The Raymer enterprise., 1915-06-03

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AN couragement there. In appearance
MAT she is no different from any old lady
0OND of eghty-eight unless the keen OBJ.
server may see that she has suffered great and
enduring sorrow
The aged woman is Eugene de Montjo for
seventeen years. 1s53Is7o. empress of the
French. wife OF the Emperor Napoleon iii and
mother OF the illfated prince imperial who was
ailled In the English war against the Zulus in
iS7s
The old woman 81 ssrrows has been an em.
press OF romance well as OF France Grand
daughter OF an lrlshman named KirkpatrIck and
Spanish lady, with her mother and sister she
royed the cities of Europe for seven years. Iook.
Ing for great marriage Scarce of noble birth
though her father was known as the count NJ
Iepa IN spain, petty title at best, her chances
4pI srahd union seemed vague indeed At the
age OF twenty-five she achieved notable I, NO,
grand marriage No doubt II is very groa,
thing TO be empress of the French and renutod
one OF the most beautiful and charming womoT
In the world and to set the fashions of the nri
verse For II was TO Engenle that the wori,
owed the terrible crinoline or hoopskirfs and ~
afeadfui chlgnon OF the sixties Previous IN a.
plrth OF the prince imperial Eugene, very yain
OF hef hgure, assumed the hoopskirt The uor,,
OF women followed suit TO the great amusamo,,
and derislon Of their daughters and grandaa,,s.
ters. Yet Napoleon III was far from boIra
grand man. though he was emperor n, ~
French, In the early ffties the countess of IT,
ana her two daughters the elder dark snani,rd
the other type of northern beauty cbestrnt
hair. violet eyes, perfect complexion and loyery
oFai features appeared at various European
capitals The mother lived a semibobemian u,o
at hotels something which was not anproved =,
those uhpp
lady should live at home and visit only at the
houses OF her friends The girls were of an 400
when they should have been in convent So
attractive as they were, and popular. II was
noted that many more men than women called
upon the Spanish countess and her daughters
women viewed the attractive Spaniards with
Hited eyebrows OF question and suspician The
daughters OF the countess of Teba were beautiful
rarely SO. They were not of great accomplish.
ments and II cannot be said that they were re.
spected in the fullest sense Of the word. They
we're interesting, they were lovely but In the
early ffties II held that ladies' OF rank should
not Hive at hotels or be seen at public dining
rooms.
However both girls made brilliant marriages
The elder m'rried the duke of Ava owner OF a
historic title This marriage was regarded as a
triumph for the managing mother A wit said
not choose to marry both daughters to him BY
papal dspensation, the implication being that not
even the pope could withstand the Establishments
of the countess. No one. however. imagined
that the lady would be successful beyond her
widest dreams and see her younger daughter
empress, received with honor by the courts
OF Europe, especially by the intensely proper Vic
toria of England
Eugene had been, IL was said good deal OF
femme gallante, or very forward lady in love
affairs. She had thrown herself at the heads OF
two young nohlemen, At one time she had
violent fancy for the Spanish count di Galya
and tried to commit suicide by swallowing shoe
blaokng when he made II plain that he did not
desire her Women gagged her as wild and un-
disciplined girl, sort OF Lydia Languish Becky
Sharp and Lady Teazle combined girl calcu
lated 10 AL the mind OF even ardent suitors with
misgivIngs as to her conduct as wife, She
was always Spanish and understood the
French. She had great personal courage and
feared nothing She was meddlesome match
maker and In after years earned the unenviabe
distinction OF having married the famous song.
stress, Adelina Patti, to the marquis OF Caux. a
marriage which turned out most unhappily She
was supersttous dealt with mediums. would
firt audaciously yet was always cold and emo.
tonless within
This was the young lady of twenty-five. who
appeared In Paris in 1851 Just after Louis Napo.
leon president OF the republic, had accomplished
the bloody coup detat in which his troops shot
down hundreds of innocent persons along the
boulevards of Paris, But Napoleon caused him.
self TO be reelected president for term of ten
years and later. In 1851, had himself declared
emperor of the French.
The previous life Of the new emperor had been
rather a discreditable one, lie had been con.
stable In London, a penniless exile In Hoboken
n j.. he had made several futile and ridiculous
attempts to restore the empire his reputation
was that Of a silly, impractcable dreamer He
had had many disrepu,able love affairs and Il
was known that English woman who was
enamored cf him had financed his successful
effort in that. direction Soon afterward he
caused her to be deported by the police
Though he bore the magical name OF Bona.
parte. II was doubtful that he had drop OF Na,