Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
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The Dead Ex-Empress.

The death of Eugene, the FORMER
lmprcss of France, at 81 may be eakeh
~ mean that grief and sorrow do no1
l,,,c one IN the end before his full time.
No woman ia the worlds recent history
ever reached loftier heights OF triumph
,,d achievement than this httle, oid
1ad, who died in Spain on Sunday. AS
.,rl she was the most beautiful IN Europe,
,pd the most accomplished perhaps IN
,sing her remarkable beauty 10 guide her
INTO tho highest seats OF the sociai migh'y.
Ilcr parentagc and the exact status OF
h.r h,r,h ucrc so obscure that she was
,aidb one report TO have descended trom
a Sn,nish noble family another declared
her mother was an American. She was
,ohoay to Royalty Her beauty, how
cv., soon brought her 20 the notice Oh
Nanoleon III. who AZ once proposed that
she become another Maintenon. but on
her declining the offer decided 10
MARI, her and 70 do 50 20 break with ms
s,,ecthcart a dccislon that required the
greatest possible sacrifice OF affections
q both
rmnress Eugene AZ once became the
central star IN the social armament Oh
l,urnpe and for forty wears was notaoie
figure among old world royalty WIN the
overthrow az the Empire. when the frus-
s,.ns defeated her husband. she was com
nelled 10 flee France for her life soon
after her husband passed away and three
or four wears later her son, the frlnce
Immortal was killed in Africa where ne
was serving the British IN the suppress
s,on IL the Zulu uprising.
Indeed. one woe followed 50 cioseiy
unon the heels of another that there
seemed for her naught but overrnastering
sorrow and tears Eugenie, who as me
special honored guest Of the sultan oi
turkey had worn 8 s35. 900 costume at the
hall in homer Of the opening Of the NueE
canal was later compelled 70 SEND the
eovyn 20 the United States 70 raise I'M
mediate money directly after her Tight
perhaps her deepest distress was caused
bv the living propaganda issued by Berlin
a. shield Bismarck; il declared tha' 'h'
hcantiful empress Of the Third Napo'eoI
had plunged her country into war "
satisfy some whim and II the news oi 'ile
crushing Of Germany in the recent wal
broueht her the first real thrill OF JOY sh'
had known for hall a century she Is Z
A. na,ao,ed. hers must have been sweet
s,lace when she walled upon hearing OF th'
surrender az the hun: "Oh, if Napoleon
were here 20 see 1t!
Eurenie seemed 70 have lost every
,h,,, h,, her large fortune and her low
of helping others; she gave generously
charities and the afflicted. In her year
~ aeepest sorrow her charm and beaut.
seemed 10 be slow TO dim and TO many sh
secfned 10 be the outstanding exampe
the exception TO the rule that griei sickeh
and kills AS her SORROWS multiplied th
little old woman, finding her way apou
with halting gait, with all the cro"oih
memories Of the golden past before mel
drew more closely 20 the church an
rpent many Of her later days in commun
ION with the Father and through thi
trusting. this faith. she rose above he
troubles and her grief was silenced an
buried by love for her fellowman as eA
pressed IN her broad charities and he
sympathy and cooperation with all goo
works.
Marie Eugene lgnaee Augustine q
Noutijo's life sounded the depths c
sorrow and journeyed into every path
pleasure and happiness; she wept NOR
and reioiced more than any other woma
of modern days. After pleasure had he
and the burden of grief seemed TO be ove'
~helming she found the comfort and al
mranoe in the promises Of the Scripture
that sustained her almost quarter OF
century beyond the three score years an
,en allotted by the Psalmist as the da,
OF man.