Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-07


various occasions since distinguished her,
for the sum of $4,000, having been vo-
ted by the Municipal Council Of Paris 70,
the purchase of a parure of ornaments
suitable not only to her beauty but hel
imperial rank, she entreated that, instead
of devoting this sum to her own personal
adornment, she might be allowed to ICON
secrate it to the foundation of an estab-
lishment TO- the professional education Of
poor young girls" who, though possibly
we'll born, and gifted with some talent
| are precluded from the honest exercise OF
the latter by lack ofspecial training essen
tlal to its development. Nor was this the
only sign Of benitcence given by the new
ly welded Empress, for the Emperor hav-
ing placed in Corbeille de Marriage sum
Of $4,000 her majesty divided the whole
| of it for the double and human purpose
of increasing the hospital accommoda-
ton of Paris, and Of alleviating the wants
felt by various material societies in that
city. From the moment that she became
his wife, the Empress associated herself
with all that was good and glorious in
the career of Napoleon ILL.,, and whether
during his Italian campaign, when her
intelligent sympathy invariably display
ed itself by government mearures at home
or whether as the companion Of his vari-
GUS progresses through France, or in the
moment Of immediate dan5er-such as
that which threatened his life at the be-
ginning Of the year 1853, or in more re-
cent days, such as those plague-stricken
ones when Amiens was devastated by
cholera-the Empress Eugene has inva-
riably manifested heroic characteristics. a
lofty courage, a grand power Of endur-
lance, spirit of self-sacrifcc which none
but those who personally knew her best
would expect from so fragile looking a
being, from one so radiant in the midst
of brilliant festivities inaugurated by her,
or one so adored whenever appearing in
the midst of Paris outside her own pal
ace walls that Paris which her imperi-
al consort found made of brick, but left
built In marble.
When by the speech already recorded
Napoleon III. declared his belief that in
the day Of danger to the Imperial throne
she would be one of the most courageous
supporters, he uttered prediction which
has been fulfilled by her beyond even
what could have been his most ardent ex-
pectations; for, though strangely pro-
etc of many things that have come to
pass, he could not have anticipated the
sudden and overwhelming storm which
would permanently close his reign, and
call forth on the part Of the Empress
those characteristics which could never
have been displayed to the whole world
save in the day Of such danger that ma
lures of less exalted type would recoil
before it. When, true to the spirit of
her own brave Spanish ancestry, and
speaking the words Of Queen Marie An
tonette-speaking those words in the
very palace where that fair Queen of
France had uttered them-the Empress
Eugene declared that she would ''rather
be nailed to the walls than fly" she was
even in greater danger than was the
high souled daughter of the heroic Marie
Theresa before her forced departure from
the Tuilleries. Near the Empress, when
the maddened and Infatuated mob came
pressing onward toward that palace, was
| no crowd Of armed defenders, no husband
to sustain her. She was alone with one
lady attendant, her lectrice, when the
probability Of her terrible and immediate
danger was suddenly impaired to her by
adeveted adherent of the Imperial throne
but who, even for the SAB e OF the EN-
press herself, was compelled to depar
the moment after his word of warning
had been uttered. There was not mo
ment to spare, the courage of the Empress
was undaunted, but, just then, utterly I'm
| protected though she was, the safety O.
others not present was involved with he
own. She could not fail to remember, b.
a painfully vivid flash Of memory, that il
case of mortal reverses ensuing to her alb
sent husband, the hope Of a future for tn
Prince Imperial rested in her decision a
this unforeseen instant, when everythin!
OF most solemn import, not only to her
self but to those she loved far more thar
herself, depended on her discretion
Wherefore just as the murderous mob ap
preached the chateau of the Tuilleries
the Empress departed from it into tn
ancient Palace of the Louvre, from whic]
there was still possibly Comparatively
safe exit for her and her faithful lady at
tendant, whose privilege it was to shar
| AAo NaASS5Ol VI 1OA SCAI1O IAOusS,A Aupc
rial mistress. Fortunately they wer
both in outdoor costume when the alarr
was given to them, and, by the help of
thick veil, the Empress might yet hop
to pass out in the street through the po,
tai of The Louvre, near which she at lengt
found herself. But for 4 moment, ther
was an agonized suspense: the key-th
key by which alone this portal could b
!; opened from the inside-was missin
from the place where it was usually to b
found. The Empress neither screame
nor tainted, though there was not an in
slant to be lost, and even more than he
life depended iupon her instant escape
But the key was found on the floor wher
1T had fallen. The heavy portal Of tn
Louvre, on the Seine side of that his
toric edifce, turned on its hinges, til
velled Empress and her attendant steppe
into the street and hailed q cab. A llttl
fellow, one of those sharp street boy
called out in his shrill tones while point
ing TO her majesty. "There is the En-
press" but Eugenic escaped from tn
city.
The sudden nature of the events whic
forcibly prevented the return of the En-
!, peror Napoleon III. to France, and bar
ished the Empress Eugene, only brough
forth those noble qualities which tn
Emperor had discerned in her when h
; first presented her to his people as tn
wife of his choice, who would grace tn
throne in time of peace and uphold il
honor in time of danger. She has don
SO. Even in her voyages she has don
, much not only for France but for th
, world at large. 1t seems but the othe
day that she was floating up the Nile, an
, Illuminating the East with her presence
| Rut those and other iOnrnevs were mr.