The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-15

criminal her general loving kindness was CO
quettish' She feared 10 win at cards at which
she was compelled TO play, whereupon the vicious
people would say that she wasted the money
Of the State. Until she was twenty hvc years
old, she laughed, and sang, and danced; soured
observers called her frivolous BY and by,
the affairs Of the kingdom became embroiled. and
the spirit Of party divided society: she would take
no sides, they denounced her as 'ungrasefui.
Foresecing misfortunes she longer amused
herself consequently. they declared'her 'intrigu-
ing She dropped certain little requests or recon-
mendations she had made 10 the King or the Mill
listers soon as she feared they were trouble
some: then she was 'fckle." With so many
crimes laid To her charge, and all 80 well proved
did she not, asks our author deserve her mis-
fortunes7
Elsewhere, we read that The Queen, beautiful
as the day, and almost always in her own hair
except on occasions Of ceremony. when her toilet
about which she never cared. was regulated for
her-was naturally talked about; for everybody
wanted to please her. The late Leczinska uhe
consort OF Louis XVI. old before her time. and
rather ugly. in largo cap called think. butter
fly, would sometimes command certain question
able plays at the theatre: but no one found fault
with her for that Devoht ladies like scandals
When in our time they gave us play Of that sort
we used to call II the repertoire de la Refine. and
Marie Antoinette would scold us, laughing, and
say we might at least make known that II was
the Queen who came before her. No one ever
dared TO risk too free a speech in her presence
nor too gay tale nor a coarse insinuation She
had taste and Judgment and, as for the three
Graccs she united them all in herself alone.
Who could see her, day after day continues our
author without adorlng her. did not icei IL
wholly until she said 10 me: My mo'her thinks
IL wrong that you shouid De so long AZ versailles.
Is.sI.
TO ana spend ltue Tune WIN your fegimen"ano
write letters TO Vienna TO let them know you are
mere ana 'heh come oack mere Inc KINDNESS
the deiicacy, but more IMAM ALL the thought that
! must spend Two weeks away from her Drought
the tears TO my eyes which her pretty heediess-
ness oil those early days keeping her hundred
leagues away from gaiian'ry prevented her from
seeing AS nave never oeileVcd In passions
ha' are not reciprocal TWO Weeks cured me OF
"na' a'o" mere 10 myself LOT 'he nrs' ume' ana
would avow 10 others In nor iietime Tor fear
OF being iaughcd az but consider, continues
the frnce de Lisne' now THIS sentiment which
gave place 10 the warmes' friendship, would have
oe'ec'eu passion IN 'ha' charming queen had
she ieit one LOT any man; ana with what horror
l saw her given IN faris and thence, thanks to
'heir vic noeis' all over Europe. TO the Duke de
Coigny, to M lie Comte ID Arsois, NJ de LAMBERT,
NJ de Fersen Mr. conway Lord Strathcden and
other Englishmen az silly as himself. and two or
three stupid Germans Did ever see aught in
her society that d'd not bear the stamp OF grace.
Kindness ana good taste? She scented an in
triguer at a leagues distance She detested pre-
tensions oil all kinds.
N.
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and f.mi,i,ri,v wbich rh.n Oh. hrorah, 49,
,o France wore iudred ssvereIv" ". 40 .ss,,,ad
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Iu,urv ,yas irs, n. iifoundod IN, su,ho. Az
cI,,es that "the,. uaa nevsr n ,.dv n ,aj,in.
king,s mistress or rinis,.r.s III,
who did not have NOR. ,hon sha
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tor n LONG tim. she Ia, b.r b,ir ho dr...,d -.
t,.me,v in nv . man called ,,c.I.,r Nh ,ras
.mone those who went n fetch h.r tror, VIZ.
because sb. feared 10 give him main by dismiosi
him 7, 10 t,ne tbat &C coon 70 oh. 49,, - - -
hands sbe would M, he, own bonds % ho, h.i
and .r,.nq.it IN suit b.r taco .tor,ho I'D.
about her gambling 7 neve, sav h.r loso ,,,ar,
thsr two thousand louis and ,h.t was -, 60.
n .,ioue,te vber. shc vas ,Iw.ys at,.id - ,ri
ming from those who were OBLIGED n t.l,. M, H.
them 7 ,emembe, that one day T v.n, into ~.
.n,.cb,mher .pdhecged from, h.r ,oo,r,., $50
ay. ,ouis which oh. wanted 40 riy. a. la, !,
nsed with ,sg,rd n M.ri. .nto,r.,,o,s A..
the Prince remembers that "ors d.v oh. -
herself very mich when lsnebsd - hor go
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