Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1920 — EMPEROR FRIEND OF LOWLY [ARTICLE]

EMPEROR FRIEND OF LOWLY

Napoleon 111 Declared to Have Had Genuine Regard.for the Humbler of His Subjects. i -

The friendly feeling of Napoleon m for the tollers is dwelt upon by Agnps Carey In her “An Empress In Exile,” in the Century magazine, and she gives as her authority Empress Eugenie, wife of the last of the emperors. “Whatever his failings toward her had been.” the author says, “she professed a warm admiration of his love of hard work, his pluek and his great kindness of heart and thoughtfulness for every one. The emperor genuinely loved the poor and humble his subjects, with no thought of policy. He was too good and generous for his people’s understanding. Had be been tyrannical and made use of them and trampled them down like some other sovereigns, they would, have behaved better toward him, she (Eugenie) said. “Napoleon was a dreamer and spent much of his time to the serious thinking out of schemes for the benefit of his people, and all mankind. His life’s ambition was to better their lot He had great magnetism, especially with the working classes. The empress charmed every stranger, hut the emperor was really more personally and deeply loved by his entourage than was hl? consort" No, Luke, you can’t convince a woman that any man who has proposed to herds a fool.