The Lamar register., 1895-11-02
WAS Ills FACE PANIED.
NAPrtE IN III SAID TO HAVE
USED Ra0SE AT SEDAN.
one sashorsfy says Iaat His Complete
Ion Iieeaaie Green at Times Of
Great sxetsement-its Pace
n L.ad-n- ray Hue.

Gfus-la. botn AAis de taSsag nae and
Mitchell throw down their pens for
the sword, and enrolled themselves
as volunteers in the First regiment of
zouaves. Both were personally known
to the emperor Napoleon H.. who
saw them almost every day, and
now these two distinguished an-
thorities have come forward to
traverse the inference suggested by
NJ Emile Zola In ..I-a Debaeie, that
Napoleon IIl.at Sedan had resorted TO
a cosmetic to iinpart unnatural rosi-
ness to his complexion. NJ. Zola de-
scribes the emperor as having glow
ing cheeks. and adds. .sAssuredly he
had his face painted. NJ. de Cassag-
Fac has emphatically stated that dur
ing his close association with NSpo-
leon before the battle he never mo-
ticed q trace Of paint on the imperial
countenance. and in this denial he l.
corrsbora;ed by NJ. Robert Mitchell.
who declares his certainty that the
then ruler Of the French people used
no pigment whatsoever during the
operations leading 70 the cspitulation
of Sedan The question. although
intrinsicaily unimportant. is very
curious. inasmuch as this Is not the
first time that the change Of COM
plexion OF the sou OF Queen Hortense
has been pade matter Of public dis
cussion.
The late Mr.. Einglake has great
deal to state touching the facial hue
OF the Third Napoleon. In his pro-
logue 10 the history Of the Crimean
war the writer describes the emperor
as apt. on days Of great peril. TO turn
fscially green, and on this circurn-
stance he founded the opinion that
the emperor. either at the period Of
the coup d'etat or on subsequent oc-
cAsions as momentous. did not. 80 far
a. could be judged from his appear
ance. suggest the conclusion that he
was a man Of exceptional courage.
The authority Of the historian Of the
Crimean war was naturally 50 highly
valued in England that the story of
the emperor turning green on days of
battle or revolution obtained
universal credence and TO
some extent it was used TO bolster up
the absurd accusation OF personal
cowardice which the ultra-Republi-
cans constantly brought against their
imperial foe. Il remained for an
iliustrious English surgeon, not long
deceased. to point out the indnbitable
verify that a man has no command
over his blood although by the
exercise Of his win he has every
command over his muscles Mean
while IL must be frankly admitted
that in circumstances OF emergency
the features Of Napoleon III. did
assume a peculiar hue.
The color was certainly no; ruddy.
nor was II swarthy. or sallow: IL was
curious leaden-gray. asserts the Lon
don Telegraph. But that such lead
en-gray had nothing to do with the
etnperor's capacity for incurring dan
ger without wayering there Is on rec
ord first the observation Of the distin-
guished English medical man to whom
allusion has been made, and next the
personal testimony by any means
exclusively thAtof NM. De Cassagnae
and Aitchell--of people who had con-
stantiy been close to the emperor, and
who had observed his physical mien
from the early stages of his career 10
its mournful and inglorious close.
He was undoubtedly as brave as mis-
uncle. the great Napoleon. who. by
the way. was frequently accused in
the English press Of being an abject
coward. The harnm-scarum adven-
ture Of Strasburg and the madcap es-
capsde at boulogne showed that pol