Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14

A second small gold locket has a fine Dor
trait in miniature of the King of Rome,
and another touching memento of Napo-
Icons young son is a lock of silky fair
hair
A number of handsome snuff boxes which
belonged TO Mr.. Jerome Bonaparte. the son
OF Prince Jerome and the father of the
Attorney General, are here. One that is
very large and of heavy gold represents a
boat and is Chinese in its form and decora-
ton. 1t was given to Mr.. Bonaparte by his
stepmother. Queen Catherine of Westphalia
A second box is of la pis lazuli and contains
a cameo portrait of a member of the fam
lily, probably Napoleon. It was given to
Mr.. Bonaparte by his uncle King Louis of
Holland. Another is of cloisonne, the beau
tiful enamel work done on gold and repre-
senting small brilliant flowers. The fourth
is of onyx, with a cameo, and was pre-
sented by Cardinal Bonaparte. and the last
Is a beautifully chased gold snuff box
which, from the amount of wear 1t shows
was that most constantly used by the orig
inal possessor of this luxurious array
A small wooden box contains piece of
the willow and of the rock from the tomb
of Napoleon at st. Helena. 1t was brought
to the father of the Attorney General by
Gen. Bertrand, Napoleon's faithful officer
and companion in victory and in defeat
The inscription. penned in ink upon the
box, is as follows: "A Monster Jerome
Bonaparte Baltimore. Pierre ct Saule
du Tombeau de Ste. Helene. Nov. IS
Bertrand" The year date is obscured by
the spreading of the ink upon the wood.
The cabinet collection is completed by an
Enthusiastically good daugcrreotype of the At
torney General when he was a boy of three
or four, and miniature of his wife painted
in Dresden when she was two-and-a-half
years of age. SO excellent is this likeness
still that when Mrs. Roosevelt last year
visited the Bonaparte room she lifted the
little portrait from the cabinet with the
remark: This at least needs no introduce
ton
Two excellent busts by Canova. of Ma
poleon's father and mother stand upon
pedestals on either side of the window
opening upon the reception room. They
We're brought to this country by Joseph
Bonaparte. Napoleon's eldest brother. when
he came to New Jersey in 1915. and by him
they were given to the mother of the At
torney General. Upon the window shelf
between them stands a pleasing bronze
of the Prince Imperial the son of Louis
Napoleon. The lad looks about eleven years
old and is modelled with his arm thrown
over the neck of large dog. Beside this
statuette lies the gun presented to his
American son in June. 1854, by Prince
Jerome. 1t is inscribed y B., Paris
Here also lie pair of pistols which be-
longed to the Duke of Brunswick who was
killed at Quatre Bras. They were given
to Mr.. Jerome Bonaparte of Baltimore by
his father. the King of Westphalia.
On either side of the large mirror in the
west we'll hang portraits One IS the fine
face of the Attorney Generals father Mr..
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte the other of
Napoleons eldest brother, Joseph In front
of the mirror a low stand is a china tea
set in empire pattern. Several of the pieces
were used by Nine. Bonaparte. Two
large India plaques upon the walls We're at
one time owned by her maternal grand
father.
stand in the corner of the room holds
large rosewood and inlaid box containing
table games Of every description. the vari-
Gus pieces made of ivory. This chest was
brought from Paris by the Attorney Gem
erals father