Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1891 — From Cottage to Palace. [ARTICLE]

From Cottage to Palace.

The favorite wife of the Sultan was once a poor girl living in the coal mines of France She was a beautiful girl, and some charitable person found her occupation in a famous dress-making establishment in France. She was sent to Constantinople with dresses ordered by . the Sultan’s mother. Nothing more was heard of her for many years, until a little inheritance was loft her by a relative, and notices were published asking for her whereabouts. In answer to these notices a wonderful equipage, escorted by mounted eunuchs stopped at the door of the embassy, and the Sultan’s only 'legal w.fc stepped down to declaie herself the once Flora Collin, and renounce the legacy imfavor of her kindred, who are still poor. Ex-Prksident Arthur’s old home on Lexington avenue, Now York, is for sale.