The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-24
THE DUCHESS DE M0UCHY.
A Pretty Jersey Girls Brilliant
Career as the American
Princess.

The Duchess de Mouchy, the "Amer
lean Princess as they used to cali
her during the bright days OF the Sec
ond Empire. is now at Naples, where
she is suffering from a severe attack of
Illness, writes a correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Telegraph. As may be
remembered, she was tine Princess
Anna Murat, and her mother was
originally Miss Caroline Frazer Of
Charleston. She herself was born at
Bordentown, N. J. She was looked
upon as the beauty par excellence,
not only of the Imperial family,
but OF the entire court as well.
The Emperor tried hard to find
a royal husband for his fair kins-
woman-one of the alliances that he
endeavored to arrange for her being
with the Count de Flanders, the
future King of the Belgians. But
none of the Princes of Europe was
willing to spous this charming lady.
She was the intimate friend and
especial darling of the Empress, and
she was won't to call the imperial lady
AUNT, at the Empress particular re-
quest.
The Empress took great delight in
the beauty of the Princess Anna, and
used to lend her a number of her own
finest jewels when decking her for
any OF the grand entertainments of
the court with the interest and solicit
tude that a mother might have dis
played. Tradition still preserves the
description of a gorgeous and original
toilette which was won by the Prin-
cess at Of the fancy-dress balls of
the Empire. 1t Representatives.
rather its beatuous wearer did-a
peacock. The train was entirely GOV
cred with the ~tail-feathers of the
royal bird, setwith great precision, so as
to produce the exact effect Of the pea
cocks train. The dress, of satin of a
vivid blush green, was made with a
low-necked corsage, crossed from the
left shoulder to the right side of the
waist, with a wide baldric composed
of diamonds, emeralds and sapphires.
A massive and elaborate necklace of
the same gems encircled the lady's
neck, and above her brow the pea
cocks crest was reproduced by large
diamonds and sapphires, mounted
upon gold wires. On another and
similar occasion she was costumed as
NCIuS, ia Dtcli-COlOAC 0 cCCPCf AAOiOA-
dered with silver. with a diamond
dove ON either shoulder, each OF these
glittering birds having cost $1,000.
The Princess finally got tired of
waiting for a royal husband. She
was not quite twenty-five when, in
the wear 1866, she gave her hand to
Antoine Marie de Noailles, Due de
Mouchy and Prince de Polk, who was
precisely ner own age. The young
couple started in life with the neat
little annual income OF Sf40, 600. They
lived extravagantly and they enter
tanned royalty, both at their hotel,
in Paris and their chateau
of Mouehy-de-C hatel, situated
near Chantilly. At the latter
residence there would often be assem-
bled from thirty to forty guests, all
invited for a prolonged stay. 1t is not
to be wondered at, therefore, that the
ducal pair finally went to pieces,
financially speaking. The Chateau
de Mouchy has been sold. The Duke
and Duchess have gone to Italy TO
economic, and the lady has been
greatly missed this season in Paris, as
she is usually the most prominently pro
moter of all charitable enterprises 8
we'll as a social leader of o