Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-11
DIDLOUIS USE PAINT2
ZOLAS CHARGE THAT NAPOLEON
PAINTED HIS FACE.

of Rouge at the Battle of Sedan-The
statemen Contradicted by Eminent Au-
thority--Did He Turn Green?
On the declaration of war against
Prussia, both NM. do Cassagnac and
Mitchell threw down their pens for the |
sword, and enrolled themselves as vol |
unteers in the First zouaves. Both |
were personally known to the Emperor
Napoleon III, who saw them almost
every day, and now these two distin.
guished authorities have come forward
to traverse the inference suggested by
NJ. Emile lola in LA Debacle" that
Napoleon III at Sedan had resorted TO a
cosmetic to impart unnatural rosiness to
his complexion. NJ lola describes the
emperor as having glowing cheeks, and
adds, "Assuredly he had his face paint
ed" M. dc Cassagnac has emphatically
stated that during his close association
with Napoleon before the battle he
never noticed traCa Of pint on the
imperial countenance, and ia this denial
he is corroborated by M. Robert Mitch
ell, who declares his certainty that the
then ruler Of the French people used no
pigment whatsoever during the opera
lions leading TO the capitulation Of
Sedan.
The question, although intrinsically
unimpOrtant, is very curious, inasmuch
as this is not the first time that the
change of complexion Of the son Of
Queen Hortense has been made mat
ter of public discussion. The anony-
nous writer Of that most entertaining
medley, 1.-THE Englishman in Paris"
who first met Prince Louis Napoleon at
the Hotel du Rhin, Paris, in 1s4S, has
plenty TO say about the personal appear
ance of the then pretender to the French
throne. He describes his heavy brown
mustache, his thin lank hair, his aqui-
line nose and grayish blue eyes and the
general impression which the features
of the prince gave him OF being ha-
| bitual opium eater; and opium eaters are
assuredly not as a rule persons Of rud-
dy tint. Provokingly enough the Eng
lishman has nothing TO say touching the
princes complexion at this stage Of his
career.
The late Mr.. Kinglake has, on the
other hand, great deal to state touch
| ing the facial hue Of the third Napoleon.
In his prologue to the history Of the
Crimean war the writer describes the
emperor as apt, on days Of great peril,
10 turn facially green, and on this cir.
cumstance he founded the opinion that
the emperor, either at the period Of the
coup d'etat or ON subsequent occasions
as momentous, did not, so far as could
be judged from his appearance, suggest
the conclusion that he was a man Of ex
ceptional courage. 1t is said, indeed
that when Napoleon Ill read the frs
volume Of Mr. Kinglake's history h,
observed with a smile TO one Of his con
. fidants, "This," pointing 10 the sea greer
passage, must have been written by
woman" and anti-English French jour
nalists of the period did not scruple B
insinuate that Mr.. Kinglake's structure
on the personal appearance OF the en-
I peror were due 10 the inspiration Of a
5 Egeria well known in Partisan society
e who hated the third emperor IA bitterl
! AZ the first one had been detested b
! Nine. De Stael.
The authority, however, Of the hist
rian Of the Crimean war was natural
so highly valued in England that tn
!. story Of the emperor turning green o
days Of battle or revolution obtaine
o universal credence, and 10 some exter
: it was used 10 bolster up the absurd az
9 cusation Of personal cowardice whic
! the ultra republicans constantly brougi
against their imperial foe. 1t RENAME
/, for an illustrious English surgeon, n,
Y long deceased, 10 point out the indubiti
/. BILE verify that man has no comman
over his blood, although by the exercii
y Of his will he has every command ov'
q his muscles. Meanwhile it must !
/ frankly admitted that in circumstance
,, Of emergency the features Of Napolec
q III did assume a peculiar hue.
The color was certainly not rudd
r nor was it swarthy or sallow; it was
D curious loaden gray. But that such
Ie leaden gray had nothing 20 do with u
a emperor's capacity for mourning dang
u without wavering there is on record fir
Iilt DD1tINdllDllDl lut uAslilAb AAlliAiA Iii
N lish medical man 10 whom allusion h
W been made, and next 10 the personal r.
I, timony-not by any means exclusive
re that Of MN. de Cassagnac and Mitch'
of people who had constantly be-
+ close to the emperor, and who had O
= served his physical mien from the ear
20 stages Of his career 10 its mOurnful al
=, - inglorious close. lie was undoubted
10 as brave as his uncle, the Great Mar
re leon, who, by the way, was frequent
e accused in the English press Of being
ne abject coward.
ct The harum scarum adventure Of STR
2, burg and the madcap escapade at b
~ logne showed that poltroonery was L
i, among his shortcomings, and althou
al Mr.. Kinglake would have us belle
Napoleon Ill turned green at Solferi
ne and Magenta, there is plenty Of evider
IN from eye witnesses who were near
lie the emperor throughout those momei