The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14

"heh Heeu from ner marrla.. with
Foures she resumed her maid. r,,nc
but she was better known to th, amy
as Bellilote. She stayed in Cairo whom
Bonaparte went to Syria and r.r..,,J
many letters from him prut,sj.n. his
affection 1t Is said that be- r.,U d...
cussed the idea OF divorciur J,..phir,
and marrying Bellilote.
In due course of time Bonap,-.,
tened back from Egypt To- Franc. and
reconciliation followed with Ios.r....
After this he refused to 500 Hr.H.,,n
although he made her large, GRANT. -,
money and eventually married u,r T., an
officer formerly attached t. th, .r,....rv
From him she separated sixteen .,,,rs
later, sold her furnturo ann ,.,bsr
household goods and sailed g., pr,,Il
with a retired officer of IA, Gu,rd
named Bellard.
1t was in 1900, shortly after nj. fri.
umphal entrance into Milan trlt tho
First Consul met the singer O,r,ssIni
"a woman OF 81, inclined to .,.,.,.n.sy
with strong features, black r,ahr,,s
and a profusion of dark hlr That she
was a great singer. a true art... ca,
hardly be doubted, and whls n,f carry
beauty was fading, yet her yoIc, was
~ IT'S hikhtSt III NbIt DlIIIN ana o. At
And it was Grassini tn. SINGER p.,
Grassini the woman, thai .' u..t at
tracted the young Corsican officer
1t is a curious sidclight ou Nauur.,n's
temperament that Masson shows n bis
relation of the episode with Grl.sIrf
In his opinion the First Consul ,,r,I
little for the woman but WAS intoxicated
by her singing. "Her miraculous .Y.,o
IA
upon 1t as one of the most g.ur.pus
trophies of his campaign and resolved
that II should celebrate his triumph and
sing his victory. To this end be- directed
that Grassini should be in Paris f.r
July IL, the Feast Of Concord 60 sing
an italian duet with Bnnchi" And
afterward she was duly installed in a
small house, where she was instructed
to live In great retirement tp Eccp
quiet and rarely show herself in public
Now this did not suit the lady ai all
When she met the First Consul IN Milan
she imagined that thereafter su. vas
destined to play leading part IN poll
tics and government Now sl. found
herself shut up in small house. for
hidden to appear in sight Of the world,
and in conseque..-e bored half ~ death.
SO there was rupture.
In 1907 Napoleon recalled Grlss.ni
to Paris and offered her an enlargement
at the Chamber of Music with salary
and bonus amounting TO about - no
francs per annum and a pension II
$4,000 francs when she should retire
from the operate stage and concert
work. AS a matter of fact during the
seven years ended with 1914 she re-
ceived for her singing In Paris about
10000 francs year, this not including
the sums paid by the public to hear her
sing. But in spite Of her trumphs as a
singer she failed utterly In playing The
brilliant political part she had planned
before meeting Bonaparte at Milan
Nothing that Napoleon ever did for
Grassini seems to have aroused the
slightest gratitude in her When the
Empire fell, when Napoleon was fleeing
to England, Grassini, then aged e. not
| merely sang with complete complac.ncy
for the Duke Of Wellington bun had
the audacity to plan for his ensnarc-
ment.
The Emperor Napoleon was at Pul-
stuck on December 81, 1906. when word
reached him that a son had been born
to Eleonore Denuelle de Ia Pla.sne,
daughter of parents who had lived a
hand to mouth existence for yca,s IN
the hope of marrying the girl to a rich
husband. They finally succeeded N
marrying her, but to a man who was
imprisoned for forgery within two
months after the wedding.
Eleonore is described as a brunette. tail,
graceful. finely moulded, possessng un-
usual vivacity and endowed with co.
quetry. In January, 1906, Napoleon hap
pened to see her and she lost no uppoT-
tunity OF attracting his attention.
Within few weeks after meeting the
Emperor she filed application for d.
vorce, which was granted and made
final in April and on December 10 II
the same year a child was born. who
was registered AS Leon, son of Elro-
more Denuelle, spinster. of independent
means. and Of an unknown father
Napoleon, II is said. never saw Elco-
more after 1906, refusing to receive her
when she called upon him at Fontaine-
bleau in 1907. But he presented her
with residence, and on February 3
1908, settled on her aa annual income
OF $4,000 livres. On that same day sh"
was married to a lieutenant Of infan-
ty' Win WnOm Sne went Ia SPAN. ana
who died in captivity after the Russian
campaign. In May. 1914 Eleonol' mar
ried again.
Napoleon provided money for tn sup
port Of little Leon. The latter al the
age Of 25 had ruined himself 10y gam
bling. In 1910 he took official part in
the ceremonies attendant upon the re-
turn OF his fathers body to Paris.
where II was brought from St Helena.
He died in 1881, after years Of EFFORT Ia
prosecute claims, lawsuits, spec uini. "uS
OF various kinds, which led many To- be-
lieve he was deranged,
Among Napoleon's love affairs N"
OF the strangest was that with MINI.
Walewska. whom he first saw in l>u'.
when he was journeying from PulstnrN
to Warsaw. His carriage had stopped
at Bronia to obtain fresh horses and a
great crowd Immediately surrounded IT,
cheering, shouting, almost mad with
excitement. Duroc, the officer in charge
had stepped from the carriage ana WIS
starting toward the posting house when
he heard a woman's voice crying out IN
French
"Ah. sir! Help us to get away from
here and let me see him, If Only for Il