The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-11-28
miscellaneous.
THE FLIGHT OF EUGENE.

in the Palace OF the lulltIlSh ~ Vho uLhN
of the Empress Eugenie's flight which
are worth transating for the readers OF
the Bulletin. He says, under date Paris,
September 5. 1870:
We only learned this morning OF the
Empress flight. She was good enough
to be frightened away. There are In the
Tuileries some state papers and tue
crown diamonds. The Government OF
the National Defense appointed Duner
and myself to see to their safety we
found the gate closed and the palace de.
serted. A captain of the National Guard
was in command, and was guarding 1t
with his company, He took us to the
Empress' apartments On entering her
dressing room we perceived an odor OF
something burning. A heap of burned
papers was still smoking in the chimney
place. &c., :.
The dressing room is quite large 1t
would serve asa warm room for board
ing school. A narrow marble table oc'
cupies the whole of one side, and sup
ports whole pharmacy of pots and
phials. 1t is a complete museum Of all
that the perfumer's srt has invented OF
pastes, powders, opiates, greases, oils,
beefs marrow and perfumed waters, in
terminged with brushes, pencils, pow
der-pufs, chignons, false hair - in a
word, of all the Contrivances for a
woman who gives the keynote to fash
ion and teaches the world the art of rem
dering beauty ridiculous. A certain
number of hats lie all around 30 many
candidates for the last ead,dress, sue
cessiveIy tried and rejected.
A guardian of the peace, in green
cloak, was kind enough to initiate us in
to the mysteries of this sanctuary OF the
toilet. He pointed out large oosette in
the middle of the ceiling, When Her
Majesty dressed or undressed, this open.
ed like a fan. A railroad in the story
above bore to the opening the mass of
velvets or laCes indispensable to the cir
cumference of an Empress. An elevator
respectfully deposits this august 6nery
in the dressing room, and then removes
the old clothes that Her Majesty has
just put off.
In this dressing room the Empress
passed her last moment as a sovereign
She had to choose a travelling costume
suited to the circumstances. Doubtless
she hesitated about the head arrange
ments Judging by the quantity of bon
nets scattered all about the cabinet. The
Empress talked great deal, which saved
her from reflection, She had said 81
shall not fall like Marie Antoinette, l
shall be able, rather, to ride away on
horseback" Indeed, she had remark
able skill as a horsewoman. But when
the time came to put her foot in the stir
rup, the blood rushed to her heart and
she trembled, though no danger threat
ened her. The people were moving
peaceaby beneath her windows without
looking up. They had already forgotten
the Empress; they saw in her only a
woman, and they passed by in silence.
At the moment of departure she asked
for a cup of bouillOn, She had not the
strength to take it. We found the cup
still full with a bit of bread beside it.
When she started to go she could not
walk and had to be supported. Her
loneliness frightened her. She looked
about for her War Minister; absent!-
Her Minister of Marine: gone Her in4
innate adviser, Rouher: vanished Her
Prefect of Police fed Every one for
himself; 8auUe Q,ti peu! Every thing in
disorder; so the Eapire was to end.
The Empress apartment is quite regal.
She had had it decorated by Chapelain
in the Boucher style. 1t is not altogeth-
er dazzling; no more is it edifying. The
artist had painted on the frieze OF salon
the portraits of CoChonette, of TurIu
rette, of Dindonette and of BriChonOtte.
But do not assert positively the authen-
ticity of these. They were the pet names
Of the great ladies of the court. the favor
ites of nearest intimacy.
The room reserved for jewels is alone
q complete jewelers. museum. There
could be seen all the known or novel
specimens of pearls, brooches, aigrettes,
necklaces, bracelets, pins, clus.
.ers, combs, all labeled and shut in glass
cases. Some were missing from their
places. Her Majesty had had the pres
snce Of mind to carry them off.
She had established beside her he'd
'oom an oratory, a confessional, and,
believe, also an altar, adorned with
orofusion of relics. Beyond the oratory
vas her boudoir. 1t contained a book
;ase, finely carved, but of small size. In
t were more than a hundred volumes,
Jome devotional and others of doubtful
oiety, like the stories Of BoccaCoie and
he tales of Lafontaine. A foreign med
cal book shOne among the amorous
poems of the fabulist. We would have
that the Sovereign had bor-
owed it from a medical specialist if the
imperial eagle, stamped on the coVer,
lAi not told us that the suspicious book
lad the honor of belonging to the En-
Iress. A little work, thick as the hand,
lad attracted our attention by the ele.
,ance of it's style. Itwas the manuscript
If novel of rather sprightly style. The
Iuthor had signed this indecent thing,
Your Majesty's clown" The clown was
Prosper Merimee, Senator and member
,fthe French Academy.
There Was on the table of the boudoir
IN album richly bound and closed by a
liver clasp. 1t was collection Of pho
ographs, all representing the Empress
n various actress costumes. She figured
here as a soubrette, as "Rosina," as a
,age, as a first young lady, as an opera
lancer, in tights and gauze. The last
represents her as agnes"
a long white dress, and with
,yes east down. Below this photograph
ne Emperor had written: "EUgenis en-
1gneSii!!" accompanying the lnscrip.
ion with four exclamation points.
Leaving this apartment all perfumed
With the odors of burned letters and
eented toilet waters. we descended 10
he lower floor to purify ourselves of the
niasms of the one above. This lower
tory is quite a subterranean wcrd,
omewhat Babylonisn, but well lighted
| long, airy. vauted gallery opens on a
cries of Offices, cellars, kitchens, work
hops for pastry cooks, &c. What re.
mains of Nero's palace in Rome can
lone give an idea of this gigantic sub
trueture. The kitchen buttery is the
most opulent arsenal Of ssucepans and
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