The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-01-15
WOMAN GOSSIP.
The Costly and Magnificent Palace Once
Owned by Mime. Judic.-A Charm
Ing Home.
Clara Bellies Ideas Of woman's Dress-Ths
Ladies' OF Japan-Burmese Woman.
JUDIC'S PALACE.


JUDIC's PALACE.
The hitherto successful campaign O
Mime. Judic in America may go far (,
sOothe the pain and vcxatiOn she ex
perienced in France when she was com
PEELED, not a twelvemonth ago, to for
sake, a year only after II had been bull
and planned for her and by her, he
charming hotel of the Rue Nouvelle II
Paris. Litigation and the complicated
laws which rule the division of inherit
ance in France between the heirs VIII,
have reached the majority and thos,
who ave not, writes a correspondent Il
the New York sam, obliged Mime. Judi,
TO dismantle and sell the home which
she has erected with such intelligen
care and such feminine desire to Great,
a warm and pleasant shelter in which
she could recruit and rest from her pub
lie and artistic labors. She left Pari
SO as not to see the Dissertation of tn,
nest she had built, straw by straw, anC
of which no detail, however minute. hat
escaped her supervision. Judic herself
worked on the plans with Nj. Drevel
her architect, and their collaboration
had resulted in one of the rarest ant
most perfect specimens of modern arch
itecture. Button has said 'Style is In,
man. After visiting Judic's house ON,
might add: The home is the woman
Erected on the lines of the sixteenth
century, the hotel recalls the old smaller
castles that abound round Blois. Tn,
facade projects an immense window anC
mullioned balcony, while the two broat
bays of the entresol shadow the large
porte cochere, studded with iron nails
like a Toledo gateway. Entering this
gate Il long vestibule leads TO a room,
courtyard surrounded by stabling and
coach houses. Some of these are un.
derground, and the carriages rise to tho
surface by an ingenious system of lifts
borrowed from the machinery of tn,
Grand opera. As sOon as the threshold
is crossed Paris is forgotten, and YOU
slip into the atmosphere of the Renais
sance. The lower hall, paved i'm mosaic
precedes the spiral staircase i'm 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 Il monumental fireplace the
same wealth of Gobelin tapestry. A few
steps lead to a boudoir. constructed as
a lOggia, furnished with tasteful Origi.
nality. and so disposed as to be availa.
bic for III orchestra. In this apart.
ment first begins the accumulation OF
kn%ickknacks and objects of virtu which
are the rage of Mime. Judic. Dishes OF
GinOri, plates of Urbino, engraved pew.
ter amphora, antique dressers from
Flanders, are alone valued at E12, 600.
On the first floor is the upper hall and
the picture gallery. The former, of vast
height and gigantic proportions, would
seem cold were 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 II stained-glass win
dow, designed and executed by Cham.
%pigneulle, the best glass-painter 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 theil
rounded balustrades. They belong tc
warm, coy inches, affording pleasant
seclusions. and yet enabling those who
have sought them TO enter into CONVEX.
satiOn with the visitors i'm the hall. Rich
hangings of sombcr hue. stately old fur.
niture-save for the piano by Erard
half draped i'm Genoa velvct--lend to
the scene the austere charm of Il We.
ronese interior.
Leaving the subdued light of the hall,
the guests are almost dazZled by the
cheerful brighthS%s of the long gallery
they enter. lit up III 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 antiquarics. where she is a
~well-known and worshiped customer.
Old laces. fine a. cObwebs, Henri iii.
point, the value of which was only fully
revealed by Il recent inventory. Jap
aneSe worries. unique china from Saxo.
ny, Russian silver ornaments, minia-
lures signed by the masters of the eigh.
teenth century, priceless crystals and
rare jewelry abound: but the browning
marvel of this marvellous collection is
undoubtedly the ceiling painted by
Clairin, where Judic is represented in
all her parts from the 'Charbonniere''
to the 'ROussottc", fifteen years of the
artists life.
Passing through a corridor we were
ushcred into the winter garden, an inn
mense greenhouse, rich in tropical vege-
tation, but not wholly sacred to flora,
for amid low quaint chairs and touches
could5e seen u tapestry frame, a chess
table, book shelves, and the Omnipres-
ent piano. Above Il vellum of Indian
silken texture interposes 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 ROOF
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
Nouvelle mostly ended, but for those
who seek the 'soul of stoses," 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 w~ardrObes,
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 coiflures that
ever marked a step in the actress theat.
| rical career. All have been carefully
preserved, from the robe of the grGndes
dem0iseties to the pearl-broidered tunic
of La Cosaque; from the apron of the
Rousette to the bathing-dress of Niniche
or the mans disguise of Nitouche. They
are the tangible record OF all her fears,
| receptions, efforts. successes, and intox-
icating triumphs. More than once the
Joyous, laughter-loving woman has us
cended the long staircase leading to
those upper chambers to read with
moistened eyes the poems in crushed
velvet or faded satin that unfold in mute
language the story Of her professional
existence.
CLARA BELLIES GOSSIP.
Furs are warmer in proportion t.
wa;oht than IL is possible to make am