Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-28

part or interest in affairs Of this world,
her residence in Italy being fitted up
almost like a nunnery, and her life
there sbeing of almost monastic ascot
icism. Long before her husbands death
she had separated from him owing to
his attentions to other women. One Of
the most famous of his divinities was
the great actress Rachel.
The Empress Eugene was always a
bitter enemy of Prince Plon-Plon and
of the Princess Clothilde. 1t seems that
the Italian princess was forced to mar
ry Prince Napoleon against her will,
owing to the diplomatic and family
pressure brought to bear upon her. She
never cared for him and despised the
pretensions of the Bonapartes. whom
she regarded as adventurers. The
Empress Eugene never forgave snub
administered to her imperial self by
Victor Emmanuel's daughter a short
time after she went to France. The
empress personally offered to coach
Princess Clothilde In the rather intri-
cate etiquette of the court. Princess,
Clothilde with chilling dignity. replied
to Eugepie's remark that for awhile
the court ceremonials might be little
confusing to her:
MADAME, you forget that was born
in q COURT"
AS before her marriage to Napoleon
III Eugene was only a Spanish
countess of doubtful title, the snub was
doubly severe.
Princess Clothilde. therefore, Is
scarcely likely to favor the alliance said
to be in prospect for one or the other
of her sons with Princess Marie Jeanne
Napoleon, the daughter Of Prince Ro-'
land, whose mother was the daughter
of the Monte Carlo gambler.
| Both Prince Louis and Victor have,
| it is said, made overtures for the
hand of Queen Wilhelmina and been
| roundly snubbed for their presumption.
Princess Victoria OF England. another
princess whom either of them would
like to marry, would not for a moment
| entertain a proposal from either one.
Marriage with daughters OF any of the
| little German princelings would be inn
possible, for France and Germany are
hereditary enemies. The queen regent
of Spain would not entertain a thought
of them for her daughter, the Princess
| Mercedes, for Spain has a claim to the
| throne of France and belongs to the
Bourbon family, which considers itself
much wronged by the Bonapartes.
| So there seems only the little Princess
Jeanne left for the adventures, unless
the czar should give to Prince Louis. Of
whom he has made sort of protege,
one of the Russian princesses.
| Prince Louis seems to have always
conducted himself with wisdom !, and
credit Determined not to idle life
away when he was refused admission
| to the French army, he entered that
of the czar, where, by sheer ability, he
worked his way to the position of gem
eral. The czar is said to be very
friendly to him and, on his account,
consented to receive visit from his
rather disreputable brother, Prince Vic
tor. to whom Louis has always stood
a friend Prince Victor lives in Brus-
sells and there keeps royal court while
the ladies of the Bonap arte family work
for 1.-The cause in Paris. These are
Princess Mathilde. his aunt, a mag
nificent old lady, who married a rich
Russian prince and afterward eloped
| from him with handsome count;
Il
de Villeneu, and sister of Prince Ro-
land.
Eugene is said to be anxious to see
a Bonaparte again emperor of France
and lends her influence in England,
gives her money. Out of her fortune
The support. of Prince Victor.
| Tn Tto1 tharo Drfnooco NtIotbl5a
and her daughter, Princess Letitia,
widow of the late Due de Aosta, lady
4 of the usual Bonaparte freshness and
lin very bad favor both at the Vatican
and the Quirinal SO that she can do
but little if she would. fl,,
Money is what the queen of France
must have. and therefore the chances
are nine out of ten that one of the
bachelor princes will select the Princess
Jeanne Marie.
One evidence of the Bonapartes' social
1 activity in Paris was the reception re-
Gently given by Prince Roland to in
augurate the opening of his palatial
residence on the Avenue dIena. He
was assisted by his mother, the Prin-
cess Pierre; by his sister, the Princess
Jeanne, and by his daughter. the Prin-
| cess Marie, as she is called. The resi-
dence is one of the most magnificent
in Paris, having been modelled on the
/ best of the old palaces. Paintings and
statuary of the most rare and beautiful
! quality adorn its halls. It has been
building since 1892. Two hundred
guests were present. including all the
petty princesses and princelings in
Paris, ali the foreign ambassadors and
their wives. and even Prince Henri
| D'orleans himself was there. The
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