Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-06-02

from lett to right. IhlS hablt was al
ways most remarkable when his mind
was absorbed in any deep subject"
HE used often to say to me: You
see. Bourrienne. how temperate and
how thin I am. but in spite OF that
cannot help thinking that at forty l
shall become great eater and get
very fat. l foresee that my constitu-
ton will undergo a change. l take
great deal of exercise. but yet l feel
assured that my presentiment will be
fulfilled"
"A vein cf criticism. more or less
marked runs through the reminis-
cences Of Nine. de Remusat, a close
friend and companion Of Josephine and
her champion in the rupture with Ma
poleon. The following descriptions of
Napoleon's person and OF his appear
ance on state occasions are taken from
her memoirs, translated by Mrs. Cashel
Hoey and MIR. John Lille:
Napoleon Bonaparte is Of low stat
ure and rather iii proportional. His
bust is too long and SO shortens the
rest of his figure. He has thin chestnut
hair, his eyes are graysh blue, and his
skin, which was yellow while he was
slight, became in later years dead
white without any color. His forehead.
the setting of his eye. the line of his
nose-all that is beautiful and reminds
one Of an antique medallion. His
mouth. which is thin Tipped. becomes
agreeable when he laughs. The teeth
are regular His chin is short. and his
jaw heavy and square He has we'll
formed hands and feet mention them
particularly because he thought a good
deal of them.
"lIc has an habitual slight stoop. His
eyes are duh. giving to his face when
in repose melancholy and moditative
expression. When he Is excited with
anger, his looks are fierce and mpnac-
ing. Laughter becomes him. 1t makes
him look more youthful and less for
mdaDle. 1t is difficult not to like him
when he laughs, his countenance i'm
proves so much. lie was always sim
pie in his dress.
Il have said there was q sort Of fas-
cination in the smile Of Bonaparte but
during all the time | was in the habit
of seeing him he rarely put forth that
charm. Gravity was the foundation of
his character the gravity of dig
niied and noble manner, but that
Which arises from profound thought.
In his youth he was Il dreamer, later
! in life he became Il moody and later
still an habtually i'll tempered man"
Being in the suit of the empress at
the coronation OF Napoleon and Jo-
sephine in 1904, Nine. de Remusat was
close TO the emperor and gives n graph.
&c picture of hiT costume and presence.
His own costume was brilliant. He
was to assume the imperial robes at No
tire Dame. but for the present he wore q
French coat of red velvet embroidered
In gold, n white sash. short cloak
sewed with bees, a plumed hat turned
up in front with diamond buckle and
the collar OF the Legion of Honor in
diamonds. This superb dress became
him well,
"On his arrival at Notre Dame the
emperor entered the archiepiscopal pal.
ace and there assumed his robes OF
state. They seemed almost to crush
him. His slight frame collapsed under
the enormous mantle of ermine. A
simple laurel wreath encircled his bend
| He looked like an antique medallion,
but he was extremely pale and genu.
inely affected. The expression of bis
countenance was stern and somewhat
distressed"
Chateaubriand the author and states.
man, and Kotzebue, the dramatist. dc.
scribe Napoleon as he appeared about
the time of the coronation, in 1904
II was in the gallery" says Chateau
| BRAND. when -Napoleon entered. ! was