Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-03
Louis Napoleon.

The clever Paris correspondent OF the
New Orleans Picayune gives the follow
ing concerning the two imperial majes-
ties of France:
At the ball given by the Minister of
the Marine the French Emperor was
vigorously teased by lady so well hid
den in her domino and mask his Majesty
could not discover who she was. The
knowledge that her disguise was impen-
etrable made her very saucy--saucy 10 a
degree which surprised his ears. She
questioned him upon all his secrets, not
emitting his amorous enterprises. The
more she talked the greater became his
desire to know who she was; and at last,
after speech which exceeded all the
others in sauciness, he took her hand,
saving: 81 will discover who you are,
for will hold you until you leave the
ball. and so hear the name by which
your carriage is called. She replied,
"I am going now. He offered to
see her to the door. Willingly" she
answered. And by what name shall |
call your carriage p She said: THE car
riage of NJ me Benoiton. " The Emperor
laughed heartily, and confessed he was
foiled. You know NJ me Benoiton is the
invisible woman in Mons. Sardon's last
play.
The Emperor and Empress, and es-
pecially the former, have taken all OF us
by surprise. They have shown the pos
session of musical talents none of us sus-
pected they possessed. At a recent con-
cert at the Tuileries, they made the
artists-who were the brothers Lyonet-
sing Beranger's lie Dieu des Bongs
Gems" and their majesties both Joined
in. Mons. Alary played with great ap-
plause one of Artols most brilliant and
difficult compositions for the violin. The
Emperor went up to him, and while ex-
amining the instrument, which was a
most valuable one, praised Mons. Alary
skill. His Majesty then placed the vio-
lin under his chin, and proceeded to run
through some of the most arduous exer-
cises of the chromatic scale with great
ease, showing that he was a most accom-
plished violin player Nobody suspected
he possessed this talent I'D
He is really very accomplished man.
As a shot with pistol, fowling-piece and
rife, he has few s1periors. He IS hrst-
rate horseman and driver, swims and
rows to perfection, draws and paints well,
speaks English, German, Italian, and
French well, is an excellent Latin scholar
and reads Greek fuently, is professedly
versed in artillery and military history,
which presupposes thorough acquain-
tance with the mathematics, sings well,
plays not only on the piano, but the vio-
lin, we'll, and writes we'll What a pity
it is that the young men, who lounge and
dawdle about hotels, could not be goaded
into better use of their time and money
The French Emperor is training his son in
the same school in which he was taught,
and although the Lad viii lack the stern
master = adversely = which taught his
father such valuable lessons, he will want
scarcely any other He speaks already
English, German and French; he is thor
oughly drilled as a soldier; he is well
trained in the gymnasium he rides,
fences, swims, rows we'll; he is making
good progress in Greek, Latin and the
mathematics he is a tolerable shot with
the fowling-piece. His father wisely
paws particular attention to the education
of the body, which assures that first of
earthly blessings-health, which is no in
considerable step towards the possession
Of talents