New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-13
NEGLECTED BUST OF A BOyAPlRrE.

From The Philadelphia Telrgraph's Paris letter.
In these days OF political changes In France, tho
ncrsonages affiliated % III" various rulers oil 'I nTn
nre apt 10 go through strange vlcssitaaes; from ue
aIsi, bronze statue OF Napoleon the Great, repre-
senng him in the traditional overcoat ana cooked ma
,rhich crowned the summit OF the NehGohe toi".,'
nj iois Napoleon caused II 10 he replaced ny the
~. dp,,re In classic and Imperial robes These
nnuut.rfn presentmcnts OF the prominent nuiN
Of the past are apt dy n"e witness that huge dis
csrded image itself OF the Little Corporni Whc. ercc
To- is removal from the Column on an open space
a. Conrbevole was hurled from its PEDESTAL by the NOD
MIR the disaster ut Sedan had maze us name VI ~
naparte odous in tho land "as Sown into the
streets with ropes and was hh"iiy 'hro"" n''o INV
Seine. ,, r.rrovsd from IT'S watery
WIS W. and Is now safely bestowed In the Gov
n,en storoho,se for dirlsed works OF ART d an
Official charact er-an estaDs n.' nn% ~ The Rne
visit which exists near the iutns' emu - ., Sic
de- TIrnverste. the left bank OF tne Stne, ~
transit gloria mund might be inc Wherein
countless blss and statues Of Louis Phppe' ana o,
Louis Napoleon, and OF me Empress hdnSs 81
France provincial will as Partisan. stand IN dreaiy
rows covered with dust and cobwebs neglected. I'M
ear pu io Of ali these ees none think have had
more DISASTROUS series OF adventures than mas OF ae
Get brother Of Napoleon the Great. and father to the
late Prince Napoleon Some seven years ago an arGent
Imprtast. the secretary In fact OF the Bonaparse
clubs OF Paris came the bust IN question In me
shop OF dealer in secondhand wares y was sx IN
cuted by the sculptor Barre. so the price demanded
for IL was comparatively high being T24o Inc SCI
retorv was shocked at the idea OF this Image OF me
fethey 81 Napoleon that might be- the uncle OF him
who was actually Napoleon III, being on View IN a
hrc ohrac shop So he opened subscription, and by
contributions from 800 Bonaparsts he raised the sum
necessary for Its purchase. once IN ms possession;
no with the consent OF the other subscribers. resolved
- Yer 10 Prince Napoleon. But before that project
could be put into execution the prince was by the
orders OF fhe Government expelled from France. IL
was then planned that a dep,ntion should convey the
bust 20 Prince Napoeon's Swiss country seat iran
Gins but the money for the journey was not FORTH
coming and so II never took place.
When the Princess letitln was married to the DUKE
NJ ANste Prince Napoleon slgnhed TO the subscribers
his wish that the bust should DO Offered as wsddns
du 10 his daughter: but the idea did not strike the
sm,scrbers avorably and they refused to entertain
IT, Then Prince Napoleon died and there was taIk
Rrussels He responded 10 the suggestion by dec'ar-
Ing that he had several portraits and bnsts OF his
grandfather In his possession and that he did not want
another one. Neither does Prince Louis: who would
re good deal encumbered by i were 1t forwarded
10 his post In the Caucasus. Meantime the sympa-
thI1ers With the preenons Of the surviving members
Of the Bonaparte family are becoming less numerous