The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-11

| helped him when had nOtnlha 70 90. ~ HOon
e. letter was opened he read H. and often
answered It then and there. putting aside
others TO answer later. and throwing on the
floor those that needed no reply" According
TO another eye witness" he himself arranged
his own papers every one OF which had it's
nxed place. He replaced carefully. after use.
| every paper. Beside him the most punctili-
| Gus clerk would have been but bunelsr.'
| The current correspondence once read and at
TENDED to- the next task was to answer the
more difficult letters and to take down the
orders that had been thought over BY the En-
peror who dictated them" ears Meneval
walking up and down the room all the
time As he warmed to subject
he developed q sort OF trick. which
consisted OF twisting his right arm and
pulling at the cufT. Ho rarely wrote himself
To him writing was wearisome; his hand
could not move rapidly enough to keep pace
with his ideas. He never took up pen unless
By chance he we're alone. He left out half the
letters in his words. He never would take the
trouble to reread what he had written. IL an
explanation we're asked OF him. he would seize
his rough COPY. tear IL M or throw 1t into the
ERE and begin TO dictate sfresh." A hard
worker himself the En- peror could appreciate
the efforts OF his assistants. and understood
how. by a kind word or action, to testify his
approval when he imposed upon them any eN-
ira toll I" II any work" says Meneval. obliged
him to get up during the night. the Emperor
would send to wake me. When the work was
finished. or sometimes even In the middle OF
It. he would order sorbets and Ices He would
ask me which I preferred. and his solicitude
even went the length OF recommending to me
what he thought best for my health" On one
occasion in 1872. Count Daru. worn out by
unceasinR labor. fell asleep at his desk in the
small hours Of the morning. When he awoke
he found in front OF him the instructions
which he had been ordered to prepare. and OF
which he had taken notes. written out In full
In the handwriting OF Napoleon. The next
time the Emperor saw him he reproached him
for not taking sufficient rest.
Having concluded his work'in his study. the
Emperor used to pay visit to the Empress In
her apartments. As he went, he was wont to
hum in the most unmusical voice imaginable
his favorite songs. which were not Of very
high order. H. on his wsy. he happened to
meet any Of the persons attached to the gen.
eral service OF the palace. he treated them as
kindly as he did his particular attendants
On this point Is adduced the testimony OF
Mile. Avrillon. a lady's maid: He was al
ways" she says. extremely polite to every
body. and never accepted the slightest scr
vice from any one without thanking them. He
never addressed his own Wallets except as Mon
rooms ba aIwovs hov.d m than. II was iust
tho s.m. whan tho Fmnoror c,u,a n sac tho
Ernras. II. n.var .nor. 20 ma witbout era.t
politeness. and often with great kindness" NJ
Levy pronounces 1t unfair to describe this
good nature. OF which there was abundant
proof as merely superficial: he thinks It moro
Just to say that II formed part OF the set prin-
ciples brought by Napoleon from his middle
old cu.tom Tho servant. were obiecta OF
.no,,.i .olict,uda IN thai pas,sr. II q. car
,oin tbot h. tool ao nucb inter..t In
.vo,v ona connectsd with his house,
boId that nobodv NOT exsn ar odd
r,nn could ba di.mis.ao vitbon, bia
.rthoritv, be raouired a renort n, svarv c,a.
"Rsmsuh.r" be anId Ia Duroc tbs Grand
Nost.r ~ tho Palace that nobodv must h.
d,.misssd from M house for A tribe Ads.
n,issoI ,ron nv sarvic. would ha . s,ain on
his ch,r.ct.r and ba wouId nevar succe,d In
obtaininp another situatIon !" The sam. Iady's
maid above ouotsd notes that ~ in conformity
,pitb the laws Of etiouette he would send one
=, his on. mharIains 70 inouira .f,av anv oraat
nsrson who was m. bs would also send. our Of
ra.I ,ryect,on 10 ask after the bsnlth of mar
sons attached 70 his service.
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