The Washington herald., 1914-08-02
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Z0HZ5E-S By Gus

introductions to men. Again, when the
lady in attendance had only stepped To
the door to give an order, Napoleon
! room to find her apparently alone with
her music teacher. The Emperor aues-
toned the attendant sharply as to wheth-
er she had actually been out Of the room,
| and explained. Madam, I honor and re-
spect the Empress: but the sovereign OF
a great empire must be placed above the
breath OF suspicion" All Of which no
| enable thing in the world to a Hapsburg
princess. and no longings for liberty
seemed to disturb Marie Louise.
NapoIeon's Conquest.
While she could weep with jealousy
Of Josephine, the eighteen-year-old wife
probably had not fallen in love with her
forty-year-old husband. But Napoleon
succeeded straightway in interesting and
delghting her in gaining her trust and
making her like him very much. Marie
Louise, any more than Josephine, could
not 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 from Vienna
to amuse her.
Il am as happy as can be-" she wrote
her father after she had been in France
FIVE days, and she told him that her
mother-in-law and her new Corsican rel
atives were so kind she could not be
n.
A little later she assured her stepmother
that my fathers words have come true.
l find the Emperor very lovable." In
six weeks she wrote to Francis. When
ever / am with him l am truly happy"
and that all the world thinks l fear the
Emperor. but / believe he is afraid OF
me-" And out OF the generous allowance
he gave her. exceeding a Hapsburg's
dream Of munifiCenCe. she lavished gifts
on her Austrian relatives and friends. a
wagon load OF them almost always being
on the road to Vienna.
At the Honeymoon Chateau.
The Emperor paraded his willing cap
tive in imperial progresses to various
parts OF France and she insisted on go
ing with him everywhere. After the
marriage formalities in Paris they had
returned to Compiegne. and that palace
remains the most distinct souvenir OF
Marie Louise. No confusing rcCollec-
tions of Josephine cling to its leafy park
and stately halls. for She seldom If ever
stayed there. On the visitors register
French citizens of many minds have
scrawled their expressions Of the emo
tions aroused by the place: 'Vive fEm-
pereur"' ''Vive lie Roi de Romer' 'Vive
lie Prince Victor ct Ia PrinCesse Clemen-
tine, Marie Louise, migrate. who could
Poor little harp OF rAiglon"' 'Viye Is
Republique-Liberte, EgalitC. Fraternite,''
How times have changed
As the official shepherd herds his tour
4SN NUN ONtT Nht 4bON-A pdTQucl-
~ Of the palace. his mumbled story is
Of the bridal chamber of Marie Louise
and her now tubless bathroom: of her
music room, the piano. Napoleon gave
her, the diminutive harp of the King OF
Rome, and his childish chair sitting pa
thetically before IL as IL the little boy
purple had only Just run out to romp on
the grassy bank Of the lake. The camp
dining table OF Napoleon Is also among
the exhibits, an ingenious contrivance
which might accommodate a large COM
pany Of guests when spread. but which
when folded half dozen times could al
most be carried under the arm
The bed on which Marie Antoinette
slept the first night she passed under a
Bourbon roof, and the bed OF the En-
press Eugenie link those unfortunate SOW
ereigns with Marie Louise in the reilec-
tions Of the visitor, while the statue OF
Joan Of Arc down in the village square
recalls that II was there the maid was ar !
rested. Compiegne thus presents to the
memory of the pilgrim strange, sad '
quartet of women.
In the garden of the palace is a stone
seat. which is known as Napoleon's
bench, since there the eagle often perched
in the rapturous days Of his welded Joys
and the full meridian of his glory. Yet
only four years after those April dreams
and April hopes on the garden bench at
Compeigne, alien troops burst into that
very park and the terrace ran with the
blood OF Frenchmen defending the honey
moon chateau of Napoleon and Marie
Louise from the assaults Of Russia, Aus
tria. and all Europe banded against the
son-in-law Of the Hapsburgs.
CCoPsrght. l9;5lsl4, BY lanes Morgan.