New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-16
TWO WEDDINGS.
AN ANECDoTE OF A MARQUIsE.

-. AN ANECDoTE OF MARQUISE.
MISC srpvESss MARRIAGE TO FRENCH NOBLE
MAN.
Paris. November, $780,
Another American girl Is about to enter tne
charmed circle of European aris'ocracy WIN '.e
s,arriocs ~ Miss Stevens to young Count de
col,ifet Miss Stevens is the daughter OF the iate
rrod.r;ct w Stevens of New-York. and OF Mrs.
Stevens who is now the Duchess de Dino. Inc
wedding will be celebrated with great pomp 90
,,o Duc do Dino's castle of Montmorency grand
old nlace filed. with treasures OF art ana sur
rounded by magnificent grounds Inc Hiav
proom's mother, the Marquise de Gallifet Is sun
one of the undispnted queens OF farisian socie'S.
Years have treated her very kindly ana she See
rot.,ns tho exousitely fair loveliness which makes
her more like dainty bit OF Dresden emma thah line
a creature of flesh and blood. 1t is she together
with the Princessc de Sagan. VINO heipeu 'he D"o
10 Morny during the Second Empire to create the
celebrated seaside resort of Trouville. Jeanne de
Sagan the Countess Ponrtales, and the Marquise
do Gallifet were called les Inseparables," and
the great brilliancy of the Court of Napoleon Ill
WAS almost entirely due to these three elegant
and fashionable women, who were the instigat0rs
~ all the fetes which took place at the Tuileres,
C,omuieepe. or Fountainebleau. Like the three
daughters of King Louis Philippe. who were
christened by the French people "Loque, Chihe'
and "Graille," the three charming pillars of the
Second Empire, were nicknamed "Cochounct'e'
"Salopetten and Canaiette." AS far as Nine
de Gallifet was concerned, this nlcknamlng orig
mated in very malicious and untrue rumor spread
by the evi-togued but extremely witty DUO nc
Grammont Caderousse, to the effect that the
uretty little Marquise did not love soap and wa1er
as much as she might have done
He alleged that the Marquis de Gallifet Prince
de Martigues, who was then one Of the widest
rakes of the Partisan "Grand monde" having his
doubts about the care his lovely wife bestowed
on the mysteries of her toilet had played on her
Ehe following rather questionable joke. one
night. or rather morning, after returning from
ball at the Tuilleries. the Marquis strolled into
the Marquise's dressing-room and lighting q cigar
cite, threw himself into armchair to discuss
the events of the evening before retiring to his
own apartments She was impatiently undress-
ing and throwing her Jewels in dazzling shower
all over the luxurious room for her maids to col
lect and put away in the morning. After short
chat NJ De Gallifet kissed his wife's little hand
and babe her goodnight. On the following day
he asked her to let him have splendid bracelet
of rubies, which he had given her on New-1ear
Day. SO that he might have it reset iii new and
more effective manner. The jewel was nowhere
to be found, although the house was searched
from TOP to bottom. Thereupon the gallant Mar
quis consoled his wife for this unaccountabe loss
by promising to give her another and still more
costly ornament Ten days later he again stroled
into her dressing room early one morning, and,
with mischievous smile, asked her II She mad
seen anything of that missing ruby bracelet.
Nine de Gallifet pettshly replied in the negative.
All. Cochonnette !" exclaimed her husband, burst
ing into uncomfortable laughter. Then taking
her hand he led her up to the bath-tub, which, as
is often the case in France, was closed with III
to keep the dust out. Lifting the cover he showed
the Mortified Marquise the ruby bracelet lying at
the bottom of the tub where he himself had put
it the night of the ball.
Ten days without taking bath was thus
proved against the Marquise, for as the Due dc
Grammont always explained when telling this
anecdote if she had but lifted the cover of the
tub she of course would have found her missing
jewel This is the real or imaginary incident
which caused the blue-eyed beauty to be called
Cochonnette."
1t is difficult, however, to place entire credence
in this story For besides being thoroughly
elegant and refined woman. Nine. de Gallifet is
half English her father-she banker Lafitte
having married an Englishwoman; and
any one in whose veins there is even
single drop of English blood is fond of
bath. The Marquise possesses a remark
able fascination, which proceeds from her extreme
good nature and sweet, amiabe and generous
character. Never has word of Islander or
even of current worldly calumny or gossip passed
her crimson lips. and she las never found it in
her heart to say mo" to anybody who did not
1oo,o, &c fl,o I1x-
kind, and would have been a very happy woman
had she not unfortunately married man who, in
spite Of his good looks, briliancy and winning
ways. made her very miserable indeed. The
Marquis CASTOR Alexandra Auguste de Gallifet.
| when he married Mademosee Laftte, possessed
great physical beauty, personal charm, and facilc
| talent, but his very facility his bane. He
| did all things so easily and so well that he never
| acquired the sterner quality Of application. He
was, il is true a superb soldier, and he made his
military career worthy Of his name. But at heart
he always remarked BonevardJer," popular and
| admired among men for his clever ready wit and
cool courage and adored by women. who called
| him LIE Prince Charmant." His numerous in
facilities brought many tear to his wife's lus-
trous eyes, and at last the young CO pie came to q
mutual understanding that they had better live
apart from one another. This was not done with.
out much sorrow the part of the Marquise de
| Gallifct, but the sense that in her anxiety to
| keep her sway on her husbands heart she was
about to stoop to measure weapons with the rivals
from the stage and yet worse places smot.
| her with such sense o. humiliation
| that she resolved to relinqush her matrimonial
| rights and set free the bright butterfly who
| chofed at the slightest restraint. She never
ceased to be in love with him, and to this day she
thinks that nobody is even worthy of comparison
with the hero of Pueblo, who in 1863 brought
| the flags he had taken from the Mexicans to the
Emperor Napoleon III at Vichy, leaning on
| crutches and with broadsword cut making an
| ugly scar on his aristocratc and martial face.
| A new and most startling way of embalm Inning
the dead has just been discovered here by. q
| young doctor Of the name Of Vsriot Up to this
day . had never been found possible permanently