River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-05-27
A yICEREGAL HOME.
An Interior View of the Ottawa Resi-.
dence OF Lord L0rne and the Princess
nuicn

Louise.
| Whitehall Review London.
The Governors Generals sanctum is
| CHEEKY apartment lighted by two win
dows. A narrow close to the desk gives
access to the private working-room and
atelier OF the Princess Louise. Portraits
of the late Duchess of Argyll and the
| splendid Duchess of Sutherland adorn
! either side of the mirror. On the man.
| telplece were two photographs of the
/ Princess Louise, one repl esenting her
royal highness in her wedding dress.
A wondrous piece of Gobelins tapestry
hangs on the southern wall. His excel
| lency's inkbottle is constructed from
the hoof of the charger that carried
Lord Clyde through the Crimean war.
| The portraits of his Princess wife con-
| fronted the Laird of Lorne as he writes,
and between them stands miniature
of our queen in ivory in ruby velvet
open case. Inverary Castle holds its
own on the western wall, and the India
| ink drawing of the Home Coming"
done by her royal highness, Is admira-
| BE in its every detail. There are also
paintings in oil from the brush of the
royal lady, displaying mastery execu-
ton. Bonnie Scotland being especially
| favored by the gifted artist. A table in
the centre of the room is dedicated to
an immense morocco bound volume,
containing the various addresses pre-
scented to his excellency upon assum-
ing the reins of office, while case of
salmon flies, fanked by boxes of car
tridges, tel their own tale of flood and
| field.
The drawing-room is charmingly
proportional apartment, all dead blues
and dead grays. Here is wealth of
costly knickknacks, an Ell Dorado of
bric-a-brac. The walls glow with oil
paintings and water olors, the most no.
ticeable a life-size portrait of the Prin-
cess Louise in her bridal robes; "a pass
age from Elaine" by Dore, Tennyson's
words, In Dore's writing, underneath;
a half-length of Prince Albert. I'm
verary Castle" "Glen Shivra, ""Wind-
sor Castle" "Como." and "Venice." On
entering her Royal Highness' boudoir
the first object that strikes the eye is
the branch of an apple tree in leaf and
fruit, tralled against the panels of
white door. A closer inspection re-
veals the Counterfeit presentment."
| for, in order to kill the dead glaring
white the princess conceived the happy
and aesthetic idea of thus decorating
the obnoxious portal. This she has
done with her own hand, and the apples
are ripe and rosy enough to cause
second fall. A large photograph of her
Majesty holds the place of honor; the
background being a superb specimen
of Gobelins. The escritoire of the
princess, with its gorgeous blotter OF
red and the royal arms in gold is
prominent Object, as is also painting
of brick wall covered with peaches,
finished by the princess two days before
the fire at Inverary Castle. Only think
of it, not a single plague, but conserva-
tory, one great tuft of ferns of the
most vivid green, stands on the right
hand side of the fireplace and opposite
the blazing fret was twenty below
zero outside. Within nand-reach of
caressing tauteuils, in dainty little frames
especially constructed, lay the leading
English, French, and German news
papers of the latest date, while the
newest French novel and the last
quarterly occupied gypsy table all to
themselves. A portrait of the late
Duchess of Kent is conspicuous, to-
gether with photographs with auto
craps appended) of the heir to the
| throne and his beautiful and interesting
wife. Louis Lorne sets great store by
three engravings, representing Quebec
prior to its storming by Wolfe, picked
up by him in st. James street. The
| frames, too, are remarkable from the
| fact that they are constructed from the
| timbers of a vessel sunk during the as
sault, and only recovered within the
| last few months. There is an atmo-
| sphere of supreme luxurious ease IN
this boudoir-everything is in complete
harmony and wears the appearance Of
being occupied. Evidences of aesthetic
taste OF its royal mistress are every
where visible, FROM the dead gold
| panels and their blood-red flowers TO
| the linnets and canaries warbling III
quaint and picturesque cages, from
choice and elegant literature in many
languages, to the quantity Of woman's
work lying on ottomans, and lounges,
and chairs that seem to invite one to
press them.
'That's the luncheon gong?' merrily
exclaimed the governor-general, add
ing, as we proceeded to the dining
room, this is hungry climate"
Portraits, after Winterhalter, of the
Queen and Prince Albert adorn the
walls of the dining-room at either end.
| The Bullets are of black walnut with
game subjects in relief; two specimens
of Van Goyen overhang sideboards
standing in recesses. Stuffed wild duck
shot by the Marquis hang ON the centre
panels of the sideboards,-very fine
| birds, too.