It was business that took Mr. McCormick abroad in 1867 — the advancement of the reaper in Europe and in particular its presentation at the Universal Exposition to be held in Paris that year.
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This was an ambitious undertaking of the Emperor Napoleon III, designed no doubt to bolster his weakening prestige and to divert attention from the menacing European situation. Mr. McCormick hesitated about entering his machines, but finally decided to try.
Meantime, the McCormicks attended a spectacular distribution of prizes on July 1 by the Emperor Napoleon, accompanied by the Empress Eugenie, at which the first Sultan of Turkey ever to leave his shores and the Prince of Wales were guests. Fifty thousand people, Mrs. McCormick wrote, filled a vast hall, colors rioted, bells rang, drums beat. And finally the imperial party walked around the building, the Empress in white satin, radiant with diamonds, gracious — "every inch an Empress," Mrs. McCormick thought.
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