, 1891-07-14
An AMEaIcAN PRINCESS.
A Pretty Jersey Girl Who Bscame the
Brilliant Duchess dc Mouchy.

A Pretty Jersey Girl who became the
Brilliant Duchess de NIouchy.
The Duchess de Mouchy, the Amer
lean Princess" as they used to call her
during the bright days of the Second
Empire, is now at Naples, where she is
suffering from a severe attack of illness.
1t may be remembered she was the
Princess Anna Murat, and her mother
was originally Miss Caroline Frazer, Of
Charlestown. She herself was born at
B~Ordentown, 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 en-
deayored 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 espouse this
charming lady. She was the intimate
friend and especial darling of the EN-
press, and she was wont to call the i'm
perial lady aunt" at the empress par
ticular request.
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 solicitude that a mother
might nave displayed. Tradition still
preserves the description of a gorgeous
and original toilet which was worn by
the princess at one of the fancy dress
balls of the empire. 1t representation
rather its beauteOus wearer did-a pea
cock. The train was entirely covered
with the tail feathers of the royal bird,
set with great precision, so as to pro-
duce the exact effect OF the peacock's
train.
The dress, of satin of a vivid BLUSH
green, was made with a low necked cor
sage, 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 oc-
casion she was costumed as Venus, in
flesh colored crepe, embroidered with
silver, with a diamond dove on either
shoulder, each of these glittering birds
having cost s., 900.
The princess finally got tired of wait
ing for a royal husband. She was not
quite twenty-five when, in the year 1866,
she gave her hand to Antoine Marie de
Noailles, due de Mouchy and prince de
Polk, who was precisely her own z
The young couple started in life with
the neat little annual income of $140,-
900. They lived extravagantly and en-
tertained royalty, both at their hotel in
Paris and their chateau of Mouchy-le-
Chatel, situated neal Chantilly..
AT the latter residence there would
often be assembled 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 beer sold. The Hotel de
Mouchy has been rented furnished. The
duke and duchess have gone to Italy TO
economize, and the lady has been greatly
missed this season in Paris, as she is
usually the most prominent promoter of
all charitable enterprises as well as a so
cial leader Of renown.-Paris Cor. Phila-
delphia Telegraph.