Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-17
AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE.
MARSHALS OF THE SECOND EMPIRE
GATHER AT THE ALTAR.

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Journey of Mario Bashlsirtscff-A Visit
to the Mother of That Gifted and Un-
fortunate Lady.
rBY CABLE TO THE DIsPATCH.1
LONDON, August 16.-The little "Chsp-
ellie de la Verge" in the Rue Arceau, In
Paris, furnished on Tuesday, the setting ior
picture such as has not been witnessed for
many a long day in France, for here were
gathered all that are left of the most notable
of the great people of the second Empire.
The occasion was the wedding OF the
daughter of Marshal Canrobert, Commander
in Chief of the Armies of France In the
Crimea, and a hero of the campaigns In
Italyand Egypt, to young lieutenant OF
the French navy, Paul Fabre De Novacelle.
Marshal McMahon, ex-President OF the
Republic, stood up with the bride and gath
cred about the last two marshals of France,
each of whom wore the tri-colored sash and
the decorations of more than one court, were
a score of their old comrades in arms, all In
the uniform of the Empire with the ribapd
of the Legion of Honor IN their coats. The
heads of all, as were th Sc of the two mar
shals, were silvered by lime, while many
hero's frame was bent and feeble with years.
A DISTINGUISHED COMPANY.
As the bride was in mourning for her
mother who died a few months ago, the
the guests were few, but these included
Generals Gervais, Hartung, Chasseron,
Deberckheim, Aspivent and Manabrea, all
names that will live in the history of France,
Baron Haussman, Comte and Comtesse
Fertoul, Mrs. Macdonald, the English
grandmother of the bride, Mrs. Charles r.
Thursby, an American girl who was for
years a close friend of the bride, Mr.. Thomas
S. Moore and Miss Moore of Brooklyn,
Princess Mathilde, Prince Louis Napoleon
and number of English people who have
known the brides mother when she was
Clara Macdonald the celebrated English
beauty at the court of Napoleon the Third.
Weeping silently in corner of the chapel
behind her heavy crepe veil, was also Mime.
Bashkirtsef, mother of Marie, VINO wrote
the famous journal and died at "a. Mrs.
Thursby and the bride, who figures in
Marie's journal respectively as the Alice
and the Claire of that work, were the two
most intimate friends of the dead girl, and
it was the sight of these two that evoked
the bereaved mothers tears.
The Empress Eugenie, who has not at
tended a wedding since the death of the
Prince Imperial, was not present at the
Canrobert-De Mervocella nuptiais, but
with the jewels that were her wedding
present to the bride, she sent letter ex-
pressing her warmest congratulations and
best wishes. kilograms of congratulation
were also received rom the Prince OF Wales,
the Duke of Cambridge, the Kings of the
Belgians and Italy and other distinguished
people.
MARIE'S FAMOUS STUDIO.
Your correspondent visited Nine. Bash
kirtseff at Marie's studio in the Rue Pror-
ny. Here, in room about 20x30 feet, are
paintings of the dead girl, exactly as she
left them before she took to the bed from
which she never rose again. The most of
the time during the years since Marie's death
her mother has spent in mourning alone
among the pictures and statuary, and moth
ing more pathetic can be imagined than the
black-draped figure of the old lady rowing
sadly about the room she holds sacred to the
memory of daughter whom she loved. The
four walls of this apartment are covered
of completion, everything indicating the
highest talent, if not absolute genius, on the
part of the girl who died so young.
The portraits of Marie that she had
painted were draped in white crepe, as were
the numerous photos in an inner room, and
on a reading table was copy of Aristotle
open at the page where she had last read the
book before her death, and here is chance
for some benevolent and wealthy American
to make worthy contribution to art.
Mme Bashkirtsef, who has steadily refused
to part with the least of her daughters
works, lis anxious that the collection should
always be kept together. She feels that
her own days are numbered, and her son,
Marie's brother, who still lives in Russia,
feels little interest in his sisters work, so
that Nine. Bashkirtseff fears that after her
death the collection may be scattered. On
that account she is anxious to dispose of the
gallery to someone who will promise to
keep it intact before it passes out of her
control.