New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-30
NOTES FROM PARIS.
NINE. MIRABEAU's ADVENTURES THE
PRINCESS HOHENLOHE.


fFRou THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNE !
PARIS, Aug. Is.
The charming Countess dc Martel Mrabeau has
returned from the seaside TO be INTERCEPTED by the
Director of Criminal Investigations. This lady
claims to have been fred at and there IS certainly
n battered bulct in her possession; but battered,
be IL observed all round She alleges that IL hit
the stone frame of street window from which she
was looking and then fell into n flower vase the
SILL The idea Of the police has been that tho lady,
90 advertise n novel she is bringing ont. herself
discharged hrcarm at l O'clock in the morning
and then cited murder and aroused her household.
of which her husband not just then a NOM
ber There il an old carabine IN the h0use with
all that - required to use It, The bullet which
was found in the vase fits il. but would not tit
pistol or modern arm. A tic Countess is
not nervous about handling guns and distinguishes
herself Mt gay shooting parties as q good aim. the
suspicion Of the police has q basis Of probabil
ity. Tie lady protests that she Is no Sarah
Bcrnhardt aud that while she enjoys the rewards
due 10 hcr pen, the idea of advertising herself by
firing nj her window. screaming murder. waking
all her servants and organizing an assassin hunt.
never entered hcr head. Madame Martel Mirabeau
was brought mp In the fast way that was modsh
during tine Empire. Her mother, the Countess OF
Mirabeau, IL n strong minded gentlew"man farm
long winter evenings
| told you how Madame do Mlrabeau Martel was
yiirolized last winter Although hor flesh was
badly burned the police thought that she invented
the adventure to make her husband leave her. 10
excite her friends aud afford herself sensatio n.
She used 10 be very pretty and rs tho Princes
Meternch said. pire que Jote by reason OF her Inn
audience Her genre is frankly cdnaiiie; but she
manages to look tho of quality. She lives in
villa at Neuilly which is beautifully furnished and
stands In charming grounds; has two lovely children,
only likes gentlemen's society IL terribly illnat-
ured In speaking of all ladies except her mother.
and has resident tutor for her son who returns to
the villa at all hours of the night and morning When
he rings the authoress th rows him key from her
study window and he lets himself in. The night on
which she was shot ut she heard the bell OF the
garden gate, went TO SEQ who II was who rang,
heard the bullet hiss by her ear, went into the
house W here the servants Sleep and when they got
up and dressed, headed sortie the object OF which
was to hunt down tho would-be ASA ssin. IL was.
she declares woman that vltrlolized her last
winter but she has a notion that IL was n man of
position who fired ut her because she painted him
in one Of her books In colours which rendered him
an object Of ridicule to the demi monde. M.
not know what to think when he . Is with
her unless that she is " adorably
IT, and although aSySs /. is 5 nSt
she perhaps exaggerates but that she was shot at
and pot-as an lnshman might PIT ltcey herself;
This ads father was u Msrte ib
opulont brandy distiller of Cognac.
Prince Hohenlohe is TO retire from his diplomatic
most in October TO become Governor OF Alsace Lor-
raine. lie has done much to prevent bitches
ments of Paris and Berlin; Things
have gone pretty smoothly on tho whole since he
superseded Count GAraim here He Is not Ia an
simplicity of manner rare among German officials.
His wife IL one of the plaincst women in Europe
She Is tall. gaunt has n wild blue eve. a gray
head. an unfinished upper lip too short to hide
her central teeth is haughty and dresses IN pecu-
liar manner For couple OF seasons che wore
when alone obtrusve-namely black and white.
One could always SEQ her at long distance. Her
passion for the horrible urges her to attend
her the Walkyrie de la Cow g4ssises.
Whenever some brute is up there for numbering, a
nH he he1 se n
foremost place with her hoad craning forward and
her mouth half open. Whatever small spice OF
amiability there was in her manner has dsap- |
peared since Prince william of Germany, son of
the Crown Prince. married member OF the Hohen-
lohe family Before the judges take their seats on
the bench tho Princess gets an usher TO show her
In detail the pieces de conviction or material EVIL
dences Of the crime. which are ranged on table |
well in view Of the jury box 10 not believe she
remembrance of the Partisan elegance and gayety |
Of imperlalist projects wives has not Died out.
Prince Hohenl0he'S successor AT the herman Gun
bassy here Is not yet named. Count Won Schwe-
and Count Won Munster The Prince is la the
regular career" which Hohenlohe was not before
he came TO Paris, and has an American wife, nee
Jay. She used to be bright social star. But TO
devote herself to her Young family, she only goes
into society when obliged to do So. Won Radowitz
Is .he incarnation Of Prussan Stiffness pedantry
and hauteur. He was here In Arnm's time as sec
rotary of embassy, and Is not the man
to smooth down the asperties. OF, a dis
patch In reading II 70 foreign Minister;
believe he was born subject of George Nv, when
that monarch was both King OF England and OF
Hanover.