The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-09
Tue Painted Empress In Rome.



ZONE, Doc IL. The other day received
Information mat the eX Lmpress Of France,
VITO n now IN Rome with uer son. wa, t. 20 10
tue Vatican ON Ac riaiAd,y To visit tue mos .ic
factory. Ihe upfcss diI not come untii l.JJ
o',lurk. Not onir her manner but hcr appear
ance was terrible SHOCK To me. | nave not seen
no Enuress OF nance for over twenty Years.
She was tten N the iull briliiancy 81 her heaity,
aynGnV wife, Young IN 1tle i,aynlng Fam. essl
fhroiRh all IN Sc intervening Se.rs Of ner Crtu-
deur and Nclssitudes, | nave never LOST tne
memory OF her rae beauty. Whenever have
thought OF her daring these last years. neys
pictured her US quiet, handsome, nielauchuiY
widow. dianined ana elegant. HIT no shcn
agreeable person re appeared .he other day.
SIZE was dressed quietly emo lgh, IN u very SIN
pie, uGiS j. lglirh black clOtn costume. Tue skirt
WAS extremely snuit, without uOunce Or any
ntntr trimming. except a no. Ulack brad.
This costume had a long loose Jacket. nd she
wore supple Il ghsn nat Of ielt. ller fest were
uim, aud SHE minced about on her toes and
and black. Her eyes were uarkened, ana also
the eyebrows and eielishes, ana YOU could see
49, i ~ ~ '''s, ~, ~ ho' "o.u vas
"a rehd .h-Donde WIG. WY, she wears u
perukel' was the whispcramUuE the hidden oh-
servers. There was no mlst.ke about II. You
couiu SEQ lhe peiuNe Ioidl ~ Tue front hair.
lhs fal-o HAIR was waved over the torch I'd
and arranged In long ttcsses at the back. Her
head looked Ike "A weil-mlde- up b irbei's I'll Ick,
In her hand she carried aiargs yellow cane Of the
stVle OF the cnuiettsh inalQuse cues Of tue
DAYS 81 Lnuis QdatnTze. she Carried II as "A
caprce, not ~ "a support; for sue played aud
loved with H. pointed al the pictures and twill
cd II ABOUT IN her hand. dad not 20 into tao
she went through the mOsalcs in a few minutes,
evidently feeling no lAtorost Ia the curious
work. and PAD litIe attention to Baron VS.
oonii explanations.
Shs seemed preuccupied, " one can say So,
win nothing; u Il bored, but certainly not In
tcrested, fun Of mtiuuifTies Uarnn NlsrOnti
explained carefully all tae curious indp-. al
though ne iuONed ready to FAINT Win Cxiaus-
ton. Tue Empress hHuY listened she was as
cuquettsh ana ltDtfo n yuulg Parisienue OF
scvcnt en-.
Poor wnmanl Her Imperial Journey In tho
Il ~ I'm 1859, when tho Ist mus was innugur-
ated,' ~ she SAID WAS the very eliminating
point ~ her splrndor. Inc descent WAS figut-
Ia ~ rapii. lhru followed the pru.sian. hrt nch
r, the defeat ~ Sedan, the stege ct Pans,
her Dght, tho doWnfal Of the empire ana ner
husbands DEATH Eiougn OF sprr ", n seems,
o. nave sobered her turiiie-tO have pat s. Tenn,
dignhod reserve iutO tho h-atust VI Flen.h
women.
me ex Empress minced along on nor hirh
heels tMiuing her eau bowlng Hrr Nigued
y al, with an untn Gaming smile ON her painted
aiinlessly throush tho grand Ola church
laughed at inisel Tor t"ellug VeXei witn dlsiIlu-
slons. After All " wat poor stuU aro this
worlds heroes aud herulhes maze! IL never
does to see them too 81 SO at hand.
when the exc hpIe-s entered the Pope's
presence she fell On hes knees aud burst InLo a
Violent DC OF sobbng. lt was some TIME before
they couId oaim her; then ner son anc Cardinal
iionaprrto Loit her alone t0I Aalt LouE Win nls
Holiness.