Show r t I r I I Beauty eau Secrets o of Famous Women omen I B By Andre Dupont l f F T Copyright 1913 by The t Publishing Co VANITIES OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE th the friends s of the widow of ot WHEN the do de heard that she had married again the they were greatly surprised that her choice had fallen upon a man so little known as that young army of officer tIcer Napoleon Bonaparte Josephine was then over 33 years 4 y 4 rut f r h i. i 1 r t JOSEPH old and in the ripe prime of ot ner beauty Her features were d delicate her expression particularly sweet sweat and her manners charming Sho She was born bornor on or the Island of Martinique At 16 she married the de Beau Bea He lo lost t his lIt life In tho the revolution revolution revolution revo revo- lution and Josephine J herself but narrowly narrowly narrowly nar nar- c escaped ed the scaffold A Pew few years late she sho married Napoleon Bonaparte Bona Bona- parte Josephine as the wife of ot the tho victorious vie vic general was courted and feted fete n x s r e c r y a i Y 1 J t rl K Y i 1 LOT O I. I both by arm officers and ond diplomatists She bhe C was frivolous and fond of or ft and nd her coquetry gave C her ner illustrious Illus- Illus iri us husband many a Jealous twinge She one e had a sweet voice danced most r gracefully and sang sans wi with tb ex expression pr on Hb er et teeth were wore uel ugly and lark colored but her Iier mouth was very verv small and ancI V when on aho abe laughed she always held a fan tan or lace handkerchief In front of t tI I it so the teeth were ver very little noticed d. d Her complexion was rather dark but with the help of ot rouge and powder skillfully applied she remedied that defect Two things are Ioro ver very becoming to women Napoleon Nopoleon once said rouge and tears Poor Ioor Josephine never forgot to put on her rouge and It Js is certain the man manof manof manor of or destiny gave her man many an opportunity opportunity opportunity for tears Sho She learned wh e c she Bhe was Jn n Ita Italy to use a wash called Tincture of Pearl for her complexion as this was much esteemed by the ladles ladies of ot Milan lilan It was made of halt half a pound of or tho the best Spanish oil soap scraped Yer very cry fine and put Into a gallon of Bolling boilIng bollIng boll boll- Ing water When this was cold a aquart aquart aquart quart of ot spirits of oC wine and half halt an ounce of ot oil of oC rosemary were added It seems a very er strong sort of cosmetic cosmetic cosmetic cos cos- and I do tIo not go on record ns as advising advising- It But we are aro assured that it did wonders for the complexion Napoleon made himself emperor But when Josephine knelt hImat him himat himat at Notre Dame and was crowned empress empress empress em em- press she knew that his relatives s were trying to undermine her position and that his ambition had already allowed him to consider seriously the tho question of oC divorcing divorcIng- her But she let nothing o of oC f all this appear and outshone all nil tho the young oung and love lovely women by whom she was surrounded She Sho had nd almost a genius for tor dress and at tho the coronation coronation coronation corona corona- tion was arrayed In a no robe of ot rose colored colored tulle spangled with silver stars and cut very low according to the fashion of ot th the day Her headdress headdress head head- dress ress consisted of a a. great number of diamond wheat ears Josephine was passionately fond of or perfume particularly of ot the odor of ot musk And It Is said that the rooms of whither she retired after the divorce were permeated permeate l with the scent for many years subsequent to her death A toilet water called Angel ngel Water Vater was said to have been a great groat favorite of hers It was made of or orange flower water rose and myrtlo myrtle water mixed together with musk mURk and nd ambergris and was used in the Lath tho |