The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
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master of hounds. and he concealed Du-
roc, a name gloriOusly entwined with
tyictory, beneath the designation of grand
marshal of the palace, while Cau-
laincourt. able statesman, became the
imperial hostler, or master of the horse.
As he saw these sons Of the Revolution
parading about in their imperial livery.
he laughed in his sleeve: An have to
do is 10 put little gold braid on my
virtuous republicans and instantly they
/ become whatever I please TO make them"
Men who but yesterday would have
bentt their necks to the guillOtine rather
than bend their knees to a monarch
were as supple in their hinges as II
their lives had been passed in loafing
about a throne Napoleon oscillated be-
( tween admiration and contempt for his
I fawnng courtiers, but when he chaffed
| FOuche for having been one OF the men
who sent King Louis XVI to his death
! he received from the regicide a keener
/ thrust: Yes, Sire; that was the first
! service had the happiness of rendering
| TO your majesty
Napoleon's cynicIsm was touched. too.
by the readiness of the naughty men,
bers of the ancient aristocracy to pros
rate themselves before the new throne
ere its gliding was dry. IT showed them
the path to glory and they would not
| tread st he said. II opened my ante
in crowds" Not few of the old mobiles
and grande DANES were eager appli-
| cants for palace places. They were set
| to work drilling the awkward squad of
the new court, teaching the raw recruits
from the peasantry and the lower middle
class the proper way to enter and back
out of a room. curtsey. speak. manage
their trains hold their hats.
Encouraged oy his success with the
stars in the ha next ShOWpred the
crosses of the Legion of Honor on the
chorus and the supernumeraries. when.
on the great dav of the nation. the 18th
of July, mobiles and peasants abased
themselves before him in an equality of
vanity. An intoXiCatiOn of ambition for
personal glory and selfish reward spread
over France. which had poured forth the
mightiest armies of modern times. raised
up peasants TO be conQuefors of dukes
and princes. ard fought all Europe sim
gle-handed for ten years without offering
any other prize than the honor of serving
the republic in hunger and rags. Now,
however that Our Country had be-
come My Empire" Our Government"
My Throne Our Army My Army"
and I'VE. the People" had become My
Subjects. men no longer sweat for duty,
but only for promotion. and the manhood
of the nation vas lost in the mad scram-
BILE TO receive the new guinea stamp of
rank.
Two Mothers.
Two there were at least who held aIoof
in stern disdain. Nine. Letizia Ronaparte
was absent from the eager line and alb
sent from all the scenes in the 'FOllies
of 1904" On the contrary. she took her
place beside Lucien. the banished son,
and remained with him in Rome. where
she kept dignity far higher than the \
new title mill could fabricate-Mme. Mere
or Nine. Mother,
Josephine's mother also resolutely de-
clined to be made over and to exchange
for palace halls in Paris the kitchen wing
Of the old ruined sugar house in Mar
Unique. where she continued to dwell
Returning a Sift OF diamonds her daugh-
Ter sent her. she wrote in spirit Of SIM
pie mOtherly providence. Il devote my
self to the preservation for you of a safe
retreat from the tempests which environ
should have nothing to desire in the
world. Oh. that | could once more press
you to my heart before death overtakes
me-" The Empress of the French was
nothing to that maternal heart which
longed only foT tire homecoming of its
little ''Yvettr."
New-FOund Ancestor.
Napoleon himself baIked at the Chinese
plan of ennOblinE his ancestors Some
Jealous clerics discovered for him long
forgotten St Napoleon. but he objected !
TO the proposal Of a statue of his father !
He was discarding his Corsican ancestry !
and choosing entirely different set of |
forbears. Even the Bourbons were not |
deemed suitable progenitors and when il /
was suggested that he should take the |
old title of King of France. be remarked. |
Il do not succeed Louis XIV, but Char |
lemagne."'
Accordingly he solemnly made an i'm |
perial progress to the tomb of his new f,
found and illustrious forefather at AK
la-Chappelle. Having chosen the great |
Emperor of the Franks as his ancestor. !
he determined TO initiate the principal !
feature of the Carlovingian coronation
and be anointed by the Vicar of Christ. /
He would even better the example !
Charlemagne went to Rome to be crown
ed in St. Peters by Leo III. The new
Charlemagne made Rome come to Paris !
and Plus VII crown him in Notre Dame.
When his imperious invitation was re-
ceived at the Vatican. the counselors OF
the Pope divided into two groups. one
advising him that II he did not go Ma
poleon might have him arrested in
Rome. as Plus VI was, while the others
warned the Pontif that II he went his