Middletown transcript., 1868-02-15
Oura0liu.
The E,npress Eugenie.

A correspondent furnishes the following
description of the French Empress:
Eugene is the most beautiful as she is
the most popular woman in Paris. Her |
style isTso marked, her taste so decided,
her form and manners so unlike the French,
that she stands alone in the gay capital the
observed of. all observers. Unlike the
French women-who are short and dunn
py, especially in middle ife-the Empress
is queenly in form, tai, slim, and stately
Unlike the French women whose complex
ions are dark sallow and even dingy, the
Empress's face is as white as alabaster
Her eye is clear but piercing her smile
captivating; her brow gracious. Arrayed
in her regal robes she is simply magni6-
cent. Everything about her is in keeping.
Her taste is unequalled. Everything is in
proportion, and one part is suited to the
other. She knows what will agree with
her complexion to the exact shade Of rib
bon. You can suggest no alteration in
her dress. On state occasions when she
greets the public eye she wears everything
regal and stately that becomes her station.
On ordinary occasions her dress is very
plain, very simple, yet very taking. Her
hat seems to be the central point of her
Dress If it is brown or blue, green or
crimson, her gloves, scarf, ornaments and
her apparel correspond. Her spirits are
exuberant, her disposition joyous, and she
seems disposed to enjoy her position. On
her last visit to England, she was the
guest Of the Queen. A review was held
in st. James Park in her honor, which
she beheld from the balcony of Bucking-
ham Palace, in company with Victoria and
Napoleon. She was joyous as school
girl. She elasped her hands and shouted
in her French style like.a a little girl at the
grand display. Her buoyancy and glee-
fulness of Rlaner, not to say frivolity
shocked the digni6ed and sober Queen OF
England, and more than once Victoria
laid her hand on the shoulder of her fair
visitor and reminded her that while such
outbursts of feeling were perfectly natural
they were not regal!
l saw the Empress attended by the I'm.
perial eortege as she went with her hus.
band to open the Great Exposition. Moth.
ing could exceed the plainness Of hel
dress. Amid the gorgeous array Of thu
Royal ladies of France, the brilliant cos
tune of foreign ministers and dignitaries
the glitter and gold of the military o
France and of Europe, she stood alone il
her simple elegance, the only woman
among the thousands who was more elegan
for her plainness.
She understands the French people per
fectly. The pageantry that they like 81
well she spread before their eye. She i
all grace and dignity as she daily drive
out with the Imperial carriages, attende,
by her husband or son. The Empe
ror sinks away in the corner of his car
riage, as if Indifferent to public attention
wearied with cares of State, or annoye,
by public attention. He looks at one, an
seldom returns salutation, with frow
on his face, and g I-wish-you-woul d-let
me-alone" sort of look Oh his countenance
The Empress sits upright in her carriage
catches every eye, returns gracefully an
with peculiar smile every salutation frol
the humblest to the mightiest. All Pari
feel that they have an interest in her
The street-sweepers, rag-pickers and beg
gars take off their hats as she passes. Lik
tho wife of Nabal, by benignity she seek
to hide the churlishness of her husband
Very devout in her religion, her humanit
and beni6cence to the poor havo6become
proverb. She is the patron of sick hot
pitfalls and neglected children. During th
cholera, when the panic drove nurses frol
the pallets of sufferers, the Empress, in
plain dress, summoned her ladies of hor
our, drove to the hospitals where the cho
era was raging, and in spite of all remor
STRANGE, commenced nursing the sicl
Her heroic conduct recalled the frightenc
attendants, restored general confdenc,
and saved the lives of large numbers {
the sick. The flowers that she bore wit
her she distributed to the sufferers, an
some who died begged that those flower
might be buried with them in their coffin
She is o woman of unquestioned talen
shrewduess and strong common sens
She has more influence over her husban
In national matters than any of his mini
ters. She attends the Councils of Stat.
and participates in the deliberations.
the absence of Napoleon, she is the Regel
of the Empire. She presides at Council
of State with great dignity and abilit,
holds the members to the exact qnestio
before them, and will not allow them
uiscusS any YuesNVh Ut p'tss any neasur
that would be distasteful to the Empero
The long tranquility of France owes vel
much to the taste, talent, tact and benij
nifty of the Empress.
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THE GOLDEN RuLE.-The Golden Ru
teaches us to do unto others as we wou
have others do unto us. At the same tin
it teaches us not to expect from our neigI
bors what We would not be willing,