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ter sorrows in the loss Of her throne,
her husband and her son; her sad old
age, when she lives alone and aban-
doned in England have made her one
of the most picturesque women of mod.
crn times.
Bot Eugene, ono time empress of
tho French. and queen of the world of
fashion, is not the only bearer of This
name who has lived much of her life
IN exile, EugeDes, Eustaces and
Eudoxias-famous as statesmen, writ
crs, rulers, churchmen and soldiers in
every sge-have owed at least part
of their fame to the fact that the
for some reason disowned them,
The first of them. like the latest of
them, TO gain fame as an exile, was n
woman, Like Eugenie, too. she was
IN empress. Her name was Budoxia,
or Eudocia, and she was the wife OF
Thcodosius, emperor of the cast in the
fifth century, ~. ID.
f,udoca was Athenian born. On his
death her father divided all his prop
erlv among his sons; for his daughter,
he said was so beautiful and gifted
that she could well get along without
other endowment.
Eudocia. however. was OF another
mind, and she lourueyed TO Constan-
tinople 10 plead her cause before the
gained more than she sought. for the
emperor fell IN love with her and
made her empress, her natural legacy
from her father proving good endow-
menC after all.
For some time Eudocia practically
ruled the eastern empire, TheodosiuS
depending implicitly on the advice and
counsel of his beautiful and talented
wife But finally. because he dlsap'
proved OF some of her undertakings.
and likewise because he grew unJnstl"
fiably Jealous of her, he took all her
royal hoDors from her, and III 449 ban
ished her to Jerusalem. There sne
lived oft her life. translating the
scriptures and writing poems.
Six centuries later another Eudocia,
wife OF the BYZANTINE Emperor Con-
stantine XT, ended her days in ban
ishmcnt, After Const antinc s death
she married the usurper Romanus JV,
aud when her former husband s broth
or gained the throne, he banisbed her
to convent. She. too, wblled away
her time with writing and compiled a
dictionary OF mythology which she
was pleased 10 call POLITICALLY "A
Bunch Of yiolets.'
Two Of inc four popes named Eugc-
MUS died in Punishment Eugenius Ill.
whose Innocence and simplicity were
ms greatest drawbacks, according 10
one OF hlS ontempoidTlcss WAS ipl''"
for purely political reasons 10 leave
his post at Rome in the middle Of the
twelfth ccnturr. But though the clt-
izens of Rome opposed him because they
wanted to restore the old republic. they
loved and revcred him personally.
Eugenius ", Peters. successor 300
wears later. was deposcd by the .coGn'
ell of Basel, which set up an antlpopc-
Eugenius was compelled TO escape from
Rome in disguise. Dramatically enough;
also, he died lust when there seemed
rrohabilitv OF his restoration.
ssBetter would IL have been for YOU,
he said to himself with his last breath
.Eto have been neither pope nor car,
dinal nor bishop, but to have hnishea
YOUR DAYS as.you commenced them, TO-, To-,
lowing peaccabIy in, the. monastery Sne
exercises Of your order,
Prince Eugene of Savoie Cnri2nah'
The greatest bearer of the name I; IN any
agc ar land perhaps, gained ms name
His father was Prince Eugene Nan,
rice, and his mother was a niece %