Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-18
JOSEPHINE'S TOMB
STILL NEGLECTED
BY ADMIRERS
Movement Started 20 Find
Suitable Resting Place; One
Faction Wants Ashes In
TERED With NapoleOns.

Paris. Jan ia movement Is on
foot 20 find suitable last resting
place Of the Empress Josephine, the
famous creole widow whose beauty,
viii and grace won the heart OF tho
worlds greatest warrior. Napoleon
Bona partc.
Almost one hundred years after her
death. Josephine Taschor dc m Pag-
cfip--widow of the gaiilotincd Wis
count dc Beauharnls. mother OF queen
iortcnse Of Holland, grandmothor Of
Napoleon the Third. emperor OF the
French, great grandmother OF the
young hero and martyr who was KILL
~ a. HIluland. the empress couae-
crnttt nt the Cathedral of Notre
Drmc by n pope the passionatoly love
cd Nlfo 81 the master of Eurupo--is
practically tomhless to-day.
Hes tomb s in the parish church
% Roull hamlet half an hour 8
jru- hey from the ST. L0zaru station.
and one mile distant from Malnaison,
where Josephine lived from the time
Of her divorce until her death. u is
on the way Co ST. Germain-on -Laye
whore James the Second of England
live Ia "a gnarling state for twelve
years. The parish church Of Reuil
IS the frame of which Josephluc's
tomb Is the picture.
The church has Jared badly since
the passage Of the law separating
church and state in France. II s not
cl8ssed as a national monument IL
a were the state would be- bound Co
keep 70 in becoming condition. bat as
no provision has been made FOR 81, the
cdicc Be- rapidly falling 20 decay.
Josephue's tomb Is similarly neglect
ed. This rs the tomb which the nlial
affection OF Napoleon the Third In
duccd him to erect In honor OF his
grandmother Josephine. and of his
mother, Hortonse. II is well known
60 traveller fur tNer usually give 81
day TO Versailles, returning % Paris
by At. GERMAN. Mn'uf'ao0 ana = Nl
Admnrrs Nut Agreed.
All agree that the Josephine ~ roc
nance, OF history, and of elcgy should
have "a proper place in which TO sleep
her long sleep. But there are two
parties. one set OF admirers would
bury her beneath the golden dome Of
the Hotel dcs mvalides. side BY side
with him 70 whom she was married
when he was only obscure Corsicdn
general Thus she. who died 81 a
broken heart because OF the ruin OF
her Cid. would share with Napoleon
the grandest tomb Ia the world. This,
they contend, would be some comacn-
sation 20 the memory Of the wife
whom the emperor discarded for the
sake 81 the Imperial consort. Marie
Louise. who after his fan shook him
OFT az she would disn greoable dream
and married her own chamberlain
Another ana more powerful party
are IN opposition. The dust 90 gentle
JosephiLa must not mngle with that
of the b.aH who sent her In sorrow
from the petce "a Fontalnbloau 20
cat out her heart as a detected de
vorccc IN the Chateau of Malmuison.
His subsequent tears. though they fen
without measure, cannot blot out the
disgrace OF that act The man who
sacrificed iovo for ambition must lie
forever Ia q lonely grave.
The stronger Josephine party advo-
cate that she be- buried 90 Malnaison.
They say she could be brought back
20 the paths whore her charming feet
trod, 10 the harp fYom whose strings
sho evoked the most beautiful music.
Go the forest beneath who's. shade she
and Napoleon were whispering lovers
90 the flowers whose fame her name
has transported Co the ends ~ the
earth AZ Mamasop are the carr
ried her thithcr after the fatal divorce
the bed In which she breathed her
last. The slippers which she and Hor.
tense Rcauharnuis wore, the drosglnl
ease with which she made herself
look c0Qucttish.
Furthermore. Malmaison Is ma