The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-16


rndlanca and .Of lntalnEsncs.- Ne adds that
All the movements Of her mouth we're iult
iOf charm and the stffnkest srtmaces %.
came. her vondstfuux when i.s initiated
those who made them. Her smiles wouiu
SOFTEN the hardest heart and ease tne mos.
profound depression OF mind; y almost
entirely change her. expression. ~nlch .ls
naturally naughty, and spread over
certain tincture OF sweetness and KINDNESS
which treasures those hearts whom ner
charms. have alarmed. Her nose, "n'on
without doubt is i~ncomparably we'll turned
and perfectly prOportioned, gives n 'noo'e
and lofty air TO her whole physiognomy'
Finally: The tone'of her voice IL 20 mar
monious and agreeable that none can hear
her speak without being sensibly movedt
Her complexion Is. so delicately clear thai
/ cannot believe that any ono who has ex-
amined IL closely can deny Il to be whittier
than the driven snow. Her hair Is OF .
.glossy black, With nothing harsh about y
To see how naturally II curls, as soon as. II
Is let loose, one would say II rejoiced TO
shade 50 lovely q head; she has the finest
turned countenance that a painter .
II is depressing to learn that the heroine
Of this rhapsody during the last years OF her
lie became rather too much addicted TO the
pleasures Of the table, particularly IN the
matter OF wines. Such excuses, no DOUBT
fastened her end, and 1t would indeed have
needed a constitution OF iron to have long
withstood pint glasses Of absinthe- dbsintAe
en- tdssc Dc pinte.' m the spring OF 1905
she fell seriously i'll, and hoping that coun-
try air might afford her relief she moved
to her house at Chelsea, then, Of course
only a village. Here, however, she grew
rapidly worse, and we read Of her as living
only on brandy. On July ?. 1899, this
extraordinary who seems on Lne
whole to have been the victim OF untowsrd
circumstances breathed her last. The in
c~onsolabIe nt-Evremond wrote 70 q
friend: she had been the most beautdul
woman in the world, and her beauty pre-
served it's splendor up to the last moment
OF her life. She had been the greatest
heiress in Europe, and, magnificent though
door, she had continued to live more sumptu-
ously than the most opulent could do Soe
died seriously, with Christian indifference
to life." She seems to have possessed IN a
very marked degree the art Of endearing
herself to those with whom she came in
contact, and in her friendships, as distin-
Ruished from her love affairs, sheappears to
have been singularly faithful, fact which,
as our author suggests, perhaps accounts
Ervr the extremely lenient judgment passed
upon her by Mme. de SevignA and others
Of her contemporaries. We add that in
death Hortense fell into the hands OF the
husband whose pursuit she had successfully
evaded during most OF her married life.
M. de MaZarin," wrote Saint-Simon, so
long separated from her, caused her body
to be brought home to France and marched
it about with him from place to place.
| On one occasion he deposited il at Notre
Dame de Liesse. where the inhabitants
prayed 10 IL as to a saint and touched 1t with
their chaplets. Those who believe in
heredity will note with interest that her
granddaughter married Louis de MaillyI
MARQUIS de Nesle, by whom she became the
mother Of the four attractive and celebrated
sisters who were successfully the favorites
OF Louis XIV. VI. W. II.