Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-12
TRICKEp PAULINE.
Napoleon's Pert and Pretty Sisters
Pride Was Humbled.

Napoleon'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 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 Le-
clerc died Of fever in Haiti. and Pau
line returned to- France with his. body.
After a time Pauline, whom Lyndon
Orr insAfnnsey's describes as 'feath-
er headed. langufshing, beautiful, dis
tracing morsel Of frivolfty," 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. Bis 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 Bon0bartes. she
detested her brothers wife. So she
would be married and show her dia-
monds to Josephine. 1t was a bit or
feminine malice she could not resist.
THE marriage took place very quiet
" 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
" she decided on green velvet
When the day came Pauline stood
before n 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 10 remind one of n moTing
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
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-
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 Mime. de Coutades. This was at
a magnificent ball given TO the most
fashionable world OF Paris Pauline
upon SOAhS GhN AAACAAN0f ~
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 went
through every one. Her costume was
CT the finest muslin bordered with
golden palm leaves -Four bands spot
ted like a leopard's skin. were wound
about her head, while these in turp
were supported by little clusters Of
golden grapes. She had copied the
headdress OF q Bacchante IN the
Louvre. All 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 Coutades
took her revenge. She went up 10
Pauline who was lying on divan
TO set of her loneliness, and began
gazing at the princess through q
double eyeglass. Pauline felt dattered