Milford chronicle., 1911-04-14
TRICKEDI ! P. PAULINE.
NapOleon'S Pert and Pretty Sis
ter'S Pride Was Humbled.
TWICE SHE MET HER MATCH.
The Empress Josephine Once Gave
Her, So to Speak, a Dressing Down,
and the Fashionable Nine. De cou-
tadss Fisuratively Boxed Her Ears.

taoes Tt9uraINely DoNsu Ter EaFs.
Napoleon was anxious TO have Gen
eral Marmot marry his sister Pauline
but the willy old soldier refused to
make the flirt 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 time Pauline. whom Lyndon
Orr in Mmsey's describes as "feath-
er headed. languishng. beautiful. dis
tracing morsel of frivolity." resumed
her heartbreakiug tactics.
Presently il became noised about,
writes Slr. Orr. that Prince Camille
Borghcse 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 steruiy insisted
upon her marrying Borghese. Fortu-
/ nately the prince was very willing to
be connected with Napoleon. while
Pauline WIS delighted az the idea Of
| having diamonds that would eclipse
all the gems which Josephine possess
| ed, for. like all the BonaparteS she
/ detested her bro,her's wife. So she
would be married and show her dia-
monds to Josephine. Ii was 5it Of
feminine malice she could not resist.
The marriage took place very quiet
ly at Joseph Bonaparte's house be-
cause of the absence of Napoleon. bur
the newly made princess was invited
to visit Josephine at the palace Of
ST. Cloud Here was 10 be the tri
umph Of her life. She spent many
days in planning toilet that should
be absolutely crushing 10 Josephine /
Whatever she wore must be back
ground for he famous diamonds. Final
~ she de ided on green velvet
When the ddy came Pauline stood
before a mirror ard gazed at herself. /
with diamonds elistening in her hair, I
shimmering around her neck and fas- /
tened SO thi kly ON her green velvet (
gown as TO remind one Of a moving
jewel cas&et. She actually shed tears /
Of joy. Then she entered her carriage .
and drove out 10 81. cloud.
But Josephine. though no longer
young. was a woman Of great subtlery
as well "a. charm Stories had been
told to her of ihe green velvet. and
therefore she had had her drawing
room relecoritcd in the most uncon-
promising blue. Il killed the green vel
vet completely. As for the diamonds.
she met thIt maneuver by wearing not
a single gem Of any kind Her dress
was an Indian muslin with broad
hem of gold
"Her exquisite simplicity. coupled
with her digaEy of bearing mace he
Princess Pauline. with her shower Of
diamonds aIl her green velvet dis
played against the blue seem ahso-
luteiy vulgar. InseYhne WIS most gen
erouS iu her admiration or the For
gheSe gems. aud she kissed Pauline ou
departing 7 -e victory was hers
"T1er, is uuo-aer story of % defeat
which Pauline met from another lady.
Dne Nine. de Coutades. This was M
a mag iilceni blll given TO the most
world of Paris Pauline
decided upon going aud Intended. in
her own phrase. 10 blot ont every
woman there She kept the secret of
ler toilet. and she entered the bali
room az the psychological moment.
when all the guests had assembled.
"She apieared. ana az sight II her
he music stopped. silence fell upon the
lssemhlage. and a sort Of qui,er wen.
through every one. Her costume was
If the finest muslin bordered with
GOLDEN palm leaves. -Four bands spot
ed like a leOpard's skin. were wound
lbout her head. while these in turn
were supported by little clusters of
Golden grapes She had copied the
leadlreSs Of Bacchante In the
-ouvre. All over her person were
ameos. and just beneath her breasts
he wore golden band held IN place
" an engraved gem Her beautiful
wrists. arms aud hands were bare.
She had. in fact. bl0tted out her rivals.
Nevertheless Mime. de Coutades
ook her revenge She went up to
'auline. who was lying ou divan
o set OF her loveliness, and began
azing at the princess through a
ouble eyeglass. Pauline fell fattered
or moment and then became uneasy.
he lady who was looking at her said
b companion in tone of regret
What pity! She really would be
}vely II il weren't for that"
d" For What: returned her escort.
"'Why are you blind: Its SO re-
that you surely must see it,
Pauline was beginning tn lose her
slf composure She flushed and look
] wildly about, wondering what she
Ieant. Then she heard Nine. de Cou. !
Ides say: ]
" why. her ears, II ! had such ears 1
; those Z would cut them OFF,
Pauline gave one great gasp and
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