The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-30
PRINCE louis NAPOLEON
The Bdecat,on OF the Hoy for WHOM the Once
splendid EuReaie Lives.

Prom ne L0ntion rruah
remember seeing tho Prince Imperial
whom no was a boy Of twelve having veloc-
ison Of the Doctorj on tie private terrace OF the
Tuileries; Young Oonneau already q true
cOurter, hold in his hand 80 that the Prince
might not be defeated in public; but in slacken-
ing speed he gave his bar too sharp jerk so
vohice and both velocipedes rolled on the
ground with their riders. The merry way In
which Napoleon III g heir laughed az no scram-
bled to his feet and assisted his friend to rise
stamped him as a good natured boy. He takes
after his mother In sweetness OF temper. All
who have ever approached him. either during
his fathers reign or since his exile, have boon
struck by his sunny face. great intelligence. and
He was born a very delicate child, and had to
be nursed with the utmost care tn he was 10
years old. His nurse was an English woman
enjoined to speak to him always In their re-
spective tongues. while his mother addressed
him IN Spanish, so that the boy grew up 70 be 2
in four languages when he was a. and he spent
MANY Of the long hours. whom he had to remain
which treated Of his great-uncle's battles. He
preferred this literature 10 any other. and be-
came OF . rather Sellicose mood In Sops S
young connoau n the broad Corridors 'Si
q doting love. would have spoilt him; hut
his mother, wiser n her 9iJectiop, insisted
years old he was appointed corporal in the I'm
sSerseaHsp FSr having VINE hs tho y Ems
caused his stripes to DO taken away from him.
and he was reduced to the ranks for whole
Tor no was very fond OF showing of his uniform
before the children who wore invited to the
palace 70 play with him Once by the by. a
chile Of the actor Fechter was among his guests.
and tho Prince. having quarrclled with this
brat. gave him n slap on the face Fechter was
hufed when he heard OF the affair. and de-
cined to let his boy 20 to tho Tullorles again.
., He was under the tutorship OF French pro-
the DISADVANTAGE Of being egregiously vain.
This gentleman had taken into his head that
he would make OF his pupil philosophical
maxims which seemed derived from Rousseaus
Bmile." One day alta Court dinner tho Prince.
having been admitted ~ dessert. stupened the
WHOLE table by saying TO an Austrian Archduke:
- TOUs area les bi6es de PdHcien regime. Prince:
nais elles ont fat leiT temps. lie peuple est un
The Emperor felt bad. rs an American would
say. and requested the philosophical tutor to
go and preach his maXims elsewhere. Tho
his lessons that being asked soon aiterward
what disguise ho would wear ut q fancy dress
elected TO appear ms Masaniello. The Emperor
and Empress agreed to humor his wish, be-
cause, IA they judiciousy observed. nothing
was to be gained by making believe that his
first tutor had put foolish notions into his head
They gave him, hoyeyer. as his second tI ,,1a
about philosophy that he would probably have
spelt ii with an t.
Con. Prossart is the warrior who cut such q
poor-yery poor-ngure at the battle Of For
bach. He was a clever strategist on paper. and
decent scholar all round but he was at the
parsonage. whom the Prince never liked. I
saw them together In 1869, when tho Prince
went with his mother on political trip to Cor
sica. While they stood on the platform OF tho
Lyons railway station. where crowds were
cheering. and loyal Mayors were presenting
to lis pupil we Take S1 soar hat P' pS Your
hat on" Bow TO tho gentleman" DC.
The Prince, who knew very well what TO do.
looked profoundly bored. and ended by walking
OF TO get nearer to- his mother leaving Frossart
In tho lnrch: To give the Prince some emula-
| ton in his studies. the Emperor allowed young
| Louis Conneau TO DO educated with him. Con-
neau's fnthsr had been the Emperor's closest
| friend during his captivity at Ham. and was
chiefly instrumental In abettlng his escape from
that fortrees. The Emperor never faltered in
his gratitude for this service, and he wished his
| son TO make tho friendship hereditary. II has
| become 40. for Louis Conneau is to this day
Prince Louis Napoleon's most trusted friend.
than one U afont in his boyhSod for nth the Rm
peror had SO many enemies that chances Of
bS P9nss, tSe ee5 q sSs
button OF prizes held in the Sorbonne. after the
| Concours General OF all the public schools. A
| son OF Gen. Cavaignac happened TO be among
| the prize winners. and his name was called e
come and receive his books from the Princes
! hand but at this moment tall lady. dressed In
black. rose among the reserved soats. and
WIN a,h,i an .imReriSgs rRfiSe This was Nine
| Cavaignac who thereby sought to pay on
,he son OF the man who had sent her hus-
band into exile. The affair made an inn
| mcnse noise but the Prince remarked rather
| pitnily: IL seems. then, that yousg Cavatgnac
WISHED 10 acl 2 comedy Tor he must haSe Known ,H
Prince Imperial. going TO the Bots de- Bouogne
| IN carriage. SAW boy tumble OIL the box seat
| Of cab, He ordered his carriage to stop, and
| alighted 10 see II tho urchin was hurt There
was moth ing the matter SO the Prince Imperial
] hA Etnnarora Won
On. no. | won't toll him that answered the
! boy. readily. for papa is always saying that
When tho dislsters Of 1870 overlook the inn
| pcrlal dynasty. Prince Louis Napoleon was old
gr1atest anguish % part With his father Just boz
! fOr9 tho battle Of sedan; and having been splr-
tied across the Belgian frontier 70, Mons; he
actually ESCAPED from Inc Hotel de Ia CQu;
ronno in that town. az night. and tried
q trap OF some sort in which he could re-
turn 10 France ami join his fathers armies
! or course lie was politely recondurcd 20 his
! hotel. and the next day was conveyed under the
pasH which foowea made his mother her S seri
ing newspapers from him. and what angered
| him most was to read the accusations OF cow
ardiee and imbecilhy launched against his
father. One day he was observed writing some
names on n piece OF paper. and the Empress
asked him what he was doing. am taking
us, for moan lean 10 reckon with them some day,
said he. But by and by no threw the list int
! the iro, know the names 10y heart, lie re-
| marked and shall never forget them"
The Prince came out very VOL from his
| studies at WoOlwich. where he was highly
| popular. He was cassed seventh out Of thirty
four in the final examinations. and might con
| sequcntly have chosen between the engineers
| and artillery had he entered the British army
He himself wished to do so. and would have be
come an prtilleryman. but some State Reasons
prevented his taking service in tho Queen,
army. However, he has remained TO some
extent identified with the service by main
tainlng tho friendlicst relations with some
| OF his former fellow students. TO whom
he aliudes IN the letter which he lately
| wrote TO NJ. Houhcr announcing his Intend
! ed departure for Africa. In the officers mess
| room OF Shoeburyness there ~ bust Of Prince
| Louis NAPOLEON, taken under rather droll cir
| cumstances. A pupil At Woulwich, who had I
| taste for sculpturing, asked the Prince To allow
| him TO take cast OF his face; The request wac
| Joke hut the Prince entered into 1t an ssrietr
| A mould of soft cny was prepared. nnd Ii. !, III
| was hidden to kneel DOWN and impress his fac,
| into it, He did 50 nnively. but tho hoaNer. no
content caught him by the nnpe OF the neck ans
thrust him as deep ms ho could into the sOf
mass. Into tho mould thus formed "A quantity
OF liquid plaster WINS poured: but througl
some accident. the dimensions OF tho nose wer
cnormous-not less than ten inches. Tn
Prince laughed good -humoredly at the fun
but the whole thing was done to some purpose
for. as above said. tho bust still remains.
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