The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-30

she would become one of it's courageous
supporters"
..Cinderella's luck was the comment
of the disgruntled aristocracy, and the
words were truer than they were in
tended to be. for there was but one
other woman in France who could put
on the little satin slipper of the En-
press.
When Washington Irving heard of
the marriage, he wrote: Louis Napo-
leon and Eugene de Montijo-Emper-
or and Empress of France! He whom
I received as an exile at my cottage
on the Hudson; she whom / have
handled on my knee in Granada. The
last I saw of Eugene, she and her gay
circle had swept away this young,
beautiful and accomplished girl into a
career of fashionable dissipation"
So far fates had been kind to Eu-
genie.
She proved the truth of Napoleol's,
her husbands prediction on the eve of
their marriage. Under her skilful
guidance the French court became one
the young Empress became the adored
idol of the populace.
REACHED PINNACLE OF HAPPI-
NESS.
Was there a plague in France? She
bravely went to the hospitals and to
the stricken districts; she nursed the
sick, she helped and consoled the be-
reft. Were there wounded soldiers TO
be cared for? Eugene set the ex-
ample, and came to be known as 1.-The
little mother of the army" Were
there diplomats to be assuaged; were
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knew well how to accomplish this all,
and the comment of the French pa
pers of the period that Europe lay
at the feet of Eugene" was true in
every respect.
Eugene reached the pinnacle of hap
piness. Her position was unassailable.
Her word was law in nearly every
walk of life. Her grace and beauty
became a by-word. The world over
she was known as the queen of fashion,
and dark misfortune seemed further
than ever from her when the first blow
fell.
The war with Germany broke out.
FLAMED UP IN HATRED.
The clash between the feminine wiles
of Eugene and the political chicanery
of Bismarck resulted in two nations
flaming up in hatred for one another,
and with their Empress cheering them
on to victory the French troops issued
forth to meet the foe.
1t was not long before Eugene
learned the fickleness of the Parisians
Defeat followed defeat. and Eugene,
the adored and worshiped, became the
object of sneers and jeers whenever
she ventured forth upon the street.
She did not do so very frequently
In the silence of her imperial palace
she spent her days in seclusion. softly
decrying her disappearing greatness.
NEVER LESS THAN QUEEN
Then came Sedan-the Emperor was
a prisoner!
Eugene was now less than ever
queen. TuillerieS Palace, where she
sought refuge was threatened by an
enraged mob. All dreams of escape
from the jaws of defeat were gone, the
all-dominating thought became the
question, How should she save her
self and her infant son from the anger
of the mob?' 3
Eugene the woman diSa appeared in
Eugene the mother. Her crown, her
jewels. the incense of praise, the charm
OF worship. all became as naught be-
fore the danger to her child.
In the moment of her extreme peril,
DR.. Evans, her American dentist. came
to her rescue, and in the stiffness of
the night her flight was effected by a
clever ruse.
Her carriage was called to the front
entrance, and, while the menacing crowd
was thus diverted, she departed by
rear door, disguised in somber black,
with her son in her arms.
She left, still an Empress, to return
a few years hence a private woman,
broken in spirit, with a crown of sor-
row on her brow.
FALLEN FROM HER GREATNESS.
Dr. Evans took her to Dieppe, where
sir John Burgoyne carried her in his