The Washington herald., 1914-05-17

to the fortune of-a Marseilles soap man
ufacturer and money lender. But even
In those plain days, he had spurned
Christine Boyer. whom Lucien married
out of tavern keepers family. Chris
acquiring the accomplishment Of read
ing and writing and by her natural graces
Of character and person.
In spite of his stern commands. his
sister Elisa had married q poor stick of
q Corsican. and he had, been far from
satisfied at first with his sister Caroline's
husband ''Murati Murat," he shifted.
He is the son of an inn keeper. In the
elevated rank to which have attained"
he had just become first consult can
not mix my blood with his"
Two or three reluctant spouses were
chosen for Pauline. the most dashing and
frivolous Of the sisters. before Napoleon
fixed upon the complaisant Gen Leclere,
whose early death in Santo Domingo
threw her back upon her brothers hands
Pauline's gayety Of spirits was even more
menacing in widowhood than in maiden
hood, and in such haste as was compat-
ible with decency she was fettered to
Prince Borghese Of Rome, becoming the
first princess in the Bonaparte family.
Napoleon delicately expressed. in the
Moniteur the relief and qualification
which that matchmaking brought him,
announcing that the prince had under
taken ''the task of rendering happy the
a hero" Alas. Borghese proved unequal
to that heavy. If not impossible, task.
Josephine seems to have taken the lead
ing part in the marriage OF her daughter
Hortense to Louis Bonaparte. The heart
of each had bestowed itself elsewhere,
but Louis with a wry face and Hortense
with bitter tears Joined hands in a union
hateful and CALLING to both.
A Matrimonial Campaign.
As Napoleon mounted to grandeur and
neared the throne, he increasingly re-
GREETED the matches made by his family
in humber days. With a little foresight
and patient waiting. the Bonapartes
might all have made royal marriages
that would have bound to him every
reigning house in Europe.
Although he had grown fond of Chris
tine Boyer. he was somewhat consoled
for her untimely death by the hope of
making a more ambitious second mar
rage for Lucien, and he congratulated
himself that Jerome, his youngest broth
er, was still available. With those two
eligible brothers at his disposal, he
planned a matrimonial campaign among
the princesses Of the Continent.
o Not long after Jerome left Patrick
MacDermot's College Irlandais at st.
German, the levity of his life in Paris
alarmed the first consul. who was very
fond Of and indulgent toward the boy
When Napoleon returned from his VIC
tory at Marengo, he found Jerome still
pouting over his refusal to take him
along on the campaign. Let us make
peace" the elder pleaded. Il will give
you anything you want" And he was
pleased to have Jerome throw
his arms about his neck and ask him for
the sword of Marengo. The youth had
his wish, and kept the sword through life.
Napoleon determined that Jerome
should become what he himself had once
hoped to be. q naval officer His part
ing injunction to his light-hearted BROTH
er was expressed In these Spartan terms:
Die young and shall be consoled. but
not II you live sixty years without glory,
without usefulness to your country, and
without leaving behind a trace Of your
existence"
After tedious cruising in the tropic
waters of the West Indies and rising to