The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-26
WILLIAMS YANKEE FAvoEIrE.
A Boston Hotel Servant That Had q
Remarkable Career in Europe.
from the Philadelphia Telegraph.


From the PHILADELPHIA Telegraph.
Old King William of Holland, during his
long, disgraceful career, INDUCED in in
Vulnerable love affairs more or less serious,
but Of all the five females that he set at the
left side OF his throne the most remarkable
was an American woman, the celebrated
Mime. Musard. She was realization Of the
well-known line of Byron: "Born in gar
ret, in kitchen bred" Yet. notwithstand-
ing the obscurity Of her origin and her lack
OF education and breeding, she bloomed
forth into one of the most elegant women in
Europe. She was a Now Englander by
birth, and began life in some mental capa-
city In hotel in Boston. She is said to have
been extremely beautiful in her youth IN a
Spanish style, her figure being at oncs
slender and shapely. and perfect enough in
Its contours to have driven any sculptor to
despair who might have tried to reproduce
it.
Her Dyes were large and dark, her head
small and finely formed, and her features
OF piquant delcacy of outline. Her vast
fortune came to her from her royal adorer
in very singular way. He flew into g
passion with her on one occasion, and catch
ing up the nearest object that came handy,
he hurled it at her head. The lady cleverly
lodged the missile, which was a bulky
PSShoSC VA HtpOAS, Dub DOSSeSolSu OL
1T, SIC carried 1t off in triumph. 1t was
made up of shares in certain unproductive
oil wells in Galicia. A few years later the
company 'struck OIL" and that quarrel
with King William made of Nine. Musard
one of the richest women in Europe.
Like Mime. Dubarry. who, in her child
hood, peddled pins and staylaces about the
streets of Paris, and began life as a dress
makers apprentice, the ex- hotel drudge of
ton hoC anna nod 1,. a-Nr IL
gance of her surroundings and the perfect
propriety of her demeanor. Her taste in
dress was faultless, her hotel, her equipages,
her jewels were all renowned for their
splendor. She came to reside in Paris, and
was munifcent patroness of all artistic or
charitable enterprises. a stroke of paralysis,
which brought about an incurable drOop of
one OF her eyelids, deprived her of her beauty
before she had attained middle age. She
always sat, when at the theater or the
opera, in a proscenium box, with the disf1g-
ured side of her face turned away from the
audience.
Covered with magnificent jewels, her
slender waist encircled with girdle of
gems that matched the rest of her parure,
and shielding her eyes from the light with
an antique fan, painted by Vatican or
Boucher, and worth in itself fortune, her
dark hair decked with roses, and her still
exquisite figure set off by the best efforts of
the Parieian dressmakers, she was a noted
and noteworthy fignre to the last. Will it
be believed that the last years Of her magni-
ficent existence were embittered by vain
craving to be received in respectable So
cietys She did everything that tact and in
telligence and lavish liberality could suggest
to bring about that end, but all to no pur-
pose.
She subscribed to all fashionable chart
ties. She patronized all the relief funds
and benefits, the bazaars and the balls,
making munificent gifts to each of them.
She always engaged the most expensive box
in the house whenever a new operate enter
prise was started. Her life from the hour
that she quilted Holland was entirely sans
reproche But none of the fashionable
ladies' of Partisan society would receive her
or invite her to any entertainments. Once
she offered to a certain philanthropic Ouch
ess subscription OF $4,000 for that lady's
pet charity in return for an invitation to
dinner. The offer was declined.
Finally she fell victim to the insidious
effects of the malady that had robbed her of
her beauty. She went mad and died. The
sale of her effects at her sumptuous hotel
near the Arc de Triomphe was one Of the
most extraordinary scenes that lave ever
witnessed. Her choice laceS filed huge
Saratoga trunk. Her silk stockings were
brought out by the clothes basket full. The
display of her fans took up half dozen
glass cases. Her tiny gloves and miniature
slippers were the admiration of all the be-
holders. Nobody was sad and nobody was
especially interested.