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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-14

Eugenie's foresight Napoleon
called it her stinginess-had led her
to place large fortune in England.
She went to live at Chislehurst and
there was Joined by the Prince I'M
perial, lad of sixteen, who had not
followed his father to Sedan, but
escaped to Belgium Thither also
came Napoleon after his release
from Imprisonment at Wilhelmshohe
and the plans were ripe for another
return from Elba" when the
schemes were brought to an end by
Napoleon's death, January 8, 1873.
at Chislehurst in the arms Of
Eugene.
The ex-Empress now lived ONLY
for her son, the Prince Imperial.
But she still treated him as a boy
and, though she had an income of
100000 a year, allowed him only
$40 a week for pocket money and
took possession of legacy of $780,
600 year that had been left to
him. Fretting under the maternal
restraint, the young man joined the
British expedition to Zululand in
1879 and was there killed, stripped
and mutilated by the savage war;
riors June l, 1879. When the body
was recovered it could only be iden~
tilted by locket with portraits q
his father and mother that had been
left by the natives in the belief that
it was a magic charm.
Eugene never recovered from
this blow. She sought a suitable site
for a mausoleum for her husband
and son a>d bought Marlborough
Hall, near which Sire erected q me-
mortal chapel at cost of $500, 900.
Napoleon III and the Prince Inn
perial are buried there and a place
is left for her. She assumed the
title of Comtesse de Pierrefonds
after the death of the Prince I'M
perial and under that name makes
periodical visits to Paris, where she
occupies rooms in the Hotel Con-
tinental, overlooking the Gardens Of
the Tuileries, the site of the palace
destroyed by the Paris mobs in their
rage against her.
The gypsy who prophesied that
she would be a queen also prophe-
sled that she would live to be 100.
"a little more or less" She nearly
approaches that span of life, and
she is still the enigma she was to
the gypsy fortune teller, who replied
to final question:
II cannot tell, for she is a woman.
Spanish woman, and a princess Of
fortune"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-14
Her Origin Disputed

Even the facts of her origin are
now disputed, and a legend has
grown up that gives her left
handed splash Of royal blood. May
5, 1926, is the official date of her
birth and the place Granada, but
the legend says her father had been
dead three years when she was Of
fcially born, and that her birth
place was not Spain, but Italy, while
her mother was a Bourbon and not
the daughter of Scottish wineshop
keeper in Malaga. 1t would be in
keeping with the wonderful ro-
nance Of her career that it should
have begun with a romance of
birth.
The story is that before Chris
tine, daughter Of Francis l of Ma
pies, became the fourth wife of
King Ferdinand VII of Spain she
had been secretly married to an.
English painter named Ward and
by him had three children-two
girls and boy. The marriage to
Ward was no obstacle to the royal
Union in the eyes Of the law, as 1t
had never received the royal as
sent, and the children were con-
veniently ignored. Queen Chris
tine disposed of them by giving the
two girls to the Countess de
Montijo, who brought them up as
her own, while the boy was left as
founding at the gates of the pal
ace of the Duke of San Fernando
IN Madrid.
The boy was adopted by the Duke
and his wife and brought up as
Don Alessandro Soler; and, while
ne was not a grandee and there
lore had no recognized position at
court, ne was always treated bv
the entire royal family of Spain as
c non-royal relative, and waen he
died, few years ago, left .sis ex-
tensive fortune to King Alfonso.
OF the two girls the elder. Paca
became the Duchess of Alba and
the younger, Eugene, Empress OF
the French.
Hardly less romantic is the of
fetal version. This begins in thu
wineshop in Malaga kept by the
brohen-down Scottish exile, William
Kirkpatrick, who was for man,
years American consular agent il
that city. He had married Span
ish woman, and his daughter, Ma
nuela, was dancing on the table,
FOR the amusement of the custom
ers when Don Cypriano de Guzmar
became frequenter of the place
Don Cypriano was one-eyec
veteran of the First Napoleon's wars
he angered his brother, the Count
dc Montijo, by fighting for Ma
poleon against Spain, and now COM
pleted the estrangement by falling
IN love with Manuela kirkpatrick
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-14
BY Fred B. Pitney

rs IT more bitter for a naelon
to lose province than for an
l. Empress to lose crown? Is re-
venge sweeter to a nation than
n an individual? Does revenge mat
Tor at ninety-three? Nations may
h. chastened and learn by bitter
experience. France has proved
this. What about an Empress?
Eugene, ex-Empress of the
French, ninety-three years old,
walking with cane, wanders
through the Tuileries Gardens,
plucking withered autumn flowers
from the beds that were once laid
cut at her command. Fifty years
ago, through her folly, France lost
Alsace-Lorraine, and she lost her
crown. France has had her re-
venge on Germany, and Frances
revenge is Eugenie's. Frances
joy over victory was delirious.
Eugene walks through the Tuile-
ries Gardens followed by a single
maid. She speaks to no one. No
one knows her thoughts.
"The Spanish woman" the peo-
pie of France called her when the
glories of the Second Empire began
to fade after the catastrophe of
Macmillan in Mexico. "The Span
ish adventures, the great ladies
Of her court never failed to call her
behind her back. "The improvised
sovereigns' was the kindest word
of the rulers Shy divine right" for
Eugene and her imperial spouse.
To-day she is an aged and mys-
ferrous figure. Enormously wealthy
and more than half forgotten, she
vanders unrecognized through the
scenes of long past glories and tri-
umphs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-14
Compelled Difference

The court went better after that,
and the period Of its real magnifi-
cence began. A writer in "The St.
James's Magazine" in 1862 said:
Luxurious and yet elegant splen-
dor, most refined judgment and a
poetic temperament are revealed in
the arrangements of the boudoir of
the Empress Eugene The doors
are made of ivory, inlaid with gold !;
the furniture is rosewood, Of grace
full shape, and inlaid with gold ;
mirrors of ivory; the sofas and
chairs are covered with pale red
silk; the walls hung with a dark
paper and the ceiling is an exquisite
fresco. A magnificent Smyrna
carpet voluptuously deadens the
sound of footballs. Around hang the
most valuable paintings Of the old
masters, borrowed from the Louvre
and Versailles. On the writing desk
lie splendid portfolios and books,
bound in tortoise shell, inlaid with
gold. Nothing is wanted which a
sense of complete luxury can devise,
not even the toning of light. The
red silk curtains, heavily edged with
black velvet, throw a subdued hue
over every object, and any one who
enters the room may imagine he is
inhaling poetry"
Describing Eugene, the same
writer said:
"She leans back on the cushions
as if fatigued, so that her light mus
lin dress with it's countless lace
edged founces is gently raised and
exposes her dainty feet, in the white
silk stockings and shoes, as high as
the ankle. She has thrown back
her beautiful head, surrounded with
the pale golden hair, and appears to
be in a reverie. The soft azure eye
is only half visible beneath the in
imitable eyelid and her entire ap-
pearance indicates exhaustion and
fatigue. The lines of the face are
so fine, so noble and run into each
other so tremendously that it seems
as if sculptor had incarnated his
ideal. But the color of the cheeks
is no longer that of youth. The
forehead, broad and slightly arched
displays those fine ripple marks
which the woman Of thirty fears
and the woman Of thirty six-for SC
old is the Empress-endures with a
sigh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-14
But Not Marry Her

Napoleon.s ambassadors met with
nothing but rebuffs in their search
for a bride for the Emperor, while
Eugene and her mother received
constant invitations to Compiegne
and the Elysee Palace. Napoleon
gave hunts like a sovereign at Fon-
tainebleau and Compiegne; and the
beautiful Spanish girl, fearless
horsewoman and tireless dancer, was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-14

intended to make it secure by mar
riage. He had no thought at that
time Of marrying Eugene. His am
hassadors and agents were sounding
all the courts of Europe for an en-
press for Napoleon, while he was
pursuing Engenie and gossip was
growing clamorous.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-14

all kinds were taken with the rulers.
especially with Eugene.
The Emperor and Empress deter
mined on visit to England in order
to try to establish themselves in the
courts of Europe. 1t was danger
Gus experiment, but Eugene was
carefully heralded beforehand as a
descendant of Robert Bruce. 1t was
explained that her grandfather, the
wineshop keeper, was descended in
the direct line from the Bruces and
thus in her veins ran the royal blood
of England. 1t was a fiction that
has served her to this day.
Napoleon and Eugene were re-
ceived with great pomp and cere-
mony in England, and when they
returned to France they knew what
was lacking at the Tuileries. Euge-
ME set ministers at work studying
details of gold and silver lace, stripes
and buttons, distinctions Of privi-
leges. Under her direction book
Of imperial ordinance was COM
piled. A Lord High Chamberlain q
Grand Master of the Palace, a Grand
Master of the Hounds and a Grand
Master of the Horse were appointed
and strict rules were laid down for
every hour of the day, according to
which at stated times and on the
slightest provocation certain honors
had to be rendered to her in accorc
with the circumstances and the hour
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-14

the time of the Second Republic and
Louis Napoleon was Prince-Presi-
dent. Whispers of the coming coup
d'etat filled the air, and Eugene,
through Merimee, contrived an invi-
tation to one of the Presidential re-
ceptions. Napoleon's infatuation
was instant. He sought her out
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04
The Artist-Statesman
(Cleveland Plain Dealer.

(CleVeland
 Ignace Paderewski is of the notable phenomena of the day The great musician mas become hea hep of the Polish nation The artist has developed nlgn qualities of statesman ship and has proved ms rlgh' to lead , ,, hoe
 For more than of years the "orio Has known Paderewski S music master Not only as a irtuoso hut also as a composer and master or musl- cal science the distinguished Pole has earned place omonp inc immortas During these years the world never susnected that Paderewski different from other artists It assumed that his n1e was oe voted to his art, and that he had no interests anu few recreations outside the realm of music
 Durng the war Paderewski active in the work G raising funds for the relief of the Pollsn Vclihs of wars barbarity He commended for his un- seIfshness and humanitarianism, but even then II was not disclosed that he more than patriot and humanitarian. Only since the cessation or nos tilites has Ignace Paderewski appeared as an dpe statesman and skillful organizer .
 Paderewsk entered Poland when factlonal dls- cord threatened to disrupt the state and to deprive the Poles of the fruits of the Allied victory Taking no thoughts his personal danger the arst- statesman went from province to province from city o cv and where he went he establ1sneu nar moiiS He clearly depicted the danger of d1sunlon ana the necessity presenting united Pollsh lront to 6e man and Bolshevist enemies. Nor has his artistic temperament' in any measure essened ms pfactlcai usefulness He s to be sure, ideaist but he is an not summed the immense responsibility or supreme leadership of Polish nation, and now, as freler of Poland will be tested in one or the most ull- cult places in the world today. -
 Paderewski has already won place In history lie has already proved hmselm unique among great art sts All Poles and all friends of Poland will now hope that the genius he has displayed is no more than an earnest of still greater skill in leadership that will bring Poland to the goal of self-re1ant lnde- pendence.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04
HYPERCRITICAL CRITICISM.

Representative Collins statement in the House yes terday that the action of Democratic members Ill caucussing on organization without inviting the Re to precedents in organization of Alaska Legsia- tures was only technically correct. There were al ways many caucusses and conferences preceding the organization previous Legislatures at which less than the whole memberships were present In 1act the rule has been that before the caucusses Of the whole memberships held the organization of the houses had been arranged practically so, as re- ments
 The Democratic House caucus may have been the first party caucus of the membership of branch of the Legislature that openly and publicly called as caucus of party members. If so, the Democrats in the House Representatives did in the open what has been done before without publicity. Some people have not forgotten, and others may refresh thelr memories by consulting newspaper files, the man ner in which the party lash cracked two years ago during the Senate deadlock.
 Then again, the present Legislature is the hrst in the history of Alaska in which all the members were elected it party tickets. The Democratic members of the present House of Representatives were ectd Dmocrats, on Dmocrat1c t1ckets, ana the Republicans were elected Republicans on Re- pubcan tickets. The Democratic members of the Legislature will be held account for the acts Of the
 Legislature, and they have ample reason to De III Po- sition to responsible for them
 The criticism the House Democrats is to say the least, hypercritcal.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04

as much sitting space as two thin girls.
 You couldn't get man into a graveyard after midnight. But a man isn't a bit -afraid--ef a ghost when it walks on pay day.
 Another thing we like about a man is that when company calls at the house he doesn't devote all of his conversation to apologizing for the looks of the place. His wife attends to that.
 After going over all of the ad- vance fashion dope we are prepared to announce that the 1919 Spring styles for women will look worse than last Springs styles and will cost just as much.
 And we never knew an absent minded man who was so much that way that he would forget his own troubles.
 Once a girl makes up her mind that she has to have you, the more you encourage her
 MdiI IIcu llIc WOulu De HluCH Hdp pier if a man would only try to please his own wife the way he tries to please some other mans wife. Every woman loves flattery. In fact, the only person who likes flat tery more than woman is man.
 A married man seldom loses any sleep over the fact that his wife is disappointed because she does not get what she wants, because he knows that she would be disappoint ed if she did get it.
 What has become of the old-fash toned woman who used to use the bed post as a lever to make hel corset give her torso a shape like an hour glass.
 When a girl wants to chase a mar she does it by keeping just steI or two ahead of him
 The man who is courting a ninety i pound girl can't keep the crease' in his trousers any better than tht man who is courting a 190-pound girl
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04
MORE EXPERIMENTATION.


 special correspondent of The New York Post sends the news that independence party is making some headway in Porto Rico. It is said that the movement is taken very seriously by either or the leading party newspapers, but new movements rarely are taken seriously, and any American can understand why there may be Porto Ricans who wish for country of their own, even though 1t must be always very small country.
 Perhaps the movement will grow until there IS a genuine demand for separation. We do not know what the statesmen of some other year will say about it. but we are confident that this country is never going to cling to little island against the wishes of her people. Porto Ricans are not Of the blood that makes the great bulk of the population this country, end they have land of their own. If they reach point where they think they must have a Government wholly their own, rather think that Uncle Samuel reach agreement upon treaty rights which will warrant him in cutting the strings.
 We doubt, however ii Porto Rico will be foolish as to prefer independence end a diminutve standing to home rule and a share in all the bene- hts that flow from union with the United States.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04
M'ADOO SAYS HIS
 REPORTED CANDIDACY
 IS A HUGE JOKE

NEW YORK, March 4.-Former McAdoo, in replying to a question as to his possible candidacy for Presi- dent said 'I run for President? No, I have a sense of humor and can appreciate the joke of that ques- ion to me. I never was politician. I hate politics. lam tired of them and now I am letting them alone. have always maintained that | like a quiet life'
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04
A Fair Wage Reduction.
(St. Louis Republic. )


 When Charles H. Mover, president of the lnterna- tional Union of Mine Mill and Shelter workers said that the mine owners were doing falr thlng in announcing reduction in wages, he showed that prepared to take fair view of the processes by which the nation must find it's way back to peace basis. .
 It announced in Washington last week that the sudden end of the war left this country wltn stock of copper amounting to about 1,O0O, 100000 pounds its hands, which compares with stock of about one-tenth of that amount year earlier Domestic prices copper have dropped sharply and is not unlikely that buyers will wait for further declines.
 mines would be natural thing, but instead of that the mining companies have decided to continue op- eratons, and the content to take the lower wage followed the prices in accordance with an agreement which exists between the owners and the unions.
 The result is employment for many thousands Of workers who will feel that though they have sacri- feed something in wages, they still getting a square deal and if the companies should find contin- ued operation not the most profitable policy they can console themselves by glance at four years of war profit
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04
ECONOMIC INVASION OF SWITZERLAND
 TELLS OWN STORY

LONDON, March 4-The economic invasion of Switzerland by Germany is emphasized by the fact that from May 1 to July 31, 1918, 203 new for eign industrial and commercial en- terprises were founded in Zurich alone, while in the first half of the same year the number of foreign firms in Zurich, the majority of tlfem being German, Austrian and Hungar- ian, amounted to 3S7. There were
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04

The unanimous election Of AlasKa's boy soldier, who was under fire for months in France, wounded four times came within days of earning his third overseas service stripe-one stripe for each six months of overseas servce-and who returned home, after the over, all before he had reached his seventeenth birthday to be Messenger for the House of Representatives, was very line thing. Le- Roy Vestal will serve the House of Representatives well as he served well his country the battlefield
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04

years before coming North His work is study of Alaska He is ripe in experience broad in his sym pathies and possesses happy, agreeable evenly tenn pered personality The Empire predicts that he will make 8 very satisfactory and popular presiding of fcer 4
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04

The House of Representatives elected very efh- cient Chief Clerk when it chose Harry F. Morton Mir. Morton served Assistant Secretary or the 0e' ate in the First and Second Alaska Legislatures and he was an excellent official.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04

M F. Joyce elected Sergeant-at-Arms in the House of Representatives. is pioneer Juneaulte ana an excellent citizen. Recently he has been residing at Latoucbe in the Third Division He will make official.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

The House of Representatives did well in the se- lection of Speaker stroller" White is a pioneer Of Alaska and the North. He to this Ter Iitoryritory than twenty-one years ago. and he has lived in Alaska, the Canadian North and Alaska again, since. He has been engaged in news paper work all the time. he had been for many
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04
Watch Us Grow!

The First Company, First Training Battalion, One Hundred and Fifty eighth Depot Brigade, Camp Sherman has organized a branch of the Club with the following members: Ser geant Will Doolittle, Charley Will Draper and Costa Economi.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04

William Hohenzollern says that "the day will come when ought to speak and shall" It may be on the occasion when the Judge asks him has anything to say before receiving the sentence of the Court
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04
Too Late Too Classify

Among other books catalOgued b. the RuebushElkins Company WI find the following: 'Prison Life During. the Rebellion
 By
 Fritz Fuzzlebug"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04

British opponent of conscription says that con scripted army can't fight The French, Brltish anu American armies for example.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04

mat the. United States had enrolled army of .'l@lll2 men when the ended might aid the how-did-it-happen cogitations of Hohenzollern in Amerongen.-(New York WorldD
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04
Welcome! !

Maybe the girls wear 'em higher in Cincinnati Anyway, c. A. Legg, the efficiency engineer, has left Columbus, Ohio and settled in Gin cinnati
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04
Luke Mcluke Says

Right here and now we want to protest against the proposition to make Corn-Fed girl pay two fares on street car, because she occupies
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04

England is building cruising dirigibe adapted 10 cross the Atlantic. Which will first perform the feat, balloon airplane? It should prove an interesting rivalry. But that or the other type of aircraft will establish this new flying record in he near future seems and more probable (New York World)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04
The Undertaken

The Undertaken Escape from him no mortal can, For him you have to fall; The undertaken is a man Who overtakes us all
 -Nuke McLuke) And when l pass him on the street l haven't much to say, For well l know he's anxious now To plant me safe away.
 -(Hastings, (Neb) Tribune)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04
Saloon Substitutes.
est. Louis Republic. )

Clergymen in New York planning to fill the hiatus that will be left in the social life of mere after July 1 by establishing coffee houses or something of the sort which shall have saloon air"
 The scheme has it's attractive points, though there will probably be such demand for these loafng places there for saloons. One drink of butermilk does not call for another, and if coffee consumed copiously as beer used to be when there real beer there would be more for prohibiting coffee than there for shutting down malt liquor
 However, there will be demand for open places where groups of men may sit round a table, drink something, play game of cards and gossip This demand may be supplied in part by the churches, though venture to doubt if the frequenter of saloons will be attracted by clergyman's idea of saloon hospitality. The biggest part of the demand, suspect, will be supplied by the saloon themselves, many of whom will sell soft drinks, pro vide amusements and still make little money, they will have no high license fees to pay.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04

Another thing-if there are nC dress problems for the angels to tall about in heaven, what do they tall about?
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-04

America is willing to feed and clothe the world out hopes it will sleep at home.-( Chicago News)