The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-16
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4 ana - herce axuinst REPUBLICAN vtones y
a ever. She "a = woman az whom Il No. tfutk
4 fniU Be said that she 10 kept alive ~ IL
/ Intensity Of her hatreds ana resentmenes 4
l. these which supply her with enerGv ~
nervous force. She looks like I eo&esfnl
charmine whits-hAired OLD ia1y, be1oselnr
less 70 this world than 20 ne next ann ~.
, boring only kindly thouKhts towSfd al man-
kind, She IL. in fact. vlndlctiss. absolutely
uuconprcmisinK and bitterly contemptuous *
every prominent uerson connected With ths
present government OF France FOR tbs
reason II IL rather queer that she should AAvo
gone 70 Paris on tho occaslon Of the great
popular fete of the Grand Prix. or French
Derby. The day must have hssn frAueht
with sour THOUGHTS for her. since in the
"kood old times'' II was this same nugenis
who wss tho observed OF all observers on the
festival Of tho Grand Prix. whose cestumss
were noted a. tho models for the approach
inx summer. and who was chsered to the echs
as the imperial carriage bore her along Ne
shady rcadways OF the Bots.
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The Grand Pyix 10 still big fashicuabls
fete--he swans song OF the social sesson--but
EuEenic and what her name stands for are
long FORGOTTEN. Hitherto she has Healcusly
avoided Paris on the occasion In question ana
her presence there At such moment must b
put down AZ due to approaching ssnility. The
ex-empress even drove out to the races. Sn
spite of the statements of the French pansss
to the effect that she remained closely
shut up In her rooms the entire day" Al
Lonkohamp she was recognized By half
dozen persons who knew her and by others
who are perfectly familiar with her features.
EuRenie's landau did not enter the race
course. however. When the cascade in tho
Bois de Boulogns was reached she called
out TO tho cocher to turn back. either be-
cause she repented Of what was under the
circumstances q rather bold action or be-
cause she did not care to sec bourgeois
president of the republic sitting In the loxs
which abe and her husband had at one time
occupied. She drove straight back to the
Continental hotel where she locked herself
In her room and. according to tho chamber
maid. burst out sobbing.
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In the same hotel was former intimate
friend and sympathizer of Eugenie's. the ia
nous Italian novelist and journalist Nine.
Mathtlde serao. who had como to Paris to
write up the Grand PrIx for n syndicate OF
Roman and Florentine papers. She had Just
begun her task when the maid announced two
visitors. CHANGING up she found these to be
the ox-empress and tho Princess Mathildc
whom sho warmly greeted. The conversation
turned. as was inevitable. on the beauty OF
Paris during those fetc days. Just across
xxrlp Inv tha
gardens. where Eugents was oncs mistress.
Suddenly the old lady. looking out upon tho
scene. said: II have como TO see you be-
GAUGE want to talk to some one who hates
Paris. In Naples ysu once assured me you
dsspissd this place"
II do when / am absent from It." aEscnted
the writer, neryously. but do not hate II
today. nor for any other reason than bo-
pauss II has treated you badly
Theisupon Eugenis began sobbnE again and
crying out that her life had all been u failure
and that she had bsen fool ever to link her
destiny with that OF the France Of her day. It
10 IN these Intermittent brsakdowns that The
chance In the former empress Ia msnifeYt.
1--WE have never seen her suite like this
before" her servants told the editor OF
Bonapartist paper. who In his turn sadly
answered. ut is tho beginning Of the end
49,
Tho Comtc Dc Ferol. who WIS among the
patricians arrested for completely In tho re-
cent outbreak At tho Auteuil race course,
,onfesses that he and his companions re-
sretted heartily what they had done as soon
IS they found out the serious light In which
he police viewed their actions.
Think Of I'll" exclaimed tho young noble
nan to crowd OF listeners at the Jockey
Tub. whittier he FASTENED as soon rs released
We were shut IN IN ignoble cells where the
eds were peculiarly uncomfortable and
here the gas Jet was so arranged as TO throw
$ light IN the occupants face. no matter
here he sat stood or lay. Tho atmosphere
these depa wns dreadful and 1t was Q
clock In the morning before We could get
iyth!ng 10 eat or drink" II this was tho
1pression OF the hlue-blooded culprits on the
st night OF their imprisonment. what must
cy have felt ave days later when---st least
r most OF them-reease caIne7
There was nothing to do" tho comte con-
nued. except 10 listen to the stories OF tho
Tiers and warders about former prisoners
ho had occupied our cells. This was grew
me ard awful. Finally bribed my special
nrd to go to my wife and tell her l was
ting alonE all right He did 20. intro
CHE himself e. tho man who had the
nor of arrsstins N. 10 comts. ysur hus-
nd. who had cried. "vivs rarmes."'"
". do Fsrol rdiculss the IDEA that thsrs
d been any prsmeditatsd slet, he fesnd
Dsslf SUDDENLY surrounded BY suspicious
king characters. who we're crytngi Down
III tho major stanl' As balance to this
SUNG out; Long live the srmyi The
X thing he knew he was threws into the
Q police warren. The entire incident, thinks
Comic Do Fsrei. illustrates more enphAs-
lily than svsS that France IL On the brink
revolution.
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he comtssss Do chsmbarst has sps hsr-
Z into trouble In rather curious way. Dhs
. once an immensely rieh woman. and
palace near tho Trocadero. Paris. was ehs
dszvous OF oil Passy swelidom. She had
risht by birth TO mipEle with the dsmi-
10 Of the Fsubourg St. Gern.ain. but she
fsrrsd the richer. livsiier SET out past the
!. But unfortunately tbs fimo came whsn
could NO LONGER sntsrtain this Get or
rd 10 be entertained BIZ II. Her husband
4. leaving bfa taw al go .~A IN