The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22

claim is made that it is ne T;o,s c2myh Of his
In tho days OF Joscpnuc, Malmaison
became botanical sarSen. She levied a
tribute of flowers from every land. in
! Guiding her ua;ivc island OF Martinique.
Two hundred species Of flowers -four
ished in her garden, Napoleon himsrli
JosephInea TnrpcrariH and so for'h. Che
! Malmaison rose, With its pink and white
hue. Is admired all She world over Qnitr
recently Mr.. Tuck has furnished funds
! 10 make bloom again In the gardens nf
Malmaison the roses Of the empire and
The flowc-s beloved By Josephine.
Other gifts of Ed;nurd Tuck comprise
bed cover OF rhamois sl:ip bearing The
Initial OF Josephine: shoes OF the cni-
press; silk trcolor with gold NiDbrold
CRY, q Velvet work box with gold en-
broidcIy bearing fire letter "J' aud the
handkerchief holders and mn elaborate
dressing case belonging 10 Queen lTnr-
tense. In this collection also is pic
tnre from tho brush Of !iortcnse which
goes IN show that the queen of loljs nd
was somewhat of an artist,
Mrs. Edmund Tuck takes also lsuc"
able part in perfectine the Trianon of
Josephine. Mrs. Tuck is an accomplished
hostess snd used to delight her guests
by showing them some bonne:s wnicu
! bedeched the sb1pclH head Of 1hc viva =
cious Creole, one OF these bonnc,s is OF
yellow silk trimmed with lace. Another
occupy an hcnored place IN the Main,si-
son museum. Another Of her pretty Gifts
is pin cushion of JosephIpes. bearing
the Initials of IN" empress, surrnoun,ed
beautiful sunshade which Mas once the
property OF Queen HortensH Tho I.or-
tense in question w9s. Of course. The
daughter Of Josephine by her FIRST hus-
baud. Baron de Beauharnais, the wife
or Louis Bcnaparte. whIlom king or Fol-
land and the mother of Napoleon III
One can read in Queen Hor,ense's sun
shade tnat she Inherited the vanity OF
her mother, by whose side she Hes bur
led In the parish church Of Ruell and
over whose grave Napoleon the Little
CorDoral erected a monument
:, 'jortense $ suusbade Is ~ green silk
lined with white. II Is decorated with
eight scenes drawn from tho domain Of
ivory, rearine the letter II sGrmounted ni
pare This sunshade With that OF Iose-
phine which is also a gift OF. Mrs. Tuck
10 the museum. The empress SunShado
is Of white silk lined With rose. Tho
frInges arc also of white silk and the
handle Of carved ivory: a philosopher
sunshades the character OF these very
beautiful and very human women.
-, Tie lnns c9:9uGtry q: ,,.. Of Josephine was most
distinguished American lady cnlighions
MS, Mrs. French Vanderbilt OF New York
has fre4ucntly visited Mr., and Mrs, Ed
In this treasure house Of Napoleonic rel
les she found slippers Of the Empress
Josephine. And such slippers. Tie dec
artists. The flowers OH them are such
as Madam Madeleine Lemairc mis;,;
paint today.
The Empress E.Ugeuie. now in her
cieht--siNth year welcomes the Coop
Grafton OF these generous American don
ors, The empress. who i Nerr wealthy
has given large sum of money ara
many Napoleonic relies towards tho niu-
scum. Her life is In the past and h>r
SOLITARY distraction is to advance ine
historic interests OF the family into which
she married. Mol the least Interesting
Of her many gifts are the barn o< Tic
Empress Josephine. bust OF Josephine
Dy Chinarrl. Coronetted champagne glasses
of Napoleon and EugeD!e and the furnl-
turs OF the bed chamber of Queen lIo--
tense,
The mos, beautiful work OF art in IN.
whole collection Is a clock I'm a crVs,al
sphere resting on the heads of the Th.,e
Graces. The most pathetic Is the go!Jen
carriage which brought Josephine 10 Nal
maison after the divorce on December
1s, 1909: Tine pathos o! the carriage is
shared b. the chamber wherein the cm-
press died. muttering Napoleon ''El-
weeping hour or the Hundred DAYS
All told II is wonderful collection.
At once historic and human In It's ne
mentos. And surely Il is not without
significance that the citizens OF two c-eat
republics combine 10 make II beautiful
ard complete. MARCEL TESTER.