Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-21
THE LIBRARY TABLE
By the B,OkIOrcr


sketches, sometimes only v!gncttes, Of
Napoleon under different aspects, OF
the generals, officials and political up
starts who surround him and of the
numerous members of the Bonaparte
family. all made prominent through the
glory OF the genius whom their family
has produced. There is the tacjturn
boy Napolione sitting reading in his
plot OF the school garden at Brienne,
which he has fenced in to keep the
other boys out There is the artillery
officer OF %, banished from Corsica
where he has played double part in
revolution. now on the deck Of q sail
ing ship bound for France. where he
Is soon 10 act on a larger stage. As
commander OF the forces of the con-
vention he forbidS tho bearing Of arms
by civilians. a boy Of II comes TO him
to plead for the return of his dead
fathers sword. Napoleon grants the
request. The widowed mother comes 10
thank him, and Napoleon first meets
Josephine. He is campaigning III Italy.
Look at him as he sits there writing
and calculating His powdered hair is
cut In fringe over his forehead but
lengthenS toward the back of the head
TO hang down over his shoulders. His
coat IS simple anG scantily embroid-
cred. He walks up and down and issues
dictatorial orders, this foreigner VaosG
French is still faulty" Married 10 Jo-
sephine and infatuated with her. he
shows his wife's picture TO every one
and talks about her continually. thus
lessening the respect Of his colleagues
for him. lie accidentally breaks the
glass covering Josephine's miniature.
u'f1j ha In, y
pale and cries out TO his companion
The glass is broken, My wife is Ill or
unfaithful." After the coup d'ftat. he
invites his mother, Nine Letizia. tho
sturdy CorSlcan woman. TO cone to tic
Tuilerics 10 live with him. but she re-
fuses. She alWavS diStru5tS his sud-
den rise to power. his m1gnifccnce. and
often murmurS' "All very well. provided
II lasts" TallCyrand is almost from
the start the enemy Of Napoleon Here
is his picture, "Talleyrand IS In al! re-
spects the man of noble birth Lam
though he be, the prettiest women pay
court to him. His charm is that OF a
rolling sphere. whose living summit is
everywhere and nowhere. The asser-
ton that he betrayed his master only
for the sake Of France is balied By his
immeasurab!e avarice and venality."
On the eve of Austerlitz. Napoleon, in
his middle 30G. is "a little fellow. seated
in waffle and-dab hut. on an un-
known plain IL wears a greasy coat,
a clammv shirt; studs potatoes ana
onions into his hungry mouth Next
day. by this one battle. hr will renew
the glories Of Char!emacne. dead a
thousand years since" a. Warsaw. in
brilliant ballroom in the old palace
OF the kings. Napoleon suddenly catches
sight Of a dainty fair-haired. b,uo-eved
beauty and Immediately chooses her as
his partner IN the contra dance. II Is
the Countess Walewska. who becorl s
The mother of his son. Count Alaxaaa,e
Walewski and who is one Of thu few
persons from his past 10 visit him l.
his exile Oh Ella.
When the tide is about 20 turn and
his fortunes show signs Of decline. Ma
po!eons concern about his dynasty III
creases Josephine has given him no
heir and he wants one badly There
IS conclave OF the Bonaparte family
at the TuiierieS: josephine is present
and puts her signature 10 the divorce
agreement; then she IS carried from
he room in fe!gned swoon: shortly
after she retired 10 Malraison. "a veri-
table Nio5a.' six weeks later there Is
another family council. 10 discuss new
bride. and before long Napoleon is rush
ing inpe;uouslv in a pouring rain TO
been married 10 hir, by proxy in V!on-
ia. In a moment he is III the car
riagc beside her. dismissca the lady-in-
waiting. kisses his b;idc. laughing tn
while, fcr lie is wet through II he-
embarrassment. she fir6S pretty
phrase: Your portrait does r0t sia.ts-
YOU. sire After 3 to,isonre march
Napoleon had reached Moscow ard in
~" Krenl.il awaits the TsarS sub:niS-
son. but tho Tsar and every one else
have fed. Suddenly a red glare lights
up the windows and word Is brought
that tho Krcmlin had been mined. Ma
polcon stubbornly refuses 70 leave and
is finally almost dragged 10 safety
through ooScur@ allcyS Of the city. Tn ~.
III the cold and SNOW Of the early Rus
sian Winter. begins the disastrous re-
treat from, Moscow The last dayS on
the volcanic rock Of S. Helena. nearly
thousand miles from he coaS: ci
Africa. are fun Of sad pictures Ma
poleon'S hoySe there. lonsNoc6 Is i
converted stable. damp and overrun
with rats, The acorS rot. The walls b.
come stained with moisture and his
honkS m.l6ew The fallen ca&'>sr1g
lives III two small rocnls AMI S'aep5 Gil
his canp-be6 OF AuS.c-iigE. IL hates
hts British taller. ST. Hudson Lowe.
and finally refuses 70 Sc him The
British governor INSISTS U0c9 $,Nl3,
with his own eyes that Gen Bo02-
parte" Is there-~haS not cScaNed -and
Napoleon shouts thg3uSh ths C>os
Tell him he can bring his eXccut;SaHy'S
AZ II he likes Rut Il he wants ~
enter my room he must d. 81 OYER ny
dead body Give me my p.>to,Sf His
las, days ~ consciousness are spent ~
debating long will. IN which he re
members the surviving officers and men
who fought ~ his campaigns The lew
friends who have shared his cNt}f
members OF his family. and especially
his son. The King ~ Rome who
Is In Vienna, The final picture IS the
autopsy. nj which the CorSicRn pAy$l-
clan, AntcmrArS hi. five English sur
geonS. THREE English Army officers and
three Frc0chmen are present and dis
putc whether or not the climate CI s.
Helena has caused The eN~Enipsror 5
premature death
This seems 10 hs Napoleon season
Published a, approximately The same
TIME a. Emil l,dw,S'> Napoleon are
the following These Quauc~cn!e
Ronapartes. hv Robert Gordon An
derSon, Napoleon and Mis- Women
Friends" Nv Gertrude AtHT-, The
Thuuderer. ronance about Napoleon
and Josephine. Nv =. HARRINGTON.
"Talleyrand." nv Anna Bowman NeSd
and louis xViil Ivy J tucas-nuege-
ton 1Al,evrand was enc ~ the MOST
aStute diplomats ~ the NaQoleofNc
era, and opposed Napoleon's autoc'aeN
Louis XVIII. as heir ~ tho f@u's'n
succession, was menace to Nal"!eNaS
security tie entered Paris cu III" day
when Napoleon went on hoard I'll NJ
g. nellerophon. from Which he MAS
transferred 60 the NNrthumeStsand,
which took him IA 81 Helena
A bridge between CUsro ana lima,
"A -NtNt