People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-27

pared notes. Besides, Baron Lar
rey has the advantage of having
been personally acquainted with
Letitia Ramolino Bonaparte, as in
1884, with his father, he visited
Nine. Mere in the Palazzo, Rinuc-
cini, her home in Rome.
Those who are familiar with
David's marvellous painting called
coronation of Josephine" remem-
Der the astonished, triumphant ex-
preston the artist has given to
Napoleon's mother; and certainly
her life was one succession Of tri-
umphs and establishments.
Marie Letitia Ramolino married
Charles Bonaparte at Aiaccio, Cor
sica, and became the mother of
thirteen children when her hus-
band died, eight Of these children
were living. An instruction drove
them from their home, and with alb
solutely nothing, except the clothes
they wore, Letitia Bonaparte and
her children arrived at Marseilles.
However, she was a brave woman,
and Napoleon at Saint Helena said,
'My mother had a mans head on q
woman's BODY
Those who saw their more than
modest home at that time could
never have dreamed that each mem
| Der of that family would some day
wear crown. The future Empress
mother spun from early dawn till
late at night, while Caroline, the fu-
ture Queen of Naples, did the mar
keting; Elisa, the future Queen of
Etruria, kept the accounts, and Pau
line, who was to become Princess
Borghese, swept and busted the
house. Their destinies were in the
hands of a young man, thin and
small, who was placed near the can
non at the seige of Toulon. The
port was ceded to the English, but
the unknown young man re-oaptured
the town amid cries Of "Vive la Re-
publique." From that day fortune
took him by the hand and led him
from victory to victory, until she
placed him on throne. That young
man was the youngest son of the
widow, who could hardly buy bread
for her children.
have counted among my friends
several members of the Bonaparte
family, and from them | have heard
of the astonishment displayed by
Napoleon's mother when she real
lied the change in her position. She
who had lived in poor cottage had
palace; she who had always walked
found coaches and proud-stepping
horses at her disposal; she who had
never known the luxury of servant
was suddenly surrounded by cham
berlains; she who had worried about
money to buy bread was allowed
100000 francs a year for her ex-
penses. Is it any wonder that she
was astonished, feared it was a
dream and could not continue
Pauline, who was the tease Of
the family, delighted in going
about from shop to shop, order
ing jewels and gowns in the name
of her mother, merely for the pleas
ure of hearing the Corsican say in
her pat0is, because she never really
learned French:
"Pauline, do not buy anything
more; you spend too much money"
Nothing made Napoleon more
furious than to hear his mothers
objections to spending money, be-
cause he wished every member of
his family to behave as though they
had always been accustomed to luxu-
ries. The poor mother felt that she
must economic, and Napoleon said
continually:
"Spend; I'll give you million to
spend"
'In that case, sire, give me two,
for must save one"
And when Napoleon was out Of
hearing she would explain why she
must economic.
81 must keep something to buy
bread for all these kings some day"
And after the battle of Waterloo she
went to Rome, aud there, with the
million and half she had saved,
Nine. Mere supported all her ex-
kings and queens. Poor Nine. Mere !
One Of her favorite phrases in the
days of her splendor, was, "Pourvu
que celia doure." provided it lasts.)
She had the presentment that the
end must come; she was very fond
of her children, and each one went
to her with an account of domestic
troubles. And what trouble there