Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-26
TWO TITLED WOMEN FIGHT.
4 Duel Which Is Now the Sensation o

4 Duel Which Is Now the Sensation of
Europe.
All the aristocrats Of Europe are in
cold sweat of horror, and all plebeian Eu-
rope is indulging in broad smile over the
recent performance of two grand danes
Of Vienna. A duel between two ladies of
the highest rank? Shockingl The first
thought among the nobility was that it
was only a sham duel, but that made the
matter worse, as shat would have been to
add fraud to indecency, so the truth of the
matter was soon admitted.
1t was a real fight, and both were
wounded-no hair pulling or plain scratch
Ing, but a duel with rapiers--and both
ladies' are of the creme of the creme The
Princess Pauline Metternich is the lady
who cut such a figure in Paris while her
husband was an ambassador to the court
OF Louis Napoleon and Eugene, and whose
recent promise to publish her private
memoirs of that time threw SO many nice
French people of the royalist and imperial
parties into cold shivers. The Countess
Kilmansegg. wife of the stattholter of
Lower Austria, bears name that has been
noted for centuries and which, through
the performance of certain members of it
who accompanied George | to England,
has been standing joke in that kingdom
ever SINCE
The Princess Pauline was honorary presi-
dent of the Vienna Musical and Theatrical
exhibition and the Countess Kilmansegg
was president of the ladies' committee
They differed as to the details in prepara-
tion, and quarreled over their respective
powers in the case. The lie was passed, or
what amounts to the same thing or worse
among ladies, and both wanted to fight.
They retired to Vaduz, village of Lich-
tcnstein, and went at it with rapiers. In
the third round the princess had her pretty
nose slit and the countess got it through
her sword arm. There were screams and
tears-then repentance. The Baroness Lu-
binszka, q Polish lady who has DOCTORS
degree, dressed their wounds, and then
their seconds, the Princess Schwarzenberg
and the Countess Kinsky persuaded them
to kiss and make up. Historic names
these. No wonder Europe is astonished.
The princess began life as Pauline Glenn
entine Marie de Sander, and her father was
the very famous cavalry officer, Count
Maurice de Sandor-Slawnicza, Of whom it
was said that in all his life he never once
showed fear. When he was but three years
old his nurse held him up to fondle the ears
Of a horse, whereupon the animal nipped
him on the leg quite sharply. Without ut
tering cry he promptly seized the horses
ear with his teeth and bit it savagely, ex-
claiming, "Ahl you bite me, bite youI'
When the children in their play fixed up a
'.bogy" to frighten him he promptly seized
a cane and went at it. No man of his time
could mount horse more gracefully or
make finer appearance in the saddle.
But it is on the other side that she is
truly noble, for she is both the grand
daughter and the daughter-in-law of the
great Metternich, the man who outwitted
Bonaparte and organized the coalition
which overthrow him. This remarkable
man entered public life at seventeen, was
active in it till past seventy, and died at
eighty-six. When he presented his Gre
dentials to Bonaparte in 1906 the latter
said:
"You are very young to represent sopow-
erful monarchyn