The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-10
THE MARTYRED QUEEN.
Trench Lady Roya1ists Propose the
Concentration of a New Saint.


Concentration of a New Saint.
The English Waite Rose league 1lav-
ing made saint ad martyr Of Charles
[, some ultra royaltst ladies of France
PROPOSE to ca1loTliZe Marie Antoins1te.
The saints day TO be set aside for
special honor of the gl1hCtaned coEgort
of Louis XVI is Oct 16. In 1888 ON that
same day of the month the fair though
somewhat friydlous queen went heroic
ably to tine 5caffol0; and now these en-
tfusiastic DANES are eager to follow the
example of the British JacobiteS and
dub her saint Oddly enough, there
does not appear TO be any agitation in
this deirection ON behalf Of her hus-
band
A meeting was quite recently held at
No. ! rue CanlbaceTes, the Paris house
of Nine la Marquise dAlbon. A great
number of Frances blue bl0oded ad-
mrers of the Bourbons attended, the
presidente being the Duchesse de Mon
tesquion-Fezensac Among those who
kept promises of aid and assurances of
keen sympathy was the famous Ouch
esse Dues, who almost bankrupted
herself to win over General BouianSer
to the Royalist cause.
The life and deeds of Marie Antoi-
nette were reeited, from her birth as an
archduchess of Austria, 20 her death,
beneath the cruel knife blade. She was
exonerated from all blame in the mat
ter of the diamond necklace. accepted
history being all in her favor in that
connection. Her life was found chart
table, pure and even holy Her death
was feelingly described by the orator
of the occasion. Mile. de la Tour-du-
Pin, the audience becoming deeply al
fected by the melancholy details HI
naIly it was argued that, since the
loyalists of England had canoniZed
Charles L. it behooVeS the loyal danes
of France to be not backward in pro-
nouncing Marie Antoinette saint and
martyr" 4 resolution 20 this effect was
put to the meeting and passed amid &C
CARNATIONS, While the "Societe de Sainte
Marie Antoinette, refine ct mar
tyre" was forthwith formally inaugu-
| rated
II Is proposed, according to the pre5i-
dent of the ''Societi'' (NIule de OIOntes-
nnion- Ffzensac) to lay the evidence al
| ready collected and still to be gathered
in relation to Marie Ant0inette'S claims
! TO sanctity, before the pope, with an
| earnest prayer that he may be led TO
grant her Identification as he has done
[ to Joan of Arc Meanwhile a grand
statue OF the queen is to be erected,
| in Paris if possible, if not, on the best
| aVdllable Sfle. BOoRletS are " pe
| turned loose in showers over the prov
! inces, containing carefully prepared bi-
! ographies of the new saint" The
coming 18th day OF october is to be
/ marked by exercises of a gorgeous
| character, and it is confidently asserted
! that, although the Catholic church has
never recognized the long-deceased
| queens sanctity, masses VIII be offered
| up in her behalf at over 1000 French
! churches on that date.
! Marie Antoiuette, having been an
! Austrian by birth, hopes exist thai
( Austria may be induced to look kindly
upon the movement to make her &
! saint The empress Of Austria has beer
/ appealed to, and a well-known female
member of the Austrian branch Of tht
great Bohan family has accepted tht
post of agent general to the s0cietit
beyond the Alps.
The Faubourg st, Gernain is all a
fluter over Oct. 16. and the celebration:
which ii is to bring forth. Little fea1
is entertained OF interference from The
government; indeed, Mime. Faure, VIII
of the president, is said to be a, deYou
admirer Of st Marie Antoinette."
Scoffers say that the next queen Wht
ought to be "sainted'' is that othe
marty1ed Mary, the queen of Scots.