New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-02
TRIUMPHS OF HAIR DRESSING
TIE PRINCESS METTERNICHS TOILET
CENTENARY OF LUDWIG L
vnom THE nrcuLAn connEsrosDnsT or THE TRIBUNE


fever and appeal TO their brethren Of Paris 70 fol-
low them. Perhaps if their appeal is favorably
responded TO the bairdr.sscr may be dispensed
with altogefhcr-at any rate, he may be- dispensed
with for a time sufficiently long TO ruin the present
generation II young girls were much 10 the fore
in the Pscisian world it would be a matter OF in
difference whether the haisdrcsser-or 10 give
them their French name coGcurs7 refused 70
manipulate the comb and hairpn until their
wages were raised considerably Rich and silky
hair, growing straight ont Of the healthy scalp,
does not require much doing up Indeed there Is
danger Of Disagreement II it is done up in any
ornate WY. But the case is different with those
who are trying 10 show Off 10 the best advantage
what vestigos remain 30 them Of feminine charms.
They need nature failing. to have art step in.
Fronts braids and other capillary devices ara
required, and nobody 50 well as the French
coifIcur can work these THINGS into n harmonious
whole matching with the wcarcr's face and giving
spirit 10 a faded physionomy. A short time ago
hairdresser speaking 70 me OF two Of the
ugcst women in Europe, The pincess
Lise Troubetskoi and The Princess Mettornich.
who were formerly his customers. said Of the Rus
sian lady: That little woman is adorable She
is absolutely without n single physical point worth
Boosting Of Her face always mOnstrouslv
plain. tho nose being Just two holes. the eyes Of
washed out color. and wanting in fine form tho
mouth coarse with yellow teeth in detached porS
Her neck. always thin. was. as she advanced in
life. scraggv. bctravng fatness of chest. notwith-
standing the full bosom obtained by padding Her
arms were mere skcwers. her legs ditto. and her
feet fat and more like frogs. than anything else
She was on the whole ugicr than Madame Lrnon-
sin. Well through talent in applying art, she
was socially n great success and one Of the most
victorious 1irts both in her youth and in middle
and old age that ever came within the range Of my
Observation To see her befOr' tn, drss waiting
for me TO operate she was truly revolving sight
Bat when her maid and had fixed her ND. She was
rcdoubtabie rival for no matter what beauty
The satisfaction She felt on seeing herself trans
fOrm'd lighted her up called ell her pcrversity
into play and made her agog for manslaughtor
She became rs frisllv an insect on bright sum-
mcr's day and believe also ycritabe demon u
coouetry The Princess MctteFnich was iolcr
and had finer hair, more wit and animal spirits.
and was not quite so ugly although a fright
Well. She SUPPORTED triun.ohantly proximity to the
prottle,t and best dressed women in EurODe-the
Empress Eugene and those beauties of her court
whom Whitewater grouped around her in dom.
one of his portraits Of her She greatly depended
on the capillary fantasia into which worked her
trcSScs-rcal and borrowed \ plain stvla
would not have drawn the eye from the frightful
face or tic1ed i: into good humor and erotesGuc-
ness would have been ruin. | had 10 be very &C.
centric and yet TO know exactly where tn draw the
line. In aDDarent eXtrava gance there was hidden
temperance
What l asked of NJ Albert, brought you
first in relation with the Princess Metternich?7
" was the coilieur of the Vaudeville Theatre
when Mile. Schneider was nlaving there in the
boufe operas which she made famous. II was
who created her different headdresses in Ia
Belle Helene La Grande Duchesse and in Bou-
lotte, the peasant bride in 'Barbe Bleue' The
Princess used to come into the dressing room Of
Mile Wanda when could not absent myself from
the theatre. to get to dress her hair for balls
and grand sorces. Her taste was very sure in
choosing the dresses. and ALWAYS followed it, |
one night suggested that she should 40 10 a fancy
ball a damsel fly or deviIs-needle' She
came sDlenddv got up and looked as If ready 10
rise into the air. never saw such Arrangement
of gauzc and tinsel in my life. The thin long
arms and legs which were much in view. helped
the costumiers effects SURPRISED mvSclf hire
was not beauty at the ball who could hold n
candle to the Princess Mette.nich, who was GER
tainly the ugest Of women. although the most
attrac;ive.'
The Ravarians here as well as elsewhere have
been celebrating the centenary Of their first Kings
birth, although the birthday really came in 1885.
But they pat off keeping it because Ludwig IL
came by his t.agical end just a hundred years
after his grandfather was born at Strasburs.
whore his father, prince Macmillan Joseph, COM
monded the Royal Grenadiors-n tho name Of
his distant cousin, King Louis XVI \ Princess
# Bavaria was married TO the Grand Dauphn.
son Of Louis XIV. Hence the cousin,hip. 1t was
also the policy of the Court of france to keep the
House OF Bavaria friendly toward France 30 as to
nave in uuarrels with either the House OF HapSburE
Or Of llohenzollern powerful friend in Germany.
Ludwig l. was born in France and died at Nice.
after it had become French territory in ls6S.
lie was a famous oddity and started in lie
under rather odd circumstances, the srenadiers
his father commanded having cut their boards
to sun pillow for his cradle. lie grew mp 10
mold bearly men in aversion and nobody could
get IL at his court unless he had ccan-shayen
face Ludwig was forced TO abdicate in 1913
because he had made Lola Montez his Primo
Minister.
lie loved fine art of the old Italian school,
thought himself poet and under tho
fusion that h, eQualcd Goethe and Schiller
With both Of whom he kept up 4 correspondence in
lis youth and mature age, in the hope Of drawing
hem II Bavaria. lis hcXamcterS figure on
mural paintings Of the royal gardens OF Munich,
which city he did his best to twist into al Athens
N the banks Of the Isar and certainly succeeded
n making a fine capitol and one famous fo- rs
churches, museums and beer. Ludwig. thongh
lis father served Louis XVI. as colonel OF
was German TO the core. The Empress
Josephine being DESTROYS that her son, Eugene
5cauharnais, should wed one of MaNimililns
daughters. Ludwig was summoned 10 confer with
Ter and Napoleon n; Strasburg lie had tho
rankness t. say to them: " There Is nothing,
frankly warn you. which would delight M more
han to see Strasburc. where [ was born. become
German city Nevertheless. since my father
,idcrs M to Join the French army, will do nv
luiy thoroughly rs an auxiliary Of the French
Emperor. No. that | am fond of war; hold
olliering and soldiers in utter horror. There Is