Salt Lake Herald | 1891-04-21 | Page 2 | Prince Napoleon's Daily Life

Prince Napoleons Daily Life I Anecdotes of the late Prince Napoleon are finding their way to the light of newspaper news-paper publication that are to say the I least of interest Tho prince it is observed ob-served especially prided himself on his likeness t his great ancestor Napoleon I j whom he always called tho emperor thus ignoring tho Emperor Napoleon IlL I He kept his face clean shaven to farther the resemblance and arranged his hair in similar style while when he received apolitical a-political deputation the prince was invariably inva-riably found leaning against the mantelpiece mantel-piece in a studied Napoleonic pose On less formal occasions he preferred to lounge in an armchair or on some oriental divan with his head thrown back and his legs crossed In this easy position he would I talk with his intimate i friends for hours I speaking slowly with pauses between each sentence and choosing every word carefully I care-fully He smoked perpetually and was very fond of billiards having a large bill iard room in his house in the avenue DAntin where he lived from the fall of tho empire until exiled from France His rooms were filled with Napoleonic relics particularly arms and miniatures while portraits of the great Napoleon covered the walls Since his final exile in 18S6 the princes real home was at Prangins on the Lake of Geneva between Lyons and Riolle a long low white house in the midst of a small park the remainder of the estate having been sold Hero he passed a most secluded existence with yachting for his only recreation He cared little for the pleasures of the table and hurried over his meals I