Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-06
EUGENE.
GOSsip About the Empress of the
French.

The Empress Eugene is a beauty OF
a peculiar type. The rich blonde hair
with its tinge of auburn, the bright,
transparent complexion, and the some
what lengthy oval Of the face, manifest
her Scotch descent, while her walk and
carriage, the ~liveliness Of her gestures,
and the sensual power Of her presence,
indicate the Southern oman This pc
culiar mixture of races in the Empress
surprises while it attracts, it arouses at
tention and wins admiration. The
happy woman who attends to the adorn-
ment of her person, i.e., makes her
dresses, is Madame Mega. She clears
100000 francs annually by her bust
ness, since no one in fashion would wear
4 dress that has net been manufactured
in her shop. One day Madame NIGGA
came to St. Cloud to hold council with
her imperial customer on those " affairs
of state which she considers most I'M
portant. By some mistake the Emperor
was informed hat Madame Mega wished
TO see him. Polite as ever, he attended
her. and had Just entered into converse
ton with the lady, when Eugene re-
turned from a walk in the park. "Ah,
Madame Mega" cried the Empress.
laughing, you are making use of my
absence to seduce the Emperor Ma
poleon smiled, and the dressmaker, very
proud of being suspected. related the
affair to everybody.
Madame Ode, the milliner, who Is the
person of the best taste in Paris, wa:
happier still. She came one day to St
Cloud, and found the imperial pair OIL
the terrace. As she drew near, the
Empress, in a fit of good humor, cried
i" Louis, won't you please kiss Madame
Ode?" with pleasure, replied the
ruler of France, and taking off his hat
approached the milliner, and implanted
a kiss on her cheek. 1t is necessary tt
state that nature has sadly neglected
Madame Ode.
Monsieur Leroi is the Empress's hair
dresser. He is one of the first favorites
He possesses two talents, each of which
is sufficient to make a mans fortune
He knows how to manage hair and PEG
pie. He IS daily in conference witt
Eugene, and two hours is the usual tim
| spent at these seances. When the En-
press lives in Paris, Mons. Leroi is there
When she travels, he accompanies her
When she goes to Biarritz to battle, Mons
| Leroi battles at Biarritz. When sh
hunts at Compiegne, he attends he
there. In short, without him there |
no enjoyment, no personal success. Ill
is a most talepted %relater Of events tina
approach the scandalous, knows all tina
happens in Paris before any n els
dreams of it, and can tell it in a way a
once delicate and poignant a way tina
is never offensive to the most refne'
ears, yet loses none of the points. Vol
taire or BocacciO might have been hi
masters in relating little histories. L
addition to this, he is always in tn
freshest and NEST tasteful attire, and
marvellous man-dresses hair withOu
removing the straw-colored kids froI
his fingers. He does this without los
| of skill, and manages " his material
with the power of genius. This grea
man has a larger income than the Prim
Minister of France. Formerly he onl.
reported interesting news to the En-
press now, as she has begun to meddl
in politics, he also informs her Of tn
movements of parties.