Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-08-30
ANNA DICKINSON AT HOME.
A Visit to Her Cosy Apartments i'm
New York.

\ New York letter to the Washington
Capital says:
Anna Dickinson has grown tired of liv-
ing in hotels. and has taken what the
French would call ''an apartment in Fif
teenth street. only Il few doors from where
BOucicault has long lived. occupying the
cosiest quarters imaginable. There will be
an immense deal of play writing in this
street this summer. for MIR. Boucicault only
allows himself time to dine sumptuously
ut DelllOnicO's and make an occasional
run down to Long Branch. where friends
of his have Il cottage. and Miss Dickinsot.
having dismissed the cares of moving and
going to housekeeping" generally. has
settled down to the production of a play
that trust will be as excellent rs "A
Crown of ThOrns'' undoubtedly is. Her
rooms are to be at the top of the house,
away from passers-by. after Il sensible
fashion followed by people who like to
pick their company. and although the view
from the window is not particularly agree
able at present-it gives" directly on Il
building in process of construction. and all
one sees are brick and scaflolding-yet one
knows that all that will he changed in
carpenters and mason's own good time:
besides the interior is so charming that
ones eyes never think of Straying out of
doors. Were / to describe in detail the
home of the woman who is conceded to be
1.-The brainicst'' in this country. and an un-
conscious reproduction of whom. by the
way. those who know her cannot help see
ing in the character of RhOda Gale in
Charles Reade's woman IIater.'' YOU
would recognize how very fond she is of
pictures. for the walls are almost lined with
engravings. relieved here and there by
a painting. There is beside The Hugue-
not Lovers s-tllat sweetly pathetic picture
of the lovely girl knOtting Il scarf around
her stalwart sweetheart 5 ARMAND NUM-
ber of works more or less familiar. an en-
craving Of Napoleon at st. IIelena-a rath-
er rare one. imagine. The character of
the Little Corporal must be f;,vOrite one
with Miss Dickinson. since his eyes looked
brooch snc wore on her throat. Her pet
picture hangs in the space between the
front windows; it is an exceedingly fine
being but the fourth impress
sion. and it was some years before Schaus
could obtain it for Miss Dickinson from
the time she gave her order. 1t r,aip;resents
the death Of Chatterton, the original being
a famous painting that took the first prize
at the Rufal Academy some years ago.
Miss Dickson remarked, in looking at it,
Il consider that the painter has shown the
highest art in managing to have the face.
while wasted with starvation and fixed in
death, retain such wonderful beauty In
the picture-the painting-many details
produce an effect that cannot be expected
in stee! engraving, however fine. Thus,
a rose on bush in a pot by the window is
broken and the candle Is burnt out, along
with those of night. as seen through the
open easement that shows the roofs and
spires Of London, its smoke just dying
away. These things have their significance
and are skillfillly employed, The hang
ings Of Miss Dickinson's parlor are of
brown. with a dash OF red in it, and in
contrast silver statue Of the Condor Of
the Andes CLEANS brightly from its posi-
ton on the etagere. Many of the books
and .bric-a-brac have been packed since
Miss Dickinson gave up her house. She
,OnsiHers q whole house exhausting, be-
ievinS that home, to be a home, requires
the contribution of ones individuality to
every part it. IL should be very sorry"
she said, IF l could not give something Of
myself to each ROOM"