The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-08
Beauty OF the French Empress---EIe'
g0rI eauce OF her Toilette. -

BeAuty OF the French Empress---Eie-
yara gauce of her Toilette.
A former ambassador from this coun- |
try. to the Court OF Spain, thus speaks
of the Empress Eugene while he was
on visit to Madrid in 1868: She is
beautiful and more than this word can
express. And in the evening at the
gala dinner, how did she surpass each
and every one. 1 did not sit just op-
posite her, for there sat the Queen of
Spain. Still 1 could observe her very
well. My neiGhbor, the lady of an
ambassador, the mother of grown chill
dren. a native OF England, and ofpure
stern morals, who had often seen the
Empress five or six years ago, remark
ed 1I'She is now handsomef than she
ever was" She was quite captiyated,
and said with sincere admiration:
''Don't she deserve n throne for her
beauty?" .. H. a8
= EnEenie unites the most handsome
| features of the German and Latin-l
NAV even say OF the Arabian-races.
The forehead high and free; the eyes
Esplendidly blue, but not very largei
| the hair of a lightly darkened hue; the
| form of her face small, oval the nose
I fine, in beautiful symmetry, not too
high the mouth little bit too large,
and especially when she smiles, little
| Jewish. Her complexion IS admirable
that means admirably painted-for
nobody of tne aristocracy VIII here
| show her natural complexion, be 1t
| ever SO fine. But after the first rounds.
aud after she had taken some water
with Bordeaux, her cheeks began to
| redden and highten her beauty; ears
of exceedingly beautiful form-and
then her whole figure. She is of medi-
um size, not so large as her pictures Sug-
gest slim, flexible and still full. Her
appearance is still that of virgin, The
most splendid model for a deoeI
breast, neck, shoulders, arms ana
above all her hands, beautifully shaped,
combined with the grace of an Anda-
, lusian danseuse. .I---.a.-=. auE
. And then the toilette. What a task
for man to describe. She wore wide
dress, with white and dark blue stripes
: The latter seemed to be OF velvet, the
white one of silk, interwoYen with sill
. yer. A large scallOped trimming oi
black and white illusion of lace. The
basque striped in the same way, was .
|, sort of Amazon jacket-large hal
} sleeves. Around the neck marrow
blue velvet ribbon, adorned with tht
richest diamonds The head dress, the
most charming, the most elegant have
ever seen. -A-little silver wreath o
: leaves, fine fi1agFee, entirely studded
4 with diamonds, sat somewhat eoquet
tlShly upon her uroW, anu enSlt cle1 ne
forehead. From this little wreath hunt
here and there little diamond pendants
q set like drops, and fell upon her charm
a ing neck Over the diaden she wore
: little ornament of blue velvet, to whicl
!, I a costly blue feather was attached, 81
n lftbat the diadem, with. the head dress
n formed a most charming Scottish bon
: net; the more SO, as on the right side
I. blue and white feather were standini
, erect Behind the hair, two white vailisl
> ornaments We're pinned together, whic
reached down TO the low neck of tn
i dress, without, however, touching il
The hair hung down half the neck, wa
= then plated back again, on the left
'e long curl, which soon danced, 500
le rested, on her beautiful, finely shape
g shoulder slE --slIg5=T =sL ~
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