The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-01-14
WOMAN GOSSIP.
The Costly and Magnificent Palace Once
Owned by Nine. Judic.-A Charm
ing Home.
Clara Bellies Ideas of Woman's Dress-Ths
Ladies of Japan-Burmese Woman.

JUDIC'S PALACE.
The hitherto successful campaign OF
Nine. Judic in America NAV go far to
soOthe the pain and vexation she ex-
/ perienced in France when she was com.
PEELED. not twelvemonth ago. to for
sake, year only after it had been built
and planned for her and by her, her
charming hotel Of the R,i. Nouyelle in
Paris. Litigation and ihe complicated
laws which rIl. the division of Inherit
ance in France between the heirs who
have reached the majority and those
! who have not. writes 4 correspondent to
the New York San. obliged Mime. Judic
to dismantle and sell the home which
! she has erected with such intelligent
care and such feminine desire to create
& warm ami pleasant shelter in which
! She could recruit and rest from her pub
lie and artistic labors She left Paris
SO as not to see the desecration of the
nest she had built, straw by straw, and
of which no detail, however minute. had
escaped her supervision. Judic herself
worked on the plans with NJ. Drevel,
her architect, and their collaboration
had resulted in one of the rarest and
! most perfect specimens of modern arch
! itecture. Button has said ''Style Is the
! man" After visiting Judic's house one
might add: 1.-The home is the woman. ("
| Erected on the lines of the sixteenth
century, the hotel recalls the old smaller
| castles that abound round Blois. The
! facade projects an immense window and
mullioned balcony, while the two broad
bays OF the entresol shadow the large
! porte cochere, studded with iron nails
like Toledo gateway. Entering this
| gate long vestibule leads to a roomv
courtyard surrounded by stabling and
coach houses. Some of these are un-
foreground, and the carriages rise to the
surface by an ingenious system of lifts
| borrowed from the machinery of the
Grand. opera. As soon as the threshold
I is crossed Paris is forgotten. and YOU
| slip into the atmosphere OF the Renais-
sance. The lower hall, paved in mosaic.
| precedes the spiral staircase in carved
wood, turning and ascending in the
! mellow light of old stained glass. and
hung with tapestry of Felleten from the
basement to the fourth floor
The gothic dining-room occupies near
ly the whole of the entresol. and dis
plays besides a monumental fireplace the
same wealth of Gobelin tapestry. A few
4 loggia, furnished with tasteful origi-
nality, and so disposed as to be availa-
BILE for an orchestra. In this apart
ment first begins the accumulation OF
knickknacks and objects of virtu which
are the rage of Nine. Judic. Dishes of
Ginori. plates of Urbino, engraved pew
ter dmphore, antique dressers from
Flanders, are alone valued ut 912,OO0.
On the first floor is the upper hall and
the picture gallery. The former, of vast
height and gigantic proportions, would
seem cold We're it not for the appropri-
ate fireplace, twelve feet broad, and the
burning log which is the trunk of an
oak. One side of this apartment is en-
tirely occupied by stained-glass win
dow, designed and executed by Cham
pigneulle, the best glass-paiiter in
France. The ceiling, of stone, is paint
ed in rich blue and gold from antique
models. About three yards from the
ground Italian balconies curve their
rounded balustrades. They belong to
warm. cozy inches, affording pleasant
seclusions, and yet enabling those who
have sought them to enter into CONVEX
sation with the visitors in the hall Rich
hangings of somber hue. stately old fur
nitre-save for the piano by Erard
half draped in Genoa velvet--lend to
the scene the auStere charm OF We
ronese interior.
Leaving the subdued light of the hall,
the guests are almost dazzled by the
cheerful brightness of the long gallery
they enter, lit up at either end by tall
windows. The walls are covered with
paintings. Marble columns support
bronzes and statuary, while disposed in
glass cases are the souvenirs brought by
Judic from her travels, or picked up at
the shops of antiquaries, where she is
well-knoTn and worshiped customer.
Old laces, fine as cobwebs, Henri III.
point, the value of which was only fully
revealed by recent inventory. Jap
anese worries, unique china from Saxo-
nv, Russian silver ornaments, minia-
lures signed by the masters of the eigh-
teenth century, priceless crystals and
rare ieHelry abound; but the crowning
marvel of this marvellous collection is
undoubtedly the ceiling painted by
Clairin, where 'Judic is represented in
sill her parts from the "Charbonniere"
to the "Roussotte years of the
artists life.
Passing through corridor we were
ushered into the winter garden, an i'm
mense greenhouse, rich in tropical vege-
tation, but not wholly sacred to flora,
for amid low quaint chairs and couches
| could be seen tapestry frame, q chess
| table, book shelves, and the omnipres-
! ent piano Above a vellum OF Indian
| silken texture intefpose5 soft shadows
| between the strong light of the glass
roof and the loungers below. On the
walls frescoes of the royal parks sur
rounding Paris complete the illusion of
| being suddenly removed into some rural
retreat
| But of all the apartments the bedroom
| bears perhaps the most characteristic
! ally impress and aroma of the mistress
| of the house. There Judic has had
| framed in the dark wainscot delicate
embroideries, all worked by her dext-
rous fingers, and brought into relief by
somber red hangings, the bed, with its
| twisted columns, is draped in old Venice
point of wonderous delicacy, and in
every womanly refinement her pure
taste is apparent. 1t reigns supreme,
intensified by maternal affection even
in the nurseries. Her little boys room
is copied from one in the castle of Pau;
the little girls is in the correct Louis
XVI. style.
| There the visit to the Hotel of the Rue
Nouyelle mostly ended, but for those
who seek the ''soul of stones" the deep
er interest lay further, or, rather, higher
up still. Right under the caves are two
large apartments, bare of ornament,
with cold, white walls, furnished only
with numerous deep deal wardrobes,
and plain muslin curtains against the
windows. One room is sacred to cos
tunes, and the other to hats and bon
nets. A faint perfume seems to ema-
nate from the recesses of the cupboards.
They contain in chronological rotation
all the dresses and all the coiffures that
ever marked a step in the actress theat'
rical career. All have been carefully
preserved, from the robe Of the grandes
demoisclieS to the pearl-broidered tuniC
of La Cosaque; from the apron of the
Rousette to the bathing-dress OF Ninicht
or the mans disguise OF Nitouche. They
are the tangible record OF all her fears
deceptions, efforts. successes, and intox
icating triumphs. More than once the
| iovOnS lauUhtar-lo lovinp woman has "a