The Penn's Grove record., 1884-11-22
ais ET-EDpbess EUEsnis and osy Recent
VISIT to Paris.

Tie Empress Eugene spent Z sci
week With the Duchesse de Mouohy Ia
her new house near Cbs Rotei tes Inyaz
hdes She Nas attracted to the scenes
VI Der former tIiumpbs, went to look at
the balcony Of the Ecole MIlitsiT5.
where she witnessed so many reviews Ia
imperial state. vas at LOngchamps, st,
Cloud, IN the TUilleT'es Garden, and
everywhere passed almost unnoticed
Her cousin, NJ. de Le5seps, FASTENED
from Berry 70 pay bis respect 70 her.
She was paid many visits, but was not
Ia a mood TO receive any but old and
valued friends. 1t Is not at al true that
she wants to make peace between Der
cousin, Prince Napoleon, and his eldest
son. whom she calls her pgtlE-Tegsu
She Mas very much aglIated In going
over the theatre on WhIcb the imperial
drama was played by her and the Em1
PeToT. But her general attitude was
that OF a person who through much
suffering has come almost to be insensi-
bic Her complexion is bleached az
her hair The eyes Of pale blue have
lost the faculty of lighting up. 1t would
be hand to say whether they express in
difference to most things or resignation.
But they looked as if they cried 50
much that no more tears were left is
them. The Empress drove about in a
coupe. She was always in black craps
and meTino. Aer figure has lost all
dexibility, aud though the Carlsbad
waters were Of service to her, she has
the stif walk that rheumatism or the
weight OF years gives. The outlines of
tie shoulders. however, retain some OF
their former elegance. As the adher.
ents of Prince Victor are anxious TO
organize an electoral campaign by next
year, and to obtain pecunlaTy assistance
from the Empress, the house Of the
Duchesse de Mouchy was closely
watched when she was there. II the
world has not gone from her, she has
lost all taste for il. The seclqsiOn Of
Marlborough sometimes weighs upon
her. Nevertheless she said she would
be glad to return 70 it after Der CONT
mental trip. AT Carlsbad she refused
all exceptional Lonors and fayors and
lived quietly at q hotel, and took her
place in a queue at the pump. Her old
Y~lyscity has died out. If it had not.
she would try 10 sutjugate it. tor she
ascTlbes to her impotuou5 disposition
The eliminating error Of the EmpSrOr's
reign, and another event for which
she will mouTn as long as life and con
scIousness remain 10 her. She has the
generosity to admit the errors Of judy
menL iuto which she was hurried, aud
which were attended with disastrous
consequences both for her family and
for the nation over which, by an as
founding freak Of fortune, She became
the sovereign. TIE Empress still thinks
aloud and talks often and rapidly of
what is on her mind. She i'll bears any
mental tension, unless In religious eS-
e%rcises, and has not the resources of
music, embroidery, knitting, or sewing,
which enabled Marie Ameile TO beguile
the tedium of u residence at Claremont.
TfoT IntiTmity prevents her walking as
much as She wishes. She lives alto
gether at Marlborough ia the past and
among objects reminding her of depar-
ted glories Of the Emperor and her i'll
starred son, vi whom Sue eau noW
speak without falling into parOxytsms
Of grief. The inner woman IS chas,
tened by aitiictiou, AMI the outer woman
faded; but she is mOr interesting, per
haps, than when she had the presttgs Of
beauty, a throne and Externally the
most brilliant court In Europe. | have
heard her compared TO Henrietta Maria.
who also had reason to deplore the I'M
~petuoslty OF her disposition. That
Queen however, had a trial ii heg old
age to which the Empress has not been
subject. She liveu in France when she
was q d|tscrowned Queen and widow in
poverty. Her house at Bots Colonies
was in the mar5hy part Of a wind-swept
plain and being too poor TO buy fire
wood, she had to stay in bed IN winter
to keep herself warm.