VERY MUCH MIXED.
Colette, the eldest daughter of Alexandra Dumas, is engaged to be married to M. ■■ Maurice Lippmann, a wealthy manufacturer in the south of France. Colette's ■ grandmother was a poor seamstress who was never married ; her father is an illegitimate child ; her mother is the widow of a Russian prince,; and was the original of Diane do Lys and La Dame 'aux Perles. Her father is a Roman Catholic : her mother belongs: to the Greek Church ; her betrothed is a Jew. " Her father is the grandchild of Creoles of Martinique; heri mother, is a Russian ; her betrothed is an Alsauiau. The story of her "''courtship is curious. The first ball, she attended throw her for the first time with her bstrothed. It was a fancy balU She entered the room dressed as a,lady of the First Empire, with a chaise-top bonnet, under which her immense blue eyes •' looked heavenly," with a rose and white skirt, and a fanciful reticule on her arm. M. Lippmann fell in love with her at first sight, instantly sought an introduction, made himself so agreeable that he left as deep an impression on her as she had made on i him, and next day he asked her hand.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6063, 23 April 1881, Page 3
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205VERY MUCH MIXED. New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6063, 23 April 1881, Page 3
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