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by Berthier, chief OF staff MY dear
Foures," said he, more fortunate than
any of US, you are about to revisit
France. The general in chief has had
reports of you which inspire him with
such confidence that he sends you to
Europe as the bearer of dispatches to
the directory. You are to set of in an
hour; here is an order to the COM
mander of the port at Alexandria.
Adieu, my dear fellow, wish 1 were in
your place"
But l must go to apprise my wife. so
that she may prepare for the journey"
mo, that is not admissible. You may
be captured, and lie in an English
prison. Your boat is likely to be
small. and without accommodations for
women. You will need all the speed Of
the soldier. Your wife were far better
OF here. under the protection OF our
families
BY the time he reached his apart
ments his vanity aided him to compre-
hend reasons for the singular fortune
that had sought him out His WIFE
who understood them much better, took
leave of him with tears in her eyes,"
and the lieutenant set sail for France
But the English were on the lookout
and Foures small vessel shared the
common fate of those that left Egypt
at that time. Foures was searched ito
the shirt" and his dispatches seized.
But the English officer found that they
contained nothing but some particulars
already well known that had been ex-
cerpted from the Moniteur. and being of
an accommodating turn and having
heard some inkling of the affairs be-
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tween Napoleon and Madame Foures.
at the request of the prisoner, set him
down on the shores of Egypt. wishing
to Cairo to meet his beautiful spouse.
but she was no longer beautiful for
him: he found his lodgings deserted. for
his wife had forsaken them for hotel
close TO that OF General BOnaparte-
Being prosecuted with entreaties to
return to him, she obtained divorce
pronounced by the cOmmissary general.
Napoleon remained much attached to
Madame Foures. She followed him soon
after he left Egypt. Only recently
reconciled to Josephine. and deeply i'm
mersed in important labors. he was
obliged to discard her. although with
great regret. When Foures returned
from Egypt he reclaimed his wife, the
Egyptian, divorce being illegal in
France, but she refused his demand
The angry debates which followed be-
ing likely 20 arouse a public scandal.
Napoleon commanded her to marry again
and a Monsieur Ranchauppe. becoming
enamored of her. was accepted. and
after marriage departed to consulate
offered by Napoleon and remained
abroad for many years
After Napoleon had been sent to ST
Helena. the soul of the woman aroused
She realized on her property and sailed
from port 10 port. watching an oppor-
tunity to go to the island and attempt
the deliverance of him who had ever
been her hero She was in Brazil when
the news reached her OF NaDoIeon,s
death. crushing her plans and hopes
alike.
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crowded work it is remarkable that
this painter of American beauty has
not repeated himself. the public ALWAYS
recognizes at once a Harrison Fisher
head. Chateaubriand never lost the in
fiuence of his ia Sylphide." and few
artists ever paint femininity from life
without putting into their canvases a
Joshua did it, Romney especially. and
so did the long line of distinguished
and amiable painters of women.
There is often virtue in a comparison.
and the painter of ~Bewitching Eyes"
who deals with his sitters directly
through the medium of paint, without
any preliminary blocking out" or the
use of crayon and eompasses. has been
compared to the brilliant and fascina-
ting Gainsborough. 1t is fact that the
lightness of manner. the unity of ef-
feet, the quick inevitable touch and the
notable capacity for preferring essen
tials which are present in the wayward
painter of the eighteenth century.
But the comparison of a modern il
artist of large achievement is mislead-
ing if carried too far. Nevertheless, in
the charm of color-at its best lambent
and glowing, at its worst attractive IL
thin-there is some degree of kinship
between them. At present the critic
can find seeds of imperfectness in the
living mans work which will have to
be dug out before his accomplishment
becomes consummate. At present his
output is too frequently experimental
and capricious-one feels that his art
is not yet fully representative Of his
admirable native gift.
That this is so Is not surprising when
one learns how Harrison Fisher began
to paint. Born in New York in 1875
and early taken to San Francisco, he
had but seasons experience in an i'm
mature art academy there before a pic
ture he had made OF a hre attracted the
art editor of one newspaper, and he
sent for the boy artist to work. From
there he went to another publication,
doing hasty, Ill considered work until.
across the continent, he returned to his
native east.
He visited art galleries 70 some pur-
pose, developing his instinct for form
and color, while continuing the bread
and butter by newspaper toll, still saw
ing up. and finally reaching London and
Paris. A series OF illustrations made In
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By H. C. Williams

IN the parish church of the suburb
OF Rueil, near Paris. is the tomb Of
that woman who married the rising
young Corsican; who Influenced direc-
tors in his behalf who held him across
her lap when he was in the spasms of
a chronic disease of the stomach: who
took up her abode with him in the
vast palaces where the grand monarque
had paraded; who saw her mate grown
beyond the limits of humanity and take
rank among the demi gods; who finally
gave up her throne to make room for
another Austrian woman so soon after
Marie Antoinette had gone 10 the guillo-
tine. Whether cause or coincidence,
Napoleon's good fortune began and
ended with his connection with jose
phine.
Was it a love match? Hardly. jose
Bonaparte was obscure and wanted the
social stability of an establishment"
To the very passionate addresses and
letters of Napoleon Josephine was in
different and finally tickle, until passion
in the man burned low and sought con-
summation elsewhere: flaming into
anger that was more injured pride
than jealousy as evidences of Jose
phine's imprudence became notorious.
Their differences were finally compro-
missed for reasons of policy. She gave
him the social life and brilliancy that
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TT S a steamship with London for
its destination recently passed
the mouth of the Rio de la
Plata a party of globe trotters.
assembled by chance on its deck. talked
together OF the constant narrowing of
the world-which was growing so little
that the cosmopolite is not surprised
by a similarity of interest everywhere.
Trite as the theme is. it held a charm
for this group Of travellers. and one of
them produced a postcard from his
pocketbook 10 illustrate it:
I bought this picture of pretty
American girl in the interior of China
last year" said he.
L can match that" said another
who had come around the Horn from
Bolivia. Here arc the same eyes,
and he took a precisely similar post
card from his pocket. adding. Il got
Il at a shop in Potosi."
I'm next" cried two others in con-
cert Two more cards were produced.
and their owners testified that they
had bought them. one at Orenburg in
Russia. the year before, and the other
at sidOn during a trip he had recently
made to Palestine. Before the steam
ship had been two days out another
triplet Of the same postcard was dis
covered on board hailing from places
as far apart as Kraiora. Bergen OF
Zoom and Cambodia The circum-
stantial evidence thus collected
seemed to prove that this postcard
had made a tour of the world. and not
only that, but had visited countries
and cities where travellers seldom go.
The postcard had nothing remark
able about it TO account for its ubiquity.
A charming blonde face under the
shadow of a poke bonnet and with
eyes aslant that were neither roguish
nor languishing. but a mixture of
both-bewitching eyes that might be
supposed to exert an innocent spell on
the Caucasian race everywhere, but
could scarcely be understood by the
Mongolian, yet it had gone to the ut
termost parts of the earth and every
where it had charmed. The little
postcard picture was signed Harrison
Fisher.
One of these travellers TO London
took the pains. when he had returned
to New York, to look UP the man who
had painted this much voyaged picture.
What he told Fisher about the ubiquity
of "Bewitching Eyes" was not informa-
tion to the artist, who said that he had
received copies of the postcard from
friends in most parts of the world, so
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The Love Affairs Of the Great Napoleon

he found necessary to his court He
gave her the theater of the most splen-
did society in the world for the dis
play of social talents which seldom
have been equaled. If in the midst of
their occasional stormy interviews he
referred TO her imprudences she could
retort-Youre anotherl And refer
ence- to a certain Mime. Foures seldom
failed to send him away in a wild rage,
slamming the doors behind him.
For some time before he met jose
phine he had determined upon mar
riage, and one day called upon Madam
Permon and proposed a match between
her son and his sister Pauline, and
followed this with apother to unite her
daughter Laura (afterward the wife of
Marshal Junot) with one of his broth
ers, either Louis or Jerome, he didn't
care which. Mime. Permon replied:
MY dear Napoleon. Jerome is younger
than Laura. Indeed, you are acting the
high priest today, you would marry
everybody. even in their teens"
Bonaparte laughed. too. but with an
air of embarrassment He admitted
that when he got up that morning a
marriage breeze had blown in upon him
and (kissing her hand) that he had
made UP his mind to ask her to COM
mence the union of the two families By
a marriage between him and herself;
as soon as regard for decency would
permit Nine. Permon eyed Bona
parte for some seconds with stupe-
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tween the old friends that was never
entirely outgrown.
His human side became visible in his
numerous liaisons. Perhaps If Joseph
Inc could have met the passionate ap-
peals which his letters to her shortly
after marriage disclosed, where his
imagination had exalted her into one of
those divinities which dazzle the un-
derstanding and prevent it from seeing
any fmperfection, moral or physical, in
the beloved object, they had been few
or none at all. Josephine was to wit
seated in box No. II, third tier, in the
Feydau theater, and see her husband
redden, turn pale, and even to weep.
She used this object and others as a
counterpoise at such times when Ma.
poleon would chide her for her own i'm
prudence and with sure effect, as Ma
poleon was sure to vanish in high
dudgeon.
One of these attachments, that lasted
with some vicissitudes throughout the
whole of Napoleon's career, was the
commonest cause of bitter jealousy of
Josephine, and members of the consular
family and staff took especial pains
TO inform their wives never to men
ton the name of Nine. Foures to
Josephine. She was the young wife
OF a retired officer of that name, who
had volunteered for service in Egypt,
taking his wife with him. After the
occupation of Cairo, Napoleon, followed
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by numerous staff, was riding to a
fair few miles distant, when the par
ty was detained through a blockade
of the road by troop of donkeys,
which were mounted by officers and
some Of their wives. AS the cortege
of officers passed, the quick eye of
Bonaparte caught a glimpse of pref
ty female face. He looked again, and
then pursued his route without further
hint of the circumstance.
A few days later General Dupuy, COM
mandant of the city, gave a dinner, for
which the Invitations were sent in the
name of his wife as well as his own,
and among the invited was Mime.
Foures. 1T Is singular" said Foures,
that am not invited with my wife,
for 1 am an officer" He allowed his
wife to go, telling her to make it un-
derstood that she had a husband.
Nine. Foures was politely received.
The party was select, without indication
of what was to follow; but at the mo-
ment coffee was about to be served the
folding doors hastily opened and Cen
eral Bonaparte appeared. General Du-
puy apologized for being at table, and
pressed a cup OF coffee upon Napoleon.
which he accepted, taking a seat at
the table, and all the while with his
eyes fixed upon the young French
woman, who. blushing furiously, dared
not raise her eyes, and grew every mo-
ment more embarrassed at finding her
self the center of attraction to the
man who was now become a palladin
of romance to half the world. Napoleon
finished his coffee and an orange in
complete silence, and then took his
leave, but without having for an in
slant taken his eyes off her.
Some time later Foures was sent for
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fed astonishment, and then burst into
so hearty a laugh that 1t was heard In
the next room. When she had done
laughing she hastened to explain her
self, as she saw that Bonaparte was
visibly chagrined at this.reception of
his proposal. 1T is not you, but me
that has played the ridiculous part. Let
us talk seriously. You. fancy you are
acquainted with my age. The truth is,
you know nothing about it. 1 shall
not tell you, because it is one of my
little weaknesses. 1 shall merely say
that I am old enough to be not only
your mother, but Joseph's. too. Spare
me this kind of joke; it distresses me,
coming from you" He assured her
over and over that he was in earnest;
that his friends wished his marriage to
one of the old aristocracy, and that 1t
suited him. He left after several times
asking her to think it over,
The incident illustrates his keen per-
eeption of his destiny for great things.
He was then brooding over a conquest
OF the east. Nine. Permon was from
the family of the Comnenna. illus
eastern empire. a branch of which had
settled in Corsica when the empire
broke down. There was neither love
nor passion in this figment of his imag-
ination. Like the marriage with Jo-
sephine. the inspiration was ambition.
But Napoleon was nettIed at the re-
fusal, and a GOODNESS sprung up be-
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"A r. FISHER said he had tossed
Mt the sketch aside, intending to de-
stroy it later if it did not contain
hint he found he needed, and he did
not see "Bewitching Eyes" again until
a fortnight later, when the publisher
of a widely circulated woman's maga-
zine came TO him for a cover design.
Then "Bewitching Eyes" turned up
and bewitched the publisher. His
dream woman had such eyes, also, he
confessed, Sc this little picture tri-
umphed over more elaborate designs
and more carefully painted portraits.
Brushing the others aside, the pub
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the former city for Harold Frederic's
Market Place" supplied him with funds
to take him to the galleries of Europe.
A sketch made here and there kept his
hand in. but his art education came
mainly through the eye.
rRAINING like this helps an artist
to preserve his originality-it is
quite SUFFICIENT when the native
gift is large. as in the case of Mr..
Fisher. and the artist has invention.
ingenuity, even imagination, besides
facility of hand; but it leaves some
thing to be desired. The painters. OF
whom there are a score in New York.
whose names and illustrations are
household words find this equipment
quite sufficient for success There is
a mixture of sincerity and grace in
the work of the artist of "Bewitching
Eyes that is more than winning-it
leads those who like his work TO hope
that the day will arrive when his per-
formance will equal his possibilities.
This artists return from abroad was
timely. He came at the break between
old and new. when the old was not yet
discredited. and the new was still in
offensive. at a time when people had
begun TO question the supremacy OF
the middle aged illustrators and great
men-men who could put q feeling for
color in their black and white and
who were signing pages In Harper's
and Scribner's. The young student OF
the Louvre and the National gallery
showed his good sense by identifying
himself with what was known. and not
with that which. though big with
many kinds OF possibilities, was as yet
in perfect touch with nothing actively
alive. He studied the work OF the ar
fists of "Judend," IL is true, but he
didn't attempt to emulate them, He
had seen good drawing and he Iabored
to make his craftsmanship good
He had seen Gainsborough and Wat
would be both clear and rich. The re-
suit Of his efforts was soon apparent.
Pictures IN color began to be remarked
as they came from his studio, and while
the public admired his pretty women
the critics admitted that this newcomer
had very real feeling for paint. and
that his brush work, Intelligent. vigor-
Gus. expressive, was that OF q man OF
choice and forceful temperament He
started out with the purpose to paint
what he knew and only that, 80 his
graduation from the newspaper school
came as a matter OF course. He had
not been working long before his natu-
raj attributes OF grace. facility and in
vention received the recognition they
mertted.
OF the man himself IL is enough TO
say that he is OF his epoch, essentially
sane and symmetrical II the dream
woman" win insist in getting on his
canvas IL is not because OF his invita-
tion. but despite his prohibition. Id
wishes to paint what he sees, and it is :
easy to predict that his genius, thus
held In, will but mature with time.
Artistic from the first. his accomplish
ment will grow finer, fer notwith-
standing most OF his canvases are of
pretty women. this has not affected his
view Of human nature or Of art-both
are sound and healthy and manly. In
fact. his portrait of men. although these
are little known comparatively, con-
stitute some of his best work.
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that. in a way. he had been able to
keep track of its travels. But the
popularity of the head was a surprise
to its creator, who modestly attributed
it to chance.
In truth" said the artist. the pic
ture itself may be attributed to chance.
One day, two years ago, a model came
ment 1 had no particular need. She
is not what is generally called beau
tiful woman, but she has fine points,
an exquisitely poised throat and
beautifully rounded arm. I think she
is very seldom employed for the face.
We'll. 1 had told her l wasn't do
ing anything where she could be of
service, and after a few moments of
desultory chat she started to go. ON
the arm of chair hung a conven-
tionalized poke bonnet, which I had
picked UP for a property She put
it on her head, drew the strings to-
gether under the chin and turned and
looked at me smiling. A piece of
bristol board stood on my easel ready
for another picture. but this one be-
fore my eyes appealed strongly.
Please keep that pose" said I, and
she did until 1 had sketched in and
partly colored the picture. 81 call 1t
'Bewitching Eyes 1t doesn't look like
the model; she is brunette of rath-
er stately type. Yet while it is sort
of portrait of her, the picture more
truthfully may be called a composite
of the living woman's features and my
mood. The eyes are good, because
they aren't insipid or coquettish or
mischievous. frankly admit that
they have never smiled on me in real
life like that-they're perfectly human,
of course. for 1 don't aspire to paint
blessed damozel,' but think, too, she
has the eyes of my dream woman. Per-
haps that is the secret of her wide
appeal"
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Usher went away to reproduce and
send broadcast the spell of "Bewitch-
ing Eyes"
tion, so to speak, and in black and
white and fearfully reduced she
started, millions strong, upon her con-
quest of the world. Three millions
was the first edition of this tiny repro
duction of "Bewitching Eyes" How
many more editions have been printed
and to what extent this chance pic
ture has circulated nobody but the
holder of that particular right to pub
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lish knows. He has promised to give
out the figures as soon as the sale of
this postcard shows signs Of diminish
ing.
This already famous picture is not
by several hundreds the sole contribu-
tion to Americas Book of Beauty by
its creator. On his canvases other
maids equally beautiful, more beautiful
in the opinion of the artist and his
critics. live and charm. The fact that
"Bewitching Eyes" has gone so far as
to achieve world wide notoriety Is
surprise and even a trife of shock to
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PORTRAAIT OF rdR. FISHER
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her maker. His other children are
equally dear to him. They compel ad-
by their beauty of feature,
their pure color or by some excellence
which is due to his skill Varied as
they are, and in the last 10 years of
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the former city for Harold Frederic's
Market Place" supplied him with funds
to take him to the galleries of Europe.
A sketch made here and there kept his
hand in. but his art education came
mainly through the eye.
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Christmas Woman's Home
Companion

The Christmas nu Der nf the
Womans Home Con panion -
one OF tie most beauufai of hle
holiday magazines, Its cover Is
in blue and gold, depicting the
Madonna and Child. There is a
beautiful painting In color by
Jas, Montgomery Fiagg, occu.
plying a full page. Another de'
l,ghtful AMI unique feature IS
two pages Of Old fashioned
Christmas carols with decora
tons by Ernest Haskell, I'D,
win Markham has written a
beautiful poem Before The
Gospels We're" 1t tells the
story of the gathering of the
materials for tie gospels by the
d~i>clnle> after Chrisss ascension.
IL is seldom that a magazine,
even a Christmas magazine. of.
t~rs ~,orses by such an array oi
great writer's Is will he found IN
the Iecem Der Companaon- 10
Sephne Daskam Bacon, Anna
| Katherine Green, Mary Wilkins
Freeman, Florence Morse kings
ley. Jalaet Wllbnr Tompkin>
Above all else. the Iomau
reader wall find here a magazine
of Christmas helps. hundreds
of suggestions for The making vi
attractive and unique gifts. ideas
for The table, FOR making de
aicionS candies, new neckwear
en- hreaderys fashions. an almost
bewildering array of practice
CHRISTMAS suggestions
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j. n. 6ayaa bad IN experience
on hss reiGrn from Wheeler
Saturday mcrninx which vii
cause him some feeling Of regret
over the useless exertaon he was
compelled Ia use. On his re-
torn trip = barr came OF one of
the wheels af the baggy. Jim,
not being aware thai the burr
lad ina some manner got into
TIVE pocket III one Of the other
boys, sent anio to~n for another
burr and started 10 walk an,
The bovs got iato toan, book
the burr, whsch belonged on
the bncEs, pni II ia with q las
of others, and retnrn@a them 10
James who w1aS uaiaenIlr hoof
inc IL iarss to~a Qasrg-Nas
laan usad when Inc learnea OF iaae
loke peup@faaied upon ham-
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