The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-03-05

have existed between her and the ladies, pi
the lmperial family, partaking somewhat Of
female rivalry and Jealousy. lsanoH 7''s'
[ One evening 10 Particslsr--when The
Beautiful Pauline was TO be formally present.
edtO Josephine, ION her marriage with the
Prince BOrgbese--must be noted In the an.
nails Of Malmaisoh. Pauline, clever, witty
and most lovely, had accepted the hnad Of
the Borgbese, almOst q fool in intellect,
solely on account Of his money and his a.
tie. Sacrificing her heart to her am bftion,
she determined to make the FIRST use of her
new honOrs by epdeayorlng to humiliate
poor Josephinei and, in order TO carry out
This amisble resolution, announced her in,
tentiOn Of visiting her on a certain evening
shortly after her marriage. Days were pass.
ed in preparing the seleadid toilette which
was to crush, her sister-in-law. At length
the memorable evening arrived Josephine,
fully aN are Of the intentions Of Pauline, took
her own measures accordingly, She array.
ed herself for this trying ordeal, Of grace.
full against beautiful woman, with a con.
summate tact and perfect knowledge of
that peculiar style Of dress well calculated
to display her fuultless shape, which she has
almost immortalized She wore white
muslin dress, edged and trimmed with mar,
row bord er of gold; the short sleeves, which
displayed a finely turned urna, were looped
up at. the shoulders by large canoes; on en-
umeled serpent encircled her throat; on her
head was a kind Of diadem formedof cameo
and enamel, con6ning her hair somewhat in
the styl of the antique basts OF the Roman
empresses. "' tT ,-., .s.a s,..-
/ She looked SO extremely graceful and
classical in this attire, that when Napoleon
entered the saloon he was delighted, and sa-
Z luted with kiss on the shoulder-a some.
what bourgeoise caress, by the way. On his
expressing hissurprise at the care with which
she was dressed, she reminded him OF the
expected visit Of PaaIine. The evening
wore on, and yet the princess did not appear
Napoleon, having remained beyond his usu.
al time, retired to his cabinet. Shortly al.
terward the princess made her appearance
looked transcendently lovely, But on this
occasion she had not trusted to the charms
lof unndorned beauty, and she literally wa,
resplendent with jewels. Her dress. com.
posed Of green velvet, was embroidered in
the frontwith masses Of diamonds; her arms
her neck and her head were also encirclet
with splendid jewels. As she advanced
across thereon towards Josephine, who al
the wife of the First Consul, did not rise til
she approached, Pauline, gazed around, fol
Of pride and gra,ified vanity, conscious o
the effect created by her beauty, iler you'll
and her dazzling splendor. tefrr+ ..,.
| The Solicitations were cold between the ri
val ladies. Pauline seated herself, and I,
break the}stiffne.s Of the reception, begaI
conversihg ia allow tone with Madame Ju
not, who was placed near her. ... ...-tf ...
SWELL, Louise, how do / look to night
What do you think ofthe Borghese jewelo!'
"Think! why, you are wonderful a, tu
ally charming" returned Madam Junot.
"But do yoa really. .now--Aattery apart--
think this dress becomes me!"
''Vain Pauline! why you know perfectly
well, before asking me the question, 20,
never looked better in your life." alsa sH
at"Well. it is not exactly vanity that make
me ask you SO particularly, replied Pauline
'bu. II is becauseI want to. nstonish Mao
ame Bonaparte, and You know have spare
no pains to mortlty her by this dis play o
my new'iewels. Yet how elegant she look
in that simple India muslin dress, with thos
catneos, too, like a Grecian Statue; she Ger
9 tainly, does understand, to perfection, III
( style that suitshes. That white dress con
Z trasts go we'll, too, with the blue satin ofth
Q furniture--it is per tect. Good heavens!--
!. what shall doa" .she suddenly exclaimedi
. an. agonized whisper. and turned quite pale
q ssSYhat is it!--whdt can be the matter!
! asked Madame Junot, quite alarmed. l
d 40, Louise, why did you not tell me! no,
d cruel not to remind me! To let me CON
I. here in thisToom, ,dressed in green velve
= when the furniture Is blue satin! Oh! tb
ii il too much; ! shall never forgive you'll
How dreadful 1 must look by the side 9
b Josephine. This is more than ! can beai
& must go away at once" !@s- 81 .9,'s. x.
Il Pauline was conquered. Elegance ha
/. won The day against beauty- She took
. hasty farewell Of, ,Josephlne. and hurried 0,
j. of ihsiroom. consoling herself . little, in be
b retreot, by displaying her Jewels before Ii
l. whole establishment assembled to do h
; honor, She passed down the alley forme
d by the household. preceded by lighted torcl
es, and dfollowed by her husband, whom 81
Is early tuught to aspire no higher than 10 h
l. honor Of being her chamberlaini and thu
4 ended, 10 absolute failure, this notable we,
d diDg,viait of the Princess Pauline Borghes,
M ut would be easy to FIJI, d volume vii
n similar anecdotes Of. which Malmaison wi
D the Gene. but as ], do not propose to write
o meRoir ofsthisinteresting habitAtion, ! mu
d proceed. ssfalmaisof Is situated near Rue
y one Of the stations On the |, 81. Germ
sr Railfoad. Nothing can be pglier than ID
M situation ,of Ruel. . small town ID u De,