The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-28
Fifty New NapOleOns
Are
Exhibited Within.

Presently a boy wearing a powdered
wig and dressed Ia knee-breeches. COCK
cd hat and big-buckled shoes appeared
and announced that the most famous col
lection OF portraits Of Napoleon and or
his marshals. together with other relics
of France in the time of the empire, were
now for the first time on exhibition. All
OF the portraits, he informed his audi
cnce. were originals, recently discovered
i'm an old French monastery. and the pro-
prictors congratulated themselves that
they were the FIRST TO show lpese notable
relics I'm America. He felt that they
would throw much Hight on the personal
appearance and daily actions OF the Ia
nous emperor Most OF them were the
work of NJ dc In MalOripimplnickel, an
artist of repute who followed Napoleon
through an his wars and made some
thing like 44i6 sketches of him.
After these and other equally awe-in-
spring remarks in the best declamatory
style Of Robert Henry Carter, better
known as Bert. the guests were admitted
TO the exhibition.
Here a most striking sight met their
eyes The little room was literally COW
cred with pictures of All sizes and shapes
framed and unframed, arranged as IN
real art gallery.
At FIRST the guests only drew in their
breath and said "O"-a big. round TO-
Then they laughed. a funnicr series Of
pictures was never exhibited. Here was
a portrait of the great Napoleon with
tan hat a long nose, q long neck and an
expression of deep melancholy. 1t was
labeled
Napoleon on April 1st: finds that Jose
phine has placed salt I'm his coffee as
bit Of FOOLS day pleasantly. Sketched or
the spot
Another portrait showed a little, round,
choruby Napoleon with gumdrop OF a
nose and q highly complacent express
sion This bore the following explana-
ton:
Napoleon. on reaching Baden, I'm Ger
many. ordered macaroni. on being IN
formed that his soldiers had consumed
AN OF the macaroni on their recent visit
20 Italy, he responded with this justly IA
nous remark: oh, well. Il dond matter;
shust 20 me carry Elm bretzeL' NJ. de la
Maioripimplnickle calls this one of the
greatest of many great portraits OF Ma
pOlcon. lie says IL shows rare domes-
ITCHY OF expression"
And there were NapoleOns with high
foreheads and wavy hair, and bald Ma
pOleons with low foreheads. ana Napo-
Icons with all shapes of chins. There
were also parts OF NapOlcons. one OF
them showed NapOleOn's nose. upturned
i'm scorn. bearing the inscription, "Napo-
leon thus receives the king OF Italy, who
says that Napoleon better be careful how
he crosses the Alps. Skotched on the
spot"
Every picture had some amusing in
scripuon I'm prose or verse. Napoleonts
marshals and Josephine were treated
much In the same way.
And. what was more the pictures all
looked like the originals. One picture
was not a sketch. TO was set I'm deep
frame, and consisted of a big. dry spare
rib broken In two I'm the middle. This
picture had no inscription-it was sup
posed that any one could see that IL was
BOudpdrte Ozone anarD.
But Carter In his wig and knee
brooches. explained some OF the pictures
in a most laughable way. and his sister
Dorothy. who was dressed in the style
OF Josephine. played spirited French mu-
sic on the piano.
So great was the success Of this new
and original exhibition that every one
wanted 20 know how II was done. And
great was the surprise when Pert ex-
planned that he and Dorothy had drawn
ed them in the exhibition al cost Of only
few cents. The drawings we're made
with % caricature pantograph which Bert
himself constructed
Any boy can make such a pantocraph.
and there IS no end OF fun IN working
with IT, II consists Of two pieces OF thin.
strong wood fastened together with a
small bolt or rivet 70 form a T. At one
end Of the upper or horizontal part Of the
II a pin Is fixed. which Is used FOR tracing
tti' hi lE illNl UT NMii-t anu At tlt Olisk ffu
a sharpcned pencil 81 soft lead IS fasten-
e.. When the pin traces the lines on the
picture the pencil draws the carclture.
The pantoEraph is fastened 10 a drawing
board by means OF q screw which will
allow II 20 move easily. The picture 20
be transformed IS placed under the pin
point BY fastening the end OF the verti-
cal piece OF the pantograph I'm different
holes and by changing the position OF the
picture, al corts OF odd caricatures may
be produced. II me original picture IS
that Of Narolean. you can get long nOsed
Nayoieof2, short-nosed Napoleons. round
headed NapOleons. and Nanolcons Of q
score OF other different kinds
with this simple little machine the Car
ters famous drawing were made. Dorothy
afterward writing clever little inscriptions
for each picture. Bert IS now working on
series OF carlcaturcs OF George Wash
ingtOn. which he and Dorothy will exhibit
al Wash.ngtOn's birthday entertainment
TO be given by the Happy Hopeful Help
ers OF their school.
Some More PGzZlcs.
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