The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-03

pletely destroy her grandson's chance to
become President of the Republic. The
mother of the Cavaignac dynasty that
reigns to-day and would like 10 govern
France tomorrow welded n malicious
pen, and as she had passed many years OF
her life in listening, seeing and being seen,
her memoirs have certain piquancy,
touch of scandal which makes them OK
tremeiy interesting.
Madame CaYaiguac was married during
the directory, and her husband forgot his
hatred for tyrants," the terrible days of
1898, and became Minister of Finance of
the kingdom of Naples under Murat, then
Project of the SOmme, during the Cent
Jours.
Madame Cavaignac hated the Bourbons.
and as she married a Conventional who
had voted the Kings death, her ambitions
should have been gratfed. Alasl her
husband did not make her happy. She
was married only civilly, but during the
empire she became a good Catholic and
persuaded her husband to have a religious
ceremony performed.
Madame Cavaignac never loses an op-
poTtunity TO relate a scandal concerning
the Bourbons, and although politically an
admirer of Napoleon she was still faithful
to the traditions Of 1893 ~ o not like the
Bourbons and am delighted to say what
know against them"
Queen Caroline of Naples and Empress
Marie Louise are not free from attack.
Madame Cavaignac names Republican
Deputy, RouZet, afterward Count de Fol-
mont, who made journey to Spain with q
Princess Of Bourbon.
She also affirms that the Queen of Spain
had an escapade with hairdresser.
Again she says: us it not we'll known
that the Queen 1886 is madly in love with
her cook, MagnoZ, and the postilliOn.
Becganim?'
Nine. Cavaignac relates that courier
was found dead on some lonely road at the
beginning of 1914 He was carrying a let
ter from Marie Louise to the Count de
Neipperg, and this letter said: Let us
have patience. All this must crnmble,
and cannot last long time" She shows
Murat's court at Naples divided into two
parties, one for the King and the other for
the Queen, the latter wishing to rule as
she was a sister of NAPOLEON, the former
trying to assert his authority without sue
cess. She speaks of the Dukes de Van
guyOn and Daure as the lovers Of Queen
Caroline and adds: THE crown permits
all and covers all, but it does not conceal
all. 1t is among those who wear il, both
men and women, that one must 60 to seek
the most degrading, most shameful vices. I"
OF Napoleon she writes: II admired
him TO ldOlatry, this man, the most aston
ishing of all, so marvelOusly endowed as
captain, legislator, statesman, as good as
great, with as much heart as genins."
Again she says: Everywhere l see the
privileged classes, individuals become
chiefs, and, in the interest of their passions,
betray the people they oppress. If some of
these have realized their ambitions thew
have not conseerated these ambitions to the
prosperity of their country. That is what
distinguishes and exalts Napoleon Bona.
parte."
OF Louis XVIII Nine. Cavaignac says:
she has eyes like a tiger cat; she finds
the Duke d'Angouleme ''idioiic," and the
Duke de Berr 'ignObe."
She adds: Il regret to-day that my ex-
treme youth and the little interest | took
in political events prevented me from gath
ering more material from the atmos phere
in which / lived.
Kleber, Joubert and Desaix came to see
her husband, and she knew we'll Barres.
Cambon, Prieur de la Marine and Jean
Bon Saint Andre. At her seirees were
present Laplace, Lagrange, La Harpe,
Bsrnardin de Saint Pierre. Chenier,
Florian, Greuze, MOreau, Gretry, Wen,
Carat and PalissOt
OF La Rarpe Madame Cavaignac writes ::
I'm spite OF his wit, he was one of the
most disagreeable men to be found. He
spoke in loud tune, talked all the time,
contradIcted everybody and found as much
pleasure in saying evil of others as in
Boosting of himself. He thought himself
the first man Of the century-Or rather Of
bilO SCutul1 pdSb anu " CUHlc. tltV wears
old, widOwer or divorced. ugly, small and
trying to make himself larger by heels
three inches high that ALWAYS soueaked
when he walked, he wished TO marry my
sister, etc"
She says that Bernardin de Saint Pierre
was avaricious, I'm social and of hard tyran-
meal disposition that caused his wife to
die from sorrow.
Lagrange. the mathematician, was a
cold, chilling man, stiff in his map ners and
very particular about his dress. he was
real saVant and very quiet. One day dur
ing the Terror, my mother, although
good Republican. spoke of regret for what
was happening. Lagrange turned 60 her
ana said: Madame, we must pull down
all opposition Chenier had much pride
AID FlOrian was as amiable in society as
La Harpe was disagreeable.' In conclu-
sion Nine. Cavignac says: ~ DO not find
the society of literary people, even of those
with the most talent, as agreeable as might
be supposed, especially if one meets these
people constantly"
Madame Cavaignac knew well Madame
Recamier. "One day Madame Recamier