The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
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gret. 1 shall pray necessarily that your majesty may be happy, perhaps l may even pray that l may see you again. But let your majesty he assured I shall always respect the new situation in which your maj sty finds yourself, ard respect l. in silence"
 Napoleon wrote her Tn his honeymoon. T am always the same men of my cali- CT never change" and Josephine an- swered In grateful terms, My heart has recovered it's peace and this peace will never leave me-"
 It 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 sal. to her court, Tt makes, me all the happier, because France is fond of youth and beauty, and for long time. alas, I lave possessed neither the one nor the other"
 loser hine and Ma .,oleon in their separa- tion never gave the least occasion for evil gossip, although inc 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 tl cry over him.
 In a moonlight revery at St. Helena, Napoleon harlsed back to the two women wEo had shared his throne and drew Il csc contrasting pic . res of them "One represented art and the gfaces; the oth- CT innocence and simple nature and both were very worthy. In no one moment of her life did the first adopt. attitudes aid positions that were not agreeable and seductive; all that art could lavish on attractions was em oloyed by her, but with such skill that 1t was not perceived. The other on the 70 1trary never saw anything to be gained by Innocent arti- fees
 "The first never asked her husband for anything, but was in debt every where: the scond did not hesitate to ask when she wanted anything which vas rarely. She wold have thought it impossible to get anything without pay irg for 1t immediately. For the rest, both were good, kind lnd much attracted to their husband.'
 A 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 warden. Asleep or awake. she was hemmed in by a guard of ladies in wait ing and women attendants and never was permitted to be alone in the pres eDce of a man. once when her lady of honor, the widow of Lannes, the Duchess of Montebello, introduced cousin to the Empress, Napoleon. who did not dare to scold his wife, begged Metternch to counsel Marie Louise against receiving introductions to men. Again. when the lady fin attendance had only stepped to the door to give an order. Napoleon chanced to enter the Empress music room to find her apparently alone with her music teacher The Emperor ques- toned the attendant sharply as to whether she had actually been out of the room, and explained Madam. honor and respect the Empress; but the sovereign of a great empire must be placed above the breath of suspicion '' All of which no doubt seemed the most natural and reasonable thing in the world to Hapsburg princess. and no longings for liberty seemed to disturb Marie Louise.
 Napoleon's Conquest
 While she could weep with jeaIousy of Josephine, the 18-year-old wife prob ably had not fallen in love with her 40- year-old husband But Napoleon suc- ceeded staightway in interesting and delishtins her. In gaining her trust and making her like him very much. Marie Louise, any more thai Josephine. could rot soar with the eagle. but she was even less afraid of him than the first mate had been. and she was happier with him than with any of her other captive birds that he had brought iron, Vienna to aInuse her. .t4