The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-22
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 Same tlsE<y lxve yaazs go ia ne~ aad dzsrling beaufy czzse 70 charm the fssh- ;ouahle world of Pans h gas the sea- soa when me 'P4risizn beiics rsed 10 ap- per al balls and as she opera with thess treeses powds1ed 4ith gold ~ vitA silver. she hrunettes wenTing gold powder and thS hiondes silver On certain gala niaht af Les ltzaiens sxey .opera ,eisss is sak she loseliest girl tha. had been ses n in xAzis ior many day. Tall and slen- da, visA an enquisisely formed bead ..s urfn her shouldess. viih fhaf purity ol ina abouf the neck and throat that is in itsoIf one ef the rzrest of seaasies, with lcae, almond-shaped biae eyes, . pale, docase complexion, the sweesest of suo11es, and locks of soiden chestnut oa shich ske silver posder giistened like hoor ffost, sue vas being for poet to dlnAm about and for a painter to im- mGStalhe. This ~As tue young Eugenie d Montiio, Comsesse dc Teba. In those dsys she had the rspatatsoe of being a faGf young lady, . wild firtAiious dam sea. thoroughly correct so far as her marals vess couceEnsd, bat rather aiven to pesilnas fua and has ardous escapadsk At that time there was no one that the mischief- loving beauty delighted 60 much in ridiculing as the president of the re- public, Pr1nce Louis Napoleon. His long nose, his short legs, the comforter that he wore on cold days when riding on horseback in the Bois, were all food for the mirsh-m aking propensities of the young countess But one evening the gay Eugenie was presented to the taci- turn president at one of the balls of the Elysee. The impression that she pro- duced upon him was immediate and pow essul. He soon became her declared adorer. But there exists French anec- doae respecting the mother of pretty lis13e actress. who thus questions one of hGr daughters adorers: Are your in tentious marriage or otherwise !" They aso otherwise" Is the gentleman's candid rely. It is no secret that for a lorg the Prince NApoieon's attentions were docidedly "osheswise.n It IS true that ths young lady and her family were peo- p,s of suspiciously shady ways of living One meets n Europe continually with such groups as the old Com,esse de Montito and her two fam daughters pecple that live oG the fat of the land one day and subsist on dry bones the next. The rooms over groeer's shop at VsGsailles, that were once occupied hy the future empress Of France and her mother and sister. are still pointed ou to those interested in the fortunes oi the family. But the sai. Spanish maiden was not to be won on any terms save those of wedlock. How can get up to you cred the new made emperor one day, pausing on horseback beneath the win dow Of Mile de Montlo's apartment a, the palace Of Compiegne during one of the earlier parties there. You must go round through the chapel, sire" was the laughing rejoinder. While the pre;imi- naries of the marriage were still pend- ing some republican friend sent the future empress copy of Victor Hugos ~ Napoleon the Listle," and besoaght her to read 1t. SAe did so, and sent back the volume with the remark, "Listle or great, mean to marry him.
 Asempress the fair Eugenie was chiefly remarkable for the taste and spiendor of her toilets. Of her might be thus para phrased the epigram on Charles II she never wore a shabby thing and never said . vise one Like most Spanish girls she had received very limited educa- ton. She was narrow minded and unin- teAlecsnsl, though very sweet aud winning in her manners- The witty or appro- priate remarks that she, as empress. vas l~<1 ke> s. ~1f written for her beforehand, and she was as carefully coached in them as ever sas an actress m the speeches of . new part. In fact, she had no talent except for dress. She tried amateur acting at Compiegne, in imitation oi Marie Antoineste at the Little Triamon, and, despite her beauty, even her aatterers were forced to confess that she was a failure She was in her element while inventing pew dresses- ball toilets in pufied tulle with chain of diamonds drawn through each puff, dresses in silk and velvet with the low necked corsages hung with diamond fringes, others all in the costliest lace clouds upon clouds of point d'AlGncon or point PAiguille -manlieS of genuine eastern cashmere, stiff with gclden em- photographers was no end to hSS mag ni6oence and to her caprices. She in- stituted the rule that at the summer par ties at Compeigne no lady vas to appear twice in the same dress, 30 a fortnight : invitation entailed upon the lady accept ing it the purchase of wardrobe of foFty-two dresses at the very least, as three changes day were requisite, with an addition of some swo or three specially magnificent ball dresses for possible extra occasions.
 It would have been we'll for France had the empress confined her attention to her gowns and her gewgaws and Jeff politics alone. She tried to reign, and invented a special toilet in which to pre- side ovex cabinet meetings. She did more taan anybody else to bring about the var with Prussia. her religious convic- tions as Spanish Catholic having per suaded her that var with the country