace va
nd Lorraine, Count Henckel Won : !
)Onnersmarck was made its Military iel
Governor, and made himself so OBJ
oxious to the inhabitants (probabIy an ~
Inevitable sequence of the e%nvironing
circumstances, that many threats of
ersOnal chastisement, if he ever again
bowed his face in Paris. was made. Ii
ecame desirable for him in his new DO Sa
ton to keep a hospitablehouse. Maybe. ,a
DO, Nine. de Paiva threatened to ioin 81
i'm and to reassume her old position NJ
you know how frantic women, and es- ~
women of this class, are when on,
consider their "rightsp imperilledl. -
r to raise a scandal which might ring hi,
lroughout Europe. At all events be- H.
re setting out to assume the Mill "a
Try GoVernorship of the conquered we
rOvinces Mime. de Paiva was married NJ
Count Henekel Won Donnersmarek- w.
le third time she had stood at the ~.
tidal altar, and all three of her n'
lsbands are alive. The wal ended.
lie Commune quelled; spring, summer. 10,
ltumn gone, Count and Countess or
-enckel Won Donnersmarck returned to n
arts and We're seen in the Boisede Bou- -
gne and at the Italian Opera. Their b;r
lends at once began to flock around NJ
lem. In Paris people embrace their NO,
assassin if he serve TO them No.
enty of truilles and iced champagne. aS,
adame de P6iva's cook, larder and eel SIN
r have always been famous, and she fsc
rs been able 20 pick her guests; there Ias,
ere more candidates than elect. Wo- ha,
en- who had something more than am 80
,petite 10 lose kept alOof from her. She u.
diciously disdained women celebrated :
~gallantries alone, however great was
cir vogue. She refused to allow ~,
adame Doche and her sister. Fannie ~
Mademoiselle Page and Made Sn
Oiselle Ozy to be presented to her; but 10
e admitted MademOiselle Doze Ma
me Roger de Beauvois) and Made
oiselle Rachel TO her drawing-rOom. +
'ople familiar with Paris will discover the
m these examples where she drew the pal
ie Of distinction between women plal
oooed by society. 1t is a little too del be ,
.te for words. This tact and her ex- of
lent dinners kept Madame de Paiva's will
lYing-r0om sensibly above the most viii,
lhant saloons OF the world Of gaIlan- Paw
! nevertheless, she never rose out of afte
Dy-world: Countess Henokel Won Gal
nnersmarck though she be, society is the
sed against her; and there are even to h
' men in Paris who would venture be h
o her box at the Italian Opera. Count paIs
Paiva Arauj0 disappeared from Psris hefo
ago. There was a remnant Of his The
ate which he could not waste, and Oh puFl
le lived N somec cheap, obscure Italian npsl