Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-09-01 | Page 8 | Tragic Document Bequeaths Race Relics of Past

Tr Tragic gic Document Bequeaths Rare Relics of Past S Napoleons Napoleon's Card Case Eugenie's Eugenie's Eugenie's Eu Eu- genies genie's Shawl Figure in Will of Actress Who Was Scion of Ruler NEW YORK Sept 1 A A tragic document was filed lIed today In Manhattans Manhattan's prosaic surrogates surrogate's court It was the last testament of Countess Josephine de Cast granddaughter of a 11 king and grandniece grandniece grandniece grand- grand niece of Napoleon III emperor of France Its yellowed pages disposed of an estate of less than 1000 but were redundant redundant redundant re re- re- re of the declining glory of Napoleons Napoleons Napoleon's Napoleons Napoleon's Na Na- empire th the of the international in stage in the nineties and the gray forgotten years of a noble widow The countess was part of all 1111 this She was born in a palace at 21 Rue de Paris in 1864 She made madean an eminent stage career in England and America with Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry And she died last December in Metropolitan hospital hospital hos hos- pital a city institution Shot through her testament is the memory of her early days In the Imperial Im tin- penal court of France and to the consort consort con con- sort of the deposed house of Bonaparte Bonaparte Bona Bona- parte Princess Marie the countess left her most precious pos pas session It Is th the Guipure shawl which used to belong to the Empress Eugenie Eugenie Eu Eu- genie wife of Napoleon III with which she protected the shoulders of the Countess Josephine's Josephinc's mother mother- of late afternoons in the gardens of St. St Cloud four months before the countess countess coun coun- tess was born Another cherished heirloom went to the brother of Princess Princess' Marie Marje to whom Countess Josephine referred fondly as the little Prince Napoleon It Is a leather embossed and painted card case carried by Napoleon I at atthe atthe atthe the battle of or Jena one of his greatest victories Not forgotten in the countess countess' will were her friends of the stage and ald various various va va- rious charitable institutions that helped her ber in her declining years Her good intent was robbed of its effect however by an unfortunate speculation specula- specula tion ion This paragraph In her will sets up an involved serIes of bequests based upon the hope that her shares of stock in Venezuela Speculations Inc would reach a n handsome handsom total This Is Isun unlikely un un- likely to be realized however according according ac ac- ac cording to her attorney Alfred AUred Byrne who filed the will