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ness ness! 8Dnzzied Even the Women \ OF
the French CarltnI-Thc Mia and
~ Inoffensiye Young Donapartc. Y q
During the .direc;oire Marie de- sfedl.
CTS palace became the center OF gov.
ernmen. and Barras treigned there! uil.
der the inspiration Of Nine. TnllIen. II
was she who organized all the fetes
and ceremonies which eIlivened Paris
after the Terror. In 1906 the beautiful
jSpanlard was twenty-threc ana had al.
ready had I'm eyentful past. The daugh.
ter Of a financier named GAlbarrus. She
had tmarrledlat the age OF sixteen tic
Marquis de Fontcnay, been divorced
from him in i T93 and had remarked. n
few months after, Talllen, the. convcn.
itlonnel. Z Z. n y. z. y Z !,
Arrested May 90, 1901, she was I'm.
prisoncd in Les Carmes, and 1t was
from llere that she wrote the singing
cpistles 10 her husband which Induced
that wayerlng spirit to dare all In the
attempt TO set her free. Armed with
n digger in cnse OF failure and NIL the
courage lie could muster, Tnllicn on
the famous 9th trhcrmldor attacked
Robespicrre in debate which brought
about the fail Of the "sea green mon.
ster." {. &. 4 q
The reign Of terror came to IN end,
the prisons disgorged their victims, and
Nine. Talllcn received from the people
the title Of Notre Dame de Thermldor.
The world was at her feet, and she daz.
zled 1t by her beauty and her charm,
her lovers and her luxury. Even WON.
en- forgot to be jealous and acknowledge
cd what all men proclaimed. The fol-
lowing description is from the pen Of
one Of her own sex, Nine. de Chaste.
nay:
Mime. Talllen came every day TO
visit Barras. do not think 1t possible
to be lovelier than this woman was
then. ! shall always see her like u
fairy queen among the rest, her beau.
tiful black hair coiled simply on her
head without my ornament, round her
neck a single string OF large pearls.
She wore white underdress and
tunlc OF ink crepe, and, sitting on the
ground playing with II child of three,
the son Of one Of Barras' friends, they
made group which no classic sculp.
ture could surpass."
Barras tells US with great naivete, In
his memoirs. that the Little Corslcan"
only turned his attention to Josephine
Beauharnais after frultless 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.
1, a conaiderable event was now to
take place at the LuIembourg-namely,
the reception given to General Bona.
parte after the campaign Of Italy. For
this ceremony dec. 10, 179D the court.
yard Of the palace was transformed
into. a sort Of temple, and an altar to
b Patrie erected In the grand entrance
hall. The I'VE directors, with Barras
at their head, attired themselves as
Romans, while Talleyrand, the min
later OF foreign affairs, was prepared
with an elaborate harangue.
Tho scene was made additionally
brilliant by the presence OF many Ia
dies. whose splendid jewels and rich
dresses did honor to the occasion,
while their eager faces and murmured
admiration betrayed their interest in
the young hero. Among these groups
not the least noticeable were Nine. de
Stael and Mime. Reconnaissance and
Beauty" Us Napoleon himself named
them.
Alone OF all the assembly the future
emperor had assumed no. Imposing cos.
tune. His uniform, that OF general of
the Revolution. suggested character
of republican simplicity, while his pal.
lor, his gravity and quiet dcmcanor
seemed to deprccate the ceremony OF
which lie was the object. The tone of
his speech was equally modest. his
theme the pride he felt In his country's
scientific conQuests and her progress
In the paths of peace. z
Surely no government could suspect
a rival in so well disposed IL young
man. Two years later the coup dctat
OF Rrunaire drove Barras from the
Luxembourg, and the first assembly.
which In France has borne the title OF
senate, began its slttings in the palace.
ZION. Mrs. L. Stuart Wortlcy In Ma.
tlonal Review.
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