, 1879-05-31


The French papers nre full Ut Acc0urls Of the
death in tho private u,at!house Of Or, Dinnchc,
ut passy, Of Nine. Musard, who bcgau hor career
tu the dancing classes OF Sararco III Nsw York,
and lie gosgeoustess OF whose palace tu tho Rue
1'unuet do Vtt1c-Just, at paris, ueaE tic aearce
lY less splendid residence Ut Emilio dc Girar-
din, has for years past been q standing themc
with the Cosstpa Of the parlsan press. Mine.
Alusard married her husband, the wcll-known
concert conductor, during his trip to this couu.
try several years before tic Civil Wur. Her
own fortune was nas!c by the discovery that
certain lauls III Pennsylvania and West Vir-
gtn!a, tile tttle-dcetls of which were
given hor by tic King OF 1loIlund, luz
wlthtn the rhartucu realm Of Petroleum.
Shs greatly furrcased It by cxtrnt!-
slye, judlcloils, nnl gcncral1y SUCCESSFUL upcrn-
tions IN the Paris lo,,rsc, md US she waa much
given TO superb dIuM0hds mud magnificent
elnpares she soon concentrated attcntinn upon
herself. The "vhronfclcrs never worried of
describing tho silSer hatli-tuhRt ivory bpls ah
.narble esa!rways Of her hotc nnd aIi Paris could
SEQ fur tssclf TINT her horses were ~ fire M tose
Of thc E,nrcrorll1mself. Flying 'egeuls u Royal
visits TN cxprcss.trntns from The laguo 10 Par|s
adIed to tile zcst uf nll Ibis lattlc, and 1t ho-
cana literature when 1t WIS talsea up bv an Illus
trluua writer mid Incorporated III IDS ciEcetlye
ran,aHce Ut tic "A1fufru Cieinut!erilti," a ru.
lnas.ce llkely cuough, hy the way. 10 ha revived
" P4bt4lAThJ FuJl4eAI
Ut q French public man who itlucs not thank n.
Dunnns pcelaps for giving hts natno TO such A
bupk.
In 1877 Nine. sl,.sasl was In London driving
ahaus her fous.nhasM lerss!t IN hyde Park, tu
tho great seatlllnl Ut te Btalwnrt British,
dnwagcrs. When sle cnnn ltp tu Tue entrance
Of ttls Park, wlle Us It vas, she m1sscd 1t usal
canlD very lleur throwing uuWn l1rr team. She
was taken baei at Ullea 10 tlln hotel. WaeF0 tho
ri,Ys!eians tpuni TINT her right eye WIS pnri.
lyxrd. FrOm tl,at moment ehu fnGereA III MI
UNCERTAIN btate OF bMiy uni mind until tho !Utn
| Ut JANUARY last, w!en lvg lwAlsel.o!a VIA
nrotlscll VI midnight by terrible cries. nut fund
] her atark. starIng Ha.l. She WIS then removed
under tu atly!ce Ut six phyAclals to- The ma xon
! tte santh ot Dr. hnnrte, ami there shu has I'm
| gerrd on, watched mud cared for b. tslrco de-
voted fetuale friends md visited daily BY her
! husband.
| What Ia the nnral Of this strange cnreerl
Whatever It nlas bu, history seems less concerts
I'd to ntoraIlzo tllan IN inako rahlatsc thu CON
trasts AN; tho points Of run1nrt Vi hnnun iives
in ller successive cp0cls. Fur uxa1nple, IN this
| cass Ut tha AMERICAN taucIIIg.seioul glrl Wtiu
Inns lust ltct mud null millionaire ~ Paris, Tie
Ipusu in which this curious celebrity OF tho
| nineteenth century has thus cndei her strlt,co
vasser belonged iuss loo years a5u to ,.e heaut-
| fui nMl unfortunate Ffinceas t1t LnlnbAlte,
whose hcad Gortic BY her saylEc fnliEtlcrcrs uh .
! pa!in thTuuvh ttu streets Of Paris Was held M
Gelure thu windows OF tl.u palais toyn1 10 Eiyu
| Il xcst to the dinner OF tint lnu6t infamous of
PRINCES a,,A VI usa.l, phtppe Egasits, Duke Ut
| Orleans.