The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-05

/ Richelieu and Milo d Charolais we're
/ sEeF~mely eager 10 marry each other.
bat her family would never permit q
Ths pair cOntinnsd very openly 60 b
lovers Rlrhslieu was not faithful 90
her not excluaively faithful. She knev
that she had rivals. but seems 20 have
hesn satisfied that she alone possessed
his heart
Mile de ValOia. the fourth daughter Of
! the Regent came 20 ~ In love With Rich
elisu Madame. the Regents mother.
did not approve % this young lady. She
wrote when she Was very young
hoped that Nile. de valois " Ould b. pretty.
but have bssn much deceived. She has
acquired q great aquilins nose. Which has
spoiled her. Shs had formerly the pretti-
est nOse in the world. The cause Of this
misfortune 10 that she has been allowed
70 take snuH AZ another time madame
wrote. Nile, Yalois is a brunette; abe
has very beautiful eyes. but her nOss ID
villainous and too big. In my opinion
she 10 not beautiful There are. however.
days when abe IL not ugly. for she has
fina complexion and a beautiful skin
When shs laughs a long tooth In her upper
jaw producesP vile effect Her figure IL
short and ugly. her head sunk In her
shoulders and what is worss. in my judg-
ment. Is the lack Of grace that she shows
in everything she does; she walks like
a Woman ~ years old have by no
means a good opinion % her. and do not
pray for her preservation. She has no
good instincts. she cares nothing a. all
about her mother and very little about
her father. she dstests me more than the
dewitt she IL deceitful. untruthful and
horribly coquettish: In short. abe will
give us all cause for modification. wish
she we're already married and far away
from here: and ! should like her 10 he
married to a foreign prince 20 that one
might hear no more about her Their
IL a portrait Of her by Pierre Colbert which
quite cOntradicts madame % course
a painter would do the beat possible by
princess but her noss here IL pleasing
and she has lovely eyebrows. neck. arha
and shoulders; the long tooth does not
appear
One night. u report IL 20 be believed.
Richelieu playing cards al saint-Cloud,
sought Nile de Valoiss feet under the
table and having found them. a. he sup
posed. pressed them very tsnderly b.
tween his own. az the same time directing
Rlanoes Of intelligence toward the Regent's
enAmored daughter But rally they we're
Mile De Charolaiss feet. and the mOrtih-
cation Of that beauty may be guessed, for.
Of course abe could not help percoiving
that thOas surreptitiOus careasss. though
bestowed upon her. were intended for
another We think IL likely furthermore
that Mile he valois VAS disappointed
and that she wondered. while watching
Richelieus AdsctiOnately communicative
eyes Why h Odd not sdu-eHs her feet a.
usual
The numhsr q the Dukes gallantries
soon came To he remarkable Madame
wrote in 1919. Whsn h wss ~ the age % p
III believed IN sDrcery ! sn0,ild ssy that
this Duke must POSSES some supernatural
secret. for h. has never found a woman
who has opposed 20 him least resist
ance. all run after him; IL 10 truly shameful
He h not. after all. more handsome than
other men. and b. b. - indiscrrst AMI
fond 81 babblins that he has himself de-
clared that II an Empress beautiful - an
angel we're enamDred Of him and wished
10 pass the night with him on condition
that he should say nothing about Il he
should prefer % forHake her and never ses
her again 90 long a. he lived he is a
great pOltroOn. very insolent. without
heart and uithous soul IL rsvolts M 10
think that he il the pet q all the ladies
This author thinks it probable that The
supernatural secret possessed BY Rich
ellen 10 discovered by lsescure IN his
account u the mistress-s u Philippe
d'Orisans. Leisure says that the secret
consisted in the device % wondering az
nothing this not IN the philosophical
sense d the expression dear % the sig-.
hut in the cynical sense says Lescure
-Richeli.u did not beat any woman. but
he compromised them AL He al~o was
surprised az nothing. aud that - Why h.
triumphed Ne vas systematically in
Discreet. calCulatingly gaTulOus. and
that 10 Why every day some noble uufor-
tunats. attacked by that vertigo uhich
s,izps upon the woman in the pressure
u every man cleversr shan herself.
solicited 81 him the honor Of being die
hun0rsd shocking 20 say. more than
one woman surrendered herself. not from
the intOxlcation q passion but from the
intoxicati0n % pride More than one
woman ruined hersslfin order 70 he ruined
by him and 20 hear II talked about u
vas a. IL we're. a competition Of scandal.
a iOnst of immOdesty For the first
time people bllshsd for virtue Rich
ellen did bat too much 20 encourage
this vanity singular and dspraved He
pose the great secret - his time.
the most corrupt that ever existed He
made extensive USE u IL Ia two words
do YOU wish to knOW Why he was adored
BY all women IL 10 that he despised
them all Perhaps. bu, they went from
him 70 others and from others TO him
They did not end with him OF end them
selves for him. His secret seems 10 have
been widely shared
Two ladies' fought a due for Richelieu
one Of them. who received a slight wound
and felt the glory q u. called him the cid
sst son q Venus and Mars. When be I,
was sent TO thu Bastille for The third time |
Mile. ValOis and Mile. Charolais went To- A..
Eeiher to vinit him There Il an affecting |
picture Of the sosne. The two arr weeping. /.
dsbbing their streaming eyes with poke, 4
handkerchieis. Ths Duke rsposes IN q |
forIorn and poetic attitude on pale, of 4
straw. A great chain hangs frOn the