The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25
Recollections of the Countess Guic.
cioli.

LSCSOASGG4O44S O4 G44S SOunLSoS N4G-
cioli.
I was living in Paris in 1914 or As, at
all events about the time that Eugene's
Sues novel of the "Juif Errant" " ap-
peared. The glowing description of his
heroine, Adrienne de Cardouville's goI-
den hair, not only made auburn popu-
lar, which had hitherto been rather at a
discount because other women would
unpleasantly suggest its being rcd, but
brought out with successful seIf-asser-
ton, even the carroty locks which mp to
this time had been kept In the back
ground or had sought cOncealment of
hair dye. was walking inst about the
beginning of the twilight hour, with a
lady on my arm, when a young damsel,
as I thought, passed us, accompanied
by her cavalier. Her profuse reddish
golden hair hung down below her we'll
developed bosom. Notwithstanding
her embonpOint I should have Judged
her to be between eighteen and two-aud-
twenty, and remarked to my fair COM
panion, There goes a Cardouville girl
who ought to be the height of the fash
ion." "Girl, indeed, said she, with a
toss of her head don't you know who
that is That is the Guiccioli. She is
As years old if she is a day" Shortly
after met her at the house of Mons eur
and Madame Sierra. On closer inspec-
ton she looked much older than I had
taken her to be, and though she must
have been nearer As than 40, did not
look 80 years of age. Byron in one of
his letters, writes, in reference to her
% 1 have faIleai in love with a red-headed
woman ;" but her glorious, indescrib-
able hair was really of that hue never
found but in the south of Europe, rare
ly there, and most frequently in the
north of Italy, where it is derived from
the Lombard blood, and which is truly
designated as gClden-the hair which
the ancient Greeks ascribed to Apollo
and Homer to his Achilles. Though
far from being brilliant, though in fact
intellectually ather below than above
the average of women, there was an IN
accountable fascination about her. Some
one attributed this to her being " in
tenseIy feminine, " and said of her that
though what she did might be uncon-
ventional and improper, and though
what she said might not be sensible, yet
that she could not do or say anything
that was not graceful even if she tried
Her liaison with Byron was the glory
of her life, and she was never weary of
talking of it. Though she never cared
about or understood his poetry, she was
in love with his memory, and glOried in
his glory because it was his. Though,
| like every italian woman, she had her
! fits of religious devotion-superstitio
| still lingering where faith is dead-nev-
er could she be persuaded that there
was anything wrong about their inter
| course, and when an eminent French
divine once spoke to her on the subject,
she told him, with flashing eyes, that
50 she had enjoyed her heaven already,
! and never would she give up her recol-
/ lection of it for another, even though
everlasting" Subsequently she visited
England, where her reception as By
ron's mistress was the greatest tribute
ever paid to genius. All the proprieties
or pruderies of conventionality fell be-
fore that name. The highest and most
virtuous ladies in the land threw open
their doors to her but, strangest of all
Lady Byron herself invited her to visit
her, which she did. Some years after,
the fashionable world of Paris was
astounded by an astonishing event.
There was a certain marquis de Boissy,
of illustrious lineage, large hereditary
wealth, and unsullied reputation. DE
was considered the highest referee in all
matters of honor his appreciation Of q
statue or a picture, his applause OF an
Opera. an actor, or a singer insured Its
success. In the Chamber of Peers he
was an eccentric le itiHlatist orator.
ner1nitted to say what no ono else
wouId have been. For years all tho
matchmaking mothers in the fauboure
had be n trying In vain to capture hin
as the most eligible parti in France
As he was now a good deal past middle
age, all hope of trapping him was giveI
up, when 10 came the announcement
that he had married the Guiccioi HI
was accustomed always to introduce he
with pride as 9" my wife, the Guiccioli
Lord Byron's mistress" They ive'
happily together for many years, ant
r until he died, in 1866.
A GIRL of thirteen was married to
boy of sixteen in Omaha last week. Tn
: united wealth of the young cOupl
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