The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-05
A FRENCH AUTHORS HOME.
a. stRDOtrS SUMNER RESIDENCE ar
MIhLI-LBROL


... r,'., in the winter time YOU have only o. go
I r I'ur de- Clichy. n stones throw from Vic
.DrU .o's house: To- find him at home in the |
,.rn p. you must be- prepared fot longer |
,tr... F,Ist you have to- take train for st. |
+ rn n and then 60 drive for the better part |
,, r A0ur IN rural cab to Marly-e-Roi. |
pne. H. German you need not trouble !
r..uf H. Sardou's address everybody knows |
f. ua. culnrly the driver Of the rural cab. for
t,s a part Of his income is derived from
Fl ,f.. % ooursce to the abode of greatness AZ
r.. liclo tolls up the steep road you have
r..u 10 leisure to admire the beauties Of the
lni-.upc. They are both natural and artii
r.l. ncw Paris Lies behind you. and all around
t.e g.. gardens the chacnus. the causeways
ODD which Louis XIV seems to have LETT his
mark for eternity. Tho houses Nrc walled in
f. DBL the rond like those Of the Fauhcurg St
l.rfu in: tho pathway for horse and man is
,.r, .iy paved with stoncs-cach stone
luI which Mt the first Jolt give you the rd-
i..a ~ the massive coach building OF two
r.,ti. tesaso. You pass Monte Crsto." or. at
la.i tne wall that hides it. and many quaint
rr., and auantcr cabaret show you
Nat Won are in ancient France. The
,iuoso greon ia bounded GU one side
I,u hurch. on the other by the ornamcnted
if,ul. ate of u spleniid residence; and here. for
uef g time you find something out OF keep
Ing. The gate indeed. though brand new. IL in
Uc s..Ia of the seventeenth century. but the two
IS. sphinxes bordering the carriage drive
b,yon somehow look distinctly modern. This
frni- the main entrance to NJ Sardou's house.
which as yet. is only to be- dimy seen through
10 q TEX foliage that surrounds IT, The old
rniraDoe was by door in the garden wall; aud
D." low one, luckily, being not quit1 ready we
l. vc o. ring me SANE bell ana pass throngh tne
teior,' us for the past two hundred years
Here. thon. we are IN the old world once more;
The house was the gift Of Louis XIV. 10 one ~
bis courticrH. and II has stood without sub
grounds 20 this day NJ sardou, who has
nwncd It for some years, has never forgotten
IT, origin and TIA history and whenever he has
bren umpellod to add u new thing he has tai N
furnished the place as Louis's favoritc might
have furnished II; and. to carry out this hobby.
he hn- boon n pretty constant attendant at the
lril-t.- brdC sales The sleigh In the antcchnm-
trr hn- carried many u court beauty over the
s"lt for one in The hollow Of his back i'm
who's likeness 1t Is carved has stared with
Hose wooden cycs-no wonder that they are 80
wide Dupu-On a strange succession OF things IN
lrnu0e. Royalty nj lis height of grandeur and
l. lowest depth of anasement: two lmnires in
cir rise and dOwnfall-the glory Of ISL, the
sham. NJ 1874. Its broken tnp-kl9t dates from
lhc last invasion. Some Of KIM Williams sol
lirr- WIRE hi lletcd on NJ Snrlou: and the rough
follow seem to hnvc had merry time of II
with this monster toy. The rest of the furni-
lure however. thoy left pretty much NJ they
rom was not taken away. This room t. ndmira-
Die n- nm example ot perfect keeping IN an an
rent STYLE tits hung in real nprstrv. the utSt"
tui klhd 81 DECORATION llhNluS sun pI"NHl.Hu
b. the time OF thu EOi SOifii. ana II hu- all the
freshness and beauty of morning in Il hundred
O"len ly-varicd tints Of purple and roS" and
gold. II u the very place Tor the repuse OF
cpurlv shepherds aud sheph"rie--es grown
tired of ulty ing AT country life. Here are bcAu.
TRULY maid cabinets. wherein they may iind
thor llns again. carpets good d"nl softer ihan
natures. priceless cups of SeNr"s for their ten.
looking AN the prettirr Tor their contrast 10 the
bowls IN which the mock SWANS have taken
t.eir mix out OF doors, and many plturei
rrrnc- n Landscape in Na-e and JAR lini"rr
glowing with sunshine that docs not tan IA,
Ii Is the Same ia the adjoining study. Tn
work room OF Moiicic might have looked Ike
hne qhe "a great naid table seems Ms to want ant for
u Complement 70 4 man IN howing wiz the
s'ia couch ought 70 support no heavier nsnre
tliing phrase IN honor Of the reignins beauty.
Tho houkshcive~ are Illed WIKI Iuni'rou-
MI the rest belongs NJ. Sardou is an amateur
Of old books black letter j. his weakness iolio-
ri af' ihe H Hotel b i'@ ior '" rare bud
ings rs for curiOsites in t"ncuus. table
and chairs. Many other men who have The
same t.t-t" he VIII tel you, cannot gTatiy u foi
want of space in their libraries. Look here
Sp"r,m s -" and RI he III. Its Nth 10Th hands
bulky volume of learning which has a. much
leather about the outside OF # rs would 20 e
the making 81 troopers saddle. That WIS
one reason why bought a country house. and
an old one into the bargain. | wanted shelves
large enough TO hold my books, and rooms
large enough to hold my shelves. have enough
oil BOTH aud with that lie leads YOU W stairs
I, see a yaster store
That naturally leads 10 a ramhlc through the
Iouh and you remark everywhere the same
TASTE lor old -world belongings Here is mode
q! the Bastine. carved out Of "A stone taken from
the walls while indignant pubic virtue was IN
gagged N razlng them 10 the ground. The mode
same material, were ordered by many OF tho
Ereat cities of France They are now rarr. and
bardou had some difficulty in obtaining the one
now IN his hands. 1t gives far clearer idoa 81
the old fortress prison than could possibly ht
fsryed from picinrf IT. present. present! s ownI,i
takes you over 1t like guide. Here h
pays. using his ioroflnger fora pointer. wus
the main attack. ono Of the most famous e.
Iape- was made by a man who lay n Tint cell
lnto the moat at this point" Then he goes back
enothcr century or so 70 show you painting ~
narly SSfeated VIZ pe9toSrapnic dey ana
o. private review of his own grandeur. pran Pc
lng on a Flemish steed IN front oi his many %,
yli0n-. with the great central one. that served
tlr his own lodging. dominating all the r''-l
When that painting was done IL. prophet WA,
b.ou.d have foretold that it would one day hang
b'uru rDodel OF the utterly euhc"d ba@illl,
v luld hayehHd but scani honor IN his own and
Ana tie man VINO owns all these treasures an
tax 7u IA honest delight IA showing u.rn! Y
well. lac alone il out OF harmony OF siyl,
YIN hs house and goods. The later 9re q
Tue gml'e GroHd MOit1rqUe, and NJ. Nardou H.
Somewhat of the 0eiof kiHpire. Ii has boon said
d hundred tunes, but II viii bear saying again
4 only 10 kerp w the memory of what one,
WI, .furr linn ii /. to-dny Years ago when
lis rather Wild young journalist first cam' be-
lore tle public ~ writer If popular plays, nj
rl"ul- detected in INN an astonishing res ~
lAan'' % the prints Of the First Consul. lie
lad same tam -allow face. IA" same SHARP
B-d lu"d features. shaded win WllD
grow OF hank hair. Al tho Do'd supper
~ l"f.s' me panrIyrst ol inc oe,aslh
Nr..eut out an elaborate pnnFel i'm verse b"-
w. 'le achievements Of Sar'rou In the drnmt