The times., 1898-09-18
SOUVENIRS OF FAME.
America Possesses Many Relics of
By-Gone Greatness.

America Possesses Many Relics of
By-Gone Greatness.
An interesting relic OF royalty is the
cradle In which the Emperor Napoleon
Bonaparte slumbered in his infancy,
1t is put to q charming use by its pres
ent owner, Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cruger;
standing in corner of her drawing room,
1t is always heaped full of flowers at all
times of the year. Mrs. Cruger picked
up the cradle in Paris, at an auction. 1t
is of dark wood and without any par
ticular ornamentation. America pos
sesses another relic Of Napoleon Bona
parte-the sleigh In which he escaped
from Prussia in 1872. Ii belongs to Chi
cago lady, and has been In her hus-
bands family for fifty years or more. A
Observation-Disclosures dated April Z,
1916. and signed by Bonaparte of Sile-
sia-testifies that this is the identical
sleigh In which the emperor of the
French made his escape from Russia.
The harness is a wonderful piece of
workmanship.
The Marquise Lanza-"Clara LAMA" to
use her pen name-writes her thrilling
romances in a high backed chair which
once belonged TO Edgar a Poe
Queen Victoria treasures among her
relics Prince Charles walking-stick, the
| one which was mislaid by him on the
morning of Culloden, and afterwards
found in his bedroom. The handle of the
stick has carved upon it two heads, one
representing Wisdom. the other Folly.
The queen got ii at auction for &160
The Empress Josephine's piano is now
In a London showroom. II was made in
1908 by order of Napoleon and presented
to the empress. 1t was stolen during the
sacking of the TuiIleries and afterwards
sold at public auction. The case is of
| the finest rosewood, ornamented with or
molin, while the keys are made of
| mother-of-pearl and tortoise she'll Napo-
Icons taste is shown by the fact that
one of the five pedals works a drum and
triangle attachment.
The wedding dress of the unfortunate
| Queen Marie Antoinette has lately been
discovered in the ancient church Of Kenu-
veg uear Vienna II has, for many gen.
| erations been the custom for Austrian
| brides TO present their wedding dresses to
/ a church for the adornment of an image
| of the Holy Virgin, or 10 be made into
vestments.
The mirror before which Gen Washing
! ton made his daily toilet has for the last
| thirty years been hanging in a house in
/ Warrenton. Virginia. II was purchased
! at the sale of the personal effects of Law
renee Washington. great nephew of the
/ first President. The glass is framed in
/ BlIt, ana at the Top, ia background OF
| white and black enamel, are Washing
| tons eoat-of-arms engraved IN gold with
| his motto. ''Exitus acta probat."
| Another Washington relic is sago pal
| ing belonging to the White House. The
| present head gardener has looked up its
| history and verifies the fact that Il was
| presented TO Gen. Washington by a Bal
| timore merchant who got il in Cuba, when
| 1t had already attained a respectable age
| The plant was for a long time at Mount
! Vernon, but one day Washington present.
ed 1t to a fair visitor who admired it, The
| plant was an heirloom until about fifty
years ago when with other things it was
| sold at auction and secured by the head
| gardener of the White House. II is
| thought TO be two hundred years old
| older than the Government
| Between the windows of Chicago
| dining room hang three crossed weapons;
! each has its history, but the one which
! most attracts attention is the Damascus
/ blade in a silver scabbard because it once
| belonged TO the poet, Byron. Before his
death at Missolonghi, he gave it to
young Greek captain, who sold ii after
| wards at auction and it was secured by
an American, Colonel Miller The letter B
and a coronet is engraved upon the hilt of
the sword and a sentence in Arabic which
has never been translated.