The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-23

By liberal gifts to the boys Of the neighborhood,
Madame Jdmel induced them to form line Of the boats
from which they fishing in the river whenever she
appeared at the head of her "army." Thus the daily
review of her forces took on naval well a military
aspect The review always ended with few vOlleys Of
musketry.
Although for reasons known only to herself Madame
Jume armed most of her soldiers with wooden guns she
had stored away in her house enough weapons have
given every soldier two three apiece Her house
vertabe arsenal She herself expert pistol shot
and proud of her ability to put bullet through
sparrows head at long range.
In her main drawing room she had built high dais
covered with costly tapestry On this she sat in throne
like chair richly upholstered with imported brOcades.
Here she used to receive the homage of her armed
tanners and of any visitors whom she thought worthy to
be granted audience
One of the things of which Madame Jumel was always
prOudest the intimate friendship which she claimed
with Joseph Bonaparte the brother of Napoleon, who
became King of Spain During his visit this country
she maintained that he frequent guest at the Jumel
Mansion She was delighted with the praise which her
royal guest gave to banquet which she served for him
that she left the table standing for years just it was
when Bonaparte left it.
1t was strange sght-the fine linen yellowed by age;
the half empty dishes of gOd silver and the finest china
and glassware the Wondering pyramids of cOnfectons
and the whered bouquets of flowers which had formed
the splendid cenrepece-al half buried in dust and cob
webs for the servants had been forbidden to lay hand to
anything the table at which Madame Jumel and Joseph
BOnaparte had dined together.
Such a woman was Madame Jumel-the daughter of
social oucas who nursed ambitions lofty those of
any empress and who by her audacity and determi
nation succeeded in attaining many of them. What
pair she and Jacques Lebaudy would have made had they
lived in the same period and fate had thrown them to-
gether 1t far stretch of the imagination to believe
that LebaudyS projected Empire of Sahara might have
become reality had Lebaudy had the beautiful and tai
ented Madame Jumel to share his throne of gold and
ivory.
Indeed there little doubt that many of Lebaudy's
inquiries in regard who then in the public
eye were with view possibly finding wife who might
up the extraordinary reSourcefuness of Ma
dame Jume The Emperor gave long and thoughtful
Sideraton to Mile Lantelme who just then promi-
men figure in Partisan life. Much that he had heard Of
the young woman led him c think that she possessed
many of the remarkable characteristics of Madame Jume
Lebaudy finally arranged to meet the beautiful Lanteme
and this will be told more fully later
Perhaps it what Lebaudy heard of the remarkable
ambitions of Madame Jume that set him fire again with
the desire be recognized Emperor of Sahara Per-
hap because he of too restless and pugnacOus
a temperament to remain long anywhere without doing
something to excite the anagonSm OF those around him.
At any rate the few weeks of comparative peace and
quiet which followed the transfer of His Majesty and the