New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-31

Marshal de SAKE. the victor of Fontcnoy nnd
one OF the innumerabe illegitimate CHILDREN
OF Augustus. King Of saxony ana OF roland ibs
monarch was degree nearer 10 LOUIS SEIZE tlinh 10
the rood lady Of NOhant. She had tue n'hFy eon-
tour Of face of the house OF SaHohy' ~ - Wy
strong in her statue The black eyes ana pll WI"
prUpably derived from Aurora hocniHslh"l y, tIo
bold anterprising mother Of Marshal SAKE Ihao
sirens picture ~ AZ Nohant and one Sees ~ c"i ar
ing 10 with those Of George Sand that hsr NlkoiPs
blood descended to the novelist. she as iied 10
make a conquest Of Charles MI, OF sweden. bns
he II d from her. Marshal SAKE was at the age OF
thirteen soldier of fortune lie entered y"hhS t"o
service of Louis XIV OF France and was granted igr
a residence the chateau Of Chambofd. l.ik' hls
RIVAL father he was addicted 10 galautf3.
daughter whom he had by q singer OF the opera was
first married 20 a C0mte De Horn. But a. nc Was,
from a life Of debauchcry m miserable h"atl, no
did not ask her 20 be his wife unless IN public:
When he died abe married "A VI. Dupn, sieps"r OK
the famous Madame Dupln, of Cbenonc'ahN, the
patrone,s of jean jacques kous-ean and had 10y
him son whom she called after her father Maui
rice. lie was conscrbcd IN 1893, and served A. .
private soldier and then officer IN ilIndrrs,
Germany, Italy and Spain. At Milan he picked up
a kind of unattached rrGHdire She was already
the mother of the girl snre. who was such KIND
sister to George sand. 10 give the baby regular
status he married her mother. George Sand was
born IN the Rue de Mcslar IN PlIl, on TIE evening
OF CAV party. at which her father VINO hah N
herited from the royal family OF saSony. ana tho
opera singer passion for music, was aver blg ils
guests rs i'll ist. Her grandm0thcr, VINO had
with the wreck of a very large fortune n'ugat
Nohant i'll brooked the ex-camp follower. But Tor
she the child, her heart warmed SIZE accepted
the daughter-n-aw. George Sands mother was
clever hot-hed,ed. eXplos We and extremely handy
Parlslenue. she could never agree with her nptheI-
in-law, and was always lighting with Gc0i2o r&hd
after she grew up.
good chatelaine of NOhant To Justify cations
theory of ereditary faculties aud instincts. Gao
finds in her life and writings the German love Of
nature. the amOrOus prOponsties OF King Augustus,
the tao .turnty Of Marshal SAKE, the shamcessness
OF Aurora koenigsmark, who was Jcwcs-, the bud
l.rr.l. fftltI af
the caruD follower.
All the old family clocks az NOhaut were stopped
when George Sand died. and now mark the hour OK
that event Her house Is regarded ny TIE IaA'ly rs
sacred place. and although they use II ite'y ihey
take the almost care of everything associated WIN
her and keep the furniture of her sitting and bed
rooms, exactly they were IA her tnne Inc chairs
bear the date OF the Eighteenth en- ury aud of tho
Restoration Portraits OF Marshal SAKE, a German
looking soldier in a full b, TONED Wig. Of Aurora
kOenigsuark. and the grandmother who bought
Nohant. are in the sIttng-room Old Aad$ne
Dupin has complexion OF roses aud lilies, aud an
air of high breeding she Is "Ntrrmcly hl3hde,
refined sweet aud cOurty, and looks a. II mai" OK
Dresden china. Her son is Give compassionate
black-eyed, oval faced, very handsome aud re-
sembles the koeuigsnark ancestress and the Illus
trOus George. Of whom there are many lkencsses.
Two represent her IN the bohemian stage oil her
evolution when for " economy. convenience and de-
cencyr she wore mems clothing. The one by llcla-
croix gives her a Royal HanoNerian pronle. Tho
eyes splenddy imaginative. but the heavy
mouth and retreat ng chm are sensual to tc degree
OF be~tlallty. THIS expression dlSap pcarCd a. htr
mind developed ana her passions cooled IN uat-
penteTs portrait "a three-qUarters one there ~ an
expression OF marvellous e,'sucnoe IN tue EYES, and
there Is beauty ia the somewhat heavy prone Ia
the likeness by Couture she is tranquil strung ana m
vested m an easy majesty which Was Characters
tie of her old age. Her piano. which sue often
played for hours in the evening, r. a grand one.
The cottage piano beside It * for her and gnud-
children. There - q big doll which the lllUstrous
old lady dressed for her second grandchlld. whch
kept along with some puppets, a~o CLAD 10y -, AZ
"a relic. The dining room is Nai2SCc'. aud
roomy. An antique eghtday clock stands Oh tho
stairs. The bedroom lust u was IA her re. and
has remained empty since her death. Books load
the shelves around It. Most of them are unbound
Her collection Of dried herbs aud flowers is kept no
"a cahiuet