New-York tribune., 1894-10-14
THE EX- EMPRESS EUGRNIF.
Correspondence oc The Boston Transcript.

Eugene was slxtyeight years last spring ana as as
concession to age carres on her Lonely ~a."s ~, N
umbrella. The latter. OF unh!eached muslin. hes
stout frame and handle, and her waxing sticH m Is
press Auguste. now at the Hohenzollern Museum
acknowedge an MOVIE coy finhrmities. and when forced to
ploy staff that attracts the least possihle
attention The ex- Empresss umbrella blythe way
is put to its original use. but serves as
mate to the stick. Thus armed Eugene ieeis i
strong enough to ho:d herself erect and walk with
She usually pfomenades alone, Indifferent to her
Of whom she taxes no notice. but reflex OF the
grace and elegance of department that thirty years
world overspreads the Empress's features at mo.
men,s when she Acknowledges the sautatons OF
neighbour and villagers with bow and smile ~
seems. indeed. If the respectful courtesy oi the
simple folk OF the estate did her heart good While
Eugenies face is greatly altered. exhibiting IN re-
pose deep lines Of care and sorrow. her hgure is
stil beautifully proportional and OF noble outlines
Her hair is perfectly white and seems as abundant
Eugene has never anything but black since
silks and satns velvets Of the highest order OF
she prefers cashmeres and woolens. ] have seen
the Empress repeatedly in tne ncshporhooi oI hef
%ih cfape f1a in ds2p SaS s m
without 9Pscur9s is %a161 marble Thtsns
Der OF horses as many as a rich country gentleman
would keep, but the Empress makes little personal
indulgIng in similar luxurious habits that Is out OF
the question. When Eugene visits the Queen in
Ii raiIroad station for her. guest it IS wrong to take
the incident pretext for charging Eugenie with
undue hauteur. occasional sojourners In the Eng
lish capital are wont TO do. She knows wei AS
anybody else that the season Of royal pretensions
with her are over II her uckier sister chooses to
her In sovereign fashion for old acquaintance
recipient OF such favOrs TO object. Perhaps. too.
she likes to imagine herself person OF importance
once in a great while. Who will blame her? The
loss Of the worlds leadership is no, easily forgotten
Charles Napoleon Bondparte is the only one Of her
late husbands family now on visiting terms with
Eugene: be comes quite often. Mrs. Mackay and
American inmates. To one OF these ladies Eugtnie
the Emperor Napoleon. 1t appears that Mile.
de Montjo, when staying at Compiegne with other
ladies' and gentlemen Of the court as the En-
per0rs guest. grossly insuted by one Of
Napoleons female relatives who spread some NAL
odorous stories concerning EugGn!es character The
young Spanish beauty thcrcupon Appealed to Ma
poeon for protection. and His Majesty, who was
greatly enamoured OF the lady offered her his hand
"to put a stop these senscless and malicious re-
ports" 1t may be added here that Napoleon
previous 10 the incident related. had been refused by
almost every princess in Christendom. including the
daughters Of several medatzed German lordlings
I'm announcing betrotha TO the Senate -
remarked Eugene some time ago while q visitor
on James Gordon BENEFITS yacht at Monte Carlo
my husband that was to be dwelt on the fact that
during the last seventy years only sovereign
lady of France achieved great popularity-the En-
press Josephine. who. like his brldc-elect. was not
n prncely blood"