Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-12
NAPOLEON'S GRANDCHILD
THE AREER OF NINE. RATTAZ-
III, THE FAMOUS PARISIENNE,

III, THE IA NOUS FAtISlEN L,
How She Proposed to Count de so'ms-
Campaigns of Conquest in Italy and
spsin-Her Ideas on the Subject of
Marriage - Tattiers SArcastically
Treated In Book-Her II ONE In Paris
A Mammoth Visiting Gard.
Baroness SalcGdor's Letter in Neto York World:
Nine. de Rute, better known as Nine.
Rattazzi, has returned to Paris, fearless
and beautiful at the age of 56 as when,
at 10, she said to Count de Solms, rich
Alsatian, after a dance at ball: "Do
you want a wifei should like a hus.
band. Shall we try to make one another
wretched, as most married people dol"
Turning herself around for his inspec-
ton, she added: "Do you not find me
beautifulr' The question was justifiable,
for at that time Marie Bonaparte Wyse
was noted for her loneliness. NJ. de Solms
naturally was pleased to have made an
impression on a girl whose boast from
childhood had been that she would never
marry. AS any other man in such q cir
cumstance, he answered: 1--WE shall be
married tomorrow morning"
For this dance l am engaged" said
the beauty. AT 10 tomorrow morning.
Au revoir.'
They were married and happy until Nj.
de Solms discovered that his name was
used as a cover for very questionable
f1irtations. After the separation the
Countess called herself Princess de Solms,
title which was not righttully hers. AL
though the daughter OF Princess Letitia
Bonaparte and the granddaughter of Ma
poleon l.. her father was Mr. Thomas
mi m nd
in law Princess Marie Studolmine
Bonaparte was simply Marie Bona
parte Wyse. She was born in Lon
don, and often Gays it was mistake not
to have consulted her on the most import
ant event in her lite--the choice OF BIRTH
place. Her ideas of marriage were not
very exalted. How could they be, as her
father and mother made no pretense even
to friendship? Her writings are filled
with sentences of this kind: ''For the
woman who has long been a wife death
has no terrors"; 1.-The highest idea we
have of Heaven comes from thinking that
there is neither marrying nor giving in
marriage"
Strange that woman with these opin-
ions should have married not only once
but three timesl Her love of power was
great, and she realized that In Europe
woman may be rich, beautiful and accom-
d
husband she can hold no definite position.
A few years of liberty were hers. how
ever, and the young veuve amused him
self to the fullest extent. Painter, writer,
musician. speaking fuently five Ian
guages, and called the best conversation
alist In Europe, what marvel that all men
were at her feet3 Women she prOfessed
to despise, perhaps because she was not
respected by them. 1t is said that one day
oh fan
book, and when curiosity was ex-
pressed to know its name it proved to be
the latest city directory. Her sorrow was
the book contained names Of men who
had never been in love with her. How the
s'Princess Marie'' found time for art,
writing for the Paris press, and dashing
off novels in addition to her love affairs is
beyond comprehension. While in the
south OF France numerous were the duels
and suicides caused by Der destinations;
at the same time she published a news
paper, whose stories, essays. ETC., were
all written by herself. Her favorite nom
de plume is Louise de kelner, but she
has score of others signed to hundreds
of romances, biographies, and essays.
When Victor Emanuel became King
of Italy Florence was to Princess Marie
the most attractive city in the world, as
at that time furnished reputation was
DuI u OusbdCIe Tue way Vi du-
mission to Italian society. This woman,
whose fame as an intriguante had trav-
eled from one end OF Europe to the
other, was introduced to the dignitaries
OF the realm. Urban RattaZzi, then at
the zenith of his power and old enough
to be her father, she resolved TO marry.
The King thought the dignided Minister
had lost his reason, and by all the en-
gaaement was considered an absurd
farce. Gossips of the present day wonder
how the marriage was brought about, and
some assert that before Nine. de
Solms went to Italy she remarked that she
could marry any one,even RataZzi. Count
de Solms had consideration enough for
his faithless wife to leave this world just
then, so the Countess de Solms became
Nine. RattaZzi. The husbands friends
lostno time in recalling the scandals of
Nice and AIx--les-Bains, but Mime. Rat
tazzi was not woman 10 accept censure.
Sarcastic descriptions of these tale-bear-
ers filed her BOOKS, descriptions so vivid
that "he who runs may read" for whom
they are intended. Until RattaZZPs
death, which occurred ten years after the
marriage, his wife was supposed to be
changed woman. Indeed, their home was
a happy one, and certainly the great lite
rary work of Nine. RattazzPs life Ia
''Rattszzi and His Times"
coming Uack 10 Idfls aFLeT Inc ueaLD OF
her husband, Nine. Rattazzi found the
doors OF respectable society closed against
her, but consoled herself by wrlLIng that
''respectability is a yarnish to hide stu
pidity."
When Alfonso was crowned Spain be-
came a new field for conquest. 1hither
she went and gained the friendship of
Sagasta, chief of the Liberal party. Sew
eral times she presided at the statesman's
receptions, but she realized that even
with the name Rattazzi and widow of his
old friend. society would not accept an
unprotected woman as the mistress OF
his house. Sagasta, therefore, ad-
vised MINIS. RattaZZi to marry, and
told her to choose for her husband
either M. Cams cno, Minister of Finance,
or Don Luis de Rute, a member OF the
Cabinet. The first was too old, but the
second, about half her age, pleased Nine.
RattazzI, The marriage was arranged,
and she became Nine. de Rute, possess
Ing great influence at the Spanish court.
IL is expected that M. de Rute will soon
be made Spanish Ambassador in Paris,
and, while waiting for the final decision,
Nine. de Rute Is attempting the reorgan-
ization Of political court in her favorite
city. Last evening Senior CASTELAR, was
her guest. at dinner, and, although the
great patriot believes that Spain must be
republic, he and the liberal De Rutes
are good friends.
Nine. de Rute has four children. One,
the Count de Solms, is q young man well
known In American circles. Mile. Isa-