Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-13
ONE eF THE MAD KINGS PALACES.
A Description of the one In Which He Never Received a Guest.
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 From Washington Letter.
 A very interesting private letter, written to Washington lady by former resident of this city, who has been travelling in Europe, dated at "Obernais bel Meran in the Tyrel, {" October 23 describes the last of the four palaces built by the late mad King Ludwig, of Bavaria. The authorities have opened the four palaces to the public at charge of 50 cents ticket, and have thus realized $100,- 900, and with it are paying Ludwigs debts. The Chinese palace, at which the king never received @ guest, and which even his own mother had never seen until after his death, copies the style of that built by Louis XIV, at Versailles, ,.and the mad king seems te have taken the extravagant French monarch as his model. The entrance hall is minia- ture copy of the entrance to the grand opera in Paris, the walls encrusted with fine mar bles and ceilings superbly fresceed. By means of grand staircase of white marble series of sumptuously decorated and furnished rooms are approached.
 The first is hung with maroon velvet, em- broidered in gold, trimmed with knotted gold fringe; the curtains, portieres and up holstery of the heavily gilded chairs is all of this velvet and in the walls superb paintings in gilt frames form panels. The second room is of turquoise blue porcelain, put to- gether with gilt bronze and having pedes- tai of blue porcela in. There also a red and gold room, green and gold one and throne room of purple and gold.
 The state bedorom is of ssGobelin tapestry and gold. The bed is on dais and the bed stead covered with decorations in bas belief. The frieze of this room, three feet wide, has on it Cupids in full relief the size of babies, carat gold. Small crescent shaped windows, with glass panes, temper the light of the larger windows, to prevent the glare so mach gold would produce. In every room are two or more immense chandeliers, each holding three hundred and fifty candles. The kings bedroom is decorated with 1apis 1azuli, blue and gold. On the Gobelin tapestry forming a canopy over the bed is depicted the cruci- fi1ion and above it white dove. From the center of the gilt foot-board arises pedestal on which rests the large ball of lapis lazuli which held the night-lamp. The approach to the royal couch was guarded by a gilt fence across the room. The toilet articles of Sevres china are in blue and gold and the dressing glass is draped by point lace veil, which falls to the floor on either side, held above the mirror by gilt cherub. Satin hangings, trimmed with fine point lace, GOV CT the toilet table.
 This chamber Ludwig used by twenty nights. Adjoining it on one side is 8 dress ing room copied from Marie Antoinette's, and bathroom on the other elaboratelY frescosd with mermaids and sea nymphs. Twice day he used large swimming bath of white marble, thirty feet in diameter and six feet deep. The smoking room is hung with white satin embroidered with baskets of flowers and birds. The mantels and mir TOT frames and chandeliers are of fine white china decorated with china flowers. The door panels have lovely pictures on china. The dining room of red and gold was so ar ranged that the table could be lowered and spread and then raised, and no servant need be in attendance in that room.
 The grand salon, or hall of glass. contains chandeliers and candelabrs holding twenty five hundred candles, which are reflected many times in the mirrors. It took twenty men one hour to light these candles, and all of them and the twenty five hundred in the other rooms were lighted every night when the King slept at the palace.