Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-12
Madame Asatnxli.

An elaborate paper III Iii" y .t.b.r rurAr
OF IL" IecUIt', magazine prrt@>Ses Ia ,rlI ",ha
truth abJu, Madame Ralazzi,' it be!ny il Tho
shaI'c OF a review OF to- K with that t,ri. Ip,,y
puh:hgd Ia Paris by Al Inconnu" Nh~ttnr
As the Princess dc S0rms. or aS the wife, AID
now widow, OF Italy cmlueGt statesman, IN
whom Tel The mantle %! the sfa1t Nav.nt
Madame EuaZZ' must take ncr ,iacy a. a ms,
toric parsonage. No chronicle o the Second
Empire Will be complete II it omijs the name
and career OF this membar of the r naiar,e
family, whose 2ccentric'tles, imprudence and
poisoned shafts ainet at the EMPRESS Fay.
HE reudore! imperative her hauishmeu; from
her imnerlal cousins curt. In FioreQcc,
as IN Paris, she has been a social power,
1t not being denied that the ,narhe s>m
paihy with French policy that has Of late
years swaycd the Italian Government IS
mainly due 10 this iem'ulun potcntlte behini
the throne. Madame RataZzl enemies having
painted her portrait IN the darkest color>. and
sent 1t broadcast through the world it is due to
the equlpolsn OF history that her friends should
now hold the brush, their enthusiasm prescn,-
Ing Us with rare combination OF the MUSE, the
grace and the angel. The fall If The
Empire ID the death of her illustr,u> hus-
band, have restored Madame R!iaZzi. Der
| maneutly to Paris hm .rgln: rom the svciaSon
OF her wid,Whooi. she has RESUMED her lead
| erahlp III the capital OF the worli Giving last
touch to some musical inspiration, directing
| under a u>cndouym hebiomaIaI review, per
chance writing Dew book, she yet hnds leisure
| to receive the nutabirlcS native II loreiyD, who
lhrons her salon 10 the Aquila palace. Lerili-
| mlstS, OrGaulsts. members Of all parties dpio.
matlsts, artists, the newly f dyed poet aad the
suavc laureate, teui,letonisis and great ,uroaI.
lsts, ali are there. Madame Alcxautre pre-
| Iudcs, Ike 81. ella On the organ !; an hour
later IhtrcSe Is rap;urou>y arpiaudeI, ecip>ed
III turn bY the diva from the lacas or Ra-
chel successor at the Franchise, these divers
social elcul:nts being fused into harmony by
the hostess who III tact quick perception, and
grace oi COW cr>aiIon is :. hleh bred PariSian
seductive 10 The kirdu, S., sympathy and ready
memory which pace E,r guests at ease aud dis
play their Individual IT, tVadvan:age. La her
novel l. uise H. k"liner, MadamcR razzl, while
tracing with a mastery hand the portrait of her
heroine, uncon>clcus'y AT Tor her own; it is said
to be her Ivln" photo graph: "Iall, slender, her
figure Is cxqnl>icly shaped, with softly round.
ed shoulders ami broad chest; her arms
are modelled after the aot:quc; her haais
worthy OF queen or fairy; the mouth is per-
fect IN contour The seductive snle revealing
the peary teeth benea the coral arch; the
straight nose, with its transparent uostril, is
Spiritual, even severe, While her Jet black hair
frames uobe t,r"heal ard brilliant complex
lon. Ii Madame Ratazz,'s beauty is Italian
IN scnlptur,d outline, her soft, dreamy blue
eye Is that OF a daughter OF The far North, a
E"Ikyul from Oilu's Paradise; 10 rcpose she is
goddess escaped tr.m Olympus when she
speaks she Is woman whose irresistible mag
nctlSm Is not surpassed among women 10
quote one 81 the most noted writer's in France,
Nv hoevcr has merely seen Madame Ratazzi
cannot forget her, while one privileged to be
near Der Cannot escape the lntcx eating charm
OF her prestacc "