The Durham daily globe., 1892-12-05
DIDLOTIS USE PAINT?
zOLAS CHARGE THAT NA"C ;-rC%
PAINTED HIS FACE.

statement Contradjcted by Eminent An
thority-Did He Turn Green?
Ou the declaration e lrGr against
PRUSSIA. both NM. de Cassagnac and
Mitchell threw down their pens for the
sword. ard enrolled themselves as vol
dbtcers in the First z07lhves. BotL
were personally known to the Emperor
Napoleon III, VINO saw them almOs.
every day, and now these two distin
gLi-hed artDOIitics have come forward
= .--~rYr. - , inference suggested hy
w. I.nlli- IOIa in LA Debaclc' that
Ea ayDlcun III ut Sedan had resOrted to d
cosmetic to iInpart unnatural rOsiness t,
hi- complexion NJ. lola describes til,
emperor as having glowing checks, anC
add. ''As=uredly he had his face paint
"l." ". dr Cassagnac mas emphatically
sti'"d that during his close association
with E0lpI,un before the battle he
Hc}"r l. - a trace Of paint on the
lIgL"Ii..' ca I1cuancc, and in this denial
b." J. cOrrabyrarrd 10y VI. Robert Mitch
III. 1vn, declare, lis certainty that the
rHcu ruler "f the French people used no
l@-Iuclt Whatsoever during the opera
ZION, leading tr the capitulation of
>"dan.
The question, although intrinsicaIIv
uuirGportant, j. very curious, inasmuch
~ this is not the first time that the
change Of complexion Of the son Of
Queen Hortcnsc has been made a mat
Ter "f public discussion. The anony-
H. IL writer Of that most entertaining
medley, The Englishlnan in Paris"
who first met Prince Louis Napoleon at
1he Hotel du Rim, Paris, in 1913. has
plenty 10 say about the personal appear
ance of the then prctender to the French
throne. He describes his he svy brown
luustache, his thin lank hair his aqui
line nose and grayish blue eyes and the
general impression which the features
"t tn" prince gave him Of being ha-
hln"l oplnln eater: and opium eaters are
a,sTredly not As a rule persons Of a rud-
dy tint. PrOvokingly enough the Eng
hshman has nothing to say touching the
prince complexion at this stage Of his
career.
The late Mr.. KinglaLe has. on the
.. hcr hand. Il great deal to state touch
iu- the facial hue of the third NAPOLEON.
In lis prologue to the history Of the
Cri4G"an war the writer describes the
EMPEROR aS apt, ON days Of great peril.
- turn faCially green, and on this cir
cUn-tmcc he founded the opinion that
tn" emperor, either at the period Of the
comp detat or on subsequent occasions
a. n0lnentouS, did not, 50 far as could
hc Judged from MS appearance, suggest
the conclusion that he was man of cX-
ccp'.onal courage. 1t is said, indeed,
that when Napoleon III read the first
volume of Mr.. Kinglake's history he
observed with Il smile to one Of his con-
id"ntS, This, pointing TO the sea green
passage, 'nUSt have been written bv
woman. and anti-EnGlish French Jour
naH-ts OF the period did not scruple TO
m-.u1ai" that Mr.. KingIake's structures
"H tie personal appearance Of the en-
lc"pr were due to the inspiration Of an
fr"r'a well known III Partisan society.
WHO hated the third emperor as bitterly
as tn" first one hal been dctpsted bv
Mime. De S.ul.
Ih" ""th"lItN. hoWrVcr, Of the histo-
rIHu ot IN" Crlm an war WAS naturally
80 i1[n,| NTlncd in Lrglaud that the
story ot TIE emperor turning green on
days uf batIle or revolution obtained
universal C"rl"ncc, and to some extent
l. Vas uscd lr bolster mp the absurd ac-
,ynItr ~ >o''''' '"N "I,'Ict, "hlCh
,.i,s, ~, =, '';, ,r'iS'''I,iH Drought
,., ;'i., - I''' ,o,' 1t remained
','..'' ''.'o i-'' liSll surgeon, h"'
l,r.,; ,1, ~ i,,,'' o'' '"' iH''l'oiI"
i1,, ,,,iI ,l,'',, ''''G ~ 'oii'il'"ii'
- '''''''a''' ~ '"' 'AttCi>e
,,|' every COniillahd over
,"> -Iy,..'"i''Ie II must he
'''''','. .'.' '.'''. IL CIRCUMSTANCES
49,, -, 49, .''| ''' I'',u ,u-tS oi Napoleon
.r.'. ,,'.' ,,.T''.''. q i''"Liar nue..
..,.... ,,'' ,''n ,'' '.'''t; ""' Fu''aH'
...... .''' '' ,"'''M' 1t WAS
3'"I H"' 'II'' Huch
;. ~ !'','i'nS 10 90 WIN the
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