The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-01-07
PARTISAN BEAUTY.

A PARTISAN BEAUTY.
MME. TALLiEN, WHO, IT IS ASSERTED,
sNus5ED NAPOLEON.
4 wonan Whose Entrancin1 Loveli-
ness DassAea Even the Womea 81
the FrencM C~apttal-The Mid esd
Iao1ensivs Youag BonaDarte.
During the dtrectoire Marie de- Medt.
CTS palace became the center Of gov
eminent and Barras reiened there un-
der the inspiration Of Nine. Tallien. It
wa she who organized all the fetes
and ceremonies which enlivened Paris
after the Terror. In 1895 the beautiful
Spaniard was twenty-three and had ri.
ready had an eventful past. The daugh-
ter Of a anancier named Cabarrus, she
had married at the age Of sixteen the
Marquis de Fontenay, been divorced
from him in 1913 and had remarked, a
few months after, Tallien, the .conven'
tionnel.
Arrested May %, 1904, she was I'm
prisoned in Les Carmes, and it was
from here that she wrote the singing
epistles to her husband which induced
that wavering spirit to dare all In the
attempt to set her free. Armed with
aSdagger IL case of failure and all the
courage he could muster, Tallien on
the famous 9th Thermidor attacked
Robespierre in a debate which brought
about the fall of the . green mon
stef."
The reignsof terror came to an end,
the prisons disgorged their Victims. and.
Nine. Tallien received from the people
the title of Notre Dame de TheFmidoe.
The world was at her feet, and she das-
sled it By her beauty and her charm.
her lovers and her luxury. Even won.
en- forgot to b Jealous and acknowleds-
cd what all men proclaimed. The fol-
lowing description 10 from the pen Of
IL Of her own sex, Mime. de Chasts-
M:
NINA Tallien came every day to
visit Barras. I do not think 1t possible
to 10 lovelier than this woman was
then. shall always see her like .
fairy queen, among the rest, her beau
tiful black hair coiled simply on her
head without any ornament, round her
neck q single string of large pearls.
She wore a white underdress ana
tunic Of ink crepe. and, sitting n the
ground playing with a child of three.
the son of one Of Barras' friends, they
made a group which no classic sculp-
ture could surpass."
Barras tells us with great naivete, in
his memoirs, that the Little Corsican"
only turned his attention to Josephine
Beauharnais after a f%ruitless attempt
to obtain favor with Nine. Tallien and
that this lady had treated him with
great disdain, telling him "she could do
better for. herself" This account Of
the affair coming from any other quar-
ter. would be more credible.
A considerable event was nOw to
take place at the Luxembourg-nemefy,
the reception given to General Bona
parte after the campaign of Italy For
this ceremony (Dec. 10, 173D the court
yard Of the palace was Transformed
into Z sort Of temple, and an altar 70
ID Fatrie erected In the grand entrance
hall. The five directors, with Barras
at their head, att1red-- themselves aP
Romane.awhile Taileyrand. the min
ister OF foreign affairs. was prepared
with an elaborate harangue. :
Gene 49,. made additionally
brilliant by the presence of many la
dies, whose splendid jewels and rich
sdresses did ebopors..t0r theFe7oc,asioih
while their eager faces and nurnlured
admiratiQn. betrayed. their. interest in
the young hero. Among these groups
'aotthe least. noticeable e Mime. De
,Stael and.Mme. n ecamier---'Wttsa and
Beauty .nSxNapoleon himself named
them. Y
alone of all the assembly the; future
emperor had assumed no imposing cos
tune. His unifs~n, that of a general of
the. Revolution. suggested q character
of republican simplicity, while his pal.
lor, his gravity and quiet demeanor,
seemed to deprecate the ceremony OF
which he was the object. The tone of
his speech was equally modest. his
theme the pride he feltsiH his ceuntry's
scientific conquests and her progress
in the paths of peace.
Surely no government could suspect,
a rival in &C. well disposed n young
man. Two years later the coup d'etat
Of Brumaire drove Barras from the
Luxembourg, and the first assembly,
which in France has borne the title OF
senate, began its sfttings in the palace.
Hon, M1G' e. Stuart Wortley in Ma
tional Review.
Each. In His Trade.
The yiolinist had been invited to q
.family dinner,''.but It proved that sew
eral relatives Of his host were present,
and their demands for music were most
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