Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22

Miss Mitchell is twenty-six years old
For some years she has been one OF the
acknowledged bellies OF Washington,
and according to some of her enthusi-
astic admirers she is the most beautiful
woman her country has ever sent abroad
TO be gazed at aud admired by the Gillette
aristocracy OF Europe. de beauty Is
undeniable. Picture to yourself a
woman above the average height OF her
sex, with a figure perfect in It's rounded
curves and exqulsitely proportloned;
with golden brown hair that curlS natu-
rally, light brown eyes expressive OF
tenderness and yet firmness, aud COM
plexion so softly blended in its pink and
white shades that it has been the envy
OF most of the society women OF Wash
ington.
This is but poor picture OF the COM
ing duchess, and If ever woman looked
as if she was born TO grace the tiara, 1t
f. Senator Mitchell's daughter when
seen in evening attire.
The duke is a descendant OF the IA
nous author Of the "Maxims," which
every school boy at some time or other
In the course of his eventful career
reads, puzzles over and falls to under
stand. A great many schoolboys OF ma
turer growth do the same thing.
The name of Rouchefoucauid Is In
seperably interviewer with the history
of France for the last nine centuries.
In their veins courses ''all the blood OF
all the Howards," and II birth goes for
anything, their life-giving fluid must be
of the most cerulean tint.
This is q love match, pure and simple;
IL Is a romantic attachment OF several
years standing, and there have been
more than the usual obstacles to over
come.
The duke frst met his fance at the
house OF the United States Minister to
France several years ago. 1t was case
OF love at first sight.
Miss Mitchell is a proficient French
scholar, and the duke found no difficulty
in making his sentiments known. Miss
Mitchell reciprocated them, but here
parental opposition manifested itself,
The dukes mother would not consent
to her son marrying foreigner, and
Senator Mitchell was opposed to his
daughter contracting an alliance with
any one except an American.
The lovers decided to wait. Miss
Mitchell came back to Washington and
had many admirers, but to none OF them
did she give the least encouragement.
The Duke, who is an officer in that
dashing corps. the Chasseurs d'Afrique,
reioined his regiment in Algiers, and
vowed he would not set foot on his ma
tive land until he could claim Miss
Mitchell as his bride.
How the opposition Of the dowager
Duchess and the Senator was overcome
| Is a chapter yet to be told, and Tor
which the public will have to wait; but
the fact that the Duke, who has re-
Gently been gazetted Captain, and his
fiancee are In Paris, and that Senator
Mitchell has announced to his intimate
friends the near approach OF the we'd
ding, shows that love has triumphed, as
il generally does, even although the
stern parents happen to be Duchess
and a Senator.
Duke Francis is said to be q very
handsome man, OF the most charming
manners, and madly in love with his
promised bride.
But, as is usual when nobleman
marries an American girl, her father is
expected to settle upon her dot sufi-
Gent to enable her to support with
proper dignity and style the rank and
position which she assumes.
Senator Mitchell, while not million
aire, is rich enough to make liberal pro-
vision for his daughter, who will proba-
bly need all that her father can give
her. as, while the Duke has any num-
her of Grmorial bearings and three es-
tates. his income is relatively small.
A. MAURICE Low.