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Show SERVIANS EX-QUEEN. NOTALIB 19 CUnOPPS UN-HAPPIEST UN-HAPPIEST WOMAN. la llar'Taath Sb Wat a Oltl of StfU-las StfU-las llnanly In l-lr H rlm Mirank fram I OMt TTMblrd llMrt. tn-Queen Natalie of Hcrvla, who has denounce! her ton. King Alexander, because of hla marriage to Draga Masrhln, lias had a most evenliul career, and perhap more has been written and aald about her than about any other woman nf tho lime Sho has figured In court scandals, political Intrigues, divorces, kldnaplngs, wara and exiles, at no time being long out of the public eye alnra her unlucky marriage to Prlnco Milan nearly twenty-five years ago Her father was a Col Kechkn of the Russian Imperial guard and her mother Princess Pule-herle Pule-herle Sbroudge a Itnumanlan Natalie In her youth was a woman of striking beauty One enthusiastic writer describes her figure as rivaling tho marbles of antiquity and her faco as Illuminated by tho flame of sweet affection nnd superior Intelligent Another An-other admirer equnlly enthusiastic, had this to say of her ten yenra ago JfClK fill (tl v V ' ' NATAI.ir. OK snuviA. "It Is difficult to deecrlho tha rare and exeecdlng beauty nt the queen. Her classical features have nt the tamo time n commanding royal majesty and tho charm "t n playful girl Her fair, broad forehead la crowned by a profusion pro-fusion ot Jet-black hair Her almond-shaped almond-shaped brown eyea hao n look nt onco Inexpressibly tender nnd sparkling with Intelligence Her rippling smile and silvery laughter Irradiate a clear nnd pala complexion, recalling her Ituitla snows, warmed Into a richer coloring by the eastern tuna She Is tall nnd surpassingly graceful nnd her manners havo n subtle charm, partly royal and wholjy feminine" Tho ei-queen Is now 42 years old andher. beauty Is somewhat faded-Hi 'fact not to ba wondered at when one considers what the has gone through |