The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18

" 10y mn means tha r'u- ~ real fceltn..
and passion - rpa rrud"rr-Ss. Ia yt-w
o1 IN" want u prinrtu.'. mat charao t"rizrt
~" eighteenth century th" ON" safeguard
Tor III" individual WIS rh" yoke imposes
hy society with - ,'. SONS and demands
IL one were ever 80 httl" outside IHai
rIrcNe there was ne ,h.F L and una 2 ana cog
carried people very tar and Negy low
Mile. de lcSvirlaa" having neitha,
family nor fortune WAS not Obliged Il
consider n soc,r,r 20 which she only halt
belonged. and led rhr III. ~ clever mar
who Is also a lady KILLER
We now begin To- haor that the Princess
l.teven il Creslita,. with making the an
polntments 10 The lmbaasadorial posts ot
the French Government and that there il
loud outcry against her IN the French
diplomats body This apropns OF her at
tempt tn get VI. de- tlahaut sent To Vienna
Eventually he got The. appointment. but
his decidedly eNtraoT binary wife. an Eng
lishwoman Margaret. Lady Nairn and
Keith. ScCmrd To realize that she formed
sonnet hing Il Il drawback and announced
that she would not join him al Vienna
until she SHOULD fbaN" married OF her
daughter, although sh" had no suitors in
view at the time When she did GO she
'n'iilCcd IN what would be- almost in
cr'NIihl" displays Of tactlcSsnr>- IN TN"
case ~ private person and were in
hnitrly wors" IN diplomatic circles She
patron'z"d th. Young HunsarIans who
We're causing trouble at the Diet Of Press
burg. praised their oppos.t, speeches
and encouraged rhem ~ come tn her
. 4 ~,
"th" authorities aTa surprised. but their
feeling will soon pass that stage Really
thus woman has not u single diplomatic
hhr. IN the Whole of her drv anatomy
Early IN MAY the pIuhcss,, set ont for
Germany. her yentuai d'st ma ion being
Sagan But TIA" King Of Prussia had in
vired her To- visit him at Sans Souci and
a. she was ANXIOUS that The tie between
her sisters and herself should ba main
tanned, she held to her plan of going To
Vienna. although tn. DuChesse de Sngan
had died On her wav she reads histories
and biographies and reports progress m
therl. as we'll a. h"r experiences with a
succession uf ROYALTIES. castles iuns and
the incidents Of travel On. OF her com
ments i perhaps emil ght"nIng with re-
gard to her frequently expressed boredom
in the highest society AT HON. and
abroad AT Berlin the upper middle
class society PROV lde~ the pi"asantest 90
portunities for conversation She found
II strange and rather SD To bs once more
az Vienna The whole Of INV DESTINY Is
contained in tn. name of this city she
writes. and her. INV III" 81 devotion 70
NJ lie TalIevrand began and that strang"
and unusual association was formed which
could only be broken nv death. though
broken is the wrong word. | should hav g
said interrupted. for | have constantly
felt during the past wear that Wa shall
nee' elsewhere Here again she entered
upon that troublesome and attraCtIr"
life OF publicity which wsaried rather
than fiatrared her She heard more abuu,
tho Flahaut embassy matter and casts a
sort Of sidehght on ~ IN her comment
that VI. Gulzot seems 10 be- taxing walks
with the Princess do LIev"n az O'Clock n
the morning n IA" gardens uf the Tulc-
ries. which is their mode Of observing
Nature
The Duchesss despIses gossip and
malice. but she usually contrives TO make
her meaning quite clear without t"Ch-
nically breaking h"r rules She compares
society az Berlin and Vienna from this
point of view as well az others ON the
whole she prefers Berlin. At Vienna
people were richer and more high and
mi ghty and their naturalness was affected;
at Berlin there was more atTectation. but
more culture and intellectuallsrn Iif"
at Vienna was more free and easy. and
a false good nature OF d very dangerous
Is,.
more formal. and more attention was
paid to decorum. and a. there was less
reason for back biting there was more
real kindliness When she left Vienna
she took with her Count Schulenb.rg.
the third husband Iand widowerD Of ner
sister. the Duchcsse de SagAn. To be her
major domo AT Sagan Between the
writer's sons and her sister. who had
a Hohenzollern. certain legal
questions were pending concerning the
allodlal claims of the latter 10 the greater
part Of Sagan Meanwhile after spending
the summer IN travel and on her estate
Of Gunthersdorf. entertaining royalty. |
improvements, visiting Prince |
az JohannIsberg aud SO forth, |
she reached Paris late in September and
vas promptly routed out by the Princess
Lisvsn. who came 10 ask questions and
told nothing herself. The Princess was
vexed because the Duchesse persisted IN
speaking kindly of every one and eyentu-
ally the Duchesse turned upon her and
told her that people were thinking and
saving everywhere that she made and
IInmade Ambassadors which consider
ably embarrassed her. srrang. 10 say
The Dnchesse Cl.verly makes II clear that
thar WAS rhe sole bIt Of informal ION which
he lady extracted from her
Owing To the deliclr. health Of III. |,
Marqulse de Castsillnc the Du"h"sse
decided 10 spend the winter AZ Nice. |
where sh. arrived after q toilsome but |
journey. during the course
u which she in the Cathedral nj Lyon.
met the Pretender 30 IN. spanish throne. !
Don Carlos. with his children and wifi.
the latter wearing the hat and shawl of |
a woman Of poverty and Tia. Pr.tender
"-- ugly and Insi gnticant than she had
A. Nice she wa, drawn into
the festivities. chiefly through tho
Grand Duchess St"phanie Of Baden
and describes them all Interestingly
ia Fif.s.I .,,t.