Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-03-31
TRICKED 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. Dressing Down,
and the Fashionable Mme. Dc cou-
tades Fisurativeiy Boxed Her Ears.
Napoleon was anxious to have Cen
eral Marmot marry his sister Pauline.
out 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 Munsey's describes as a efeath-
sr headed. ianguishing, beautiful, dis
tracing morsel of frivolity," 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 hermarrying 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 Bcnapartes. 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.
'rhe marriage took place very 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 a toilet that should
be absolutely crushing to Josephine.
Whatever she wore must be back
ground for the famous diamonds. Final
ly she decided on green velvet.
when the day came Pauline stood
before mirror and gazed at herself,
with diamonds glistening in her hair,
shimmering 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 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 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 dignity of bearing, made the
Princess Pauline, with her shower Of
diamonds and her green velvet dis
played against the blue, seem abso-
iutely vulgar. Josephine was most gen.
erous in her admiration of the Bor-
ghese gems. and she kissed Pauline on
a sr.nr xrfaf har
''rhere is another story of defeat
which Pauline met from another lady,
one Mme. 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 quiver went
through every one Her costume was
Of the finest muslin bordered with
6oiucu pditu itdNtS. IVut DuhuS siot-
ted like a leopard's 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
Louvre. An over her person were
canoes. and just beneath her breasts
she wore 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 Contades
took her revenge. She went up to
Pauline, who was lying on divan
to set OF her loveliness. and began
gazing at the princess through a
double eyeglass. Pauline felt fiattered
for a moment and then became uneasy.
The lady who was looking at her said
to a companion in a tone of regret: )
"'What pity, She really would be
lovely If it weren't for that.
"'For whatY 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 II had such ears
as those would cut them or
pauline gave one great gasp and
tainted dead away. AS matter of
fact, her ears were not so bad. They
were simply very fat and eolorless.
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"
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