Frostburg mining journal., 1894-07-28
NAPOLEON'S HOME LIFE.
II" Used His Fingers for Forks and Some
times Took His Soup After Dessert.

It' L sea Ills ringers Tor FORKS and some
times Took His Soup After Dessert.
"Aftcr Napoleon ct lie Femmes," the
Industrious and indefatigable NJ. Fred
eric Mason has now given TO the pub
lie another entertaining and gossipy
volume entitled NAPOLEON Chez-lui."
n7luch is published in Dentu. Herein
'h" author shows us the Great Con
qurrur at home. the interest of the
descriptions being heightened by NJ.
lie Myrbach's amusing Illustrations.
iHcluding Napoleon in bed, an inpc-
rial shave and His Majesty at table
before one of those meals-chietiy
consisting of chicken and pastry
washed down by well-watcred Cham
hrrtin. which We're despatched in
Slpvcnly manner and in about seven
minutes
NJ MaSson neglectS nothing He
follows the emperor from morn NJ to
night. tells how he wore his slippers
until they were utterly dilapidatcd and
how he had himself bruised down with
eau de Cologne every day, making the
valet work as if he We're Scrubbing Il
donkey. At 6:30 every morning Con-
Stant--thc chief valet-cntered the
Empcror's bedroom and flung the Will
dows open. Mcneval presented the
letters and servant brought in Il cup
of tea or orange flower water Cor
viSart on entering was usually salut-
cd with the words. "Ah! there you
are. you great quack. Have you been
Kill ng many people lately?" While
having Il warm bath. after Constant
had related the gossip of the day, the
Emperor listened to Menevars sum
marlcS of the newspapers. Next fol-
lowed t'hc levce. or 'rcccption." at 9
o'clock the special audience and at II
d"iclncr. At this meal the Emperor
frequently used his fingers as forks
and cared little for the order of the
service. sometimes eating soup last.
He liked green haricot pods. but was
always afraid of finding hairs in them.
The meal was occasionally rather in
t"rnational in composition. Boniparte
being partial to many of the dishes
popular in the countries wherein he
had conducted campaigns. Thus.
aftcr Egypt. he became very fond Of
p.latf and dates. He was. however,
most in favor of Italian frittered food
and pastry. and liked chicken in every
cooked form.
AS to his occasional calls for SOL
dirrs' soup and commissariat bread,
VI. Masson believes that Napoleon
only assumed his taste in that threc-
ton for parade purposes. He was
known on one occasion to swallow
plate of military soup after having a
hair pulled out of it-but then the sol
di"rs were looking on. Had his cook,
Dman-l worthy descendant of Vatel
put army bouillon before him at the
Tuilcrics. Napoleon would probably
have flung the plate and its contents
| Il the head of the chef. Dunan. by
| tf' way. WAS once about to resign be-
cause rhe Emperor refused to eat Gre
= nrttcS de pcrdrcau twice in one
m NTH, but he remained on at Du-
r"''S suggestion. and Modified his
mighty master by a dish of roast
| fowl. Now and then the deieuner
lasted longer than seven or eight min
utrS. but only when Napoleon had
morning guests like Talma. David
or l>ahVy. NJ. Masson has also a
g n'l deal to say about Bonapartes
enormous capacity for work. which
rluScd him often to miss rhc official
Il nncr hour. and to rise at 3 O'clock
in hc morning in order to study bud
gets. ministerial reports and army re-
turns After his second marriage
there was less freedom in the Court
Etiquette was more strictly enforced
than ever. and the Emperor became
III re inaccessible and Olympian. NJ.
| Mason modcStly says that his book
is only intended to provide contribu-
I ,nnS to history In any case. it is far
more interesting reading than many
a work of fiction-London Telegraph.
Womau's Ingenuity Rarely Fails.
Women. who. for various reasons. do
their own drcSSmaking. we'll know the
trouble and difficulty of properly fit
ting wa St The draping of the skirt
is more easily accomplished. even if
Aunt Ah;c's method of calling in the
hired man and draping it upon him
has to be adopted ut last. A woman
set her wits to work recently. and hit
upon Il unique idea. She took an old
waist that fitted her to perfection. and
which buttoned down the front. She
bCttoncd it, then Sewcd the button-
holes all tight and cut the buttons Off,
Then he took Il piece of cardboard the
size of the neck and Sewcd it in as Il
cover. and upon this she raised Il pin
cushion by means of rags and saw
| dust. The sleeves We're cut off at the
elbow and tightly tied. and then the
figure was inverted and tightly pack
ed with Sawdust. This was allowed
to settle for two days. and was then
again punched and pounded until
| every crevice was rammrd tight. Then
another p'ace of cardboard was cut to
till the bottom oritice. and this was
Spwcd in. and the whole figure cover
CI with muslin to prevent the saw
dust leaking. and to afford Il good pin
| hold. The model is now the exact
shape of the individual the dress is
intended for. and all she needs to do
IS to place the model on the table, put
a it pair of corSctS and fit the ma
tpral over these. When the model
grow ''fiabby" she frightened it by
forcing the Sawdust out of the arms
into the bust, and rctllng the arms
with fresh sawdust.-Ladics Home
! Journal.