The Republican journal., 1876-11-30
Gossip Concerning the Ex-Empress OF
the French

We have already told of the suits brought b{
Nine de MontiiO, the mother OF the EX-Em.
press Lugenie, against three Paris newspapers
for publishing certain records and drawing
thereirOm the Scandatou> conclusion that her
| birth was lllegitimate. Lucy Hooper writes as
! follows from Paris aPropO> of the trial. which
| II to begin on the 9th Of November: All inter
| eSth@ conversation recently took place in my
, presence respecting the empress, the speaker
| beng q lady long resident in Paris and well
! conversant with the society Of Madrid She
said that as Il very Young girl Mile. de Moutiio
WAS not considered at the court Of Madrid TO
possess any remarkable beauty, though her
/ prouSe treSSes of the puie.t chestnut inst
llhged with rudiY gold, and the tine contour of
| her throat and shoulders We're greatly admired
| Rnt the tn!! and flowing ,iraptrics which We're
| worn in those days We're mf:tvorabie to the
! display OF the lIdy'S exquisite figure. Ii so
! chanced one day that Queen Chri,tini gave 4
! ga den party at her viita near Madrid. Mile.
/ de MOntllo and her friends were amusing them
| selves on the borders of small lake, when the
| future empress Of France lost her footing in
some WAY and fell into the water. She was
| taken out insensble though totally uuhlIt
| and her drenched muslin dress. clinging in
| close folds around her form, revealed outlines
| VI Slatuc>Que perfection. She sank Il tH-hun-
able damSel; she emerged from the waves y
Venus. From that day the reputation of Mile
tugenle IL Il beauty WAS firmly and lnc0ntc~t-
ably established 1T Madrid. To her great cred
il, be it SAID, that, after she became the Em-
press al the French 'h"u9h she presided over
one Oh tilc most dlSa"iute courts Of hodtlh Eu-
rope we pf'ati oi SANDER never dtfrd Hs>iuI
iief- iier marFiPa lie WaS iaf from beng nap
PN' ilht Il t'"t nPailit'u' sue WAS li!'Hl"ii'ir-
~ Jca'"tN I'll hrf hlsbAlld' VINO certainly cave
her ample cause
a S'orY once Went ihr rounds respecting an
a't"r'atloh between iIle empress and certain
nome eoohi VINO hileu ihP hohofanle luhr'l"l>
a! Tue ihperihi court maj the infamous Lchci
'l'u al i'lat ot LOUIS ~. me empress ono iay
.UsIFFd ~ eh1ei 'ht "l3llnenlS OF thf emperor
III Sfe"' haste hFh% .eN'fouS OF Imrar'ln2 |"
MN Noihe important piece OF lhltlhgtnre. HAr
was St"nped Ill !he threshold hy me lnhrllohalN
.u"I'N1iu VINO liipiHN>lNtlN dtrlaFc" lllat Sl1
rond NOT ehtrf'a7 lht emperor wa al MA ii''i-
intiit III conference Witli one OF ms ministers on
a "el@hiV aila'f Oh SlalP. ff;NtfS aua threats
haNh@ allke proved i'll NHih, lht irA'e la'ty
WtiluleW aii' "tni anu posted hcfS'I al 4
WndoW Whlch tol'iinahded 4 luii view Of 1he
private entrance TO Inc apartments ot me eiti-
pcrGr. She soon SAW issue thcreirOm m lntli-
yilual who could scarcely Have been the minis
ter uiiicaS, indeed, ministers are in The hatt
of wearing stylish sill dresses ana tiny little
boots and thick lace wells over stunning little
bOnuetS. Back flew the fair ~paniarl to her
husbands door, where she first relieved her
wounded feelings by soundly boxing the ear OF
the noble c0uut aforesaid and then she made
her entrance unque, oupd and in Triumph.
And We trOW that Louis Nan0lfun naSSrG AN