The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-04
dow seats are the following maxims Of sim pie
bygiene;--
LEVER A SIX, DINER DIX.
soUPER A SIX, ooUoHRR DIX.
FAIT vIvRE L'HoMMB DIX FoIs DIX.
POST CoRNAM sTABIs

tween the two is PoPULUs.
The large chimney piece, as is the case IN
all the other apartments of the house, is the
chief characteristic of the room. In this case,
it is entirely formed of Dutch tiles, each rep
resentipg some scripture scene, or illustrative
of some proverb, arranged so as to form two
gigantic H's, one within another, in fact the
monogram Of Hauteviile House. In the re-
cess above the cross of the II are two fantastic
china figures Of elephants, and the whole is
surmounted by the figure, in porcelain ware,
of the Virgin and Child, on bracket, with
inscription
EoTRB DAME DE BON sEcoURs. 175G.
whilst on the massive oak cornice on either
side is cut in the wood the following quotation
from the ChGnSonS deS ruoS ct deS bois:-
LIE PEUPIE EST PETIT, MAIs IL sRRA GRAND,
DAMS TIES BRAS Scores, o MERE FECoNpR o IL
BBRTB sA1NTE Az PAR CONQUBRANT, TU PoRrEs
L'ENFANT QUI PORTE LIE MONDE.
On the border of the ceiling, again, opposite
is:--
TU QUI TRANsIs PER DoMos PERITURAs SIS ME-
NOR DOMUs ETERNJgl
The interior of the doorway is in keeping
with the rest of the OAK carvings. In four
inches left in the canopy above it are as many
quaint Chinese porcelain figures, generally
styled by Marie, the domestic, as the four
Evapgelists, greatly to the amusement of NJ.
de Kelser, the fdus Achates of Victor Hugo.
Ex1LIUM VITA EST.
Between the windows is an object of interest
that arouses the curiosity of the stranger it
is tall cathedral stall, across whose arms is
fixed massive iron chain to prevent any one
sitting in it.. 1t is an amiabe superstition of
Victor Hugo that a seat should always be re-
served for the spirits of his ancestors; and the
title is superscribed d.
CELIA PATRUM DE DETUNCToRuM,
Underneath the Hugo crest and significant
Legend
PULvIs Es, CINIs SUN.
On either arm of the stall are the names:-
GEORGE HUGO, 1884.
JOSEPH LEOPOLD sIGGsBERT HUGO, 1928.
In the recesses on each side of the fireplace
are various handsome tazzas, various dishes
of Dresden, Japanese, and Sevres ware. One
salt-oellar is of value, from its design by
pupil of Cellini's.
The table is plain but massive, and the floor
in French fashion, without carpet.
From the Vestibule small passage leads
into the terrace looking over the garden.
This passage is likewise decorated with curl
osities in china plates and Sevres ware, Es-
pecially noticeable here is fine service pre-
sented by Charles to Victor Hugo; oa a
white ground are represented the various
articles of food in gold.
From the terrace tagged with stone, the
visitor passes into luxurious studio with
glass Sides which, however, can be efectually
shaded by heavy velvet curtains, with couches
4 la Iurque. In the studio is a heavy cabinet
of Guernsey workmanship. Here also is an
inscription
AID AUGUSTA PER AUGUSTA.
illustrating, says NJ. Lecanu, the tendency
of the poet towards everything colossal and
difficult.
The tapestried ante room, which communi-
Gates with the studio and billiard room, is the
most complete gem, in my opinion. 1t is sur
rounded with we'll preserved Gobelins tapes
try, the largest representing hunting scene,
temp. Louis XIV; and smaller but more
elegant piece by the doorway, showing damsels
Offering roses to rural deity. Over a we'll
designed doorway is the device of figure on
horseback, and under it
BON RoI RoI QUI SEN VA.
But the greatest composition is the chimney
piece, we'll described by Leoanu:-
'Let us imagine cathedral of carved wood,
which, firmly rooted in the flooring, rises in
a towering mass to the ceiling, indenting the
| tapestry above with its highest pinnacles.
The doorway is represented by the hearth,
| and the rose window by a convex mirror
placed above the fireplace. The central gable
rises in double entablature, decorated with
arcades and fantastic foliage in deliciously
bastard style, in which the rocco blends with
Byzantine architecture. Surmounted on this
are two towers, supported by buttresses,
which most happily repeat the ornamentation
of the main body. This crowning piece re-
minds one of the facades OF the guildhalls in
Antwerp and Bruges. Here, also, as in the
roofs of these old remains of the time OF
Philip II, some plain figures stand out in
rigid simplicity, and give life to the bold in
dented lines of the architecture. One figure
is that of bishop, with gilt crozier; and on
two adjacent escutcheons is the proverb:-
CROSSE DB BoIs, RvEqUB DOR.
CROSSE Dor, EvEQUE DE BoIs.
"Below are two carved figures, represent
ing one, st. Paul, with
underneath; the other monk, and the
words
On two plain volutes are inscribed the names
of the greatest benefactors of humanity, in
chronological order:-
NOISE, soCRATE CHRIST, coIoMB. LUTHER, WASH
IEGToN.
and the names of the greatest poets among
mankind
JOB, IsAIE, HoMERE, EsCHYLE, LUCREcE DANTE
sRAKEsPEARE, MoLIERE.
Luxurious Turkish divan couches surround
this small room, and on the table are spread
q magnificent folio copies of pictures by the bes
artists mostly representing characters and
scenes from M. Hugo's most popular works.
a "ReGnterjng the house from the terrace, We
ascend to the first floor by q winding stair