The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11

were ushcred into her drawing room,
where Lady Raglan was seated BY an
would rise. and sweep her trail liza across ess
the noor. giving view. OF her scarlet,
erlnine. barred mantle. bringing muir
murs OF admiration and Mandatory com
ment from the opon-eyed, open-mouth-
ed public.
her home In Paris. and her recovery
Is out OF the question. or late years
she has become enormously stout. al
most obese. and lost every trace OF tina
rka BILE IL somewhat coarse beau
1 Y. which SO distinguished her when
she wss on the throne OF Servia. The
news Of her Impending death will re-
cries OF the days when they ware
school- girls togethar ut Florence. For
the Queen was educated at a very
name OF Natalie Kechke. with her sIs-
ter. afterwards Nine Ohii:s. and thera
were ct leas; score OF American
siris among her fellow pupiisS
Marrying Milan OF Servia after hay-
ms Tilted his cousin Colonel Conatan-
.lhositch IN a rather heartless man
happy one, since her huAband MAI a
gambler. diseol,itc. and dishonest. also
,a,shlns n courage In 1856. when tna
av's hu ~ army vas *ithin q
c:own for him by inducing the Aus
i'ian rlinis;e. tbs la,e Count Klcvai,-
1891 VIC Nss Oh. oil her most de-
voted admirers. tc ride out TO the cs:nn
OF PHncc Alexander OF Bulgaria. and
70 threaten Austrian intervention un-
is .ai no Withdrew his forces Kheven
nHiiet made this threat without any
auih9rlty from Vienna, solely TO please
-, 'aLle. ana was Promptly punished
nS Y me loss of hia mission. remaining
uncmp!oyed for many years
natalie almost provoked diploma
tic rupture between the courts OF IAth.4
ems ems ana Of Belgrade. BY turning her
ter. Nine. Nasos. at s,ate function,
on the ground that the lady was tho
aeKThbEi s favorite Of King Milan.
Sata!les departure from Scrvia with
her only sen. King Alexan der. OWNS
10 Milan's having installed his new
own roof. Natalie settled In WIcs ba-l
Den with her boy. who by direction OF
prinGe Bisnarck, acting at the instance
peculiarly brutal fashion. BY the Ger
man police and handed over 10 Mia r's
einissarles. at the. head of whom was
tt Of Slilan's fsvorites. Thtn cams
the divorce he legality OF which was
Ss9G,n1tsssted. and extremely doubtful, also
M :,nH own compulsory abdlcation
dnrone, under the, membership OF re-
gents gem bitterly hostile to her. On TWO
9 9Gea SONS sh when she returned 70 Ser
Then followed her sons majority.
his visits to her his infa tuation with
one OF her Indies In waiting. her dis I
Mss OF the latter. and then the young
king's fllSfated marriage to the wos
man Who known as Draga Maschin.
was eventually murdered In the most
shocking fashion. the King himself be-
her. ~ go
Some six or seven years ago Nata-
ne became convert to the Roman
Gntholio Church. and this served to
ALLEVIATE from ner all her Russian re-
IIaatIves and friends. and many OF her
french intimates, who found that
G G,e,i OF intercourse with her
would cause them to forfeit the favor
Of Of the members or the Russian i'm periar
t.iamiiy. who spend so much OF their
time IN Paris aud on the Riviera M tf
Altogether. her life, now drawing to
close. has been an extraordinary ro-
mance-a romance even more tragic
than that of most of those other wo-
men, who, Of non-royel birth. have
peen called upon to occupy for G time.
rope. iTsS9.1.i- - N
fConyright, 1911 nv the Brentwood
t Company