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Show A Famous lieauty's Small Feet. New York Times. The recent death of the distinguished peer, ess, the Marquise de Talleyrand-Perigord, w hose son married an American, Mrs. Adele Stevens, revived stories of her beauty. It was her habit to drive to balls in an enormous enor-mous landau, with many windows, and, to prevent disarrangement of her uiarvelouJ toilets, she always stood in her carriage. She had a reniarkaly small foot, but in this respect a rival beauty. Baroness de Vatry. competed closely with her. It is related that "one evening, entering a ball room, she discovered dis-covered that she had lost one of her satin slippers when descending from the carriage. Seating herself next to the Baroness de Vatry the marquise said: "I cauuot dance without a slipper. "Never mind.' said Mme. de Vatry, with, a little malice, I shall lend you one of mine; I think it wiil fit you.' " 'Thank you. but I shall put it on overtha slipper thatremains. "And she did, to the horror other obliging friend. |