The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
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oi ms kingdom, learn how the people were taxed and what became of their money At last his majesty did consent. 'Tomor- row" Joseph said to the minister ''you shall read 1t to me in my carriage on my way out to shoot" But the minister had gone through only two chapters when the King pleaded, For mercys sake do not go on l leave it to your
 Still if Joseph was disinclined to work at kingcraft, he was at least willing to play king. But his wife, Julie Clary of Marseilles, was unwill ing even to try to amuse herself with her new royal role in the sombre pal ace at Naples that looks upon the rofsiest square in the world. Queen Julie fingered on in Paris and did not deign to show her royal self in her capital until many months had passed.
 King Louis
 The revolution had expelled the House of Orange from Holland and set up the Batavian republic in the Netherlands. When Napoleon prepared to remove this republican reminder from the French border, he held the crown of Holland over Louis head, whereat his younger brother protested indignantly against such a degradation from the rank of a prince of the French empire. Besides Holland was too damp anu tne CllIndle WOulu not agree with him! But Napoleon fairly smashed the crown on his head, telling him, Ut is peter to die on throne than live a mere prince"
 This Bonaparte was of morose but mild nature and perhaps the most seri- ous minded of the brothers. He ascend : ed his throne with a real ambition to serve the interests of the people over whom he had been placed and merited me nf 1fa aapt But with the failing of his family. the lack of a sense of humor, he flattered himself tkat he was real King. He could not understand that the people of Holland would not tolerate him for a minute were it not for Napoleon, his creator. who had crowned him only as a servant of the empire.
 The Emperor was impatient with Louis defiant attitude toward France. "A Frenchman has the same effect on you he wrote the King of Holland, ''as water on a man with hydrophobia." " while Mime. Mere sighed, Poor Louis! He has become a Dutchman." When the King began to organize his little kingdom on imperial lines and to ap- point field marshals for its toy army, the Emperor besaught him, For Gods sake. do not make yourself ridicu- lous."
 In his exasperation with this most high principled of his brothers. he nearly paid him a compliment when he said Louis caused me more inconven- fence by his apparent virtue than I.u- cien by his faults"
 The UncrOwned Lucien
 As for Lucien. he could not be coaxed or driven to sit upon a throne. At one time Napoleon thought of snatching the crown of Portugal from the brow of the braganza King and conferring 1t on his headstrong brother. Finally he sum- moned the exile into his presence at Man tau. For six hours the brothers stroye with each other, Napoleon offering to marry Lucien's daughter to the heir to the Spanish throne and 70 find crown somewhere for Lucien himself. if he would only divorce his second wife.
 But the Emperor was not facing a Je- rome across that table in the Mantuan palace of Isabella d'Este. On the con trary Lucien stood unfiinchingly by his resolution; A title that I could not share with the mother of my children would be fatal gift that would poison all my life.' In loyalty to his wife he turned his back on crowns and thrones and re- turned to the papal states to settle down in a castle, which carried the title of Prince of Canino and which, sad to say. he had pursued with the ill-gotten wealts, resulting from his peculations under the consulate
 King Jerome
 Jerome, the only obedient member of the family, bad no virtues, real or appar- ent with which to annoy the Emperor. But when he was enthroned as King of Westphalia his regal magnificence and royal vices troubled his brother quite al much, while he was as nopelessly incom- petent as any hereditary prince well could be.
 Having failed to make a. naval hero of tic subjects for. the K1ngmaker e the