Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-10-16
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Picture Of mr. in An the Bloom and
z Brilllnpcy of Tzsr ChAshns.
The weather to-day iswet and dismal.
I reminds me Of the first day that I
YER set eyes on Paris. It was in the
Dionth OF May, 1884, This reminiscence,
ind pernsal OF an article by my bril-
ant colleague Brander Matthews, which
have just seen, have impelled me to
lite something about the Paris Of over
|titty years ago. was a young girl
ZEN full Of life and spirits. and enjoy
|ig to the utmost the delights Of trip
Europe, then far more uncommon
iini; than II is nowadays, and especially
ia season, when 1t seems as If the
'nited States had tipped over and poured
CT sme d la creme into Europe. Paris
as very different then, socially and
politically, from what It is at present.
he empire was in the first blaze Of its
Ilory.
The Empress Eugene was then the
Eoyal beauty par excellence Of Europe.
he was not quite 80 years Of age, and
,as in all the bloom and brilliancy of
or charms. / saw her first in the i'm
erial loge at the Coincide Franchise.
he was attired in pure white and wore
! splendid necklace of immense pearls.
n the front of the box before her was
laced great bouquet of roses with
ing stems, made up with seeming care
5ssness and tied with a ribbon. She
as very, very lovely, and her grace
as even more attractive than her
sauty. As ] write there rises before
le vision of the small, gracefully
oised head, with its wealth Of golden
lestnut hair; the long, slender throat;
ne sloping shoulders, whittier than the
listening pearls that adorned them; the
pit blue eyes; and, above ali, the indie
irritable and unaccountable melancholy
the expression--a sadness not to be
based away even by tho frequent smiles
aat disclosed her pearly. even teeth. 1t
Fas an expression like that which rests
Ike shadow on the handsome, intel
ctual. features of Vandyck's portraits
Charles la look prophetic, it is said,
a coming misfortune and Of dreary
pom.
She was unpopular even then, despite
pr charms and her affability; and when
he went oft TO drive Jew and far be-
veen were tho hats lifted in greeting to
pr or the cries of "Vive PImperatricei"
lat marked her progress. There was
zen residing in Paris gentleman from
Philadelphia, long since deceased, who
herished an ardent and chivalrous ad.
iration for the fair empress, and when.
yer hesaw her carriage approaching he
ould rush into the middle of the street,
ave his hat in the air, and shout "Vive
Fmperatrice!" with all the force of Q
Dir of stentorian lungs. / do not think
hat his honest and demonstrative HON
$ BE displeased in the least its imperial
Ubject. She used always to respond tc
: Is greeting by most gracious bow anC
he of the sweetest smiles. Even theI
be Parisians had contrived to show hel
lat they hated her, and that in theil
res she was "the Spanish woman" thu
len and the intruder-an heir to all thu
hpopularity of the Austrian Marie An
|inette. She used to dress exquisitily
those days, her toilets being of |
nipple yet costly elegance, suited to he
puth and grace, and to the poetic ma
ire of her beauty, remember her a
20 races, dressed all in pale delicat
lac, her silk dress having fringes of tn
me hue woven in its ilounces. Sh
I'D not yet invented crinoline; that wa
come few months later.-Luc,
ooper's Paris Letter.