Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-29
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ModomoIooIie naohoI,

thing connected withe the name of the
great Rachel, and the following account
Of a visit to her rOOms will be found there
fore, worth PerusHl:
Some years ago, when Mademoiselle
Rachel was trying the climate Of Egypt
as u sort Of fOrlnrn hope during the fatal
illness which deprived the world Of an
unriVallsd artist, she suddenly sent d.
rections TO Paris for the sale Of her fur
niIuEs aud OF the small hotel in which
she resided. WAS living in Paris at
the time, aud having been told by some
Que who had beeu ~ zee the rooms, OF q
certain wonderful Italian cabinet, went
TO ascertain whether it might be likely
" suit the demenSIOnS Ut my purse, ana
Of an apartment was just then engaged
In furnishing. There was curious
want Ot taste apparent in every detail of,
the decoration Of the house. Rachel's
costumes upon the stage had always been
40 admirably devised, that ono would
have lima Slued that some trace of the ar
tistic feeling which had guided her to
success fully in this minor branch Of her
art, would probably again be found in
the objects by which she bad lived sur.
rounded But No: there were many cost
ly things, hardly. any beautiful ones;
and all looked too large for the places
they occupied, aud US if in the selection
of them their money value had been the
only matter taken into consideration
Ga looking at them, ono came TO the con-
clusiOn that her perfect theatrical dresses
were probably not the work of her own
fancy, hut invented for her by some clev-
er painter among her friends. The house
was miniature compendium of discom-
fort, the rUOms Us stutfy, small and low
as tue ladies' cabin Of small steamer;
and the ceilings and walls overlaid III
every direction with massive gliding that
looked heavy enough to pull them down;
on the chmney-piece in the tiny drawing
room stood sumo colossal candelsbra with
gigantic branches, which would hardly
have looked small upon the Place de Ia
ConcOrde. The only article Of real beau
ty in the way Of furniture, was the ebony
cabinet had gOne to see, which had been
banishsd TO a lUge in the entrance court
just opposite the cOncierge's den, where
persons who came upon business were
made to wait until tbs great actress chose
to be visible.
SSeIJIhIug was just IS she had left II
for the poor thing bad gone OF, they said,
almost ut moments uotice; and it was
painful to see the crowd earelessly hSud.
liug the little Intimate kniek kuaeks, 50
worthless aud WithaI perhaps so precious,
which were lying about in every direction,
and which, in that desperate fight for life
ioto q warmer air, b id been forgotten and
left bshind. There was nothing the wo-
men Of the party did not pry into aud
overhaul; even unhauging the family min
iAtures from the wall for mora minute in
spectiou, IN spite OF the Information gra.
tuItousIy rendered BY the eouGierge that
"those vera not to ne included in the
sale"
Rather annoyed by the clamorous re-
marks and somewhat iudscorous curiosity
OF my fellow sight seers, l left the string
Of visitors aud proceeded up stairs to the
ROOMS upon the second door, before
made my way into little dark hole lead.
ing ont Of the drawing room, which l bad
heard my noisy predecessors dignity by
the high sounding title OF the Boudoir
CninoIs. IL was al absolute hole, and so
pitch dark, that was for some minutes in
IL before my eyes were able to Distinguish
Chinese paper, with birds aud flowers
upon il, aud one or two little brackets
supporting Chinese pots, which stood
IN the angles of the wallis, aud in
virtue OF which suppose the room OBJ
tanned its name. I was just preparing TO
90 up stairs, when = bust in white marble,
which stood upon the chimney piece, AZ.
trActed my attention; the head was Of a
young aud handsome man, with y shortish
beard divided into two points, aud round
the neck there hung . rosary-torgoIteu
like so mary other things in the distress
oFthAI departure. Twas greatly struck by
this detail, aud waited impatiently for thl
return Of the concierge, whom heard con
EOyiuR the other party to the door.
AtIast he came, aud anxious 70 ascer
tain on which Of her adorerV poor RSche
had left this singular necklace hanging,
Immediately iDQuirsd-"De qui est c.
bustr Z"
'.Mats de qui est. &C lie portrait 7" per
sisted, under the impression that the mai
did not know what he WAS speaking about
''C'eSt lie portrait du Christ"
The ebony cabinet was too largo for nj
room, and left The house somewhat Devil
dered with the confusion ofideAs created b,
toe curious Assemblags Of heterogepeou
otjectsI bad seen there's and straugelymover
BY the remembrance of that image Of on
blessed Lord in Raehel's Chinese boudoi
with the poor dying JsWess's rosary hum
about his neck. Surely, when nothing cal
be added to great name, it might be per
niItsd TO lie still.