Show i i iI I Beauty Secrets of I F Famous Women I II I I arnOus VV I II I I 7 By r Andre Dupont l I 1 t t Copyright 1312 1512 by the Press Ire Publishing company PAULINE BONAPARTE'S BATHS r T TT T n I I w ahn h hith th tn- tn b u X W y q d tho Princess c i Pauline Paulino i nG rs as TT she entered tho room room that had boen been prepared for foi her in her brother- brother laws in house where sho he was to stay but ono one night en en route on her trip to Marseilles Monsieur Leclerc the brother in informed her hr with man many apologies that it had failed to arrive For Tor those were the days das of or portable baths the houses of ot the period not being fitted with appliances ap ap- ap- ap s for fOI cleanliness The Princess pointed to the beautifully fun fully frescoed ceiling It doesn't matter she Rhe said paid You Yon Youcan Youcan can Just make a few tew holes up there thure and andI I can have tho the I milk I cant can't possibly miss misa m my shower bath It is necessary for my health I And the law ln had to ruin his ceiling so 80 that tho spoiled beauty could havo have h her r bath For Paulino Pauline Bonaparte was as S a 11 a very Yen great lady In In those days das the tho favorite sister of ot tho the emperor th the wife wite of the tho Prince Borg- Borg heso hese and creat created d by her brother the tho Duchess This girl who In early life had known years jears ears of at pinchIng pinching pinching pinch pinch- ing poverty before the phenomenal rise of ot Napoleon mended tho the fortunes of ot tho family had become one of tho most luxurious women She spent great sums sums- on ori her wardrobe her hor perfumes and andi her hel toilet articles while her costumes were tho the talk of ot Paris Pauline Paulino was vcr very vain But ahe can scarcely scarcely- be he blamed for that that as as from h hoi her r childhood d every one had haa pral praised ed edher her beauty which undoubtedly was re re- Even her enemies could find little f fault with her appearance Mme Ducr Ducrest st who had good reason to dislike her wrote She was was the most lovely 10 woman I ever saw There was not the slightest Impe imperfection r In h her her- r. r face to which was i j Iti i t 4 f Jw ii i i r PART most se- se Joined an ari elegant figure and She he was as an incomparable able ablo beauty 1110 was was tw twenty one ent one she marr married mar mar- r ried I e General g one of Napoleon s iI I t 11 0 r 1 t jf Q T q IW E. E Et brother officer and aud went with him to St St. Domingo o. in spite of ot her frivolity and love Jove e of admiration Paulino possessed pos pos- sess d n a a brave heart healt Tho The negroes re revolted revolted re- re and massacred the whito resl- resl enc Jence nce The Tho General General- ordered his wife Ire and Infant t son to take refuge refuse on one ono of ot tho the warships In lu the harbor but Lut Pauline uline nuHne refused to leave c her husband saying saving I 1 am m in no Bonaparte's aparte's sister I am nm afraid of ot n nothing General dl died d' d and Pauline re returned re- re tur turned d it v where hero in a a- year time lime sIe married m tho the Italian Prince Borghese Borg Borg- or hese heHe But sho soon separated from him and lived d a a life aa au a n. grass rass widow The prince sef to been an nn amiable amiable amiable ami ami- able enough h gentleman n but he ho had tho tim misfortune to hors bore his wife wife- She Sho al- al way referred to him as that idiot Tho beauty of or her complexion is said to have o been due to her milk mille baths lay clay la she sho took a sponge bath of at hot milk and a a. shower sho of ot cold milk Then she had a small quantity of perfume perfume perfume per per- fume sprayed on tho the skin or her bod body rubBed with aromatic vinegar A fa- fa orilo orHo recipe of at the Ute time was composed of ot rosemary lavender sage mint taint mixed spices lemon verbena and camphor camphor cam cam- each ono ounce mixed with a n. aquart aquart quart or of white vinegar and a wino glass of both myrrh and benzoin These ingredients were ero allowed to stand for tor fora tora a n month when a n. most refreshing perfumed por- por fumed ru d vinegar was tho the result With her law ln both of ot Naf Na- Na f 0 successive wives Paulino was WS always at swords swords' points She was ex- ex Jealous of Josephine Josephine's s grace Krac and beauty and did her hr best to outshine her In ir every cery wa way lIar Her chief Idea In in- marrying the Prince nor was that then s sh sho e would have o a bettOr better position In than Josephine who was only the wife ot of the tho First Consul She arrayed aI herself arrayed herself in hi ir-a- ir a IJ magnificent toilet of ot green velvet and glittering r with Jewels and accompanied by her bet new d 8 Q went to to call ou 1 Icons wife to crush her by her mag maS' But the pr pretty creole was too clever clevor for for- her She received Pauline Paulino In a room hung huns with blue that completely complete killed tJ tho effect of ot her green gown white while her w o-w own n dress was of ot white which h thi the han hangings and furniture coverings COy cov made mad only onh t the c more effective Pauline was no moro more amiable to Marie Mario Loul Louke e wife of ot Napoleon Na Na- She was not not- Jealous of at Marie Louise's Louises appearance as al she had been of ot Josephine for tor tho the Austrian princess had hid no pretensions to to good looks eXcept ex except eX- eX excellent health Sho She was awkward awkward awk awk- ward and rather stupid But she sho was tho tIto daughter of or a king which was sufficient sufficient suf sut- grievance So Pauline made fun of lot her and Insulted Intuited insulted In In- her In every way nay she dared even putting out her ton tongue u when the empress as W wasn't nt t l looking g. g Napoleon had to banish her from court for a a. while until she promised better behavIor beha |