Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-08-17
AMonERN CLEOPATRA.
The Great and Evil Fortune
Pauline Bonaparte's Niece

Pauline Bonaparte's niece
Never say that one is fortunate till
YOU witness the close Of his or her i,ie'
saws a Paris letter TO the Lonaou
Truth. You must have seen IN your
automatic wanderings in Paris, Turin
Florence. Rome, and Mario u -
worthy niece lin regard TO beauty ana
so on) of Pauline Bonaparle' MARIE
Latitia Bonaparte-Wyse, suecessiVe's'
nv her marriages, Comtesse de so'uns'
Signora Rattazzi, and Dona de hute'
WAS there ever n human DEL ne
whose life seemed so rosy as herS, ot
whom nature had made more PROV ~
the yexations and troubles whlch nc
heavy on most daughters OF Eves ih
MANY respects this fair otfshOot OIL the
Bonapartes afforded a parAllel 70 1leo-
patra, who, Mrs. Jameson says was
bewitching to the last because sue "a
ercised the sorcery OF good NATURE
Like Cleopatra, Marie Bonaparte.-
WISE was sparkling, genial maghsh
cent, of happy-go-ncky temper anu
bohemian, if one looks upon bOhem-
ianism as emancipation from cant ana
mind-erippling prejudices, some Q,
which. | own, may have their social
uses. She had always in her train the
most eminent men OF the different
capitals, in which she turned up
periodically to shine out for snort
time in splendid belongings and sur
roundings. She also shone as mHse'
whose fingers were never solled WIN
ink. and who stole from Venus her
girdle and cortege OF graces. hes
house, or palace, or chalet near AK
was in the daytime given up 10 author
ship, editorship, and preparation for
festivity, and TO elegant reYeLry 10 the
evening. The lady OF the house when
she saw company (and nobody ever
knew when she was not seeing ~ was
in raiment OF dazzling beauty. But
she looked in 1t and in her wondrous
iewelry as pleased as child 10 pref
ty Sunday frock, and courted admlra-
ton in a way that enhanced her sor-
Gerry.
| never saw Lady Blessingtou, she
having been long before my time. But
| fancy there must have been points OF
| similarity between her Gore house
parties and those Of the particular
| great niece OF the great Napoleon OF
whom speak. A more picturesque or
amusing salon than that OF Nine.
Rattazzi de Rute nobody could fancy.
! She was constant 10 old friends. was
always recruiting new ones, aud was
hospitable to all Old Dumas used "a
copy manuscripts and help 10 cook her
dinners, which were served on yermei
plate, with the imperial crown and
eagle engraved on them A few win.
! ters ago she entertained four prime
minister's, Baron Won Beust, De Les
seps, Castelar, and bards from all
parts, at a joyous dinner at TrOuviile.
| The most roseate phase OF her lii,
was at the Hotel d'Aquila. which sht
| afterward sold to Mrs Mackay's sister
| She was then for three or four year,
the widow OF Sig. Rattazzi, and theC
the bride OF quite young Spanish
deputy, Don Luis de Rutc. The Hote
d'Aquila was folly" OF the uncle Of
the ex-king OF Naples, who ruined
himself in building IL, and was fitted
up by Mime. Rattazzi according 10 hel
| CleOpatran taste for elegant magnifi
cence. The hall was surrounded BY
marble busts and statues OF the Bona
parte family, and facing the emperor
was one Of herself letting TALL an arm
full of roses.
Don Luis de Rute was nephew o
Rosas, the Spanish liberal. u man o
many accomplishments, and the un
deniable countrymau of Don Quixote
II ever a man was held in willing bon
da9e by woman. he was by his wife
Of whom he was the devoted, humDE
servant, never seeking to Curtatl he
liberty or obiectiHg 10 any OF he
friends. The glamOr she east upo
him when he first saw her As muse a
Madrid, surrounded by a court of bard
and statesmen, never faded from hi
eyes. She valued his devotion 10 he
and to beautiful daughter whom sh
had had by Rattazzi. and became deem
ly in love with him. About four wear
ago Nine. de Rute presented he
husband with twins, one OF wbor
died at its birth. The surviving on
was called Dolores or Lola"
seemed a ridiculous misnomer. A
that was joyous and rosy in IN
mothers lie appeared 10 be incarnat
in the child, which was paragon ,
infantile beauty and precocious W
and intellect. Dolores became IN
idol OF the household and was a sur
shine wherever she went Peop
used to say what luck her mother Ia
to be so blessed in her maternity. Il,
wait bit. The luck was 10 bin
forth an eternal blight and sorrow u,
on sorrow.
Last October Lola was playing in ii,
mothers grounds at AK. A hor,
near which she ran dashed out and kicl
ed her in the forehead. The child W,
taken in dead TO father and mothe
with her brains oozing out through
cash. could not have conceived III
latter broken hearted and utter
crushed had not seen her. Since III
calamity she took no interest in an
thing but portraits and busts OF Lol
which she tried to paint and mod
from memory. The unfortunate ,
Rute said to me: 1.-THE least THU
would now kill me. Since Dolor
was taken from me | fell an old ma
though not yet As. The gashed for
head OF thelllttle beauty is always pre
I ent in my mind. It's misfortune
hovo a tandac boat lss....-.-