River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-22
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PRINCE NAPOLEON.
History of the Pretender-His Per-
sonal Appearance.

SONAR appearance
Ignotus, in the Figaro, gives the fol-
lowing speech of the pretender: 1t was
in 1876 that Prince jerome first set foot
in Paris in company with his father, who
claimed of the government of Louis Phil
ippe military pension, which was ac-
corded to him. He lived in the Rue d
Algcr-and so quietly that he himsel Il
used to open the door to his visitors. In
1918 Prince Jerome was elected deputy
for the Yonne, and then came the coup
d'etat, by which, innocent thereof, he
greatly profited. But the Prince soon
became vastly unpopular with the I'm.
perial party. His opinions were regarded
by them with distrust, and
he displayed in his character
rather the craft of the statesman than
the generous courage of the military
man. lie served, however, as every
body kno VS., in the Crimea as well as in
the Italian campaign. At the beginning
of the war the Emperor Napoleon Ill.
sent Prince Jerome to his father-in-law,
King Victor Emanuel, to beg contin-
gent of 100 900 men, and when the ill
starred monarch was detained in Prussia.
his cousin wrote TO him to ask to be al
lowed to share his seclusion. Then he
was elected deputy f n Corsica, and would
doubtless have been chosen for a second
time but for the weil-known letter ofthe
late prince imperial, written at NJ. Rouh-
er's dictation. Soon afterward Prince Je-
rome left his apartment, which looked on
the Pare Monceau, and moved to No. &c
Avenue dAntin, The salon, hung in
red and containing eight busts of the
First Napoleon, is described as exceed
ingly striking. Its principal piece of
furniture is large armoire, filled With a
varity of articles that once belonged to
the founder of his family, and to his
father, King Jerome. Next to the draw
ing-room is the study or library, on the
book-shelves of which are ranged the
works of the great emperor, proiusely
annotated by the princes own band.
Now for portrait Of the tenant him
SELF A larger man than either the
First Napoleon or his father, Prince
Jerome resembled the latter more than
the former, though in his earlier years
his likeness to the great emperor was
simply extraordinary. His expression
is placid and often extremity agreeable,
but now and then the fire of the
COrsican burns in his eye and his finaoly
chiselled mouth adds to the intensity OF
his look. The prince is 81 years of age.
not yet gray, though somewhat bald.
His head, says Ignotus, is superb one.
worthy alike of the prince and tt e
thinker, and second only in which the en-
thusiastic reactiOnary writer calls aristo-
cratic beauty to that of Comte de Cham.
bord. At home he usually walks to and
fro while conversing, smoking cigarettes
and keeping one or both hands in his
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visitor; his language becomes animated
and even vehement, while his words
TEEN with color and picturesqueness.
He never laughs hut only smiles. The
prince has wonderful collection of an
ecdotes at his disposal. In the street
Prince Jerome may be recognized by his
broad-brimmed hat a-mincing along, he
will suddenly quicken his steps when he
is in deep thought He rides every
morning, being accompanied on Thurs
days by his two sons. Although a fair
horseman, he does not shine particular
~ in the saddle. The prince is a faith
fri friend, and among those who are
welcome guests at the Avenue d'Antin
are M. Emile Olivier, Baron Boyer,
Gen. de Chanal, Col Stoffel, NJ. Benan
and NJ. Alfred Arago.
Now for the two sons, the Princes Vic
TOT ana LOUIS. Inc former Is TAIL anu
looks more than his age, seventeen. The
upper part of his face is that of Napoleon
the lower reminds one of the Hapsburg
type. Quiet, intelligent, and reserved is
this Prince Victor. Prince Louis is thir-
teen,, and unlike his brother, small for
his age. He is pale, and as yet resem-
bles none of the members of the royal
and imperial families from which he is
descended. His hair is very black, and
he is lively and intelligent He is full
of fun, but hardly a prodigy at school,
Such is the family which has just been
raised out of semi-obscurity to that
fierce light which glsres upon
throne. There are in all
eight males now living who bear the
name of Bonaparte-namely three nep-
hews and five grand nephews of the first
Napoleon. they are: Prince Jerome
Napoleon, son ofJerome, fourth brother
of Napoleon l., and his two sons, the
Princes Victor and Louis; then the des-
cendantS of Prince Charles, son of Lucien
Bonaprate, second brot her OF the great
emperor. This Prince Charles sons are
Prince Lueien Bonaparte, the Cardinal
Prince Napoleon Charles, ex-president
of the consul general of Corsica; Prince
Louis Lucien, formerly a senator and
long a resident in London; and, lastly.
Prince Pierre, whose son. Prince Roland
B)naparte, is studying at the military
school of st. Cyr.