The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-26
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Tho spocIul correspondent Of rhe
Figaro NJ Berlin gives an account
Of u visit TO NJ do Mollkes house
NJ, do Mollke's residence IL lhe Stan
place, large brick building which
resembles u barrack or school.
The door IL securely guarded A
stately staircase leads 30 the private
apartments Of tho marshal, which
consists Ola ballroom whore nobody
over danced, u sale des conference,
or lecture room, u dining.room, ante.
chamber whore visitors wait study
and bedroom The lecture hall has
no furniture save n long table,
covered with green cloth, aud plain
chairs round It, The cloth Is 30
grocn and unso,led that It appears
TO have never been used, There is
not paper, pen or inkSNud there
on no pictures hang on the walls
But IN n corner IRE two rhcsCs. con.
tanning, doubtless, papers Of i'm
porlaucc Hero NJ, de Mollkcgivcs
his famous lessons on tho military
art totwonly or thirty officers, who
N their turn, pass them through
the army In the dining room Il
Ike GOODNESS, nnkedncss, severity
not the smallest object to please the
eye. The rclrclory of the Grandc
Chartrouso monastery seems loss
bare. On II largo table four pInccs
were laid for those relatives Of N.
de Moltko who share his existence
of retirement and labor The ante.
chamber is somewhat more life like.
On tho right Of it folding doors give
passage to the marshnI's study, n
largo apartment lighted by three
fine windows looking on the KONG.
splatz 1t is lofty and large enough
for the marshal to walk up aud
down, as is his habit when thinking. |
Three tables are there, one in each
window The correspondent oX.
pccted to see them covered with |
books and papers, but he found |
himself mistaken On the table to
the left, where Nj. de Moltke prefers
to sit, stood fine double chronom-
eter, and all the papers were dozen
military reports, with enormous
margins, beside which were the
great mans spectaccs. On the |
middle table was n single news
paper, the Militair Wochenblatt, one
oflhe few prints he will read The
third was covered with an immense |
map, which hung over TO the carpet.
A long red pencil lying across it
showed that the marshal had been
lately at work thereon. 1t was q
plan Of Strasburg and the now
Notifications, with several marks
and notes of the red pencil, The
correspondents guide would not
allow him more than Il glance, but
called his attention to the paper
weights, which were two fragments
of cannon, inscribed with the date
aud place Of their capture, one from
France and Que from Austria
Three walls of the study had pic
lures in frcsco Of ancient fights
and deeds done long ago" The
painter has introduced therein the
likeness of NJ. de Moltke, under
various arms and in miscellaneous
situations of triumph. Upon the
corner Of small open bookcase lay
the remains Of the marshal break
fast, which never varies "a glass of
claret and some biscuits--slde by
side with cigar boxes, for he is a
great smoker, and even takes snuff
The bedroom which leads from this
apartment is as simple as the rest.
Behind n screen stands Il little IRON
bedstead, like that of n schooiboy
From one of its corners was hang
ing Il furred cap OF eccentric form.
Beside it, on the floor, a small vaIiso
ready packed, and a large map case
On the table II portrait Of Madame
de MoItke, who died in 1868 at
Christmas There was another por-
trait representing her at twenty
years old or SO Madame de
Moltke's father was rich English
man, who married the marshal $
sister as his second wife. The
young English girl fell in love with
her stepmother's brother before
meeting him, impressed by his
letters home NJ. dc Moltke was
then at Constantinople. Besides
these private apartments there IS
little to see in the Staff palace. Just
ms the correspondent entered the
library a great number Of maps
were brought in, carefully packed
and sealed. They were destined no
doubt for the army. His guide
offered to get one Of the packets,
but in spite of his high position he
was refused by the CLERK single