Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-07-30
An oia-TIne sparkier.

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l.ar Hsisi,sIiss Kiss ifsflaiisss a ilsi il4l
Among the residents u NashiHgion an
soiae elsTasinE Oh ladies nLo cogli fi.
eolHmA sileT eolumn With The 'seoial gos
sip II other days. one II these Nas .
schoolnaie ~ Madame haRaParie, aul has
murh 10 say sf ~lirisy PsiieTsons een-
quest and the nay in which il Nas aeeom-
Plishsj, Of the brilliant bssaly ani 70
nsTkable Conversational powers ofihls Ne-
man, Shase history had 50 mueh of tragic
rlnsnse alau Il, her friends say loamueh
sahnsi hs an,rmel, She Was jaslly snii,
tied u all the almiraiion she received, aud
tveR non, that her beauty is gone, her ia,
lelleel Is perfectly clear, and her Sit aud
paliness in conversation have lost little
Of the tTe Of her youth, "Mary,' she es,
elaimel, in an earnest address 10 her frienl
few years ago, $50 think eta woman Of
uy ambition being 81 eFnshsdl' She show
si a most beautiful likeness of herself as
she was, 10 some ladies, with perfectly
inh0eenl and surely not wonderful pride
Ia its loVeliness, and said, "Do you see
how pleased aud happy | look ? That was
because all the time | was sitting the ar
iis, uas telling me how much he almlred
re and how handsome was"
She vas told size onsbt 10 allow The pie
iure 10 be copied, ltt che Indignantly q
fused TO do so, saying il was for her granu-
son aud no one else should have IL, The
captivating OF jerome Bonaparie was done
OF ndlirs prfpsnse. She had heard Q! his
arrival In Baltimore, and when the lady
who tells the story went 10 visit her at her
fathers country seat n few miles from that
city, ON the York road, the Conversation
turned upon the ntwly ArriTes frenehman,
Said the visitor: "lOu must come 10 see
me soon, Betsy, and meet Bonaparte." 81
shall come replied the young lady, "pre-
pared for conquest. oh, to go TO France
MS his wife, and DO tho admiration OF all
EuropeH A few days afterward she went
10 Baltimore. II heard voice In the
street, says tho friend, "and locking Gu,
Of the window ! saw Betsy coming on
idckass. In this way II seems the beauty
rode on to glory. The next day there were
races, and Betsy attended them, wearing
white wig. II was the fashion in tho;e
days for ladies to wear wigs OF every lu;-
aginablc color. belle might appear in
the morning with rcd hair, at noon with
perhaps being black rs was case with
Miss Pattcrson's, which was,of n beautiful
shade of black-not the inky black, nor
yet the blue black. Wearing her white
wig and seated IN the carriage with othcrla-
dies, she was introduced by Commodore Bar
ney TO Jerome BonapGrtc, who was at once
struck with admiration of the ''Grccian
beauty" ns she was called, with rival
fsNtHH
suite, Gen Rubcll, was known MS the "Ho'
man beauty The same day General
Smith, "thc hero of Mudfdr,," gave din'
ner to the Frenchmcn at which Miss Pat
terson appeared, wearing her own hair,
and completed her, conquest on the spot.
jerome told her che was so much more
beautiful when adorned by her natural
tresses than she could possibly be in any
wig. that she never again dolrcd enc OF
those mOnstrocilies. .'',H, ,t
In the course of a few days yorrg Bo-
napartc gave grand bell, and Miss Pat
terson was his partner. In the dance he
threw over licr lead geld Chain, to which
wnS rttached II miniature likeness of him
self, set in diamonds, and the lady bore il
off in triumph. Thus the engagement was
made. Miss Patterson's father, however,
disapproved, and sent her away to what is
termed the wilds of Virginia. Jeromcs
love penetrated even 10 that secluded spot,
and he succeeded in having letters carried
to her. When Mr.. Patterson discovered
this, hc made no farther violant opposi-
ton, but brought his daughter home, and
in short time the rnarrinSc took place.
When the Young couple were ready tc so
TO Europe, Mr.. Patterson, who WAS mer-
chant and sllip.owncr, fitted out one OF his
own vessels to convey his daugh iher in re-
gal style to that France ghich she hoped to
conquer by her beauty. Alas alas she
reached it only to find every port there
closcn against her by reason of the Eni-
peror s order. A mcssnge from Napoleon
that his brother should come at once to Par
is to consult with his Majesty, was con
veycd 10 the ship, and hoping all things the
bridegroom, departed thinking he could
win his sovereign's consent to his 1iairiage
in n personal interview. lle,never saw his
wife again. The Emperor forbade his re-
turn to her, and she, after waiting ia yain,
was taken to London by her BROTHER
There her son was born. She met jerome
once years afterwards in Florence in o pic.
e-gnllery. They recognized each other
instantly; but the gentleman who had ac-
companicd the deserted wife led her away
al uncc, and the next morning Jerome Do-
naparte left the city. -
Such is the outline. ,giTen by Miss Pat
tcrson sschoolmate Of this singular story
which has been so long matter OF history
that it is rews TO many of the present gem
Grafton. To jerome Bonaparte, Baltimore
was indebted for the introduction of the
waltz, which dance at oucc became IA
voritc with the young people, while their
parents disapprovcd of 1t even more than
mniy of the foreigners who taught it.
Tie game lady rel8 of slipping away from
her home; after her fcther was in bed, for
he did not admire the Frenchmen, and
dancing all night at BOnaparic's hail.
Subsequently, she herself gave ball, and
opened it with this same Donaparte in that
same waltz, and she tells now, with gleam
of amusement in her still handsome eyes,
of her daring acts of di.obediencc. And
gppropo OF this samo parental di1approyal
of foreign fascinators, manifested a5 strong
ly in the early days of history as now,
Then experience has taught to read for
count or account, aud for baron or barrap,
one is led TO inquire whence the feeling
proceeded? Was it from an instinct of
self. preservation that the parents Of the
ladies before mentioned were disposed to
cover their young with their wings, fear-
ing the approach of the destroyer. The
history of Miss Patterson has pointed a
moral which seemingly her successors have
failed TO observe 10 their profit. She was,
and is, foremost in ihe ranks Of those whose
ruiacd lives have been the consequence OF
tco implicit faith in foreign fidelity.
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