Show k I 1 BED DID LOUIS USE PAINT ZOLAS CHARGE THAT NAPOLEON PAINTED HIS FACE 1 she rhe xo say says the emperor made use of kongo rouge at the battle of sedan the statement 0 by eminent au an dhority did lie ito turn green on the declaration of war a against prussia troth both MM MU do Cassa cassagnau Cassag glac nac I 1 and find mitchell threw down their pe pensifor pens liffor for the sword and enrolled themselves as vol Tin teera in the first zou aves C S both were personally known to the Imp emperor eror napoleon napoleo a III who saw them almost every day and find now these two distinguished I 1 authorities havo have come forward to traverse the inference suggested by 31 E emile mile zola in la debacle that napoleon III at sedan had resorted to a cosmetic to impart unnatural to his complexion 31 zola describes describe S the emperor as having glowing cheeks checks and adds assuredly ho lie had his face painted M do cassagnau Cassag nao lias has emphatically stated that during his close association with napoleon before the battle ho he never noticed a of paint on tile imperial countenance and in thia this denial ho be is corroborated by 31 robert mitchell who declares his certainty that the then ruler of the french people used no pigment whatsoever during the opera eions leading to the capitulation of sedan the question although altho intrinsically unimportant is very curious inasmuch as this is not tho the first time that tho tile change of complexion of tho the son of queen hortense ortense II has been made a matter of public discussion the anonymous writer of that most entertaining medley the englishman in paris who first met prince louis napoleon at the hotel du rhin paris in 1048 1848 has I 1 plenty to say about the personal appearance of the then pretender to the french throne he describes his heavy licau brown mustache liia his thin lank hair his line nose anil anti gr grayish ish blue eyes and tile general beneral impression which the features of the prince gave him of being a ila habitual opium eater and opium eaters are I 1 1 I 1 assuredly I ssu not aa is a rulo rule persons of a ruddy tint 11 jokingly kingly enough cheeng lish lishman manbas has nothing to say touching the princes complexion at this stage of his career uie late mr kingslake kinglake King lake e lias has on tho the other hand a great deal to state touching the facial hue of the third napoleon in his prologue to the history of the tile crimean war the writer describes tile emperor as apt on days of great peril to turn facially green and on this ci circumstance ir cum stance lie founded tho the opinion that the emperor either at tho the period of the coup or oe on subsequent occasions as momentous did not so far as could be judged from froin his appearance suggest the conclusion that ho lie was a man of exceptional courage cun rage it is said indeed that when napoleon III read the first volume of mr King Ring lakes histo history ry lie observed avith a smile to one of his confidants fi fid ants I 1 this pointing to the sea green passage Illin must st havo have been written by a woman and anti english french journalists of the period did not scruple to insinuate that mr King lakes strictures on the personal appearance of the emperor were d 1 I no to tho the inspiration of an egeria well known in parisian society who hated the third emperor as bitterly as tho the first one had been detested by mme ame de do the authority however of the historian of the crimean Crime anwar war was naturally so highly 1 valued in england that tho the story of the emperor turning green on days of battle or revolution obtained universal credence and to some extent it was used to bolster up the absurd accusation cusa tion of personal cowardice which the ultra republicans constantly brought against their imperial foe it remained foran for an illustrious english surgeon not long deceased to point out the indubitable verity that a man has no command over his blood although by the exercise of his will he has every command over his muscles meanwhile it must bo be frankly admitted that in circumstances of emergency the features of napoleon III did assume a peculiar hue the color was certainly not ruddy nor was it swarthy or sallow it was a curious leaden gray but that such a leaden gray had haa nothing to do with tho the emperors capacity for incurring danger without wavering there is on record first the observation of the distinguished english medical man nian to whom allusion has been made and next to the personal testimony not by any means exclusively that of MM de cassagnau Cassag nac and ani 11 mitchell itchell of people who had bad constantly constad 0 aly been close lose to tho the emperor and who had observed his physical mien from tho the early stages of ids career to its mournful and inglorious close he ile was undoubtedly as s brave aaris uncle the great napoleon apon I 1 who by the way was freau frequently antly accused in tile Engli sli press of being an abject coward the harum barum biarum adventure of strasburg and the madcap escapade at bou logue showe i that poltroonery was not among his bier shortcomings and although mr kinglake kingslake King lake would have us believe Napo napoleon III turned greenaa green at Sol fermo i no and magenta there is plenty of evidence from oyo eye wi messes who were near to the emperor throughout those momentous battles to show that whatever tint the face of the emperor took it waa was certainly not a verdant one As to sedan there is the fi artber testimony of princess mathilde WID i declares that she never told any one that the emperor was iu in the habit of using cosmetics since the tile appearance of M X zolas statement she has questioned persona persons who were at tho battle and they all assert that the le legend is absolutely false falie tho the princess adds ill 1 I cannot believe that oven even with a good intention he lie could have employed that actors trick under such grave gravo circumstances london telegraph in greece the an priests egts sell sick charms consisting of pieces of paper on which is written ritten the tile name of the disease from which the person is suffering and thesa these aro nailed to the door of the chamber |