The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-28
IA BRILLIANT WEDDING

A Ramsus Tsnnss,es nsaaty D5otatl
Counties PouFtales- Romantic clrc6f q
lIme. chaFotts, Hss Polk.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April fI.-one
Of ne most brtlliant woddinss that
Nashville society has ever enjoyed %
CURED to-day. The two great republics
OF the world viii take an equal interval
In this wedding IN the social splendqt
Of Tenneesoe'a capital city. Mis- Flor
euCe DFpullIdRd, OF this city, eqpoulcd
Count Bernard dc Pountalee Ol
France. The brides family, 1a q IN
dicated by her musical French name
has connections with the best blood of
the Gallo nation. Miss prouillard met
her fate while Waiting Nine gharette
IN France. This lady was formerly
Miss Antoinette Polk and was colebta-
ted IN her day as a belle unrivaied IN
the south, the cradle Of feminine beauty.
AZ an eQueStrienne ahe ruled 9 queen
IN those good old days when bl00nietl
were unknown and when the defy
Bouthetner Worshlpped only Two lhinBa
,-lRaieS and horses. Her k1oWledge OK
h0Fh 6EnanShIp saved soma OF her friends
during the civil war, They were n Inns
ninent peril when Miss Polk made
daring ride on one Of her bloOded horses
aud brought them saivati0ni the event
making her appear little le9s than
divinity IN the eyes OF the ehivalrons
men Of that section.
At the cloae Of the war che went 70
France IN all the splendoF Of her Fadi-
ant young womAthood. There she met
General Charetto, the distinguished
French general who 10 the most IA
nous OF living Bourbons. The combina-
tlon OF pluck and beauty was too much Z
for the gallant old soldier. ana ne esp
ltulated before the young woman had
opened on his susceptible heart more
than half Of her batteries Of attractions.
Nine. Charette whose mother was Q
Van Leer, IS the first cousin Of the
mother Of the bride. Taking her Eur
ropean life from the social standpolnt
alone, II has been said that she has re-
celVed more honors from the nobility
Of Europe than any other feminine rep
resentative Of the south.
Miss Drouillard, the bride. Wt.o has y
her veins such patrician blood, VII
meet every obligation that rank ana
wealth can impose. F'oryearB she has
lived IN France and the continent. and
IA entirely au courant as far as Butos
pean customs are concerned. She has
q pert, piquant style Of beauty that -
almost Partisan IN It's witehery. Indeed
some OF her Nashville admirers VINO
have accidentally run across her n the
Avenue de ropera, when she was tEip-
ping across the street on q sunny day.
attired in fetching Partisan millinery
have seen IN her more OF the dainty
French beauty than Of the languorous
charm Of the southern flower. Despite
herprediiectio for French life she hAa
many friends IN the society OF Nash
Vile and the south who Will regret 70
see her permanently at the head OF q
foreign family Miss Drouillard is The
only daughter OF the late Captain
James P. Droulilard and Mr.. Florence
Rir1Sman Drounlard (1fiSs Eleanor Van
Leer.) Her mother was celebrated tof
her beauty and accomplishments
The count IL more English than
Frenc1 In appearance, being tall and
blonde, With considerable musculartiy
lying underneath hts perfect httine
clothes and refined manners He is ~
much at once in the English language
ar his bride 10 In the French. NIB
great wealth permits him 20 Keep q hno
hotfse in Paris. D castle In Switzerland
aiid numerous establishments acattered
about Europe His father has a castle
Just out Of Florence which - often
visited by the count, who is the only
son. AS the bride stood before the altar
she probably made as charming pic
ture Of fenitninity ag has ever gfaced
q marriage scene IN this country, for
she has q soft, creamy complenoni
whose eject Is heightened by black
hair and deep blue-gray eyes shaded
with eyelashes OF the type which Byron
had In his mind when in his aposttophe
Of the Maid Of Athens he wrote OF
Those lids whose 1etty fringe
Kiss thy soft cheeks blooming hngeI