Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-13

died still unreconciled to her father, I
and Il was not long till he had fol-
lowed her, his heart having been COM
pletely crushed by the death OF his
beautiful daughter. In this tragedy
there were no swords or pistols, nor
was there poison, except that poison
that comes from bitter words unjustly
spoken and from a pledge OF love
where no love existed.
a woman who belonged 10 time sHll
more recent than that Of Matte Ould, |
and who had almost as great fame for |
her beauty, was Nellie Hazeltine Of ST. |
Louis. She, too, belonged TO the socie- |
~ OF the South, but not OF that kind
so dis iinctive and pronounced rs that OF
which Matte Guild was so captivating |
a representative. ST. Louis Is, in the
matter OF Its social complexion, .
Southern city. Slaves were owned
there before the war, and the leading
people there came originally from Nir-
ginia and Kentucky. Nellie Hazel
tine was the daughter of once
well-to.do leather merchant OF 81.
Louis, who had large and handsome
residences in a fashionable part OF the
city. His daughter was given good
education, and was always regarded as
beautiful girl, but II was not until
| 1876 and 1877 that she became famous
throughout the country. She, like
Matte Ould, achieved her great
triumph at White sulphur Springs, in
| Virginia, but II was when that summer
resort had lost something of the en-
| phatie Southern flavor that character
| lied il three or four years before.
Northern people had begun to come,
and Southern people did not flock
/ Al
unity. IL was while spending
and Saratoga that the report originated
that Nellie Hazeltine aud Samuel j..
Tllden were engaged TO be married.
While there never was even n thread
of truth upon which TO found that re-
port, it served TO make her more
celebrated than she otherwise would
have been. IL followed her to her
grave, and elings to her memory.
Nellie Hazeltine and Matte Ould
were both Southern types OF beauty,
but were very different in appearance,
manner add disposition. The former
was not so lovable girl as the latter;
that Is, she was not 80 attractive TO
men. Matte Ould was free,
spontaneous, overwhelming. She
had flow Of spirits, of wit,
OF bright speech that bore down every
thing and captured every listener. Not
that alone, but her beauty was OF the
voluptuous kind, not coarse 10 the
least de- gree, but insinusting and ever
lasting-a beauty that flashes out like
the warm, full.fsced, overmasterinp
sun from behind cloud. Nellie Hazel
: tine had more faultless face, judged
, | by the classic standard. There was
! not about Il n hint of consciousness
For an immortal type she would, o
; the two, have been chosen by one com
petent To Judge. Her head and face
, and shoulders were of perfe>i
/, mold according to the rules o
, the Greek sculptors. There wer'
moments when she looked a
: though she had just been chiseled on
:. of the marble by the hand OF PraXit
4 lies, putting out of mind the delicate
a pink Of her cheeks and the wealth o
4 brown hair that covered her head. Blu
|, she was brilliant oonversationalist
4 While she was more reserved In he
manner and less witty than Matti
Ould, she was as thoroughly at ease
\ and had, In almost as great degree
n the ability to entertain number O
/, people at the same time. She was II
4 every gathering the center of a circle
Il
u about her presence that instinctlvel
II drew others 10 her and while she neve
- had as many earnest suitora as Mattl
~ Ould, she probably had as many ad
4 mirers. But her life too was TO go on
In disappointment. Her father faile
a in business and she was suddenly lei
~ without the means to maintain he
position in society. She became II
a volved in scandal about the sau
\. time, which, on account of her wild
\, reputation, gained circulation in a
"A the papers of the country. The fat
70 that her innocence was clearly estdl
i. lished to those who knew her an
~ knew the facts of the case di
4. not wholly remove the impre
"a sion that had been create
m and to escape the disagreeable cons
~ quences of 1t she married young ma
~ greatly inferior, but believed ut III
ne time to be the heir TO large FORUM
"a Two years had hardly passed till h
az fathers money was lost In railroa
20 venture, and soon her death followet
~ The memory OF 1t Is still fresh in III
!, minds Of many people for ii occurre
~ only last winter. Thus faded out u
IN life Of one of the extraordinary wome
- of America not distinguished aloI
"a because she was beautiful, but becau
az OF a bright intellect as wei
ar The disappointment and seer
4 sorrow Of both these I
~ nous women are never to be spoke
~ or written, and those who knew the
~ will hold forever saddened but pr
III cious memory of them. The tuner
~ OF the one brought tears TO the eyes
'd' thousands, when they heard the swe
~, strains of"UndeT the Daisiesp--a sol
he she used to sing-go M from the orgt
a IN Grace chureh, aud the grave OF u
~ other in beautiful Bellefonudne at ;
i, Louis was filled 90 overlooking vii
Z. flowers, thrown IN by the young ladi
- of that city, who had known and low
~ her when In the prime and beauty
~ her womauhood. Both died befo
a. they reached the age of twenty five.
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