The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-08
QUEEN NATALIE's ApoRgR.
A Frenchman Who Has Sacrificed
Prospects and Fortune for her.
From the Neo York World.

Prospects and Fortune for Her.
From the Ne,o York World.
PARIS, Aug. 20.-Queen Natalie of Servia
has passed through Paris on her way from
BIarritz to Spa, where she will meet her con.
Every woman in Europe Is interested In the
| sad life OF Natalie. and every woman pities
the unfortunate sovereign whom political
disturbances have driven from her home and
separated from her well-beloved son. We
all supposed pity and admiration for this
| unfortunate woman confined to those Of her
own sex, but, like Marie Antoinette and the
Cheyaner de Maison Rouge, Queen Natalie
has An anonymous admirer or, rather, an
aomlrer whose name must be concealed by
TWO letters. About a year ago the Count
| de IT, 80 years old rich, and engaged
70 marry beautiful young girl, deserted
Paris without warning his friends and
started on long journey. All known of
ma destination was the fact that he had
embarked at MarseHles, and the sudden
departure was for months subject of gos-
alp In Partisan salons
The young count had followed with inter
| est all that happened Ia Servia, aud bv a
sentiment of chiyalry he took the part of
the queen. Although be knew her only from
| photographs. he was her stanch friend, and
when she, conquered, outraged as woman,
| wife and mother, was driven from her king
dom and came to rest in France, Count de
Pr decided to look upon the woman
whose misfortunes had touched his heart.
One day Natalie was driving at
Fontainebleau and from distance
she was seen by her unknown
friend. From the moment that the vision
OF her splendid beauty burst upon him the
character of Count de Pr was com
pletely changed, and his name, fortune,
position--al became uncomfortable, because
they were OF no profit to the woman be
loved. Despairing of ever gaining the
affection OF the young queen. the Count de
IT decided to consecrate all that he pos
sessed to provoke in Servia popular move
ment to reinstate Natalie on the throne.
Why this plan was abandoned no
one knows, because all had been prepared
for its ultimate success. Instead, the Count
de Pr made long voyage, and, hoping
he was forgotten by everybody, at LAST
secretly returned to Paris. He re-
nounced title, friends and amusements;
hired q small apartment In the Latin
quarter, and of this made a museum
devoted TO souvenirs of Queen
Natalie. There are portraits, newspaper
clippings, biographies, books attributed to
her pen, and besides these Count de Pr
possesses many objects, valueless to others
but to him most precious, because they
have been touched by the beautiful queen
Count de Pr has carefully labeled these
objects and made catalogue Of his souve-
Mrs, but he only looks at them In hours Of
melancholy aud profound regret.
Count de Pr Is now writing his men,
oirs, and these are filed almost with allu-
sion to his hopeless love. Two volumes are
already finished and ..some day will be
published. A friend who has seen some
pages tells me that the style is sincere and
touching, although it is impossible to under
stand the generous folly Of the author. I'm
til now no Que, not even the heroine. has
dreamed Of this secret affection, and when
in Paris Queen Natalie will pass through
the crowd without perceiying the pale
face of her adorer. to whom every
thing in life seems worthless and despicable
because she is unapproachable. Only few
months ago there died in Paris another
fanatic, III. de Thieac; called ''lover of the
queen" lover Of Marie Antoinette, whose
grace caused the beating Of hearts
and the crossing of swords. III. de Thiac's
homo was filled with souvenirs of the mar
tyred queen. There were patch-boxes
from the Versailles palace. milk bowls
from Trianon, jewel baskets from the
Tuileries, letter cases, bonbonnieres
sachets, seals, fans, perfume bottles
and even the black ribbons from the queens
widows cap. The thimbls she used while
in prison. The comb that kept her hair in
order. Her prayer book-everything that
related to Marie Antoinette, from the satin
slippers Of the dauphine to the torn shoe OF
the poor prisoner In the Conciergerie A
cabinet contained the treasures of the
collection. A miniature signed Sicarni,
shows the queen in pastoral costume,
white dress and hair without powder
as in the happy days of Trianon. An
other miniature represents Mime. Royale as
q child, and still another shows US the
Dauphin in his cradle and the Duchess de
PolignRc hiding her face behind the cur
tains. ID. de Thiao possessed also a water
color signed marie Antoinette," a crystal
bottle carried by the queen in the Temple
and Trianon chairs in rose Pekin, strewn
with flowers. Perhaps the most wonderful
object 10 the collection is
fan offered by the town of Dieppe to her
majesty, on the occasion of the dauphin'a
birth. This fan is a chef d'euUre, and rep
resenEs Porus before Alexander; it was de-
signed by Vieri. the celebrated painter. to
whose brush we owe the "Marchande
d'Amours." Empress Eugene once offered
M. de Thlao 10000 francs for this fan,
but he refused to give up the beautiful
obje dart. M. de Thiac lived alone and
cared nothing for people. His heart was
with his treasures, and he requested that no
one follow him to the grave, "beoause no
one followed the van that carried the de-
capitated queen to the Moncea1 plain"
There is a similarity between NJ. de Thiac
and the Count de Pr, whose alteration
for the unfortunate Natalie has caused him
to seek solitude. For several months was
the neghbor in Paris OF Queen Natalie's
sister. Princess Ghika- In the home Of her
sister had the pleasure OF meeting the I'M
happy woman, and then she was wonder
ously beautiful; her hair, magnificent
in length and color; her eyes,
large and black; her complexion, a
rich olive, and her teeth, brilliantly white.
Although saw the queen just after her
trials at Belgrade and her brutal treatment
at Baden-Baden, where her son was taken
by force from her arms, she did not men
ton nor sorrow. One OF the queens friends
told me not long ago that Natalie is not
the politician King Milan persists in
calling her. The queen 10 woman
Of great merit. AS wife she was
virtuous and affectionate, and as
queen, benevolent toward her subjects.
compassionate in their sorrow and inter
ested in their prosperity. | cannot UNDER
stand the comparison made between Queen
Natalie OF Servia and Catherine ii. of Rus
STA Certainly, like Catherine Natalie has
been unhappy in her married life, but Cath
crime had gigantic intellect, while Natalie
is nmid. gentle woman, possessed Of am
bition without the willingness to use un-
scrupulous means to further her ends.
"You SAY Won were once a newspaper mani"