Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-09-03
Pen Pictures of the Celebrities of the Ex-
position.

John W. Forney writes to the Phil
adelp hia Press as follows concerning
the French Imperial family and the
Sultan
The Emperor spoke louder than
NJ. Rouher who is also his Minister
Of state and with considerable ami,
nation and French gesticulation.---
He looked well, though with the pal
Tor OF bis Italian ancestry, and spoke
like man in capital health. His
nose in very prominent, and his eyes,
when lighted up, lose the glassiness
OF which so much is said. He is of
medium height. brown hair, alert, in
his movements, and exceedingly
graceful. Louis Napoleon will be
sixty on the Goth of April next year;
and as | compared him with Prince
Napoleon, who is fourteen years
younger, he looked as if destined to
enjoy more of the coming time than
his cousin the son Of Jerome, The
Empress, who was forty-one on the
9th of May, is very elegant wo>
man, with a contenance eminently
interesting and serene. She carries
her age well. A lady friend says:
"Ihe Empress was attired in white.
White satin almost covered with les
garnttures of illusion and lace, which
on the left side, were somewhat
Topped by bow and sash. On the
left shoulder she wore rosette of
purple and a few folds of the same
color trimmed the waist and skirt
the latter, excessively long, hanging
gracefully and becomingly. White
crown and pendant veil served to
form a suitable completion to a
charming toilette. Her ornaments
consisted of pearls"
The Prince Imperial, who was
eleven on the 10th of March last, is
what the girls would call a sweet lit
tie follow, with the olive complexion
and the face of an Italian; black hair
and black eyes and very graceful in
his movements. When one Of the
trades societies handed the Emperor
a medal for some act Of Kindness, it
fell on the floor before the throne
creating some confusion, the petit
prince and future ruler ran from his
seat and picked up the token, and
handed it to his father in the midst
Of rounds of applause" He wore
red pantaloons and black velvet
frock coat. Prince Napoleon was
startling likeness Of his great uncle,
and as he stood directly before me |
thought | had never seen a more inn
pressive figure. He has grown obese,
and his face wears that settled and
gloomy look peculiar to the First
Consul. There are stories of alicna>
ton between the two cousins, but as
the Prince is now here presiding at
the commission forth Unification of
the Currency Of the World, and was
present yesterday, they cannot mean
much. | find, however, that he has
quite a party at his back, and is gen
orally conceded to possess cultlva~
ted and enquiring mind. He takes
a great interest in the progress Of
the substantial arts, and is known to
be more democratic than the Empe-
ror but then, as the French shrewdly
have it, "the ruler is always the con.
servative-it is the candidate only
who can afford to be radical" The
Sultan is fine looking person-short
stature, portly presence, full black
beard and a clear eye-and was
dressed in blue frock coat, richly
embroidered with gold. AS the ex-
pectants of imperial honors APP
preached the throne, the assembled
thousands, attired in their best, with
the blended fashions of all nations
old and new, Oriental and European
the costumes of the military made
more dazzling in contrast with the
dark colors of the clergy-the great
orchestra, laundering it's loud, yet
well concerted harmories; the birds
twittering in the foliage Of the gar
dens; the banners of all countries, the
"stars and stripes" shining out, to
my eyes at least, from all the rest
like an angelic emblem rescued from
the fiend of rebellion-it was a sight
worthy of the poet and the painter,
and | abandon the attempt at de.
lineation.