The Washington herald., 1914-08-02
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, mortal creations Of Raphael, Titan and
] the masters look down upon the wonder
| ing visitors, had been converted into a
chapel for the third marriage ceremony.
| On the velvet cushioned benches the full
length of the grand gallery opening out
| of that improvised chapel, 1900 women
stood 400 men. while Napoleon en-
| throned his young bride beside him and
the nuptial benediction was pronounced
| by the Cardinal Grand Almoner Of
France-Uncle Fesch!
Josephine.
The dethroned Josephine viewed from
her melancholy retreat the Emperors 5
new domestic relations. Although she
| was as near as Malmaison, she wrote as
suring him, L shall live there as II l
! were 1000 leagues from Paris. 1 have
made a great sacrifice, Sire, and every
day feel more and more the fun extent
of il. ''' II will be a complete one as
far as / am concerned. Your majesty
shall not be troubled in your happiness
by any expression OF my regret. l shall
pray necessarily that your majesty may
be happy. perhaps l may even pray that
majesty be assured / shall always re-
spect the new situation in which your
majesty finds yourself, and respect it in
silence"
Napoleon wrote to her in his honey
moon. Il am always the same; men of
my caliber never change" and Josephine
answered in grateful terms My heart
has recovered its peace and this peace
will never leave me-
1t was indeed a strange and difficult
part the divorced Empress was called
upon to play, but she effaced herself as
successfully as in other days she had
borne the fierce and searching light that
beats upon a throne. When she heard
of the homage received by her successor
she said to her court, 1T makes me all
the happier because France is fond Of
youth and beauty, and for long time,
alas, 1 have possessed neither the one
nor the other"
ration never gave the least occasion for
evil gossip, although the first recorded
tears of Marie Louise in France were
shed one day when the Emperor had
gone to call on her predecessor. But
those tears only signify that she had
come to care enough for her husband to
cry over him.
Napoleon harked back to the two women
who had shared his throne and drew
these contrasting pictures Of them: One
represented art and the graces; the 9TH
er innocence and simple nature; and both
were very worthy. In no one moment
Of her life did the first adopt attitudes
and positions that were not agreeable and
seductive: all that art could lavish on
attractions was employed by her; but
with such skill that it was not perceived.
The other, on the contrary, never saw
anything to be gained by innocent arti-
fees.
The first never asked hen husband
for anything but was in debt every
where; the second did not hesitate to ask
when she wanted anything, which was
rarely. She would have thought 1t i'm
possible to get anything without paying
for It Immediately For the rest, both
were good, kind and much attracted to
their husband"
Bridal Prison.
Marie Louise was not troubled to find
that in her marriage she had only ex-
changed palace prisons and that hus-
band instead of her father had become
her warder. Asleep or awake, she was
hemmed In by a guard Of ladies' in watt
ing and women attendants and never
was permitted to be alone in the presence
of a man. Once when her lady OF honor.
the widow of Lannes, the Duchess of
MoRtebc.lo. Introduced a cousin to the
Empress, Napoleon, who did not dare
to scold his wife, begged Metternich to
counsel Marie Louise against recsiying