The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-19
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:aMg ALLEN, 10, II is AssEaTEE
, snURRED NAPOLEON.
) "A WSoInnnsNhoseE ntrnnc1nES LovciI
ness Dnzxled Even the Women .
the French CnIsttnl-The MILD nnt
Il 1nonensiye Young Bonnparte. 4
. During the directoire Marie de Medi
n CTS palace became the center OF gov
eminent and Barras reigned there un
& der the inspiration OF Nine. Tailien. II
i was she who organized all the fetes
Y and ceremonies which enlivened Paris
after the Terror. In 1796 the beautiful
4 Spaninrdsw was twenty-three and had III
ready had nm eventful past. The daugh.
ter of a fnanc1er named GA1bnrrus, she
had married at the age OF sixteen the
Marquis de Fontenny. been divorced
from him in 1193 and had remarked. a
few months after, Tallien. the conven-
i uonnel
Arrested May %, 1904. she was Inn
pr1soned in Les Carmes, and 1t was
from here that she wrote the stinging
epistles to her husband W hich induced
that wavertng spirit to dare all in the
attempt to set her free. Armed with
n dagger in case Of failure and all the
courage he could muster, Tnllien on
the famous 9th Thermidor attacked
Robespierre In q debate which brought
! about the fall OF the '.sea green mon
ster''
The reign OF terror came to an end.
.ne PRISONS oissorseo .neis " INNS. unu
Nine. Tullien received from the people
the title of Notre Dame de Thermfdor.
NC Moiiu WIS Ut A l iee.' aiu sue oa~-
"ied Il ny het beauty ailo ner t chir nl'
ner lovers hno ner luxury luxury Even ven WoInT Z
en- lorssoc 10 pc 5 jealous anu ach .
go What al men procinltn ' l ne 5 toi-
rowing description IS from the pen OF
one OF her own SEX N me. oe Ch 1'n
nay
me 1ahlen caine ever! oaJ 10
Eisll baIras. 90 not think II possfDie
10 pc iovelier than TINS woman was
theh- shaii at"ays see her axe
fa1ry queen among the rest. her peau-
tlrul olack halr colied Simply on her
head without any ornament, round Der
neck q single string OF large pearls.
one Wore Wnlte u noerdreSs s anu
tuntc or ink crepe, ana. sitting on the
ground playing with ch1ld or three, |
the son or one OF bnrras TRENDS theJ
made group Whlch no classic SOUP
ture could surpass.
Barras tells US With great naivete. IN /
his memoirs. that the Little Cors1cnn
only turned his attention to Josephine
Beauharnals after frultiess a1tenpc
to obtain favor with Nine Tallien and
that this lady had treated him win
great disdain, telling him she could 90
better Tor herself Ihis account OF
the affair coming from any other quar-
ter would be more credible.
A considerable event was now 10
take place at the LuSembourg-n nam
the reception given to General Bona
parte aIter the campaign OF 5ltaty. for
TINS ceremony tlec.S ~, 11o2 tue court
yard or the palace was Transformed
into sort OF temple, and an altar 70
Ia Patrle erected IN the grand entrance
hall. The i've directors. with Barras
ut their head, att1red themselves as
Romans. While Talleyrand. the min
ister OF foreign affairs, was prepared
with an eiabornte hnfanSue.
brilliant by the presence of many Ia S
lies, whose splendid jewels and rich {
dresses did honor to the occasion,
while their eager faces and murmured
betrayed their interest in
tho young hero. Among these groups