Evening star., 1933-09-17

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any gown at all, dress in that day being chiefly
an aid in setting of charms of advantage"
EW of the contemporary papers even men,
toned the wedding, and it was with diff
Guilty that the following announcement was
located in the Federal Gazette and Baltimore
Daily Advertiser of December 81 1903:
Married on Saturday evening last. by the
Rev. Bishop Carroll, Mr.. Jerome Bonaparte,
youngest brother of the first consul of the
French Republic, to Miss Elizabeth Patterson,
eldest daughter of William Patterson esq, Of
this city,
Yourg BOnaparte and his bride started out
upon honeymoon and among the places they
visited was the Federal Capital where Jerome
is recorded as having stopped at the old Union
Hotel just the other side of Rock Creek, in
Georgetown where Louis Philippe, another
noted Frenchman, stopped upon one or more
occasions while he was exiled from his native
country. Here Nine Bonaparte entered into
the activities of Washington's gay society and
probably went them one better if early re-
ports are true. Indeed, upon one OCCASION in
1904, according to Mrs. Samuel Harrison
Smith, she almost created riot by the scanti-
ness of the costume worn by her at select
party given in her honor. OF this event. Mrs.
Smith says:
But of Nine. -, I think it no harm to
speak the truth She has made great noise
here, and mobs of boys have crowded around
her splendid equipage to see what hope will
not often be seen in this country an almost
naked woman. An elegant and select party
was given to her by Mrs. Robert Smith. Her
appearance such that it threw all the
company into confusion, and no dared to
look at her but By stealth. The shutters being
left open, crowd assembled around the win
dows to get look at this beautiful little crea-
ture, for every one allows she is extremely
beautiful. Her dress was the thinnest sarcenet
n,,1 xrt,tt
in it, made without single plait in the skirt,
the width at the bottom being made of cores;
there was scarcely any waist to it and no
sleeves; her back part of her waist and her
arms were uncovered and the rest of her form
visible. She engaged the next evening at
Nine. F.'s. Mrs. r. Smith and several other
ladies sent her word if she wished to meet
them there she must promise to have more
clothes on
Miss Phoebe Morris who was guest at the
White House in 1912, summarizes Nine. Bona
parties beauty in the following words, written
to her sister Rebecca, in Philadelphia:
How wish you could see Nine. Bonaparte
in all her splendor of dress and all the attrac-
tions Of beauty I think I never beheld
human form so faultleSs. To the utmost SYM
metry of features is added much vivacity,
such captivating sweetness! And her sylphic
form, thinly veiled.' displays all the graces Of
Venus. She appears particularly lovely in
fine crepe robe of a beautiful azure color inter-
woven with silver. In this attire she is truly
celestial, and it is impossible to look on any
one else when she is present"
CXTREME happiness is usually Of brief dura-
l. tion and SO it was not long before the
vision of eternal bliss and heavenly joy began
to fade away, when Napoleon refused to recog-
niZe the alliance and even ordered his brother
home in French vessel. where no place would
be provided for Miss Patterson" as he chose
to call her. The other members of the family
seemed perfectly satisfied with the marriage
and offered no objection, as will be seen by
an interview recorded as having taken place
on March IA, 1904 between Lucien Bonaparte
and Robert Patterson through an interpreter,
in which the former said:
Tell Mr. Patterson. and let his father know,
that our mother, myself and the whole family,
with one voice and as heartily as do highly
approve of the match The consul it is true,
does not for the present concur with US, but
he is to be considered as isolated from the
family. Placed the lofty ground which
he stands as the first magistrate of a great
and powerful nation, all his actions and ideas
are directed by policy with which we have
nothing to do We still remain plain citizens,
and as such, from all We have learned of the
young ladys character and the respectability
of her friends, We feel highly gratifed with
the connection. They should not in the least
be hurt by the displeasure of the consul
myself although of an age to be my own mas
ter and occupying distinguished places under
the government have also. by my late mar
riage incurred his displeasure, so that Jerome
is not alone"
Jerome did not care to comply with his
brothers orders. to the letter, for above every
thing else he wanted to take his wife along
with him At least that the outward
impression he conveyed
Therefore, to embark in a French vessel was
out of the question, and so, toward the end
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phia in vessel named for the City Of
Brotherly Love. bound for Cadiz. Spain. To
add to their troubles, in passing down the
Delaware the ship was driven ashore off LeweS