Savannah morning news., 1886-04-21
A TOMBOY MARQUIsE.
ANOtable Figure in Partisan Society and
Particularly in the BOis.
Fron the 81. Palil Gio5e.

From the 50. PAU Globe.
When AlphOnse Daudet sketched, with
a pencil as pitiless as it was finely sharp
in his Duke de Mora of sThe Nabob," Par
isan society acknowledged with shiver
the marvellous exactness of the likeness
That dandy statesman, the quintessence
OF elegance, the type of political daring,
a king ir society, an adYenturer in poll
tics, as heartless as he was fascinatng,
incapable of committing a solecism in ct
Iquette, yet parading his mothers shame
in the blazOn on his carriage panels, re-
minds one more OF the great lords of the
court of Louis AN. than of the parasites
of the third Napoleon. The children of
such q man, by Hight of their fathers no.
toriety no less than by their social posi-
tion, should hardly pass unnOticed in the
world. By his beautiful Russian wife,
! the Princess Troubetskoi. now Duchesse
| de SestO, he Left four-twO sons and two
daughters. His eldest son, the heir to the
title, is not unknown in the United States.
either personally or by reputation. He
made brief visit to our country a few
years ago. Ee is still young, and up TO
the present time has achieved celebrity
mainly by the splend0r OF his toilet set in
solid silver, and by the fact that Mile.
/ Feyghine, the lovely Russian actress, the
fairest woman that has trodden the Par
isian boards since the days OF Mile. Mars,
committed suicide for love Of him some
years ago. The youngest daughter, So
phie Mathilde Adele Marquise de Belbeuf,
is not quite % years Of age.
Those who expect TO find in this grand
daughter OF queen and daughter OF a
princess any Of the naughty grace, the Sc
we're reticence, the strict attention to the
~ a
one naturally associates with ones ideas
OF royal or imperial blood, have only TO
look at her portrait, as published by Den
tu, TO find themselves undeceiVed. A
small head, covered with short chestnut
curls like those OF a boy, irregular and
saucy features, an arm planted akimbo
on one hip, a soft felt hat in the other
hand, goose head umbrella leaning
against a chair as accessory TO the plc-
ture, all 90 10 make up "A type very differ
ent from the imagined reality. The bar
sinister on her escutcheOn, traced there
by her paternal grandmother, seems TO
have exercised a baleful influence over
her life. La America she would be recOg-
nized as ah extreme example OF the fast
set OF which a certain hotel at Long
Branch used TO be aware in bygone days.
She has been spoiled and petted beyond
measure by her mother, whose darling
she has always been.
She was mere infant when her father
died, and her pet name, "Bebe," seems to
have clung Co her. half excusing the &C.
centricitios Of her existence. She Is sald
by her intimate friends 20 have the best
heart ana widest head i'm the world. She
Is an accomplished hillard-player, and a
"crack shot with the pistol, a graceful
fencer and an excellent musician, her IA.
Vorite instrument being the violin, though
the piano. harp and guitar are not neg-
lected by her. But OF all her occupations
she likes best TO drive herself in the Bois.
with her little low English wagon filed
with her favorite poOdles. OF which she
possesses great number. Her latest
freak was 70 import from Spain noted
dog shearer 70 keep the coats OF her Ca
nine darlings in good order. This fav0rite
recreation OF driving came near costing
her her life year ago. AZ she was pro-
ceeding at a furious pace over a rough
| pavement, one wheel Of her light vehicle
l got fastened between two stones, Nine.