Show AT tj f I 1 0 f t M 1 POL 4 f T j Z I 1 3 5 I 1 91 1 NAPOLEONS tomb PARIS apoleon S tomb is spacious grandiose silent A N quarter beyond the eiffel tow er wide shady avenues aie aNe few faw people in them rich new apart ment houses on a na wide ide parade ground old bronze cannon before the palace of 0 f the soldiers home one sees tew ew old soldiers well dressed dignified the pass like shadows sha doNs enter a monumental iron gate pass armed sentries pass a green lawn mount nide steps and stand in a ast bast interior beneath a noble dome man sard built it part of the old veterans church heroic frescoes above abone carved stone all around in the center of the floor i a huge cir cular hole protected b a stone balus trade look down giant angels of victory down there stand against tile the pillars that sustain the floor Bet between Neen them panoplies pan pari oplies ot of molding banners the victories natch batch a great sar copha gus of finland granite gift of czar nicholas writes sterling heilig in the washington star once I 1 was nas near an aged veteran who showed a oung boung soldier around napoleon is entombed really in the historical old soldiers horn home e ot 0 f parts paris balides 1 Iia lides invalid B but ut the sa system stem has changed no new ones en ter and the old have almost died off this one dated from the crimea his father had fought at waterloo and lie he imagined himself and a few fen other glorious old relies relics in some particular wa was to guard the emperor many flags and banners they stood ba b the circling balus trade and looked into the dawning NaN Nning spice of circling victories and sar cop hagus A with the angels are those stands of moldering flags and banners flags and banners and more flags and banners taken in bat tie from all the armies and countries of europe in napoleon s grand cam de descending bending the steps behind the baldachin sou rass the black marble tombs of marshals duroc and bert rand which auard the approach to napoleon the door to the ending crept is massive mashe bronze it w NN wis is opened for roosebelt Roos Roo eielt on his famous visit the door in letters of gold are the words taken from his will 1 I wish N ish that my ashes shall repose on the banks of the settle seine among the french people whom I 1 so loved ile he died at st helena in lie ho was nas not brought back to france until and the generous and grandiose act was done to the detriment of the orleans knast dj nast ast by the gallant oung prince de Joi neville a lounger son ot of the then reigning king louis philippe Joine Nille thus napoleon B r true funeral took place 20 years after his death it was nas tho the most grandiose parade of paris ot of the nineteenth centaur cen tur I 1 found myself with nith the leteran ie teran again before the relies relics Is it true that they belong by I 1 law iann to empress eugenie eugenic asked the young soldier the old fellow fellon was troubled vet eran of the crimea with all his pride loial local to the Bona partes he did not know how honn to answer in truth most of tile the sacred ob ejects had been inherited b hi napoleon con III from members ot of ills his fiall or bought with his onn on money while em geror or presented to hin him personally b third parties it is also true thit they nere 11 ere awarded by the highest french courts to eugenie as napoleon ills widow and under ills his will luei SO 0 scars oars of litigation pr probably she neier con coil templates tem plated taking the more illustrious p pieces c e p pro baby her object wis nias to merell merel al keep vc the Dona pirtist family c claim 1 n 1 ellve belica belong to france certainly she might liano taken the bench beach of st t helena among ga ob ejects that wre bore the ticket belonging Belo Belon neing aing to the emperor 1 I e napoleon III lier her husband in the old alus museum eura of sovereigns and no one would ob eject to her taking the belt buckle of 0 pepin the short and the JeNe leveled led box of st louis bought by napoleon III for francs from the abbe de LS but Eu eugenics Eug enles genies legal rights were acre v too magnificent and immediately after the courts made her final award in 1907 the famous antiquary belche raised a cr before the public acing the historical and intrinsic value ot of the relies relics thus aNar awarded ded to eugenie eugenia no one can look on them without dreaming the are four magnificent moorish saddles embroidered in gold and pearls picked up by napoleon after the battle of 0 the primias Piri and estimated at 20 at a public sale they would bring abone aboe tor for their romantic history art an oriental scimitar gold handled heavill jew aled picked up by napoleon equally in the shadow of tho the PNra pyramids at the beginning ot of his career and woin const constantly constanel antl ba b him estimated at v tor for its material it Is really worth north or perhaps double an amer jean ican they sa offered Eu eugenides genies ian la hers ers a quarter of a million dollars tor for it in 1807 1907 the parade saddle of na I 1 hashing flashing with nith jewels jennels estl esti mated at 30 the american ol of for it then the sacred high glass case ot of all here is the capote gris of 0 the man ot of destin Dest ni his historic battle hati co carde his cross 0 ot f the legion of honor his illustrious gra oer coit coat worn norn at friedland june 14 his aloies his pistols the whole legend ot of the eagle the old veteran dreamed awhile then spoke at last these things belong to france fr ace he said france paid dear tor for them I 1 once san aw a part ot of french bo scouts being shorn the tomb and belics b general anlo director of 0 the museum Iu seum of the arm vie 11 0 were ere donn down n in the cr capt pt before the bronze door lie he Is in there the bois M mi father father saw him said one Eer ENer bod thought he must be mis taken but a timous famous parisian who knett the lad to be of the tamal told us hox how lie he too had been ot of the pirty party when nhen this boj boi a B father and himself were vere taken there general then governor of the in balides took them my ly own on father raised me in his big arms to look tells jean Rl Ri chepin the poet for or it was aa he and I 1 saw the emperor I 1 have never forgotten the sight what Is seen at that age b bi a bos ot of eleven makes a deep impression I 1 can still behold those ees halt half closed the beard slightly grown the face ace of the whiteness of marble on which spread a few fenn spots that looked like bronze nhen hen there mingle in my memory thai thai face of 0 wax nax which I 1 hane hae seen an and d bhoge caes which I 1 hae seen I 1 see th the c c em geror as trul as it if I 1 had known him the face was as for or a time exposed to public view once a ear car august 13 15 tile the fete ete of napoleon Ni N vast crowds passed in fit round and out the upper part of tile the coffin was nas raised and through plate glass tile the man of Dest iriv nas s seen not as sleeping ble but malang aw aking ebes halt half opened just beginning to look up tip this was nias until but it was nas presumed that the bi onze spots threatened injury ant and it was ordered to I 1 bisk isk no more pos possible bible movement tent of exposure to the air even under thick ness ot of plate ilass ho he was nas nenar embalmed embalm ed at st helena lacked the necess jr 3 material so it was nas wonderful that he was vias found untouched by time in fit IS 11 when they brought him back to franco france |