The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-01-14
The Empress Eugene.

Since the splendid days Of Louis XIV, the
grandoise palace created by him has seen 10 spec
tace so brilliant as the wonderful affair of last
Saturday, got up by the Empress in honor OF
Queen isabeIla's husband. Don Francisques de
ASSISTS, first cousin 10 lis wife, to whom, in spite
of the adherence with which she regarded him.
Louise Philippe contriyed to get the young
Queen married by her mother, reached Bordeaux
on the 18th, was magnifceutly received by the
authorities of the region, escorted 10 Paris by
persons sent by the Emperor, reached St. Cloud
on the 10th, and was received by the Emperor,
Empress, and little Prince, with great ceremony
at the foot Of the great staircase. Next day hosts
OF guests went To the Tuileries, where the King
had Il reception. The Empress was dressed in a
vap0rous robe OF white tulle, with imperial man
tie, and Wore Il diadem Of diamonds - bright as
really to dazzle the eyes the famous regent
the most splendid of the crown diamonds of
France, blazing like a little sun just above her
brow.
With her splendid array of toilet and jewels,
her white veil like a mist floating over her I'M
rivaled shoulders, che looked every whit rs lovely
as when her remarkable beauty and still more
remarkable grace first enthralled the heart OF her
imperial adorer. So beautiful did she look that
night, so splendid was the general coup d'qiI.
that no one paid the slightest heed to the perfor-
mances, admirable though they We're, with the
exception of the King, who was evidently en-
chuntcd with the brilliance of the stage effects,
and the little Prince, who had never before been
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wearing for the first time the order Of the Golden
Fleece, sent him by Isabella, was in the seventh
heaven of excitement and delight, and followed
every detail of scenery, gesture and music with
the most wrapt attention.
The Empress, more than any other woman. has
her good and her bad ways. At times she looks
positively plain, almost ugly at other times she
looks a mixture of peri, fairy, saint and siren,
making up the strangest, most bewitching ensenI-
bic it Is impossible 10 imagine. On that evening,
probable from the immense satisfaction OF her
pride and vanity i'll receiving her ci-devant sOyer-
eign as her equal and her guest, III the eyes of an
admiring universe, it Is certain that she looked
wonderfully lovely, with her white skin, almost
whittier than her dress, the faint roses on her
checks Excessively pretty, whether due 20 nature
or art) her floating drapery seemingly scattered
over with diamonds and pearls. and the dazzling
crown above her lovely hair.
80 perfectly well aware was she. or her admir-
ing husband, or both, of the marvellous beauty Of
of her appearance on that evening, that the great
state carriage-all glass and silding-in which
she went 70 and from the opera. was lighted up
inside by some ingenious introduction Of hghts
in the roof, so that her beautiful majesty was as
distinctly visible to all Paris as she passed along
rs though in broad daylight. This curious little
fact IAN invention never seen before may serve as
an excellent illustration of the EmreTor's way of
silently appealing 10 the feelings and sympathies
of this capital. In whatever interests him the
ParisianS must quietly be given their share. See
Iug that the Empress WAS looking unexpectedly
and radiantly beautiful, the imperial carriage
was lighted inside in such q way IS 70 bring her
out into splendid relief. in order that Paris NAV
look into the carriage and share the Emperors
admiration of his wife, in regard 70 whom he Is
all the more sensitive and eXacting because she Is
not of royal birth.-PGr3Sc correspondence Of Nom
fre17 Herald.