Show I a 5 I I tl v ff J 1 I 1 i x ie I I F i t r rL rF O f fI t I ti tic tir tit 5 i jJ I j ji L 1 i c t r 1 ft I 1 r es t r ues I j t tL 1 i L 1 i t rS eSS eSSI ire iret 1 1 j t I III II I I i jelten 4 i M Mim vv I r ci II i x f J Jr C r ili iliJ 1 S J f 9 Y iii im i f NAPOLEON WORSHIP FINDS FINIS A AI SHRINE IN PARIS Great French Business Man Its High Priest Has Turned His Mansion Into a i Museum of Relics of the Great Emperor and Has Furnished it Through Throughout I out in the Style of the Empire M Wonderful Collection ton Ont ce ceP AHI JU March Mh X Hero worship P has always alwa been a character characteristic of or the th trench ore Ch people peo and their greatest hero bero was w of or Even Iven to today toda today course oura the tb great Napoleon Na day da there 1 I is no tame name that can arouse Frenchman such a aas In the average dere tuna frency Y n of f anti as a that of the theman tb man who fur Cor a time ruled the destinies of o Europe and nd made mad France Franc the greet great greatest 1 est cat 1 pu power r In the world Perhaps that Is ts why hy there are an re In tn Paris so au few tew public monuments to 10 the Ih tint l emperor Of or course ou his h tomb at atthe atthe the Is I th the gnat finest monument In the th world but there then ar are surprisingly few memorials of or him In the streets treet Cautious republican rulers do not nol carto areto are car areto to remind the tb French Krench too often that the th period of their country countr glory was wen when hell It was wu ruled by an autocratic monarch NOTA IE COLLECTION It has hu been left to a private M uI b the th fruit king kin of or orl Prance France l to gather together the most moat notable collection of oC Napoleon and his him hi house hu which hith Is to situated not tar fsr from the th world renowned In a section set tilled with Ith ma mac mansions of or the I h old aristocracy a and residences of or wealthy wealth foreigners who ho have adopted Paris larl as their home homa has haa a veritable Napoleon museum The 11 exterior uC of the building Is ta ii of or the quiet ulet elegance Irn that so domi dominates nates t the majority of or the th one line nn residences residence In franc Iran and one Oil would pas I It by b without more than a casual but bug the Interior Is la truly trul remarkable for Cor in III this Ihl day of republicanism republicanism and the spreading Interest In socialism racialism It ItIs ItI itis Is I lilted fitted out even to 10 the must mot minute detail In the lle style of the Ih Strut first empire Not even the smallest fixture the Ih slightest accessory I la Is of ot the th present I time The first lIt step Ip Is taken ken across aro Its Iw it portals makes maker mak one on feel that the th world has h revolved backward Into the c cd cycle cle of o a hundred years ears n ago 0 The T visitor Immediately breathes the very vl spirit of th gnat enat git at Napoleon and aAd us its he wanders wander around the th many rooms Ith their historic furniture and wes see the tM th great collection of or rare ra articles of this epoch el o h he h almost almot forgets forget that thaI this isa Is fa Isa faa a different owe age 0 and end that Ihal an All emperor and ard rd empress nip and a brilliant court ourt no longer exist FAITHFULLY Bach Lech ch one of or these Ih large end and nd spacious padou rooms r earn l I Is a Ii perfect reproduction of or o th the Iha Napoleonic n period Spa made de wall wallpapers wallpapers papers JI aro am copied from fruit those th In some of or the Ih empei emperors or s many man chateaux and anal the portiere window draperies and nd carpet I et all have hav been faithfully reproduced doted In a like manner There Th Is Cro a It wonderful collection of o old Id prints and steel engravings all relating to tn the thereal great real hero of or Wane France and his ht time lime and nd i I b by the but best artiste of ur that period I which enables one on to vac irate n the too career of or 0 f this Uti wonderful man mun Josephine Juse In all her beauty Napoleon NI orun as Corporal Corporal followed by portraits portrait of ur Marl Marie Louis Loul Louland and the th young oung king kin of or Horns Home all form silent client documents document dO nt In an Illustrious his history hl history tory How Ho familiar to tn everyone elon are re the empire bed with Its It suspended eagle In brass br the elaborately designed and richly colored brocades that fist suggest th Ih the wealth of oC the th east eat the th ornate dressing tables table the th symmetrical al chairs chair with their beauty buty of o workman snip I and nd the candlesticks and nd the lire Are tongs tong ton easing at lit these th the bed t filled as they are with precious g historic furniture one feels el that there Is I almot a II touch of or sacredness In being In such uh clue cloa he communication even ven with the th Inanimate mate mat things thin of o the pastIn past pait In the days de d of many Krench rench I had hd a combination pool and dining table In At M there I is a handsome re reproduction reproduction production of or one ona of or thee th strange tran tables table of or double It Is I th the usual length of or a good Led 1 pool table and over the green felt fell cushion Is I a solid top of or mahogany that can cn b be adjusted or removed at a will demon demonstrating demonstrating traUn the fact that thai Wench economy und and thrift were re nuu much h 11 In evidence even een evenIn evenin In the days dr of o an extravagant court The Th services service rIc of r china and nd silver moat most of or which are treasures treasure that have haven hewn been n picked up u gradually rad ully tae are ar fitting ailing accompaniments accompaniment to the Ih stately furni furniture tore ture In this beautiful and restful room SALON ULON When the salon Inn meets me the th ee eye ct It II Is U with lIh a genuine feeling of or enthusiasm that the tb visitor contemplate the th beauty of or the Ih ensemble Th gilt gill lIt furni furniture furniture ture lur with Its It coverings covering of or old rose to ro satin the th heavy he carpet carpel of o the th tham same am tint lint with a texture Ilk like velvet Ivet the primitive plan piano so quaint In form and ant dainty In style tle and th the many my cabinet tilled filled with lIh treasures all go goto goto 0 to make mke up Ut till the picture Kven riven In the arrangement of 0 thin this beautiful room the Ih mud mode of or the empire has h ha been kept In M mind Visitor lIou to and th alan id rat will readily understand tb Ih the arrangement of o the furniture M x It was wa o In th the Napoleonic reign Finn 11 Matue tal of or th the emperor constantly constant appear apr In III different places lc Perhaps the one nn to attract most moat at attention t I is the th statue Wu of o Na Napoleon N NOlon Napoleon Olon on ort II horseback the work of or Another In tn th the hall haJJ which first lint meets meet the sight on entering catering Is ii I a reproduction of or the large statue at t Cherbourg MANY M TRANG M al Omer was w a noted general nral under Napoleon Na oleon In III the Grande Orande Armee Armes and It la is an Inherited love lov by for the Ih hero of nf the Ih last lut century and nd an n Inborn devotion de to everything pertaining t to the tho Bonaparte family that ha hoe h moved mord his hla hi descendant to tomake tomake tomake make this colossal collection oll Un which has covered a period of or over oer twenty years ear e Indefatigable research has h re rewarded rewarded warded Mr Umer Omer l efforts by unearthing the th most moot curious objects object small mall relics that perhaps are ar the most characteristic of or this epoch h In tn Inthe the II whole collection Two cabinets cabinet contain these the little object There Then are medals medal of or ever description that speak peek of nr conferred honors honora a rare die stamped tI with Napoleons head wear wearIng wearing Ing In a vasque another where he was pictured as a saint and so eo on Many Mn elaborate snuff boxes oos so 0 necessary an n adjunct t to 10 the th man mn of or fashion Chlon tn to the theold theold old court ourt days das III are sheltered In a loom roomy 01 cabinet and the visitor valtor Is Interested In a very small concave ho box showing the cunning running of or the Jeweler for tor this snuff box was w particularly destined for tor the pocket ket of cot the th man mn whose Yoh contour had gained too much prominence A tiny Uny statue of o the th emperor not any taller than an ordinary pin numerous queer Ink Inkstands inkstands stands tand all 1 symbolical l of or Napoleon and many other strange articles are Ar all contained In this wonderful collection cOllon Ita ac In on one of o his hi novel novels most forcibly describes describe the feelings feeling of or the th country people for their emperor It Itan was an adulation and nd reverence that almost lInot amounted to In Idolatry mingled d possibly with a m mysterious awe A that placed d him on un a pinnacle of o the super supernatural natural It ll will be recalled run that thai even ven long after his hi death these the superstitious countrymen would not believe that he hewan het was wan past t recall and an l until their t dying day da were ero ever err on nn the tho lookout for his h huddOn sudden reappearance for or to those tho who were tolling g for or his hla hl return he ho was w not only Invincible but Immortal CURIOS When Wh th the house of nf came cam Into huts power the tha rushed crushed but faithful followers of o the th fallen alien sovereign Wor Worshiped Worshiped In secret rat the memory IMmor of or their Idol fur lur after tr the secession accession to the throne of U Louis Loul It would have h been open treason to have hate ba shown hown any ny for the dethroned emperor no so ninny worn wire the th ways va a that his hi de dehd hd subject took to I knep kp alive Ih their love In fot him Many of ar r three these th c urine url n relate 1111 to tn this period of ur f A gold goldring goldring ring which to tn all appearances Is I sim aim simply ply made mad with a raised rained ral ornamental 11 pier of ur gold Id on un top lap t H a sec ret nt spring which when pressed raises ral the ornamental top tor and nd instantly Napoleon Na Napo Napoleon O leon stands stand erect dressed dred dres ed In it his bl well known coat ont and an l the th large lar e army hat bl Among M I Orner collection of f Inkstand there Ih are ar a number that have h separate sections which auld not be noticed by Ui Ib the uninitiated Here Ilan II too In hidden recesses one on can disc 41 rover cover the formidable emperor In minia minla miniature lure ture Then there ther are vases v that can un unto be hr to taken apart In III which again In ome little recess recer rr one ono sees ee the th Siam same familiar face r CHARLES |