Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-10
A Vice-regal Home.
An Interior View of tue Ottawa Resi- | dence of Lord LOrne and the Princess

ln Interior View of tue Ottawa Resi-
 dence of Lord LOrne and the Princess | Louise.
 / From the Whitehall Rsview.l The Goyernor-GeneraPs sanotum is cheery apartment lighted by two windows A mar TOW door close to the desk gives access to the private worklng-room and atelier of the Prin- cess Louise. Portraits of the late Duchess of Sutherland adoru either side of the mirror. On the mantelpiece were two photographs of the Princess Louise, one representing Her Royal Highness in her wedding dress. A wondrous piece of Gobelins tapestry hangs on the southern wall. His Excellencys ink-bottle is constructed from the hoof of the charger that carried Lord Clyde through the Crimean war. The portraits of his Princess wife con front the Lord or Lorne as he writes. and be- tween them stands 8 miniature of our Queen on ivory in 8 ruby velvet open case. Inveary Castle holds it's own on the western wall, and the India-ink drawing of the 'sHome Com ing, done by Her Royal Highness, is admi- rable in it's every detail. There are also paint ings in oil from the brush of the royal lady, displaying masterly execution, Bonnie Scot land being especially favored by the gifted artist. A table in the center of the room is dedicated to an immense morocco bound vol | ume, containing the various addresses pre- sented to His Excellency upon assuming the | reins of office, while case of salmon flies, aanked by boxes of cartridges, tell their own 'A.T Thdf hof food and field.
 t;o.aJ anarf11fR7.-room is charming propor
 gray. gray Here is a"R dead blue and dead knacks, an Fl Dorado Of 0I costly kn1ck-
 walls glow with oil-paintings and &gac. The the most noticeable being life-size portraiFs
 the Princess Louise in her bridal robes; "A
 passage fram Elaine" byDore, Tennyson's
 words, in Dores writing, underneath; half length of Prince Albert, 'Inverary Castle,
 ''GIen shivra," Winding Oastle,, Como" and :'Venice." On entering Her Royal High ness boudoir the first object that strikes the
 eye is the branch of an apple tree in leaf and
 fruit, trailed against the panels of g white door. A closer inspection reveals the coun- terfeit presentment,' for, in order to kill the
 dead glaring white, the Princess conceived
 the happy and aesthetic idea of thus decorat-
 ing the obnoxious portal. This she has done
 with her own hand, and the apples gre ripe
 and rosy enough to cause Q second fall. A
 large photograph of Her Majesty holds the
 place of honor, the background being 6 superb specimen of Gobelins. The escritoire
 of the Princess, with it's gorgeous blotter of
 red and the royal arms in gold, is 8 prominent
 object as is also painting of brick wall covered with peaches, finished by the Prin- cess two days before the fire at Inverary
 Castle. Only think of it, not single plaque,
 but conservatory, one great tuft of ferns of
 the most vivid green, stands on the right hand
 side of the fire place and opposite the blazing
 fre-it was twenty below zero outside. With
 in hand-reach of caressing fauteuils, in dainty
 
 leading English, French and German news papers of the latest date, while the newest
 French novel and the last quarterly occupied , @ gipsy table all to themselves. portrait of
 the late Duchess of Kent is conspicuous, to- gether with photographs (with autographs ap- ] pended) of the heir to the throne and his beautiful and interesting wife. Lord Lorne
 sets great store by three engravings, repre- senting Quebec prior to it's 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 assault, and only re-
 covered within the last few months. There is . . au atmosphere of supreme luxurious ease in this boudoir-everything is in complete har- mony and wears the appearance of being oc- cupied. Evidences of the a0sthetic tastes of it's royal mistress are everywhere visible, from the dead gold panels and their blood red flow CTS to the linnets and oanaries warbling in quaint and picturesque cages, from choice and quantity of woman's work lying on ottomans
 to press them.
 ''Thst's the luncheon gong," merrily e1- ,, claimed the Governor General, adding as we proceeded to the dining -room ''this is hun
 gry climate"
 and Prince Albert adorn the walls of the din ing-room at either end. The buffets are ot
 black walnut with game subjects in relief two specimens of Van Goyen overhang side. boards standing in recesses. Stuffed wild I duck, shot by the Marquis hang on the center panels of the sideboards-very fine birds, f0o