The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-04
DOORS.
B0UD0IR
BEHIND
i, THE DAYS WHEN JOSEPHINE
REIGNED.

oueen Of the French and of the
world of Beauty-Her Costly But
ou.er Fancies in LinGerie-Jew-
ots Were Her Passion and She
souandered Fortunes for Them.
Her Daily Life.
From che Cincinnati Enquirer.
THAT interchangeable student of the Ma
EroIeonic era, NJ Frederic Mason, has just
ro5uoed the ninth volume in his series of
monographs on the Bonaparte family. 1t
is entitled Josephine, Empress and
4 oueen.' 1t deals with the domestic side
of the life of Napoleon's consort during
that brief period of five years and seven
months, from May IS, 1904, when at st.
CLOUD. the Senate came to salute her with
the title of Empress, to the fatal Dec Is,
ElW9. when at the Tuileries her marriage
with Napoleon was dissolved.
4 Josephine spent the greater part Of that
period at the Tuileries. at st. Cloud ana
at Malmaison, but she made brief swal-
4 meathless in following her, in numbering
her stopping places, in tracing her tin
erary. AT every instant the scene shifts
as if under the wand of a magician One
Jumps into a carriage and follows in her
d wake under the cracking of the whip,
in the dust of the great highways in the
mmult of streets and avenues.
Her Private Life.
4 Wherever she transports her life il re-
kfo1Ix fI,.
she shows herself the frame is identical.
with different names and amid different
scenery, small or large, handsome or ugly.
The palaces through which she fits are
arranged in much the same way, the en-
courage is similar, the furnishing is anal
Il ogous.
i Napoleon had enfranchised himself and
his wife from portion of the slavery to
which The King and the Queen of France
A were submitted. He divided his life into
TWO parts One, the formal and exterior.
had for its theater the so-called apart
ment of honor" composed of an ante
chamber, first salon, a second salon, and
the salon of the Empress. The other, the
domestic life of the imperial coupe, was
passed in the interior department"
When the Emperor passed into the
apartments of the Empress it was
o'clock. His appearance was the signal
Tor the entrance of her servant women.
They bring with them cup of lemonade
or OF coffee, which she sips in bed, after
winch she continues to lounge for some
time amid her sheets of fine embroidered
linen edged with Malines lace.
ON her head she wears a nightcap of
embroidered percale or muslin edged with
ace or toque of percale. She has mus
IN night gowns trimmed with point lace,
ana others lined with satin of all colors.
Toilet of an Empress.
AT o'clock Josephine rises and enters
mo her boudor. Here is the kingdom of
the women in waiting, and here in their
company she passes at least three hours
oil every day. She treats these women
WIN studious courtesy, but she never for
sets her rank If they make a mistake
she does not scold. She Furnishes them
only by silence which lasts from one 10
elsnt days according to the gravity of the
ouehse. She maintains this attitude of dig
hllea l.tlmacy so long as she has nothing
serious to disturb her serenity. Then, in
spite of herself, the distance between the
Impress and her serving maids is abrupt
~ eHaced. All are women together. For
eV'lHd ences, and even for advice, one wo-
HI9H Is as good as another Josephine
,A4hs freely about all the troubles that
burden her mind.
me hrst scenes of the toilet are very
io"s' or Josephine has the minute and
S0' pulous care for her person which dis
' ,',l5 uishes Creoles and all femmes gall
,'l'es, Every day she takes a bath. She
, 'S all sorts of exquisite utensils, silver
lp9lieis' silver bowls for the feet, silver
p,'Si's OF al sizes, which she carries with
- Wherever she is. But this is all
hot fc n .1f,r,t a.l
Ior Josephine is to have her head
$3.50 to massage the wrinkles 60
80 ''golH the skin, to efface the oil paste
~, -7"leh ner color, In the days of her
60 very lady of rank enameled. Jo-
a. '''i''e Aad abused the practice to such
~ sN'ehl that by 1904 the white which
az Pul upon her chin no longer retained
CO... 'o'i II cracked, covering her with a
o[,,.O. white powder As to rouge, she
sir,.,. 'u most her entire cheeks. In a
80 year QSOS) she spent 2,749f. 15c. on
~ 9he had so habituated the eye Of
'l,o'''u 90 this that he exacted from all
W. Women ilt who appeared before him thai thew
should rouge. '''''' '''eS
.,,o,,,' pat on some rouge. madam" he
A,5 say 70 one you look like corpse.
No. another one, why are YOU 50
v,,. 10 you come here straight from
loe.no vac other hand, save for little co.
ard T., "fd for some extracts Of flowers
rl, a'''der water Napoleon had nor
a.. fortunes. Josephine ara the la
cb.v ", 1er court consequently had 60 es-
"'"icures and Pcdicures.
az an W she opens her box OF utensils
fine s. ts-some Tor the. teeth. some TO-.
forte and some lor the feet Every
ra,it,.. she receives a visit from her
o. '',Ie' Che German DEW, Tab,as cohen.
49,, ines N the costume Of q valet d..
ons ~ TO perform hi' dirty witch 4 SER
s,ir,,.. '. per 'urbail!ty That earns him a
=. Of 100 francs. She 4 now rsaly
MI. 0fessed. She dous a chenise Of
5ercai' 'l Holland cloth, Of batisle or OF
sbo s. The choice is large one. for
Il.- a.. s IN all TIL chemise is usu-
5jcsf 9tlered around the louom. ana
l5c,. M ne throat or at he sleeves win
vsr.4. ne oatiste stuff costs IS francs a
NM" o Yards and a half are used. Tas