Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-13
NINE. THEIRS.
THE HOME LIFE AND CHARACTER or THE
DEVOTED WIFE or THE LATE PREsI.
DENT or THE FRENCH RI-

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PUBLIC.
Paris Correspondence Of the Pail Mall Gazette.
Nine. Thiers was year older than
Queen Victoria and was married six
years and half before her Majesty
became the wife of Prince Albert of
SAKE e.Coburg.Gotha She left school
to become the wife Of NJ. Thicrs, and
rs bride was placed under the care
of professors of modern and ancient
languages, Of history and of literature
If she had had the ambition to shine
rs an authoress she would have been Il
brilliant writer. Her style was lively,
very original, and yet polished and
wcll-bred. But there never perhaps
yet lived woman who with so many
opportunities to dazzle and to play II
splendid part in the great world cared
less for the applause of human beings
She was extremely beautiful in youth
The outlines of her face were pure,
delicate and regular in their proper
tions Her shoulders TO the end Of her
life were finely shaped, and her feet
and hands were celebrated for the per-
iection of their form. In the ante
room of the ground.hoor suit Of rooms
in the Place It. George there is n bust
by Marochctti which represents Nine
Ihicrs n she was when she first at.
tended the balls of Queen Marie Anne.
lie. Old Orlcani-ts who then knew
her assure me that it was not too
fattcring Likeness. Mime. Emile de
Girardin, when employed by the Cur
got Cabinet to write in the Pressc,
which that Minister had subsidized TO
write against VI. Thiers, paid her trib-
ute of admiration 90 the rosebud love
illness of his young wife. In her
"Couriicr de Paris she speaks Of the
effect it created at fancy ball given
by the Duche~se de GaIlitera and
at another ictc at the house of Baron.
css James Roihschild. Nine Thicrs
nj the former wore n white satin dom
mo covered over with Brussels lace.
Nine. Emile de Girardin, who was in
clincd to chcrchcr In petite beic, spoke
some years later Of NJ. Thicrs bccom-
ing Minister for Foreign Affairs to
enable hi, wife To- make sure that
when she invited the Ambassadors to
her -oircc- they would come. 1t 80
happened that Mime. Thicrs was more
free from worldliuc>s OF the kind Nine
dc Girardin ascribcd to her than if
she were a.pring to perfect herself in
-aintliuc-- by humility and the re-
nounccmcnt Of earthly grandeur She
would not have gone to nearly so much
trouble to receive graciou-ly the high
ct member OF the Corps Diplomalique
a, the most insignificant friend Of VI.
Thicrs.
Nine. Thicr. had the intellect of a
Pari.iennc of the iaubourg-. 4 fan
ta-,ic pedigree is given in this morn
ing, papers of the Malhcrous, her
mother, family, who are represented
as having come direct from Auycrgnc
and on very small savings started a
retail silk mcrccr- shop in th" Eau.
bourg Monimartrc. The truth j. they
had been in business there time out of
mind. were very rich, but satisfied 10
20 on as their foretathcr- bad done.
Nine Thicrs. however, had not the in
tcllcctual complexion of q jourgcoisc
de Paris. In her per-picacity, direct.
ness, bluutnc-,, warmth OF heart and
hcroi-m-ior she was ~ brave n n
lioucss-shc was rather upc femme du
pcUyie. Glory she loved, display she
hated aud while completely inditicr-
cnt 20 what gossiping people -aid Of
her plain clothing, her hatred of waste,
her administrative capacity. which
was erroncpu-ly coufouudcd with par
simouy. her heart dIlatcd with glad
ness when she felt the eyes of the
world were fixed with admiration upon
NJ Thicrs Nine. Thicr- when she
was quite Young translated the works
OF PIlny. She said she liked Terence
better than labiche. II was she who
translated for VI. Thcrs the articles in
English and German newspapers on
his speeches, his works or his actions
when they were culogistic. If they
were the contrary she put them in the
fire and pretended they were lost.
The care of administering her house
hold-which was always an important
one-lett her no time after her moth. /
er's death for the study of literature.
There were altogether six men ser.
wants, three female attendants and
cook, aud there were few houses i'm
Paris in which the virtue of hospitali.
ty was kept brighter by exercise. 4
whole tribe of bachelor friends who |
had grown old round VI. Thicrs we're
in the habit of dropping in to deieuncr
and to dinner Barihelcmy. St. Hill. |
aire, Mignet, Changarnier, Cousin and |
Merimee were guests en- permanence.
Theirs constantly asked visitors who |
called on. him between & in the morn. |