The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23
A DESPOT IN MARRIAGES.
From the Paris American Register.

the revival OF inc NdpOltonlC ltBtIiu
has given birth is one called "Napo-
leon and the Ladies" The writer ex
erts himself TO the utmost to transform
the rough soldier and despot into a
hero of romance-but without success.
His relations with his two wives were
not remarkable for either consideration
er delicaey, and he adopted coarse
pleasantly in his conversation with the
ladies of his court which was not far
removed from downright vulgarity.
But what tended to make the very
name of Napoleon hateful to all young
French women was his famous con-
scription of girls. whom he married off
hand to his generals without the slight
est ceremony. The Marquise de Coigny,
on her return to Paris, was ordered
to marry her daughter to Gen. Sc
bastiani. Both mother and daughter
protested in vain. Three days after
the order the marriage took place at
the Tuileries, Napoleon himself giving
away the bride. Mile. Adele de la
Rochefoucauld was renowned through
out the whole department for her
grace, beauty and expectations, when
she was privately informed by the pre-
feet that Napoleon had decided to mar
~ her to Count Aldobrandini. The
lady objected to the count for the best
of feminine reasons-namely, that he
was neither young nor handsome. The
count, however, was the brother of
Prince Borghese, the husband of Pau
line, the sister of Bonaparte, and the
resistance of father and daughter was
of no moment, and they were obliged
to yield to the will of Napoleon, Count
d'Arberg, the descendant of a sover-
eign family, project of the Bouches du
Weser and one of Napoleon's chamber
lains, had two daughters of marriagea-
BILE age. Napoleon ordered that one
should marry Gen. Klein, and the
other Gen. Mouton, Count de
Lobau. The mother of the two
young ladies WAS Countess Stolberg
sister of Countess Albany, widow of the
last of the Stuarts. Fanny Dillon. the
daughter of Count Dillon, was ordered
to marry Gen. Bertrand. The young
lady refused even to see the general,
Directing that ne was hideous, which,
unfortunately, happened to be the
truth Napoleon was irritated at this
conduct. and ordered the young lady
to he arrested and confined in prison
until she consented to marry Bertrand,
the monster, as she called him. The
Due de Laureguais, father of the Due
d'Arenberg, colonel of regiment OF
cavalry and an unfortunate bachelor,
was ordered by Napoleon, under pen
atty of dismissal from the army, to
marry forthwith Mile. Stephanie
Tascher de la Pagerie, cousin-germain
of the Empress Josephine. The young
lady, as well as the duke, objected 20
the marriage, and the former had the
audacity TO declare that she not only
hated the duke but was overhead and
ears in love with a certain NJ. de
Gentry. The marriage between the
cousin of Josephine and tbs Gaxs
nevertheless took place, and At
the marriage ceremony, when the
young lady. in reply 10 the priests
question, refused TO say yes, Napoleon
himself deigned to push her head down
wards in token of assent. After the
marriage ceremony this strangely-mar-
ried couple went to reside at the Hotel
de Chimay. But the duchess refused 10
receive her husband, who, like rea-
sonable being, posted after his regi-
ment, then serving in Spain. In 1911
he was made prisoner and sent to En-
gland, where he remained until the fall
of Napoleon in 1914. On his return 20
Paris the duchess obtained a dissolu-
ton q the marriage, on the ground of
constraint, and she finished by marry
ing the happy NJ. de Gentry. The
prince of Hohenzollern. cousin of the
king of Prussia, was ordered 20 marry
Antoinette Murat, cousin Of the Beau
Sabreur" and king of Naples, and
although both the prince and Antoinette
declared that they mutually hated one
another, the marriage nevertheless took
place, Napoleon being of the opinion.
like Mrs. Malaprop, that married life had
better commence with little hatred.
One morning the Due de Croy was in
formed By his friend. the project OF
Mans. that Napoleon had resolved that
his daughter should be married al once
TO general. and that an order 10 that
Croy on the following day. But the
duke was man Of recourse. and there
being in the house an amisble cousin.
one Fernand de Croy. a marriage be
tween the two cousins was celebrated
BY the parish priest When the formal
order of Napoleon arrived the next
morning, the duke replied that he was
''desolated, but that his daughter had
already married her cousin Fernand-
But it was not safe TO try 20 ontwit the
outrageous emperor, and few days
afterward Fernand, the married man,
was drafted into regiment OF
cavalry and sent 70 Russia, from
which country he eventually re-
turned. minus an arm As late a. 1919.
the Minister of Police Szvzry issued
circular 70 al the projects of depart
ments, ordering them 70 send 20 Paris
q list of ali the hsiresses IN their re-
spectfve departments. with fun par
tienla-s as 70 age, PERSONAL charms,
and amount of property either IN pos
session OF IN expectation These lists
were sent 70 the emperor who divided
hrs time iInpartizIIy between their pr
russl and the monthly returns Of the
positions q ais regiments and their
presumed equipments In fse. the
emperor, whether from policy CT freak
OF from both was an ingeferate match
maker. and never troub bed himself
about the ''eonseieniOus serEPies- 81
either the ladies or gentlemen con
cerres3- Nile so-anG->o Has ordered
10 tnzr-v Gen So-z.1d-~9 and vice
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