Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11

EMPRESS EUGENIE.
Marlborough came into international promi-
nence the place where the great prize
fight between Tom Sayers and John G.
heenan, 1.-THE Benicia boy" took place
April %. 1860. 1t is a struggling country
side hamlet with very pleasant surround
l1gs about two miles from Aldershot the
home rendezvous of most of the English army.
where recruits are gathered and new soldiers
well trained for service abroad. There are
beautiful stretches Of country in almost every
direction, but just beyond the camp wide
stretches of land that seem to be given over to
the military are less rich but serving a very
valuable purpose. There miles upon miles
OF this half deserted country stretching away
In all directions, and every inch of it serves a
good purpose, because il offers splendid open
heIds for the movement of troops
While marlborough is not part Of Alder
shots makeup it is its near neighbor; near
enough to enjoy its society and feel it's infu-
ence In social and military way. After all
there may be much that is fitting in the en-
press OF the French, as these people still call
her. building her castle so near this show of
military power-a power she SO long enjoyed
In the land from which she is now an exile
The incidents of her life at this English home
are at once pathetic and commanding.
FRIENDSHIP OF THE QUEEN AND EMPRESS
first saw the Empress Eugene this summer
on the Isle OF Wight. She was visiting the
queen at Osborne House. and the two were
driving together. The contrast between them
Is almost as great as between their personal
and darkness
The two widowed expresses with the evil
denee Of their loss in their dress, were driving
over the roads in a very unpretentious car
mage, with no other evidence OF their position
than the crest on the wagon door and in the
livery OF the coachman and footman on the
box They were chatting earnestly as if
deeply Interested with the subject they were
discussing. For the Queen of England and
Empress of India leaves nothing undone to
keep this exiled empress. Of whom she is very
fond, from missing any attention she might
have II she were still in power.
The communion and association between
TINS pair OF queens. or pair of expresses.
which may be more correct, is . delightful bit
81 sentiment In 1883. while the Crimean war
was yet In progress and Eugene a bride, she
visited England as the guest of Victoria, and
victoria soon afterward visited Paris as the
guest OF the empress. Their friendship began
then and has never been disturbed during all
storms that have beaten about the house of
Bonaparte. OF course the visits to London and
Parls were IN some degree political yet the in
timacy begun IN the diplomacy Of conflict has
been so lasting that IL has never furnished in
the dIrest adversely to the and the zenith
OF success to the other Ii was quite natural
then that the queen, when the intrigues and
misfortunes of Napoleon ILL had undermined
ms throne, she should offer her old ally and
his wife an asylum IN the land she ruled.
AT cHIsELHURsr.
Chiselhurst is beautiful old estate a little
more than 10 miles from London. 1t is sur
rounded by lovely bit of country and with as
pure air as there Is In England splendid
place with large grounds and their belongings
NJ Ior any dlgnItary, were loaned to the en-
ptror Tor as long as he chose to OCCUPY IL His
stay there was brief. An old disease and the
Cravings OF remOrse and dIsappointments
STRUCK MIN IN a vital spot. Chiselhurst had
more sad memories 10 Eugene than the loss of
her husband Her son. the prince Imperial
firing OF study and the theoretical knowledge
OF war, went out to the Zulu land with the
English troops and was killed
lhe other day the property associated with
the last days of Napoleon Ill succumbed TO the
avarice OF trade aud was sold to a specuIator
Within n short time what was once the homs
OF royalty WILL become the abiding place of the
t-s.desman or mechanic. 1t is to be cut nm into
building lots and homes for the many erectad
where once only the few were even admittsd
Up to the last moment it was expected that
some trenchmen who still cling 20 the Bona
parte name would purchase the property where
Napoleon ILL passed his last hours and present
4 to the empress, but NO one came forward and
the money maker will now turn il to other
1sea Few women Of any rank have had more
>orrows crowded into . space of a few Years
than Empress Eugene during the five years
house destroyed her husband exile from the
country he had ruled, q wanderer IN a strange
and, now In his grave with his son beside him.
rARSBoRouaH
was great relief from the sad memories of
Chiselhurst She had a long time before
bought strip of land along the railroad, COW
cred mostly with heavy timber. On the summit
II . well-wooded hill an old-fashioned house
stood. which she remodelled to suit her tastes
when IT was out oil the artisans hands. Ii was
ht dwelling place for any person who wanted
retirement, and had the means to support an
expensive establishment The grounds are
DeeuniulIy laid out with the richest flowers
md shrnbbery. There are plenty of pleasant
s'rollng places and driveways leading in and
out See4uslon Is written upon every line of
her immediate surroundings The castle cam
not De seen from the road or from any point
n the immediate vicinity. and vet no queen in
the full possession of her political power could
wish for loyeler spot, or a more perfect
equipment for the enjoyment of the good
things of this life.
Yesterday sat in the same room With bar
and the presence recalled unbidden a thon
s@nd recollectons of her past Shs il M
longer young. Sixty-fonr summers and vin,ers
nave come and gone over her head Yet traces
OF that singular beauty, both in form and fsat-
ure. which once made her such n noruIar
leader OF her sex are still there She Ia rstb.,
tail and grace itself in every movement Wsr.
she younger she would be called 1.-THE and vii.
lowy TOR one who in middle life was inclined to
De stout. In other words, now she is just the
style Of woman to give effect to the dre.s
makers art Her face, which is growing rather
hin aud u somewhat drawn with ne hsrsh