Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-01-24
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Napoleon had now become Emperor, and
was beset by q passion for royalty. He made
his brothers kings and to his sisters he gave
duchies and principalities. On Elisa, the eld
est, he bestowed the republic of Lucca and
PiOmbinO; Caroline he made Grand Duchess
of Berg; then came the turn of the princess
Pauline. She was created Duchess of Guas.
ITALIA. I" Even q molo-hill," we are told
"seemed too much for her to govern Had
there been kings in the air, as in the time Of
the sylphs, she might have been enveloped in
pink and blue cloud richly perfumed, and
sent to reign in those fortunate regions where
the sceptro of government is o spring of flowers
This, however, did not suit her; her tears and
her pretty airs amused her brother for a time;
but as it was not in his nature to be patient,
be became angry at last The princess Elisa
discovered that Lucca and Piombino were
miserable principalities. She complained
the princess Caroline complained; the princess
Pauline complained; it was chorus If griev-
snces. '0nce for all, ," exclaimed the Emperor,
"what does all this mean? Will these ladies
never be content? One would really think
we were sharing the inheritance of the late
king our father
AS Napoleon divided the week, Pauline's
evening for reception was Wednesday She
did less to promote gaiety and sociability than
any member of the family. She was too indo-
lent to make any other preparation than that
Of her own toilet, beforehand, or to listen dur
ing the evening to anything beyond her own
praises She was negligent of her guests,
among whom were very fow handsome wo-
men-a circumstance due to special contr-
vance Of her own. Her list Of invitations
were drawn up by Duroc, Grand Marshal of
the Tuieries; and when he proposed the name
of any one Of whose appearance Pauline was
jealous, she usually induced him, by pretty
airs and arch objections, to erase it. Some
times be hesitated: "Why exclude herr" he
would say;N are there ever too many hand
some women?" Oh, shall be there and you
can admire me, Duroc as much as you like
She would then smile, and Duroc would
draw his pen through the offending name.
And thus the PEERLESS beauty was tranquil
lied.
With the single exception Of Josephine, 10
lady in France displayed greater taste in
dress than Pauline In fact, she thought Of
little else than the prosecution Of her intri-
gues aad the occupations of Eer toilet. Her
entrance in to a ballroom rarely failed to
elicit a murmur of admiration; on one osca-
sion, says an enthusiast, she absolutely illum-
ined the palace. She wore, on the evening In
question, dress which she said should i'm
mortalizo her, and upon which she was engs-
ged for seven consecutive days, to the exclu-
sion of any other avOcatiOn Her head dress
consisted of narrow bands Of soft fur, of tiger
pattern; these bands were surmounted by
bunches Of gold grapes. Her robe was of ne
India muslin, with deep bordering of gold,
the pattern being grapes and vine-leaves. Her
tunic was Greek in form, and displayed her
figure to admirable advantage; 1t was attached
at the shoulders by fine stone canoes Her
girdle consisted of a gold band, the clasp of
which was richly fashioned antique stone. Her
beautiful arms were adorned with bracelets
formed of gold and canoes Pauline possessed
one quality, rare in so beautiful woman: she
did not compromise her beauty by affectation;
OF, at least, her sense Of her own matchless
lOveliness, as she N manifested it in hermanner.
went no farther than what may be termed
CONSEQUENCES.
Don Camille subsequently returned from
Rome, and was made prince of tho French
Empire by Napoleon. He distinguished him
self at several of the Prussian battle fields
and in 1903, was made Governor General of
Piedmont and Genoa, which Napoleon had
just annexed to France under the title Of ode
partments beyond the Alps " He at once set
out for Turin, his capital, taking Nice, whore
Pauline was spending the winter for her
health, on his way, for she had consented to
share his new dignity with him. Her impe
rial highness was a poor traveller, and bore
the fatigue Of posting with great impatience
The equerry, NJ. de Montreton, found ample
occupation in building fortress of cushions
around the illus:rious invalid, while the ladies
Of honor relieved each other in the duty of sit
ting upon her feet to keep them warm.
Pauline was not long contented at Turin,
although her husband held a sumptuous vice
regal court Her position did not please her,
for she had expected to be frat, and found
herself only the third. The first disnitary of
Piedmont was an unoccupied arm chair, which
By diplomatic fiction, was supposed to rep
resent the Emperor of the French and King of
Italy; behind this chair stood the highest
functionaries Of the government, as if attend
ing Napoleon himself. The second dignitary
was the Governor General, who subjected the
imperious and naughty Duchess of Gua,talla
to the gross indignity of being inferior in OFF,
cial i'm portance to himself So Pauline aban-
doned Prince Camille az Turin, precisely as
she had done at Rome, and returned to Neuil-
ly and Paris. Her husband did not seek to
retain or to recall her; he continued to ad
minister the government with success, and TO
entertain foreigners with hospitality, till the
fall of Napoleon in 1914, when he restored
Piedmont to Austria and returned to his pat
rimonial palace at Rome.
Pauline, upon her arrival in Franco from
Turin, divided her time between the Tuileries
and her chateau at Neuilly. She had never
striven to conceal her intrigueS with the va
riOus gentlemen who were successively the
heroes of her transitory attachments; she now
even sought publicity and scandal. The most
conspicuous of her liasons, coming to the
knowledge Of Napoleon, ended fatally for the
young man who was the object of it. NJ
Jules de CanOuville was young, cOurtly and
dashing colonel of hussars, and soon become
the favorite of the princess. Not satisfied
with the conquest itself, he desired the repu-
tation of it This he soon obtained, and TO
his hearts content. The court dentist, NJ
Bousquet, one day received a professional
summons from Pauline. He was conducted
to her boudoir, where ho found very elegant
young man, negligently clad in a dressing
gown. lie was gracefully extended upon a
sofa, and begged the dentist "to be careful
of the teeth Of his Paulette " The innocent
NJ. Bousquet naturally took this considerate
gentleman to be Don Camille Borghese. He
| promised to use due caution. Throughout his
| stay the supposed husband enjoinod scrupu-
| lous attention upon the operator.
AS the dentist left the apartment of her i'm
| perial highness, the ladies of the household
the chamberlain, &c, gathered around him,
and inquired the result of his visit. 1.-The
| princess is doing very we'll, I" he replied, "and
must be grati6ed ut the tender attachment OF