El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28

I Of these stories. At any rate, the record
] in st. Peters church in Barclay street.
| New York, which she gave when she
| was married. April II, 1904, sets down
! The fact that she was born April 2,
/ 1877, that she was the daughter Of John
and Phebe Bowen, that her father was
a sea captain, and that he was drowned
The Enchantress's First Husband.
What does it matter if she did live in
a frame house at saith street and Fifth
avenue? Perhaps it was there that
Stephen Jumel met and WOOed her. A
queer old boy was stephen Jumel He
had been a coffee planter IN san Do
mingO. In the troubles between the
black and the whites there when Iouls-
SAINT LOverture created negro repub-
lie and became a black Napoleon, Jamul
fled for his life. He got on passing
vessel and sailed across the seas far to
the east A strange thing II is that he
was landed at St Helena, the isle that
was to be the home OF a man VINO later
was to be one of his greatest friends
He was lucky enough to have a ship
put in at st. Helena on which he got
passage to New York and when he
reached America penniless he mad the
greater good fortune Of discovering
that a cargo of coffee he had shipped
m0ntbs before for Europe had been
landed in New York because Of an &C
cident to the the vessel and was here
awaiting his orders The proceeds OF
the sale of that cargo gave ample capt.
tai for him TO engage in business and
in a few years he was wealthy mer-
Then he married Elizabeth 3owen. He
was So She was q. Jumel simply
adOred his beautiful wife. In 1910 he
purchased for her the Morris mansion
which now is known as the
JumeI mansion There he lived
wonder. Every celebrity who came
to America. was entertained by
him. Every great American, ;Yho visited
New York never felt that ms TRIP Was
complete unless he enjoyed the hOSpl-
tality of monsieur and madame JumeL
Year by year Jumels fortune grew.
Year by year he laviShed more money
on madame JUmel was an enthusiastic
admirer of Napoleon. When Bonaparte
began to meet with misfortune, Jumel
sailed across the sea IN MS own SNIP
the Elizabeth" and offered an asylum
to Napoleon in New York if 1t ever
should be necessary for him to leave
France. Napoleon thanked him and
said: TT would not be fitting Tor me
to seek an asylum across the seas no
matter how i'll my fortune might be-.
a Treasure House.
Jumel bought one Of the most mag
nificent establishments IN Paris and
there he and madame lived from 1913 to
1925. That was one of the most bril-
liant and one of the most Kaleidoscope
periods of French society. Then late IN
1928. Jumel, finding his fortune some
what impaired, sold his Paris establish
ment and returned to New York. He
again took up business and the couple
resumed in part their FORMER magnifi-
cence of living.
Their mansion, up near the northern
end of Manhattan Island. was a treas
ure house. Among its furnishings were
eight chairs which Napoleon used in
the time of the first consulate. There
vas a table, the marble top Of which
had been given to madame by the khe-
dive OF Egypt There was a clock,
present from Napoleon. The clock had
been the one he had used in the Tullie-
res. There was a chandelier given to
her by Gen. MOreau. rival Of Napoleon.
There were tapestries and prints col
lected by the empress Josephine. All Of
the dining room furniture had been
owned BY Charles Y. The greatest OF
ali her treasures were an army chest
and an army bed. These were the ones (
Napoleon had used in his Italian cam
paign, the most glorious period of his /
military career.
When Joseph Napoleon visited the Ju-
mels in the Jumel mansion he was re- I
ceived in imperial style and all defer I
ence shown to him that would have