Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-06-02

MAxIMILIAN's Wrpow.-The Inde-
pemdamee Beige gives the following in
teresting story concerning the health
and the habits of the Princess Char
lotte, now under treatment for insanity
in Belgium -
The Princers enjoys better health than
might be expeo1j. She has even at
tanned n certainl nboapoins. But, NOR
ally speaking, her case seems desperate.
The most sanguine physicians consider
her insanity incurnble. Her mental
condition is very strange. She appears
to no longer take any part in this
world; she speaks to nobody, recogni-
res nobody, but always seems planning
with, following and talking to, imagi-
nary beings. Those persons who sur.
round or serve her appear to her a.
nouentities-she looks at them, yet does
not appear to see them. She seems to
suffer If her vision is INSTRUCTED by o
living being while she ponders; when q
human voice reaches her ear she seems
to treat it asa sound from another world;
she il only pleased wien in deep soil
tude and talking with her invisibles.-
All company is bore to her. Her ap-
petite is excellent, and she writes her
mems each day with astonishing intel
ligence, making such changes of diet a.
the seasons suggest. She gives all her
orders in writing concerning this and
other matters. She has selected q Ia
bic in her chateau upon which she de-
posits her billets and which are taken
at fixed hour. In this respect she
shows no hesitation or confusion in her
thoughts.
The Princess pushes her love of soli-
tude to such an extreme that she does
not wish to have her servants with her;
she dresses herself and completes her
toilet with an exquisite care that bor-
ders on the realms of a coquette.
She dresses her hair always in plaits
as she did before her trouble. Her
dressing maid is not admitted in her
sleeping apartment, she alone presides
over al the details of her toilet. She
preserves remarkable memory for all
the usual affairs oflife. Thus on q fixed
day note is written ordering her bath
to be got ready. If, when she has or
dered a special plate for her dinner and
that plate is not brought on the table
she simply remarks the facts in writing,
without reproach, without i'll temper,
like person who notices an omission,
and then calls attention to it.
When the weather is fine she walks
in the park every day at about eleven
o'clock. She invariably follows the
same road, walking always at . rapid
pace. 1t need scarcely be added that
she is watched at a distance without
her knowledge and that every precau-
zion is taken to shield Ter from accident.
She often takes to music and some
times she designs and executes q paint
ing with taste aud talent. Music seems
to charm and soothe her, while painting
absorbs and captivates. With her dis
position, with adisinclination for all HUI
man society, e il difficult to pay her .
visit without causing her pain. Her
Majesty the Queen only visits Tervue-
reun every fortnight, and even then she
does not see the Princess; this depends
upon the temper Of the patient. Seve-
raj times every day. however, news ID
sent from the chateau Of The Princes
ut TeEvueren TO the Chateau de IAcken
or to the royal palace at Brussels. Ev-
cry month d.. 0heel visits The sngusl
patient tie Queen hahitnally accom-
panying him in these vista Thevisits
seem really nd. and are always 70 this
effect -1hs doctor asks the patient -
10 her health, when che always replies.
oh, Tn vssy vsll." then tnzns ~