Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-17
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utterly monotonous ana soon bses
she rose at about half-pa.," s y,
took the late breakfast rep pI' ;h'As, i,
in France, with tho Empress 'ae'ng as
half-past eleven. AT twa ~, alone
came In Paris they slept pp ), a ss !. l't
homes but in the coup n ~ IN. 'ns'r o,
they had their stated turns ..e'deaa
and during that time lived A. y Y, Vail;
aces. Amongst her ladies ;. ,as u
some Wore more agreeabla : y cous
Others; but she must accent n ,s "
orable turn of precedence. 8 sa ~ ny
not choose her companion ana aN
day she drove out with the ,, Say NJ
privilege entitled her to . s aas VIA
imperial carriage; day aft s,as : II
went to the Bots de Boulog Wy
bowed necessarily to the ora, aa
after day she returned Just n ~ y
dress for dinner; and then : ams
weary evening, where nobod, h.a
thing to say. or, if they had d dsa "
say it. No one could Sit dow aa ~
gave the gracious permission "A !, ~
she did invari ably in the case :, ' y /,
Her ready good-nature would h !, 'aa's
ingly extended the privilege IL ' y, W.
tlomen in waiting, but this wy, ~
trary to rule. and must not be 81 9,
ladies sat in circle and the DeD. ~
stood at ease" tired out 6e,o s.a Y
close Of the evening. When her NJ.
retired. scarcely had the last ~
her skirt passed tho door before !"
weary attendants threw themss, ~
the sofas. The prepence Of M
necessarily prevented ell animated
versation; every one .Aited N. ~
ure OF the sovereigns. The Em rs@
spoke very little. anG in 4 soft. l,ps,'
voice; the Empress. feeling th,, =
general chill would be unbea,su !
she did not take the lead, chatted H..
sanity with sort of feverish viy..,
Her voice did not seem to beo,.s
that sweet face; it was the so.s;s|
voice. cultural and harsh. She sm.
French with perfect fiuency, but VIII
lecided foreign accent.
the WEAKNESS of those evenio,, +,
came 50 uncomfortable that all kiea, !.
experiments were tried to vars ,I.'
monotony. One night the E,nws.
suddenly took fancy to make artjss1
flowers. and chamberlain was INN.
diately despatched. at nine o'clocI |,
the evening, to procure the neces,r
materials. Another time she, who
sessed the most beautiful specimens
ceramic art that France could as,I
was seized with a violent desire /,
"potichomanie." and this again nps
se satisfied imme lately. Readn,
aloud was proposed. But what bal
could be chosen for such an assemble
Some one proposed jane Eyre, the E,y
known novel; the Empress was amus.i
but the Emperor utterly wearisl
Then they tried Josephus and the wr
OF the Jews. Here the Emperor was 1
tensely Interested. but the Emp,
yawned. and the attempt was given %
The Emperor was in general ma
popular in the imperial household thr
the Empress; his languid geutlpns
was in nobody's way, but the EmEs
was often irritable and capricious 81
was certainly intelligent, but her cd
cation had been neglected, and /.
cared for no intellectual employing
or artistic occupation. She hated MI
sic; she had no taste for the fine an
even well-written play at the Thesl
Francois did not amuse her. She won
have liked the small theaters- al
thing, in short, that could make b
laugh; but this undignitied kind
pleasure could not often be enoya
Her life had been one of consta
amusement, the empty existence
watering-places, and now she was
fact prisoner. She gave state bal
but they were filled with such mot
crowd that she could only dance
opening quadrille and walk through
rooms, Then she gave select priv
balls, but the absence of the Fren
aristocracy obliged her to invite a lar
proportion of wealthy foreigners-R
slams, Wallachians, and also Anne
cans. These were unknown in Frer
society, and splcndor of dress seen
the only means of being remarked.
attain this end no extravaganza seen
too excessive. and the Empress v
blamed as having originated the /
OF dress, which spread in all elias
and became complete mania.
So far rs she herself was concern
the accusation has been greatly eS
gerated. She certainly liked DR.
and preferred fragile clouds Of tt
and gauze to the heavy but dura
maSnificpnce of valuable lace and
caded st,lffs worn by the Bourbon II
cesseS. But the light clouds in WI
the fair Empress appeared like an
dine or sylph were very expensive
could only be worn once. Every
wished to be like the Empress, ant
every ball tilmy dresses costing fabul
prices we're torn to pieces, and had I
replaced. Husbands grumbled, and
Empress was accused of running IA
lies by setting the example of extr'
gancc.- Anna l.. Btcknell. IN Harp
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