The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-17
A MODERN CLEOPATRA.
GREAT AND EVIL FORTUNE OF PAU
LINE BONAPARTE'S NIECE.

fuI-A Great sorrow That Came Through
Her Love for Her Little Daughter.
Never say that one is fortunate till you
witness the close Of his or her life. You
must have seen in your diplomatic wan
derincs in Paris, Turin, Florence. Rome
and Madrid that worthy niece lin regard
to beauty and so ON of Pauline Bona
parte, Marie Letitia Bonaparte-Wyse,
successfully. by her marriages, Comtesse
/ de Solms. Signora RattaZzi and Dona de
| Ruta
/ Was there ever a human being whose
! life seemed SO rosy US hers, or whom
nature had made more proof TO the veX-
/ ations and troubles which lie heavy on
most daughters Of Eve? In many re-
/ spects this fair offshoot of the BonapaTtes
afforded a parallel to Cleopatra, who,
/ Mrs. Jameson SAYS, was bewitching TO
/ the last because she exercised the sor-
/ Gerry Of good nature. Like Cleopatra,
/ Marie Bonaparte-W -Wyse was sparkling,
| genial, magnificent. of a happy -go-lucky
/ temper and bohemian, if one looks upon
| BohemiaRism rs emancipation from cant
and mind crippling prejudices, some of
| which, | own, may have their social
/ uses
FER GUESTS AT THE FOLLY"
/ She had always in her train the most
( eminent men OF the different capitals, in
which she turned up periodically to shine
/ ont for a short time in splendid belong
/ ings and surroundings. She also shone
as a muse, whose fingers were never
soilcd with inh. and who stole from
| Venus her gir,llc and cortcge of graccs.
! Her house, or palace, or chalet, near
| AK, was in the daytime given up to
! authorship, cditorship and preparation
/ for fystivity, and 10 elegant raveiry in
! the evening. The lady of the house when
! She saw company (and nobody ever knew
when she Wa not seeing iD vas in raj
ment OF dazziins beauty. Eut she looked
/ in it and in her wondrous jcwclry as
pleased is child i'll pretty Sunday
| ircca, and cCurteI admiration in Il way
! that enhanced her sorccry.
! never SAW Lady BlessmgtOn, she hav-
ng been long before my time. But l
| fancy that there must have been points
/ Of similarity between her Gore house
/ parties and those of the particular great
/ niece OF the great Napoleon OF whom
/ speak. y more picturesque or amusing
/ salon than that OF Nine. Hauazzi dc Rute
! nobody could fancy. She WAS constant
/ to old friends, was always recruitingncw
/ ones, and v;:s hospitablc 10 all. Old
Dumas used to copy manuscripts and
/ help TO cook her dinners. which were
served on verncil plate. with the impc-
! rial crown and eagle engraved on them.
| y few winters ago she entertained -four
| prime ministers, Baron Won Beust, De
| Lesscps. Castelar,, and bards from all
| parts, at "a Joyous dinner at Trouyille.
The most roscatc phase of her lie was
at the Hotel d'tqui!a, which she after
I ward sold 10 Mrs AlacEav's sister. She
was then for three or four years the
/ widow of Sic. RattazZi and then the
bride OF a quite young Spanish deputy,
! Don Luis dc l,mc The Hotel d'Aquila
/ was folly Of the uncle of the ex-king
/ of Naples. who ruined himself in build
/ ing it. and WAS fitted up by Nine. Rat
taxi according to her Cleopatran taste
/ for elegant magnlficencc. The hall was
surrounded by marble busts and statues
| Of the Ronarartc family. ana facing the
| emperor was one Of herself letting fall
an armfui of roses.
THE SORROW THAT CANE.
Don Luis de Dutc was u nephew of
( Rosas. the Spanish liberal. man OF
many accomplishments. and the unde-
/ niablc countrym2n OF Roa QuNote II
/ ever Il ilIa was held in willing bondage
/ by womGn. he vas by his wife, Of
whom he WAS the devoted. humble ser
want. never seeking To curtail her liberty
! or obicctiug 10 any OF her friends. The
! glamour she cast upon him when he first
/ saw her IS = muse at Madrid, surround
| ed bv q court of bards and statesmen,
! never faded from his ewes. She valued
/ his devotion To her and to beautiful
daughter whom she had had by Iiattazzi.
! and became deeply in love with him.
/ Nine. dc Isutc presented her husband
with twins. one of whom died at its
birth. The surviving one WAS called
Dolores or Lola" Il seemed :. ridicu-
! lous uisnumCr All that was JOYOUS
! and rosy in the mothers life appeared
| to bu incar1l;;te in the child, which was
! "a paragon of infantilp beauty and pre-
cocious wit and intellect. Dolores be-
came the idol of the household. and was
us sunshine wherever she went People
Used 10 say what luck her mother had
To be- 50 blessed in her maternity. But
wait BIT The luck was 10 bring forth
al eternal blight and sorrow upon sor-
row.
Lola was playing in her mothers
! grounds at AK. 4 horse near which she
ran lashed out and kicked her on the
/ forehead The child WAS taken in dead
/ TO father and mother, with her brains
oozing out through Il cash. ! could not
have conceived the latter broken hearted
and utterly crushed had not seen her.
/ Since this calamity she took no interest
/ in ANYTHING but portraits and busts of
Lola. which she tried to paint and model
from memory The unfortunate De
/ Rutc said to me: The least thing would
now kill me- Since Dolores was taken
from me feel an old man, though not
vet forty-fivc. The gashcd forehead Of
the little beauty is always present in my
mind. It's misfortune to have :; ten
der heart, because heart sutTerings are
SO cXcruciIting." l see in the papers