Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-17
\ FAMOUS ADVENTURES.
The Death in Paris Of the 8Iarquise de
PaIva-Her Keen Intellect.

PaIva-Her Keen Intellect.
T56eEc~s CfIts- LITER o. ~ -fst5 T5rt sun
Oneofthe events 81 the past week was
the death 81 the Aarquise d. PaiFa. she
VIII take her place In the gallery 81 illus
fri0l5 women If the category Of NinOn
q Enclgs, Nine. DE- MaintenOn. Nine,
Tencin. Nine. Du Defiant and Nine.
Geo6rin. Madame IA Msrguise was simply
an adventures. q woman who never
needed u be emalclpated from anF prejl-
dices II morality Or sentiment: a painted
Jeze1el. If you Ike, but woman
f1r all that, and woman Of the kind that
f2-cila-es c0--eUp1 raTles and eEcItes the
curiosity Of p0sterity. Her maiden name
was Theresa Pauline Lachman. Her IA
Their was a tailor at Moscow and her first
husband was Francois Nlll0ing. cne cut
ter u The paternal establishment. One
morning Theresa left her husband and
started Quito conquer the world. having
for arms her beauty and her wit and
wonderful talent for music. she came
% Paris. and her first conquest was the
pianist Henri Hertz WGOm she accom-
PANIED in his professional tours as his
wife. Her restless ambition led her even
o. induce Hertz 70 take her 70 court.
the ae3utiful Russian had great sue
cess = Paris. She had supper5 al her
house after the opera. IheOphile eau
tier wrote s0unets 10 her honor. She was
received almost everywhere. thanks 70
her passport a. a foreigner and thanks 70
ILe protection Cf her pseud0-nUsband. At
this time, about 1875, the Partisan women
had scarcely re-1lsc0Tered powder; Nine.
Hertz already. IN spite Of her radiant
beauty used ~ paint her face and neck
a. over with the true Circassian craze
Tor DGgUlt1ge. she used 70 say that she
never felt dressed unless she had painted
ler face.
Having broken with Hertz. Theresa
went % London, and, after a period Of
struggles and appointments, she sue
ceeded in having half a dozen fortunes
at her feet. including that Of Lord Dudley.
Thanks u this champion she was enabled.
Oh ler return to Paris. her tailor husband
having died in the meantime. to allow
herself the luxury u a third husband. q
genuine husband this time, the Marquis
AranjO de Paiva. The marriage was col
Cbrated in June. lsJl. The MARQUIS. how
ever was only q graHdee Of Portugal, ana
his estates beyond the Pyrenees were only
castles in Spain. Theresa took his title
and gave him $3.50 "A month 10 console
him for the sacrifice he made in renOUnc-
Ing her company. 80 1t was that the
Marquis disappeared and Nine. de Paiva
established herself in a fine mansion i'm
the Champs Eiysees. where she reigned
for years over one Of the most brilliant
salons Of the century, as far as intellect
Is concerned. The habitucs were Eugene
DelacrOix, the painter: Auber, the com
poser; TneOphile Gautier. Edmond aud
jules de GOncOuTt, Emile Angler, Pom
saTd Of the Academy, Paul Baudry, the
painter, Cabanel, Pradier, Emile de Cir
ardin, RoQucplan, Du >Ommcrard, Paul
LacTOix, Panl dc Saint-Victor, Arsene
HOussaye, GerOmc, Hebert, Gustave
flaubert, MOltke. the Cnevalier Sigra,
diplgmatists artists, poets, men Of letters.
Il is needless 10 say that men like these
would not BE- as5iduous at the Wednes-
days and sundays Of mere painted Jeze-
- mime. Dc Pai'3 was more than that.
Sue was one Of the remarkable women Of
the century remarkable b. the force o.
her VIII. remarkable for her intelligence
liz her company you had some one to talk
10 In whatever language YOU spoke. In
her the feminine quality Cf intuition was
developed 10 a supreme degree; she knew
everything without having learned any
thing; she had read only in the book Of
life. but she knew that book Dy heart.
While in London Ime. De Pdiva met
the Count Heuckel de- DOnnesmarck
an immensely rich gentleman, cousin OF
Prince Bismarck, [ believe, and brother
Of tine Count Hcnckcl. who was Governor
oil Alsace-Lorraiue Immediately after the
German occupation iu 1870. The count
Henckel saw her again at Paris, then at
Baden. then at Vienna aud then at Con-
tive. whom be was not pursuing, and o.
f1rtd her his hand. Il cannot give you
mine" She replied; 7. have already boon
married three time-.7 Very good,
Marouiea, VIII wait" The Count
IIeuekle 1caaa one o. the friends Of the
house 3 made Nine. d. Paiya pres
eut li the immense chateau and domain
Of Peutchartrain, famous as the
residence " Nine. de- ia Nallierc,
one ~ the finest estates in France,
and one ofthc biggest houses. The chateau
has inst as many windows as there arc
DAYS the year. Finally, when the Mar
aus de- Paiya saot himself. in 1870, the
MarQuise, once more a widow, married
the Count Hcnckcl, cousin Of the Iron
Chancellor. During the war Nine. de
Paiya's property in France was scrupu-
lousy respected, and naturally after the
conquest She could hardly resume her old
life. The sympathetic chain was broken,
and those Cf her friends VINO could not
forget twenty years Of charming hOspi-
taii,y only yCEtur5d to come to see her on
the sly. For that matter, since the war
she las been very little in Paris. She
lived almost entirely at Newdeick, in
-iiosia, where she owned immense mines,
aud where she had built by Leiuel re-
production Of the now demolished palace
Of the Tuileries.
The wealth Of Nine. de Paiya and the
like and bewildering. The proof is that
she could indulge in the royal luxury Of
building for herself an exact copy Of the
Iuileues. Her mansion in Paris, on the
left hand side OF the Champs Elysees,
Just beyond the Round Point, built in
1864. is a marvel Of richness, the staircase
fs 81 ouFE- the chimney pieces are carved
by Tire first sculptOrs Of the time, the
ceilings are B1udry's masterpieces, the
panels are the finest inspirations Of
Uebcrt. Ca1au.l and GerOme; the sta
bles would have delighted Caligula.
II H. palace such rs one reads about
DO the Arabian Nights. As for
her diamonds, her jewel easket contains
the choicest pieces Of the collections Of
unfortunate crowned heads from Marie
Autainetfe down 10 the Empress Eugene.
ON t-s- fsy Cf hcr marriage with Count
UeucLei size wore tbe diamonds that the
Empress sold 10 London after the battle
of dam. she bad pair Of earrings,
two diamonds that cost the one 100000.
and tEe other 100000 without counting
the expenses " an envoy who was sent 20
India expressly 20 make tie pair At
P0ntcAeIfra.u Sine employed an army Of
gard -ue.s exclusively for the supply Of
hcr Paris table, which was most richly
served.
VI. dc G0nc0urt once told me the follow
ing anecdote: lie was walking in the
garden at Poatc1artrain with Arsenc
Houssaye when the latter said to rim:
sWLat DO YOU think can be Nine. DE PAT
vas f0rtuneZ7 Eight or ten millions Of
francs" replied GoncOurt. You are
mad. my dear Goncourt," interrupted
Nine. de Paiva, issuing suddenly from a
side alley. "fen millions. Why. that
would only give about 100000 francs in
come. Do you think that with that sum
/ could give you peaches and grapes IN
January. Five hundred thousand francs?
WHY. my table alone costs that much"
This table, according TO N. de Goncourt
was splendidly served; all the accesso-
ries were exceedingly rich, and the ordi-
nary wine glasses cost $50 to $50 each.
NJ. dc Goncourt remarked how curious il
was TO hear, after dinner, the music Of
the Jardin Mabille, situated at the back
Of the mansion, sounding like the echo Of
the beginnings and Of the past Of the
hostess.
IN Mme Dc Paiya the brain absorbed
all the faculties Of the heart. Those who
knew her intimately declare her to have
had neither sensibility, nor affection, nor
impulse. She acted always by reason
and in cold blood, and yet she was capa-
ble Of friendship, but it appears TO have
been like the friendship of man and man.