Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-08-14

JEROME NAPOLEON BoNAPARTE, OF BALTI-
MORE, AND HIS SoN.-It is on the invitation of
the Emperor and Empress that these two
members of the family have come into Eu-
rope. Their stay will not exceed two months.
Perhaps, however, the son, who is lieuten-
ant in the army of the United States, will re-
main in Europe and go to the theatre Of war
in Turkey. 1t has been rumored that he has
manifested desire to serve in the French ar.
my; but the young man himself says that this
is not true. AS to his father, it is not from
personal ambition that he has come to Paris.
Mr.. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte is proud of
his title of American citizen he is wealthy,
is the head of numerous family, and does
not NEEDLE with the political affairs of Eu-
rope. Our readers no doubt remember that
he is the SON of Prince Jerome and of Mrs
Elizabeth Patterson, of Baltimore, whom the
Prince married in 1903, when he visited the
United States.
The Emperor Napoleon refused to recog-
nize this marriage, and he annulled it by de-
cree but Pope Plus VII. refused to sanction
or ratify that decree. Tie wife of the Emper-
ors brother was not allowed to enter France
She retired to England where her son, Jerome
Napoleon, was born i'll Chamberwell, 1906
The Baltimore citizen is, then, at present in
his 49th year. His son, who has passed his
examinations at the military school at West
Point, is % years of age. One of the passen-
gers of the Franklin, the steamer in which the
two Bonapartes arrived, has told us that they
caused themselves to be generally remarked
during the voyage by their modesty, the SIM
plicity of their costume, and their desire to
remain unpercaived in the crowd.
The father is living portrait of the Emper-
or Napoleon l., as represented by the painters
and sculptors. He is very tall, has dark
complexion, black hair and expressive eyes,
The son is still taller than the father, but he
has not the family air. His mother was Miss
Williams. of Baltimore. Mr.. j. n. Bonaparte
was carried by Mrs. Patterson to the United
States, and there received an excellent edu-
cation. On leaving the university, he studied
law, and was admitteteian advocate in the
State of Maryland.
His private fortune has been increased by
that which his wife brought him and by a leg
acy Of Cardinal Fesco uncle of the Emperor
The present is not the first time that Mr.. Bon
aparte has visited Europe. In 1927 the ex-
King jerome received him at his palace at
Florence with the greatest marks of affection.
Mrs. Patterson, whose divorce was ratified
and regularized by law of the legislature of
Maryland, visited Paris after the return of the
Bourbons in 1916. Her peculiar position and
the affection which she retained for her hus-
band, though separated from him, attracted to
her the sympathies of the first families in Par
is. Madame de Genlis, who has devoted some
pages TO Mrs. Patterson III her memoirs, con-
ceiyed great affection for her Mrs. Patterson
still lives in the State Of Maryland, ha ply in
obscurity, and without regret for the rank she
has lost. Her brother, Mr.. George Patterson,
is one Of the richest farmers in Maryland
Mr.. Bonaparte has occupied himself good
fIlrn nd
In agriculture he is practically experienced,
and has obtained unprecedented results
The two American Bonapartes have been re-
ceiyed at the Tulleries and St. Cloud in the
same way as other princes of the family
Steele.