Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-04-11
TRlCKED PAULINE.
NapoIeon's Pert and Pretty Sisters
Pride was Humbled,

NapoIeon's Pert and Pretty Sisters
Pride was Humbled.
Napoleon was anxious to have Cen
eral Marmot marry his sister Pauline,
but the willy old soldier refused to
make the fiirt 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. Le-
clerc died of fever in Haiti, and Pau
line returned to France with his body.
After a time Pauline, whom Lyndon
Orr in Munsey's describes as "feath-
Ell headed. languishing, beautiful,
distracting morsel of frivolity," re-
sumed 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 filled 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 a bit Of
feminine malice she could not resist
The marriage took place very
quietly at Joseph Bonaparte's house
because Of the absence of Napoleon,
but the newly made princess was in
vited 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.
rinally she decided on green velvet.
when the day came Pauline stood
before a mirror and gazed at herself,
with diamonds glistening in her hair,
shilnmering around her neck and fas-
tened so thickly on her green velvet
gown as to remind one OF moving
jewel casket She actually shed tears
of joy. Then she entered her carriage
and drove out to st. Cloud.
But Josephine, though no longer
young, was a woman Of great subtlety
AnI
told her Of the green velvet, and
therefore she had had her drawing
room redecorated In the most uncom-
promising blue. 1t killed the green
velvet completely. AS for the dia-
monds, she met that maneuver by
wearing not a single gem Of any kind.
Her dress was an Indian muslin with
o 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
generous in her admiration Of the
Borghese gems, and she kissed Pau
line 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
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 a sort Of culver
was Of the finest muslin bordered
with golden palm leaves. Four bands
spotted like a leopard's skin, were
wound about her head, while these
in turn were supported by little clus-
ters of golden grapes. She had copied
the headdress Of Bacchante in the
Louvre All over her person were
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, in fact, blotted out her
rivals.
Nevertheless Nine. de Coutades
took her revenge. She went up to
Pauline, who was lying on a divan
to set of her loveliness, and began
gazing at the princess through a
double eyeglass. Pauline felt flatter-
ed for a moment and then became
uneasy. The lady who was looking at
her said to companion in a tone OF
regret:
"'What q pity. She really would
he lovely If it weren't for that
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
Coutades say:
why, her ears! If I had such
ears as those l would cut them offT
Pauline gave one great gasp and
tainted dead away. AS a matter of
fact, her ears were not so bad. They
were simply very fiat and colorless.
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.