| Show NAPOLEON As Sep Seen by His Associates NAPOLEONS EVERYDAY MANNER a nr ur urN firN ON had hul no fixed poro or N studied manner for tOI ordinary oc oe Tho rawness of lit his hili youth yielded to new environment hut but ho lio remained a n erell lute tuie tUI e nf ot oven ovell In the tho ot ut othis his Ills court C t The Tho sine Mine Junot who knew him In lilt his home homo life lito bufore und and hits hili riNe IllIe to II Importance that u a I change tool 1001 Place In III Napoleon on wh when 11 he lie became a II great Brent In lit Paris especially In 10 Kind gaud to 10 attention to In his person To o till tubs thIs she BID recalls n 1 of ot his tinnier days when visiting the home of her mother her Ono One of DC time tho things to 10 which my m tooth moth mother er had hall u a particular dislike was the v L 4 fJ r q r 1 r t t t M 1 M r 1 I v 1 n t a R Ra 4 r ti f r j r a t d t r rI r I r r r ILA F f Ip t t 1 d dI r I I 1 r t I r I 1 t i sr tin c cP P p t yi f k e eH p H J i tf t tM t f M I NAl OLIo iMi or OF TUB 11 AND ANIU KINO KING OP ac ITALY 1111 from Krom a n h by Dinting drAwn dran In ISO smell Kinell nf of vet pt It dirty hoots put nut to the Ihl Mm fire to III dry dr To 10 her hol this smelt was HI Po II dis disgusting gusting that she frequently loft th tM tilt roam loom and nud till did not 1101 return till 1111 the boots had Imd been dried lulu removed from tram the lire fire rut Hut this was WaR follow followed ud by h another n u Im y the tile ti not se hy by the dry sole 1010 to III whIch I 1 have hao also alfo n great Now In those times tulles when tyhon It was wan u 11 1 mutter nutter of ot luxury to 10 ride rilio In u a I It m may y easily en Il be conceived Hint those tho l who iI wit but to pay the tho price of ot a did Illel not nol take lake great de dc delI delight light lI ht in others but hut t sal t l to 10 poll coll their Sh 00 s or boots by II b walking a g My 1 mother ad admitted 1 milled the Justice of the remark but she flip h nevertheless heM held liar her perfumed to her nose none whenever placed Ids his little feat foot upon uron the fender Hi lie at lit length perceived this thin and lind being at that time lime exceedingly I afraid of nC my may III mother hu he prevail upon our maid to 10 brush hrush ills hiM boots boota before he mine came In ht After the tho of ot Oct OctH 4 H soiled 10 11 NI boo boots IB were wore out of ot time the quos never nevel wont wet out but In Inn Inn n II carriage CI Napoleons In the Inner Innel of ot home IH Is variously commented upon by uy those who lio observed 11 him ns IA casual visitors anti and those who served tho the household 11 He lie van wee always extremely polite to everybody says Hn Mlle Mile A III on one ono of oC and never nelor ac no accepted accepted the tho slightest service from mummy ont one him He Ise never addressed his hili own valets except x as nf bin lio passed their helm the II he ho luN bowed to them theme It H Willi last just tine tile Paine samo when the emperor came to 10 we Pee let the empress Hn Ile I I never lImite to us Ul without great Keat flees nei mid and often with great Knat In the time room Napoleon or cc cording lo to Mine Ante Durand lady In wait valt bag to In Maria Marll loul l showed Kay gay Ita and amid If It ho wen aver r ont al at her hll toilet ho he would amuse amulet himself by lIy teasing her pinching her hem neck und and cheeks Did I she ebe object he lie take lake her bar In hla hll firma arms Idas Ides her call her hr great Kroat stupid nil pence would be hl remade He Ito annoyed II II II oell her principal Indies In w In n thousand way It often ottell happened that he lie received an answer hack back nd then ho hn time the and 1111 wan 1115 highlY delight delighted od ed If It he hI succeeded ucc led lIell In making angry one of ot this younger ladles settle somo of or whom were unaccustomed to 10 the tho I he man Hern nors of ot a Il court and who U steed R to say to lO him him things that wets Oln very vely amusing from their simplicity luH IH Is no less lens nays who Napoleon ns nil soldier and A or U II tho time case ove with which In hi hits hll family circle he could coulet become simple and almost fa tn 1 M de prefect of or tho time palace says pays I dare dore that few men In their th lr life have been he en more equable In tem er mol mor kindly In manner the min Inter Ister and a it lifelong political nJ oneill dc de In Iii hit iii private live hive Napoleon wee was simple and often even Inclined to tn spoil oll people He lit plashed pu hits his Indulgence sonic lom times there to the th verue of ot w s sMine Mine Male d II who Is III always among critics gives an nil uncomplimentary view of ot his everyday manner The following extracts ex extracts tracts mire aro taken from her memoirs by hy firs Hoe amid Mr Tobin John Lillie his hi rip pear nt tut public and fetes Mme Mine de tie says nays He lIn could never get Bet over oer the pre pren which witch gave him nn an III II bred air I J am not for tor pleasure ho he mould say nay MR In III a melancholy hoh tone lone Tin The hl empower emperor walked about every wheat preceded hy llY chamberlains who his hll 11 el On hit his ap approach I every eN voice voir was erns hushed hushel no one onn left heft his hlA place piece the Iho Indies stood up waiting for the tho Insignificant and fre fluently remarks which he hI would ni dress to tn them lie tIc never nevor re ro remembered a tI name lIa 11 1 mad and hi his hili first Ques quee almost invariably ivan And AntI will do tin yot 01 call mil There Thero not a 11 present on nil those occasions o who raid did not rejoice when he ht moved sway away from her vicinity reminds mo of ot an nn about One day dl Iho lio wag n tired of or perpetual im mid and a n little annoyed nt al nut 1101 having produced n a more lasting lo to the tho emperors rudely uttered And you who are aro you ou T In III n a 1 sharp tone lone Aire I am nm Kv 1 pr r afterward the time emperor recognized him perfectly After Alter 1806 1800 he almost always dined d alone with tale his wife Ite except when whets the court ourt was wan UM at nt He lie I would then guests to 10 his He lie H had all nil courses of tho Iho dinner placed before him at al once nod ami he lie lute ate without pity pay Int III t OilY any attention to tu his bin food helping himself to whatever was nt at hand He HI had hal not 1101 any tit of lit the delicacy that thatIs Is IA ordinarily Imparted by IJ and education and would make Ids hiM toilet In lit the tho most through fashion Cushion In III the tho pros once ot or any pemon In Inthe time the way uY If h he not Hot Impatient lillo bits bin valet win 1111 him ulna he would fly lly Into a n passion of oC nit nil respect for tor himself or others He Ill oum any 1111 garment that did not lIot picas him Blau on the tho Moor or nr into the tin arc mOIl other habits he ho hued had that 1111 of ot stirring the lie wood tires Ills ids IIII runt foot thereby scorching hubs his shoes and boots Thin hlll generally when lie ho was isas III In n ii passion At t such times tines he lie would violently kick It lek tho Iho blaz 1111 z lug Ing logs lOllS In III the nearest fireplace lie Ile could not beau bear any OilY restraint tumid belim bet g obliged ollI to appear unable affable and andIn it In III a n good goue humor on n a day mid midat nt at a n certain hour wee was n II yoke oke which he lie hastened to shako off ort offlie He lIo never missed an On opportunity of ot carrying out his favorite system HY whIr which vas to 10 keep keI ones rubs what who t ho Imp TIlled l breathless that IH is to 10 say eny anxious On Ou the Intellectual site Mine de Is If forced to confer that Napoleon woe vas most t remarkable and amid andIn In III ordinary limes Indes It was always a II Brent pleasure to lu tome me one to hear him kin talk lolk she Ah says BAYS o n orather ruttier rather Ill IIII r to 10 hear henr him hold mold forth Corth for hit his conversation woo was composed generally at of long not lIot that he be ob oh objected to 10 replies when hen he ho was In III a 1 good goal humor hut but for tor many mn n It t was WAR not always easy e to nn answer him hint lip Ito spoke badly hadly but hUI his bin e wits n pen gen and brilliant Un Ills lent his soil unexpected strength To ro the c wu e x speaks HIn Inks rich and also another enemy rheumy whom Napoleon Ir IrI r mt once mien him tl el r Holder Ci the le I 1 resident of tutu thu directory Conversation with frith him says nays IR 11 Ich always had laud for me min II n Il charm ill III Il to 10 b He ile Utensil listened tn to all 1111 the remarks and objections ad nil addressed dressed dress s1 1 to him without every quitting the lit th tone tulle or 01 the Ih limits halts of ot a 1 dis dlA discussion and nud I never tin lit t difficulty In saying to 10 him what 11 hint I believed to be he Iho hn truth even it I hen It II was mitts not calculated to 10 b please him Holder Johl r Not only Oll did tint II lit o mind a da d with projects iru submitted for tor jn 10 tc of ot state but he encouraged 1 It II Ho lie tab tol tolerated crated everything no could make hint him angry and It II wits was the one who had hod vexed him most whom he gen asked to dinner This Ills phase of Napoleons manner may maybe be he IJ closed clo 11 with the impressions nf or Capt i coma unit the lie En l ng lush shill 1 on board r of n f Which the man Irma who w ho bind bad been hen conquer conquered ed ull at tut Waterloo embarked In lit It Il Ilnay nay may seem Strange says KII S 1 1 tint that an nn h omit should be hf Ix In Ill furor favor of a n ulna man who ha caused such calamities to hits hili country but hut that mull man tad had the po power ct of nt pleas plea ing III to 10 such n degree that dull there lucre arc few CI people who could have haw sat AliI it t table with him blot every ever CI do day for tor near nearly a I a month as nH I did without without n a feeling feeling of regret that a n man endowed with Ith K HI s u many mall t attractive e x should a 1 June hlll it been cal to the Iho state In III which r I saw Paw Sll ham hall Napoleons valet Constant tells of If his hlA masters precipitancy and Impatience tience nt ot table and on disrobing for forthe or the night lie preferred to forks ant scattered hubs his wardrobe like a II child I L lt Next weeks letter lettel will wili be 11 1 e on Oil How Napoleon Stooped for Success |
