, 1879-03-29


the gtius 1T TIC fortress lie Ina FROM every
point VI view as fine u stretch Of scenery MS ever
Claude imagined. Nhtnro's waywultlncHs uf
bounty was never better tflustratcd tllnn In her
choosing bIuft EngIisllmnb mi sending linn
fortlt from llia nattyc Lincolnshire some thirty
years ago to make = fortune by beating the
French on their own ground. 1t IA something of
sttrnrIac to himself to this ycrY day, and on
his start In lie ho wAa 10 absolutely ,1nprcparcd
for It tta! fo WAS only flcstatlng bctwccn his
fathers profession, the law, nth! lhc Church.
Ills hone lae grown up, like his busincss,
from inodcst beginnings. AZ drst IL WA but
buycr knew wf.at he was about. The grounds
wcro large enough to give It rom 10 9row, 1t
has accord'ng!y grown IN gil directions, and It
% i, nSw tathsd , large family set,len'ent ,han
roof.trce has p,it forth now branches, ind IN tic
long lines Of building an expert in ths kind Of
woodcsaft might trace the various stages u
dcYcfnplnert. The conservatory was clearly an
room from tl,c conservatory; the long CALLERS,
descending terrace by terrace Of covered way 10
tile grounds, an uilsfloot from the conservatory.
Nor is this all, by q long way. The QalletY ID
md The grodnds are dotted to tl,er verge viii,
mniaonnottos for study, for recreation, for tic
dwelling pluccs Of the ownct's sons. This
ought to exhaust tho list, but II docs not;
to5 t',a w1sre . ths internal LET bstwoan hou,s
s iower-bctls, % fountains. ani nd con- eonscrsa. ..
tories, it Is occupied with picturcsqe ruins The
genera! objection to this Is that the ruins arc
suel. only IN name. TT, Inht aoe 1 sstnicteulsr
Of Napoleon md other terrestrial deLtics Of
France, came from tho old Hotel do Vile. This
huge tccpsake In stone IL from tho burnt Tuil-
cries. You stop to admire az OLD carved door,
n.nl YOU learn that It unce closed OIL the devu-
lions Of 3fmc. lie Aluthtenon: piece Ut tapes.
try--it kept tic dtaught from the cradle Of
Henry w.
Mr.. Worth Is groat amateur Of brtc-a-brac.
Specimens uf porcelain with alterations Of rich
taucstrY etu!rs for background form tlIc cov-
crlng OF The walls in Tic low hall Of the dark
oak In The bright murntng-toom, in the ttn!ng-
room bcyot,l. Carried uut to this cxteut It
brlahtons up shn rop1ns Is no other device could
witt, varIctl color. But this brightness might
easily degenerate into an offensive VaudIncss il
Ii were not properly carred out aud balanced in
other details Of tho furniture: The owner, ac-
cordlngIy, has happily blended hanRngs With
haugtngs; plants, pictures, brunzcs, wal1-nQ-
sale, tcssclatud Eayeuents with all.
The general principle Of tic domestic arrange
munts is ti,ut each peEaon III tue house, whether
separate donaiu. There are common rooms
hero-thc diniHg-room Ia necessarily one Of
them, ail1 tho grand salon Ia another: hut every
occupant may ilul copies OF them In miniature
In his own part OF tile premises Thus Nine.
Worth Ina very complete suitc Of "utsts " III
the st,ape Of Douloir, muEnfnE-rbo!n. petit snlon,
for her own special use. 1itr husband has
another very different In styfc-ola oak md low
toned hpnEinEH, az against light woods uud
draperfca to 1natch. 1t Is the samc Thing out In
the grounds; each OF tho two SONS has ills
house, built n1ll furnished in pesfcet accurd with
tile tastes aud pursuits OF tic occupant. One
Studio which has but ono faul&-it Is SO pretty
ttat It must tend to divert the amateur artist's
attention from Ills work to aIs walls. In
mother house da.ntiiy fitted up fencing
is ln tho buslncss, finds his tavritc recreation.
Beyond these lies smaller house now ln tlisusc,
but still Kept in perfect ORDER where thu lads
used to work with their tutor bnfore they vent
out into the world. This same sense Of the
seen In the houslng Of tlla horses. The stables
arc little compositions i fancy brick-n work, mol
ts1lea wooda, md gttterlug brasscs.,
Mr.. Worth Is English or nothing, Nine. Worth
French tL,un English, md ouly obe speaks our
language with ease. Their father, Il, spitc OF
h!a LONG residence In Franco, ls thorough john
Bull in everything but appearance, 1t you
co,t1 ret him to ta!k quito freely he would
mnintaln tint Frnnce was ncver quite 90 well oir
az under Imperial ruu. 1t Is natural; we must
remember low he has made bis fortune. 4 Ka-
publican Government n,,st seem chaot[e to
man who locks routnl fn vuiu for some oj,c 10
days There was a Nine. Dc Mcttcrptca Or u'a a
Mime de Portals for the inltiatory Idea, and ,hc
most charming woman IN Europe to give It the
soal Of Statu approyal az d pattern for tic wboic
world. 4 rroiret Of fasiitop was thus pnsscd
Into law by regular constitutional stages, All,
Worth, ~ representing The Commons, and lin
distinguished patroneasos, as representing m
Uppcr House, elaborated d scheme but,Yepu
n tlnaf SANCTION coutraltnk to Ia Heinz }t ve1tf
In this respect at least, no wife Of n prcRfdent
will probably cvar ba able to fill tl,v place Of
tic Empress. Besides, ono class Of "people