Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-06
TRICKED PAULINE.
NapoIeOn's Pert and Pretty Sis
ter's Pride Was HumbIed.
TWICE SHE MET HER MATCH.

Her, 80 to Speak, Dressing Down,
and tho Fashionable Nine. De cou.
tadss Eisuratively Boxed Her Ears.
Napoleon was anxious to have Cen
eral Marmot marry his sister Pauline.
but the willy old soldier refused to
make the firt his bride Then Napo-
leon turned to General Leclerc, who
really loved Pauline, and they were
welded. Leclerc was then sent as
head Of the French expedition to Haiti,
Pauline going along under protest Lee
clerc died of fever In Haiti, and Pau
line returned to France with his body.
After time Pauline, whom Lyndon
Orr In Munsey's describes as "feath.
er headed, languishing, beautiful dis
tracing morsel of friyolity," resumed
her heartbreaking tactics.
Presently it became noised about"
writes Mr.. Orr, that Prince Camille
Borghese was flirting desperately with
Pauline. The prince was an excellent
specimen of the fashionable Italian.
He was immensely rich. His palace at
Rome was filed with artistic treas
ure. He was the owner, moreover, Of
the famous Borghese jewels, the finest
collection of diamonds In the world
Napoleon rather sternly insisted
upon her marrying Borghese. Fortu-
nately the prince was very willing to
be connected with Napoleon, while
Pauline was delighted at the idea of
having diamonds that would eclipse
all the gems which Josephine possess
ed, for, like all the Bonapartes, she
detested her brothers wife. So she
would be married and show her dia-
monds to Josephine. 1t was bit OF
feminine malice she could not resist
1.-THE marriage took place7yery quiet
ly at Joseph Bonaparte's house be-
cause Of the absence Of Napoleon, but
the newly made princess was invited
to visit Josephine at the palace OF
st. Cloud. Here was to be the tri-
umph Of her life. She spent many
days in planning toilet that should
be absolutely crushing to Josephine.
Whatever she wore must be a back
ground for the famous diamonds. Final
IL she decided on green velvet.
"When the day came Pauline stood.
before mirror and gaZed at herself,
with diamonds glistening In her hair,
shimmerdng around her neck and fas-
tened so Tricky on her green velvet
gown as to remind one of a moving
jewel casket She actually shed tears
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and drove out to st. Cloud.
But Josephine, though no longer
young, was a woman Of great subtlety
as well as charm. Stories had been
told to her of the green velvet, and
therefore she had had her drawing
room redecorated in the most uncom-
promising blue 1t killed the green vel
vet completely. As for the diamonds,
she met that maneuyer by wearing not
q single gem of any kind. Her dress
was an Indian muslin with q broad
hem of gold.
"Her exquisite simplicity, coupled
with her dignity of bearing, made the
Princess Pauline, with her shower of
diamonds and her green velvet dis
played against the blue, seem abso-
lutely vulgar. Josephine was most gen.
erous in her admiration of the Bor-
CHEESE gems, and she kissed Pauline on
departing. The victory was hers.
"There is another story Of defeat
which Pauline met from another lady,
one Nine de Coutades This was at
a magnificent ball given to the most
fashionable world Of Paris Pauline
decided upon going and intended, in
her own phrase, to blot out every
woman there. She kept the secret Of
her toilet, and she entered the ball
room at the psychological moment,
when all the guests had assembled.
''She appeared, and at sight of her
the music stopped, silence fell upon the
assemblage, and sort of culver went
through every one Her costume was
of the muslin bordered with
golden palm leaves. Four bands spot
ted like leopards skin, were wound
about her head while these in turn
were supported by little clusters Of
golden grapes. She had copied the
headdress of Bacchante in the
canoes, and Just beneath her breasts
she wore a golden band held in place
by an engraved gem. Her beautiful
wrists, arms and hands were bare.
She had. III fact, blotted out her rivals.
Nevertheless Nine de Coutades
kNn Hoo. -
Pauline, who was lying on divan
to set off her loveIiness, and began
gazing att the princess through a
double eyegkass. Pauline felt flattered
for moment and then became uneasy.
The lady who was looking at her said
to a companion in /; tone of regret:5
What q pity, she really would be
lovely if it weren't for THAR
"'For what?' returned her escort. +
why, are you blind? It's so re
markable that you surely must see it.
pauline was beginning to lose her
self composure. She flushed and look
] ed wildly about, wondering what she
meant Then she heard Nine. de Cou-
tades say:
'&'Why, her ears! If I~had such ears
- those would cut them orr
8 Pauline gave one great gasp and
tainted dead away AS matter Of
Hact, her ears were not so bad. They
were simply very fat and coforfess,
forming a contrast with the rosy tints
Of her face But from that moment
NO one could see anything but these
ears, and thereafter the princess wore
her hair low enough to cover them"
The Surest Place.
Speaker warming to his subject
What we want is men with convictions,
and where shalt we and them?
Voice-In Jail, guv'nor.-London Tel
egraph
When oas Lssss cenHdsnos.