Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22

court of Austria. and its death In
/ early manhood. history has made us
familiar. and the drama has en-
phasized the tragic pathos Of his fate
EagleSD once powerfully produced
/ In French by Bernhard and In Eng
llsh by Maude Adams. Isl
JoSEPHINE,S 5MALMAIsoN.
| For an extra stipend, our chauffeur
consents to return to Paris by way OF
l Malmaison, the home of Josephine.
| where she retired after the divorce in
| 1909, and where she died in 1914. hap
| PLY spared the knowledge of Water
| loo for even though she consented 70
| the separation "for the good OF
France she never ceased TO follow
| the career of her former husband Win
| the most burning interest and solicit
\ tude. Malmaison, about ~ miles from
Paris. Is in a lovely rural spot ana
though the estate is now but small.
compared with 100 years ago, the OLD
yellow chateau. the beautiful lawns,
and the noble shade trees under which
| the ex-empress SO often sat in penslve
, rcyery, remain in an excellent state
OF preservation We We're shown
through all the chambers. from the
kitchen and dining rooms up to the
private boulder Of Josephine. and her
| tables, chairs, rugs, tapestries, Sharp,
spinet, and q hundred Of her house U.s..
hold belongings were exhibited ifis
canopied bed. on which she breath e.
her last Is one of tho especial OBJ
jects Of interest
Leaving the house, we drove to the
little old fashioned church In ieucll,
10 minutes distant, though our chauf-
four had mover heard that Josephine
, was buried there. 1t is SO out of the
way that few tourists ever seem to
ii Inn
late, and almost quite forgotten. 1t
seemed to us as we stood and contcn-
PLATED it, Unconsciously the words
of the old song. unheard sinco child
hood days, arose to our lips:
"Chase from thy mind those idle fears.
Wipe from thine eyes those pearly
tears.
Napoleon VIII not from thee part.
Napoleon will not break thy heart
My Josephine, My Josephine.
BELGIUM AND HOLLAND.
.The. woodn,an OF Europe" Victor HUI
go called Napoleon. and how thorough
" he bestrode Europe like the Colossus
hej wasf rs still drought WILDLY to the
mind OF the traveller in any and every
poiut on the continent. Landing at
Naples and traversing the whole OF
italy to the north, we are IN tho midst
of one of his most famous theaters OF
action. In every city he left his I'M
press. Leaving France and going
northeast into Belgium and Holland, we
come to the scene Of his final down
, fall, and pass through two countries
which he practically made anne1es or
France. Ascending the Rhine, ana
shooting off to visit the numerous
great German cities, east. northeast
and southeast, the Napoleonic foot
prints are everywhere found. In Lelp-
sic is the famous painting by Paul
Da Laroche, entitled Napoleon at
Fontainb1eau, 81 March, 1914. This
picture is owned by the Leipsic muse
UNI. which also reserves the right TO
sell copies in any form. 1t shows the
emperor just after his disastrous re-
treat from Leipsic, and just prior to the
Punishment to F1lba- 1t Is rarer than
any OF the Napoleonic picture series.
and the copy sent the News" was OBJ
tanned at the museum. The work is
q wonderful one, and the look OF de-
spair in the face is most impressive.
Away off in distant Vienna, among
the great points OF interest, are visits
to tho fields Of Austerlitz and Aspern,
and the quarters occupied by the
French conqueror of Vienna, are still
shown. Everyone knows of the dis
astrous expedition to Russia: Spain,
Portugal, Switzerland, Denmark and
Scandinavia were all made to pay
tribute to France and some Of their
thrones were occupied by Napoleon's
brothers and sisters by his appoint-
ment. Take out your map of Europe,
gentle reader. when next you read your
history of Napoleon; trace with your
pencil the lines Of his marches. and the
remoteness Of his battletields from his
base of supplies. Consider that all his
achievements were executed in the days
when railroads and biography were
unknown, and YOU will gain a new idea,
as we did. of the extent Of his genius
and the 1imitless bounds of his a1nbi-