The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-08
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d-chamber, now brilliant reception room.
with dainty tapestried recess at the end
Wnere the great captain o bed stood. Chaplin
ms painted some charming bits whsrs
Gnsa.rnlng s. bits are generally wasted the
| We are by the marshaI's quarters. Beyond
| t1e state bedroom Is the council chamber, ON
Inc RED morocco chair OF which M. aambettss
hopes ere long to seat himself. His first
pFoIposltl9R Z, may be TO remove the medallions
peror OF Austria and other persons base
enough to wear crowns, from the walls. Rs,t
there are people who bet freely that by TIM,
time the ex-dictator reaches the fable at which
he will be q rank Orleanist
:, Beyond the council chamber and through
the ,aides-de-camp cabinet, furnished prinei-
pally with desks, is the old work-room OF
election to the presidency Of tho republic TO
the coup u 'etdt, and where he toiled at affairs
Of state with his friend and secretary Moe
quart, quart early and late; 1t is now tho ante
room ON 70 t the cabinet OF the marshal president
Lthe ,d,. oid library in which the presidential
desk has been adjusted, and which Is filed
with books and papers, interspersed with
samples Of as, war material It Is here that the
whole day, and transaets business with minis
ters, generals and municipal authorities Civ
ing his best attention to many things which
ne hardly affects to understand, and which
are uneongenial to the old soldier. Beyond
the marshals work-room is bis bed-roorn-
the bed-room and the bed of kings
before NJ, Theirs slept under the Elysses
roof. M. Theirs in that vast bed II seems
that when the. Emperor Alexander was i'm
Paris he refused the royal couch as too broad
and stately, for him, and had O hard military
bed spread beside it.; but IL suited his Majesty
Adolphe l., with Gobelins tapestry around to
lregale. his sleepless hours. BY the royal and
UrfEE,tnU- I'm tho nd fntr TIRE
the, exquisite Byzantine chapel, which the
architect Lacroix built for the Empress i'm
1867; 1t is richly decorated with marble and
g gold, and ! includes some celebrated paintings
0f saints by the son Of poor Nine. Hortense
Cornu, the Emperor foster sister and devgt-
cd friend and literary assistant when he was
writing his work ON artillery in the fortress
OF Ham delightful, clever and accomplish
ed with her about her dear Prince Louis some
two years ago.
The rooms round about the chapel are the
private apartments OF the Duchess Of Ma
the Empress, would have occupied had the
Emperor died In the Tnleries. The walls Of
the boudoir are paneled with engraved glass
Of elaborate design. This was intended as
been removed, and in its place are the thou
sand and one eonyeniences and ornaments,
the comforts and frivolities Of ladys bos-
DOR. isd,. The next room was the Empress
bedroom but 1T IS now the Marshal's bill
liard-room and the play-room Of his chill
dren, where at times several noisy games
go forward together at the jeug Installed
In dilterent corners Of the room. Be-
yond the room OF games jig the marechale's
ordinary sitting-room. The .marechale Is
q very busy and o very devout lady. She is
to be seen at all important church ceremo-
nies. The other day she gave the bishop OF
versailles inter encompassed by o river Of
versary Of the twenty fifth year Of his epis-
coopate.. Republican tongues are very wicked
about this and the general devotion Of the
narechale to the church. on course she Is In
the hands Of the Jesuits, and the marshal, be-
their hands also: Hence all kinds Of mischief
may be expected at any moment The mare
chale's strong Legitimist sympathies, and
the crowds OF ,rustling visitors who come
beyond to pay their respects to ''the First
Lady Of the Republic, "Ieaying euuipapes be-
low covered with heraldie glories, deepen the
Republican distrust. When the hostess and
n these stately chambers, it is not the praises
Df the 4th Of September and their eniourage
which they sing-at least we think not. EAs
somn.e, the First Lady Of the Republic, like
Republican. Nor, for the matter of that, is
she Bonapartist, although her ducal coro-
net came to her upon the wings of the eagle.
They are Legitimists, with a taste for Orlean-
5bi. vi biit ulbESuHl IOyhity 10 Els late
Derial master men speak in whispers, with
anger In theire eyes.
The marechale Is a very benevolent lady,
WHO takes real interest in her poor, and is an
active manager and correspondent, as her
we'll covered desk, substantial ebony fnkstand
md gum but testify. Her sitting room is also
/ work-room. The dominant piece of furni-
,ure is substantial writing table, fit for a
yusy secretary Of State. at which she conducts
,he correspondence Of the eeIures and funds Of
which she Is president and patron with q
igor almost equal to that of the august exile.
or whose dowager days this magnificent
'uite OF rooms was designed. The card table
ind sofa beside the bureau are for the ecarts
which husband and wife quietly play together
when an evening at home and without
tsitors can be snatched. The Marshal
$ not studious man, but soldier and
! sportsman, who takes lightly and
ind his pipe with his children about him, and
The private rooms include
handsome family dining-roo (enriched with
In1rnal pieces by DespOrtes) and o further
Dom, the walls Of which are broad landscapes
hat give it wonderful air and space where
he family take their coffee. The official home
i the marshal president OF the republic Is, in
hort, stately place, but made home-like by
he children who range through it-who, by
he way, are given to talk English as homage
o their sires descent, and who affect Scotch
on1e. 1t is quite apart from the ceremonial
lalls below, where the illustrious billiard
,layer OF the premier, his pipe laid aside,
latterS to the veStibule, his breast ablazf3
With orders, to receive his imperial hghnass
II his majesty.
the Heat,