New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-04
Maxinilinn's Widow.

The independence Beige gives the follow
ing interesting story concerning the health
and the habits of the Princess Charlotte,
now ander treatment for insanity in Berlin:
The princess enjoys better health than
might be expected. She has even attained
certain emJonpont But, morally speak
ing, her case seems desperate. The most
sanguIne physicians consider her insanity
lncurable. Her mental condition is very
strange. She appears to no longer take
any part in this world; she speaks to no.
body, recognizes nobody. bat always seems
planning with, following and talking TO
imaginary beings. Those persons who sur
round or serve her appear to be nonenJi-
ties; she looks at them yet does not ap-
pear to see them. She seems to suffer
If her vision is obstructed by living
being while she ponders; when d hu-
man voice reaches her ear she seems
to treat it as sound from another
world: she is only pleased when in deep
solitude and talking with her familiar in
vislbles. All company is bore to her. Her
appetite is excellent. and she writes her
menu each day with astoni shing inteIii-
gence, making such changes of diet as the
seasons suggest. She gives all her orders
IN writing concerning this and other mat
ters. She has selected a table in her cha
teau upon which she deposits her bilets,
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this respect she shows no hesitation or con-
fusion in her thoughts.
The Princess pushes her love of solitude
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 borders on the realms Of
a coquette.
She dresses her hair always in plaits, as
she did before her trouble. Her dressing
. M ady mi Tod tN hnr oil
ment, she alone presides over all the details
OF her toilet. She preserves a remarka ble
memory for all the usual affairs of lie
Thus on fixed day note is written order
ing her both to be got ready. If, when she
has ordered special plate for her dinner,
and that plate is not brought on the ia BILE,
she simply remarks the fact in writing.
without reproach, without i'll temper like a
person who notices an omission and then
calls attention to it.
When the weather is fine she walks il
the park every day at about eleven o'clock.
She invariably follows the same road. walk
ing always at a very rapid pace. 1t need
scarcely be added that she is watched at a
distance without her knowledge and that
every precautIOn Is taken To shield her
from accident.
She often takes to music and sometimes
she designs and executes painting with
taste and talent. Music seems to charm
and soothe her, while painting absorbs and
captivates. With her disposition. with a
disinclination for all human society, it is
difficult to pay her a visit without causing
her pain. Her majesty the Queen only
visits Tefvueren every fortnight, and even
then she does not see the Princess; this
depends upon the temper of the patient
Several times every day. however. nows is
sent from the chateau Of the Princess at
TerVueVcn to the Cnateau de iacken or to
the royal palace at Brussels. Every month
DR.. Gheel visits the august patient. the
Queen habitually accompanying. him in
these visits. The visits seem really sad,
and are always to this effect The doctor
asks the patient as to her health, when she
always replies, "Oh, I'm very WE'LL then
turns her back upon him and walks awar.