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spread around him, but | mean 10 say
that gradual physical change took
place In him IN the space of seven
years. His emariated thinness was con-
vortcd into n fullness OF face, and his
complexion, which had been yellow
ana apparently unhealthy, became
clear and comparatively fresh his fea-
lures, which We're angular aud sharp
became round and filled out As to his
smile IL was always agreeable. The
mode Of dressing his hair, which has
such droll appearance as we see II IN
the prints Of the passdge of the bridge
of ArcOla, was then comparatively sim
pie, for the young men OF fashion 0he
muscadins), whom he used TO rail at 40
loudly at that time wore their hair
very long But he was very careless of
his personal appearance, and his hair,
which was III combed and i'll powdered
gave him the look of a sloven, His lit
Gle hands, too, underwent great me1a-
morphosis. When | first saw him they
were thin, long aud dark, but he was
subsequently vain OF the beauty Of
them, and with good reason. In short,
when I recollect Napoleon entering the
courtyard of the Hotel de In Tranquil
lite in 1893, with a shabby round hat
drawn over his forehead and his III
powdered hair hanging over the collar
Of his gray greatcoat, which afterward
became as celebrated as the white
plume Of Henry ~, without gloves, be-
cause he used 10 say they were a use
less luxury, with boots III made and i'll
blaokened with his thnness and his
sallow compleXion-in fine, when
recollect him at that time and think
what he was afterward ! do not see
the same man in the two pictures
Although younger than Napoleon by
10 years, the duchesse writes freely
Of his boyhood, citing the evidence OF
his Corslcan nurse Saveria among 9TH
ers!
"Saveya," she says, told me that
NapuleOn was never a pretty boy as
Joseph had been His head always
appeared too large for his body de-
feet common to the Bonaparte family.
when Napoleon grew up the peculiar
charm Of his countenance lay In his
eye especially in the mild expression It
assumed IN hs moments of kindness.
His anger, to be sure, was frightful
and though | am no coward ! never
could look at him I'm his fits of rage
without shudderlng. Though his smile
was captivating, yet the expression OF
his mouth when disdainful or angry
could scarcely be seen without terror
But that forehead, which seemed form
ed to bear the crowns Of a whole world
those hands, Of which the most coquet-
tisi. woman might have been vain ana
whose white skin covered muscles OF
iron--in short, Of all that personal
beauty (which distinguished Napoleon
as a young man no traces were as
cernlble I'm the boy. Saveria spoke tru-
ly .Nhen she said that of all the chill
dren of Signora Lptiua the emperor
was the one from whom future great
ness was least to be prognosticated''
For a plcture Of Napoleon IN early
manhood Bourrienne calls to his aid a
description penned by chance OBJ
server of General Bonaparte during
the FIRST campaign IN Italy, soon after
the marriage with Josephine, 1877.
This writer evidently an Italian, says
PWlth lively interest and extreme at
tention ] have observed this eNtraor-
binary man who has performed sueh
great deeds and about whom there Is
something which seems TO indicate that
his career is not yet terminated
found him very like his portrait-lit-
tie thin. pale. with an air of fatigue,
but not Of III health as has been re-
ported of him. He appears to me 10
| listen with more abstraction than In
terest and that he was more occupied
with what he was thinking of than
with what was said TO him, There Is
| great Intelligence In his countenance
| along with which may be marked an
air OF habitual meditation, which re-
veals nothing Of what is passing within
| In that thinking head. In that bold
mind, II Is impossible not to believe
| that some daring designs are engender-
| ing which will have their influence on
! the destinies OF Europe
-. a Of mi
| tary affairs I'm Paris, before whom Ma
| poleon came as an applicant for EN-.
| ployment In 1896, described the bud
| ding general as "a young man with q
| wan an livid complexion bowed shout
| ders and a weak and sickly appear.
| ance," In spite OF his appearance he
made an impression which resulted II
the appointment to command the army
| an Italy.
| Describing the conqueror Of Italy II
| 1896 Malet Du Pan a royalist REFUGEE
! editor, nicknamed Napoleon "a whip
| persnapper with unbrushed hair
| manllSn Of five feet three Tire,
years later. when he was at the heat
| of affairs in Paris, Napoleon, accord
| ing TO his own story, was Ike a sheel
| of parchment" About this time s
bread riot broke out In Paris, and whef
Napoleon passed along the street will
his STAFF the mob ieered them on,
monstrously fat woman shouted: Tina
crowd of epaulet wearers are making
a laughing stock Of us. IL they can ca
! and grow fat It's all the same to then
II poor people starye."
"My good woman Interrupted Ma
| poleon, look me over and tell which
is the latter OF the two"
At this sally the anger Of the GROVE
changed to laughter and cheers, anC
the bread famine was forgotten. Ma
poleon related this incident NJ ST. Hell
ena among his "reminiscences OF thu
revolution. GEORGE l.. kILMER.
| Note--Next weeks letter will dea
with zone of Napoleon's Mistakes