Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-31
WINDSOR CASTLE.
!, tbe Chief Sights Of European
Vne Tourists.
ans Halls, Life Like Paintings and
o''S Elaborate Upholstery.
;.,ed nom the French expressly foi
THE GAZETTE
- SAMUEL W. GOLDBERG.

-. ara omen each year to the public
css ,rr the period the court is absent,
au y. .mple space of every year. Any Of
s - msiestys liege subjects, by going
n.. the mere form of calling at a
.',,oner,s shop and asking for a
sssa, may view some of the finest
ar,. and nearly all the finest pic
w Tha I, ret thing that strikes the view
,.,'e ,,isitor on entering is the stair
W. On which the state receptions
az miace. At the time when the
nke ,r ia allowed to see it there Is not
un adyentiiious aid from shrubs
mu'T aowers. aud the "nick-name" of
. .srhe Kings Swimming-bafh" VIII he
,scounized "a curiously appropriate. In
,ss did ballroom he may feast his
, .rss on series of Vandy kes, equally
ENABLE Us artistic triumphs and "a
historic relies, while in the state draw
ina.rnom he sees, among other por-
ny Of the House of Hanover, that of
Msa who was alive, but now is
la If which much beloved prince,
Ma f,tber of George III, 1t may he
VIA w that unlike his father who hated
s ss"s,s and painters. he had a keen
p W. for the arts. He collected many
" he finest pictures, including the
prhers. which now adorn Windsor.
"T The visitor may also inspect the
waterloo chamber, used as dining.
,oom for the members of the house
hold and admire its resemblance to
tho cabin of ship; due, it is said. to
the taste or His Late Majesty, King
William ~. ..
rhe visitor il next ushered into st.
Georre's banqueting-hall, aud II he be
sconnoisseur in furniture and decora'
ian he NAV marvel at the wonderful
G0thier cabinet. of such finely sculpt-
ma ormolu that he will hesitate
lrhetber to appraise its value Mt fifteen
mtxenty thousand pounds.
The superb wood-carvings by e..
Gibbons will next challenge his adj
miration in the Presence chamber.
and, after inspecting the Albert and
st Georges chspels and enjoying the
splendid sylvan scenery from the win
dows, he will go into the outer mir i'm
pressed with a conviction that he has
seen a royal palace which may, In
many respects, compare advantageous
ly even with Foptainebleau. 1t il
true that the latter IL, from. the practice
of leaving many of the apartments I'M
touched, almost school of decorative
art, but, so far rs pictures and rare
pieces of furniture are concerned, the
French palace Is far inferior to the
English Windsor.
Yet the visitor will not have seen
the actual dwelling of the sovereign
si England, for there is region be-
You'd that brought under his ken into
which he may not penetrate except as
aguest of the queen or by express per-
mission, very rarely granted.
II he be hOnored with an invitation
to Windsor castle he will be admirably
accommodated, for besides the mag
nifcent apartments assigned
to royal guests there are
snug quarters for those of
lower, but still distinguished rank. In
no palace in Europe are there more
elegant and convenient rooms for
gutas of every degree than In Windsor
csle The rooms, IL is true, are diff
Ctto fluid, and the castle will become
iaill more agreeable place of sOiOurn
nan 1t now is when some topographic
genius has laid down map of the in.
naoted part of 1t. At present II would
eesmply maddening We're there not
pages always civil and eager to capture
the hapless wayfarer who has lost him
sell in interminable corridors, and
worn out his patience in trying to find
The right flight of stairs.
Beyond the spacious apartments as.
signed some few years ago to the king
and queen of the Be'gians and their
suite are the delightful rooms in the
Round Tower and other portions of
Ine earlier structure of the castle.
ihose usually occupied by the crown
princess of Prussia are beautiful in the
extreme, rich and snug at the same
lime, made warm and pleasant with
glowing tapestry, and retaining a de.
ilclousl " habitable air. The line of the
Round and adjacent towers gives
aPleasing quaintness to the shape of
he rooms, which are portions OF the
segments of an irregular circle. There
Me numerous many-angled rooms in
.nis part of the castle, with windows
.ueepiy embayed in the thickness of
he wall; apartments warm and COM
portable In winter and deliciously cool
70 summer, and all delightfully."- fur
nlshed and hung with paintings and
sIgraylngs, rich and rare, quaint and
curious.
FOR the most part, the royal and
suest apartments are cut Off from the
,esi OF the castle by the great corridor,
Mn',h can only beancroached thro::, i
sne nall In which cit the pages. This
Nes' cortidor Ia one of the wonders of
,M,mdsor, and is yet so singularly con-
aaucteu that its treasures can hardly
TyNen except on very bright day,
s ss OF Immense length but narrow,
~ o1o lorms the main artery of thesystem
ma private apartments of state
ana simple residence. A day
anil, Vwo might be spent pleas
,huy In this corridor alone al
S IiUugh The side light is III adapted for
a,spiaying the pictures, among which
Of e ~, masterpieces of Canaletta, full
~ a,r ahd light, and superb specimens
reynolds, Gainsborough and Rom
s,y portraits of Pit and other
on On" OF soldiers and princes, and
Iss Vi Lord Thurlow. absolutely price
a. Beneath the pictures stand busts
Ara eieorated persons, groups ia bronze,
sLoaa great wealth of cabinets In
ti"ms, ormolu, old buhl. and that an
Jdae oriental work which made the
WAL anese ambassadors wild with envy
ih.,l they saw 1t on the occasion of
mi =. Visit. In cabinets and cases of
nisa enapes and kinds IRE hundreds OF
AZ Igs OF pate tendre of the last period
mona vres, forming part Of the ia
ms,n. cpiiection made by the wicked