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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
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his brothers, Joseph rnd Louis, their wives. Julie, Clary and Hortense Beau harnais, and his own sisters into Princes ard Princesses. He tricked out uncle Fesch, now Cardinal as grand almoner, anG arrayed IS generals. all good repub- lican products, in the rrappngs of mar shals of the empire, while his two col leagues in the consulate, Cambaceres and LcBrun. became arch chancellor and arch treasurer, and Talleyrand grand chan ccilor.
 He commanded Berthier to exchange the proud rank of general, won on the field of battle, for the absurdity of grand master of the hounds, and he concealed Duroc, a name gloriously entwined with victory, beneath the designation of grand marshal of the palace, while Caulain- court able statesman, became the 1m- Ierial hostler, or master of the horse. As he saw these sons of the revolution rarading about in their imperial liv- oty. he laughed in his sleeve: "All l have to do is to put little gold braid on my virtuous republicans and instant ly they become whatever I please to make them''
 Men who but yesterday would have bent their necks to the gullotine rather than bend their knees to monarch were as supple in their hinges as If their lives had been passed in loafing about throne. Napoleon oscillated be- tween admiration and contempt for his fawning courtiers, but ,rhen he chaffed Fouche for having been one of the men who sent King Louis XVI to his death he received from the regcide a keener thrust: "Yes, sire; that was the first service I had the happiness of rendering to your majesty"
 Napoleon's cynicism was touched, too, by the readiness of the naughty mem- Eers of the ancient aristocracy to pros tIate themselves before the new throne ere it's gliding was dry. "I showed them the path to glory and they would not tread it." he said. q opened my ante room and they rushed through the door In crowds" Not a few of the old mo- bies and grande danes were eager ap rlicants for palace places. They were set to work drilling the awkward squad Of the new court, teaching the raw re- CIUltS rom the pedSaHtry anu the lower middle class the proper way to enter and back out of a room, curtsey, speak, manage their trains hold their hats
 Encouraged by his success with the stars in the cast. he heXt showered the crosses of the Legion of Honor on the chorus and the supernumeraries, when on the great day of the nation, the 14th os July, nobes 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 or modern times, raised up peasants to be conquerors of Dukes and Princes, and fought all Eu- rope single-handed for 10 years without offering any other prize than the honor of serving the republic fin hunger and rags. Now. however, that "our country had become my empre, "our govern ment" my throne,'' "our army "fny amy" and we, the people, had be- come my subjects" men no longer sweat for duty but only for promotion, and the manhood of the nation was lost in the mad scramble to receive the new gui- nea stamp of rank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
A Lightning Change

A novelty-loving world looked on spell bound as France suddenly was trans formed like a lightning change artist. from Spartan republic into gilded em pire, and her fanatical patriots and ter rorists into humble but gaudy courters, while the horrid guillotine, as if by magic, was changed into a sumptuous throne, the bloody pike into a golden scepter and the red cap of the revolution into a glit- tering crown.
 Even more amazing still was the yer satillity displayed by the actors in the principal roles. The little charity boy of the King at Brienne 20 years before, the hungering, melancholy, wandering alien in the street of Paris only 10 years before, strutted upon the stage in inn perial robes as if born in the purple. And his wife, an alien like himself who was but yesterday an imprisoned and penniless widow, looked her queenly part to perfection as she came on, followed by a train of princes and princesses, who, a decade ago, had been stranded on the shore of France. poverty stricken refu- gees from the then semibarbarous Island of Corsica.
 The crowned heads of Europe, filled with uneasy misgivings lest their one-time scourge was plotting to undo them utter ly by making royalty ridiculous, naturally viewed with alarm his exposure of the basic secrets of their trade and his eX- hibitions of thrones and crowns and scep- ters as mere stage properties. The na- tions themselves hardly knew whether to give themselves over to the enjoyment of the gorgeous spectacle or shut their eyes in horror to a sacriegious travesty on the heavenly ceremony of appointing kings to rule by right divine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
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the merely theatrical character of the en- tire coronation, that he should go hunt ing and meet the pope informally and by chance.
 While pretending to be taking part in hunt in the imperial forest of Fon- tainebleau. he affected to be surprised by the arrival of the papal party, numbering more than 100 persons. He dismounted, the pope stepped out of his carriage. and they embraced after which one of the imperial carriages drove up. The Elm peror entered it before the pope, but he took the seat on the farther side, which procedure had it's compensation for the pontiff, since it left him the seat on the right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
Family Quarrels

While the imperial household generally. down to the scullery, felt that they were sharing in the new fortunes of Napoleon, each fiattering himself he had taken step upward, the Bonaparte brothers iid sisters, who not long ago were running barefoot in the Rue St. Charles, at Ajaccio, were in the suks. Although now princes and princesses, they pouted and quarreled with the Emperor over their new honors and duties. Upon my word," he burst out, "one would think I had despoiied you of your inheritance from our late father, the King!"
 The Emperor insisted that Joseph should take orders from him: Does he imagine that the state gives him s400,0O0 year to walk about the streets in a brown coat and low hat7' The brothers were out ragged chiefly because their heirs and rot themselves were named for the hered- itary succession to the throne, while the sisters were up in arms against being Jos ephine's train bearer at the coronation They would rather not go at all! But in the end they compromised; it was agreed that they should be spoken of as bearing the cloak rather than the train, and they consented to demean themselves for the Creole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

With the coronation of Napoleon and Josephine the great revolution was completed, and France, having moved around the circle, was back to the starting point-at the foot of a thronel But it was new throne, and the nation set Napoleon upon it in the belief that it was only enthroning, crowning and establishing the new order.
 It is one of the most extraordinary scenes in history that MT. Morgan describes today.
 DATES AND EVENTS-AGE &-S5. May IS, 1S04-Proclaimed Emperor by the Senate.
 July IA, 1s04-Distributed the decorations of the Legion of Honor at the lnvalides. September 9. 1S04-The pope consented to attend the coronation.
 November 1. 1S04-The pope left Rome November 9, 1S04-Arrived at Fontaine- bleau.
 November 30 1S04-Napoleon and Jose phine married by Cardinal Fesch.
 December ?. 1s0i-Napoleon and Joseph inc crowned Emperor and Empress.
 May 26 lS05-Nap poeon crowned King of Italy at Milan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
NeM-Eound Ancesfnr

Napoleon himself naked at the Chi nese plan of ennobling his ancestors
 Some zealous clerics discovered for him a long forgotten St. Napoleon, but he objected to the proposal of a statue of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
In the Dressing Room

In the archbishop's palace by the cathe- dral. the imperial couple changed to their coronation costumes, Napoleon putting on a crown of gold laurel leaves and get ting into white satin petticoatl Next he donned an S0- pound purple robe and cape, ermine lined and covered with gol- den bees. while Josephine pu ton highly embroidered velvet mantle, 20 els in length and with 5000 worth of ermlne for it's lining. This robe, which was draped to leave her bust uncovered and her figure free. was fastened to her left shoulder and held in place by clasp at her golden grille studded with rose col ored gems. Her crown had eight
 branches, set with diamonds, banded by eight large emeralds. while amethysts shone from the bandeau on her brow and four rows of magnificent pearls, entwined with diamond covered leaves formed her diadem. In all she wore $25o.000 worth of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

rlunIlnd, had gTOWH WVdTV UT VTTV TTTVT0- drama and tragedy of revolutions and wars and murderous plots, he relieved the tension by putting on, in the season of 1SO4-5 that spectacular production which is known in history as the coronation of Napoleon and Josephine. Only the un- paralleled dramatic gifts of the star per former could have saved such a wild ex- travaganza from degenerating into screaming farce, and a venerable arch bishop who took part in it confessed that fl anyone in the house had laughed, the slow would have been roared off the boards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
Paris Booming

When at last the news arrived in Paris that the pope was coming, Ma poleon ordered the preparations for the coronation to go on with the utmost haste. The gray walls of Notre Dame had risen for 500 years and more from the "Island of the City" where in the middle of the Seine Caesar found a cluster of savage huts that constituted the Paris of 20 centuries ago. A tumble of old buildings shut in the great cathedral and Napoleon ordered those structures to be torn down right and left to clear the way for the imperial procession. The work of demolition was pressed by day and night. New plat forms and galleries were hastily erected within the church. Streets were paved and all Paris was filled with the chorus of hammers.
 Workmen took advantage of the great demand for labor to extort unheard of and even 80 cents day. Dressmakers, tailors and milliners, goldsmiths and jewellers did a rushing business. The making of crests, lost art since the revolution, flourished once more. Napo- leon adopted the eagle of Charlemagne for the standards of his legions and the bee as his personal emblem, scattering swarms of bees over his ensign and escutcheon, his palace carpets and dra- peres. The only memento of his native Corsica that appears to have interested him was its emblematic color. green, which he adopted for the livery of the empire, a choice that Is perpetuated to this day in the national flag of Italy.
 Isabey, the artist, was ordered on the eve of the coronation to prepare seven to be enacted at Notre Dame. It was an impossible feat within the limits of time. But the resourceful artist pur- chased all the dolls in Paris and, dress ing them up as Emperor, Empress Pope, Princess, chamberlains, equerries ladies of honor and the rest. he ar ranged them on little stage that was a miniature of the church interior. Ma poleon was delighted with this clever plan and, calling in the various actors and actresses in his cast, he person ally taught them their proper positions As the costumer of the play he insisted at the same time on effectually masking the old republicans and revolutionists with the gold foil of the new empire Uniforms were designed for every little functionary in France down to the mayors.
 Meeting the Pope
 A grave crisis arose as the pope neared Paris in his journey from Rome over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

As they were breakfasting on the morn- ing of the great day Napoleon placed the crown on Josephlne's head that he might enjoy the pretty sight over their coffee and rolls. The pope was already starting for Notre Dame with his crossbearer rid ing ahead on a mule in accordance with the ancient papal custom.
 It was 10 o'clock when Murat led the carbneers, cuirassiers, chasseurs and the Mamelukes--reminders of the Egyptian campaign-out of the courtyard of the Tuleries, followed by the heralds at arms and the carriages of the masters of the ceremonies the grand officers of the em- pire the great dignitaries and the prin- cesses.
 Then in solitary state came a gilded car riage with crown atop, its eight horses in resplendent harnesses driven by Caesar the coachman. who had galloped to safety past the internal machine. Pages in green and gold were perched behind, while all about pranced the horses of the aides-de- camp. Within sat Napoleon, two white aigrettes noddins above his black velvet cap, surrounded with band Of diamonds, clasped together by the eele- brated g 100000 regent solitaire. His pur- ple cloak showed its white satin lining as it hung from his left shoulder, and benead h IL was d tOdl Ol lpit NciNtl idSSu WilA white and glittering with gems and gold. His waistcoat was buttoned with dia- monds, while gold embroidered white vel vet brooches reached to the diamond gar ters of his gold embroidered silk stock ings, whose clocks bore the imperial coro- net His $S0 pair of velvet boots with diamond buckles were white as snow and gleaming with gold.
 No operatic tenor could have outshone the Little Corporal that proud day, when he exulted to his brother, Joseph, If father could only see us!" Yet mother did not deign to be a looker-in at the show!
 Beside the Emperor sat Josephine, in whose smiling face no trace of age had been left by her skillful maids. Her white satin gown was trimmed with silver and gold and sprinkled over with golden bees Diamonds sparkled on her head. on hei neck, in her ears and in her girdle. Fac ing the imperial couple were the Princes Joseph and Louis.
 As Napoleon passed the church of St Koch in the rue St. Honore he could sec the first flight in the steps he was climb ing to the throne: for by those steps Of St. Koch the man on horseback be- came master of Paris nine years before.
 The S0,o00 soldiers assembled in the cit, for the coronation left little room in th' streets for the people, who were no largely represented. and seldom was [ cheer raised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

IL the worlds a stage. and for 2n brilliant seasons Napoleon
 was the stage manager, When
 his audience. which comprised
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
A Grand Masauerade

Anxious to disguise all his associates as well as himself, he suddenly made over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
Napo1eo11 and His Cro1u11
did not usurp the It was lying in the mire picked it up. The people placed it on my head.

pearls and diamonds on her pretty head.
 Meanwhile the great throng of nearly 10000 shivered in the cold cathedral as they waited and watched for the next scene to be enacted within it's walls, where in less than a decade the torch of truth had blazed on the venerable altar and a ballet dancer had been enthronsd in the choir to be worshipped as the goddess of reason.''
 Probably no other bosom in the i'm mense assemblage felt the same emotions as that which had nursed the Emperor, for he had not forgotten his foster mother, but had brought Camilla llari from Corsica and installed her in a post of honor where she would see her little Nabulionello'' put on the crown of em- pire.
 "Vive r Empreurw
 It was almost noon when at last the heralds and pages appeared at the portal of the church, followed by the marsnals of the empire. those war dogs of the fallen republic coming in with mincing steps, one laden wit ha cushion on whihc lay Josephine's ring. another basket for her cloak another her crown on a cushion. Then entered Josephine, her imperial self. between her first chamberlain and her first equerry, with princesses holding up her robe and looking like captives at a chariot's wheel Walking behind with .courtly tread was Mime. de Lavelette, daughter of that Fanny Beauharnais who had befriended Josephine when she was the neglected wife of Fanny's nephew and stranger in France. Beside her marched an uncomely, unfortunate hunch- back, but this was Mme. de la Roche faucauh and the only person in the en- tire imperial suite who ever had stepped ex1 i,, a1d nf Ltv~,v
 Next there came more war dogs car rying Napoleon's trinkets, and then the Emperor. grasping in one of his gold embroidered gloves ''the hand of jus tice," while in the other he held the sceptre with an eagle perched on top of it. Joseph and Louis. Cambaceres and LeBrun followed him as they held up his burdensome robe, and the cry Of "vive rEmpreuri' rang through the groined aisles of the vast and lofty ed1- flee.
 As Napoleon made his bow to the pope he touched the gospels with both hands and then he and Josephine descended and knelt at the foot of the altar, where the pontiff annointed their heads and hands. The Emperor put on his ring, sword and crown, and next bent over to crown the Empress kneeling at his feet. The re- ligious ceremony was finished with a kiss from the pope on Napoleon's cheek and his benediction May the Emperor live . forever."
 A herald-at-arms now proclaimed 'the most glorious and august Emperor Ma poleon." who, however. was still boyish enough to prod Uncle Fesch with his scepter as he was leaving the scene. The grandiose spectacle was at an end Soon Notre Dame was wrapped again in the solemn stiffness of the centuries
 Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes. And marching single in an endless file.
 Only solitary lamp lit the dusk of the waning day in the great nave, haunted by the ghostly past, where above all the echoes of the ages there still resounds Plus invocation, 'vivat imperator in eter- num-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
Days of Pomp

After a slow progress through the streets of the city, the imperial procession reached the gates of the Tuileries at 6:30 in the evening. the diamond studded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
Meeting the Pope

grave crisis arose as the pope neared Paris in his journey from Rome over the newly constructed Mount Cenis high way Where and how should his majesty receive his holiness? Tn his new exalta- ton Napoleon was extremely anxious not to place himself in position where he would have to take second place even to the pope. Ut was decided. in keeping with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

Next Sunday: Napoleon fronting Eng land in the camp of Boulogne. planning the passage of the channel in 200 boats 900 troops.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-08-21
UNFAIR LIST.

Published by order of the Everett
Trades Council.
Laundries-French Laundry and
Shoe Repairing department.
Barber Shops. H. Turner, 1104
Hewitt; Mitchell Hotel shop, VIM.
Whitaker, Lowell; Barnhart Shop,
Monroe; Independent, 10191a Hewitt.
iron Works Sumner Iron Works,
Bayside Iron Works, Everett Iron
Works.
Hotels and Cafes-Mitchell hotel
Lords cafe.
Plumbers R. Schweitzer, w. ]
Callahan, A. Stormfels.
Building Laborers-Peter Jackson
EIectrcians-R. P. Bush.
6rickIayers Barney Grant, Tony
Bast.
American Pile Driving Co.
DR.. Ida Mcintyre (by the Building
Trades Councill.
Carpenters Paddock, A. Den
amur, Frank c. Tubs, w. J. Tenny
Brace, N. E. Butts.
Plasterers- c. Wright VIM. Car
ter, A. L. Knapp, Booth.
Contractors Wintermute, Anne
Larson, Richard j. Weken, Bert Jones
Painters-Anderson e Steen, Will
lam Ferguson, VIM. Christensen, M
Kokeen, VIM Gleason.
BuiIdings-1217 Hewitt; building or
posite Labor Temple
Cement Workers Sr.
Teamsters-C. ]. Witt.
Hewitt.
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Tailors-Scotch Wooden Mills, 100
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Adv.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-08-21

E CANDIDATE, 18th DISTRICT
Overman believes that the salmon
fishing industry in this state should
be made to pay its proportionate share
of state government, holding that
there is no excuse for an industry
prOfiting from one of the great natura,
resources of the state, paying back but
a 1.-THE of what it should be. He also
believes that the fish traps should be
abolished, holding that the waters of
the Sound would TEEN with individual
fishermen were the big fellows not al
lowed to hog the desirable locations
with their traps. He intends making
an issue of that during his campaign
and in the legislature should he be re
turned.
Overman has had legislative expert
ence both as a clerk and as a mem
Der of the legislature and is far too
valuable man to be left at home this
winter The Journal earnestly hopes
that the labor people will rally to the
support of a union man who has made
good at Olympia and send him back
again to stir 'em some more.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-08-21
No. 2Q73.

No 1913.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT AND DECREE OF DIS
TRlBUTlON.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN AND
FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
In the Matter of the Estate of Archi-
bald Montford Deceased,
Notice is hereby given that John
Montford, the administrator of the
estate of Archibald Montford, de-
ceased, has filed and rendered to the
court his final account herein for set
Element, and that a petition for final
distribution has been filed with said
account, and the court has fixed the
18th day of September, 1914, at the
hour of 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, in
Department No. 2, of said court, as the
! time and the place when and where a
hearing on said final account will be
had and the time and place when and
where a hearing on said petition fol-
distribution will be had, at which time
and place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file his
objections in writing to said account
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-08-21
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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-08-21
TRADES COUNCIL.

The Trades Council held its regular
meeting last Friday evening with Pres
ident Luts in the chair.
Credentials of Theo. Boer of the
Musicians and Harry Wallenhaupt of
the Cigar Makers were received and
delegates seated.
Wire received from the Adjutant
General of Washington, D. c., in re-
CARDS to the Fort Lawton band play
ing at Wenatchee and same was re-
ferred to the Western Department at
San Francisco.
Each delegate was urged to aid in
the sale of tickets on the Labor Day
excursion.
The committee appointed to- wait
upon the Model Stables was continued,
Communication received from Will
! low Weavers' Union of Liverpool,
N. Y, asking that the council and
member patronize union labeled will
low clothes baskets, hampers and will
low furniture.
Reports by Unions.
! Brewery Workers placed an assess
ment of % cents on their membership
for the Person defense fund.
Engineers-Five-cen assessment fol
the Seven Sisters.
Machnists-Many men being laid Of
at the Great Northern shops.
typographical shops signed VI
new wage scale
Teamsters-Two limitations.
Label League-Two applications.
Council joined in a request to Sc
cure Samuel Gompers for a speaking
tour here for initiative bills.
A committee was appointed to aiC
the passage of the Seven Sisters anC
the Eight Hour bill at the Novembe
election, consisting of Allen, Krott
Cooley, Wallenhaupt and Phillips.