St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-12

hogany with Infinite toll and exquisite
nicely OF detail; how these mingle and
glide into one another from panel To
panel, and still every panel picture of
itself, yet all making one big panorama
OF beauty; how this has been done
under the personal direction of Mrs.
Hitler. would take too long TO tell; and
as the work is not yet completed any
tnlng III the line of thorough descrip-
ton would not be fitting now. Enough
to say that, in addition to the wood
EwoIk, each caSket will blaze with many
gold plates and panels, each one costing
from 500 to $1,000
AS to the outside sarcophagi, they
leach will have four heavy brass legs as
big as the legs to big piano, as we'll as
having panels and tablets of gold and
bars engraved with Inscriptions COM
posed mainly by DR.. and Mrs. Hitler.
Unto the top of one sarcophagus is.set
big braZen door with Gothic arch and
theavy bars, and on this door Is a big
old-styled knOcker made of hammered
gold, and probably the most expensive
fknocker ever constructed. This door is
complete in every detail, from big hinges
to heavy latch and protruding latch
strings. No man living is called by
such golden music as will summon Mr..
Hitler, when be takes possession of his
last mansion. The brass to go on these
boxes, caSkets and SarcOphagi weighs
over five tons, and it is all wrought upon
designs and models furnished by and
prepared for Mrs. Hitler.
IN THE HOUSE THERE ARE EQUAL.
WONDERS.
Coming down the heavy baluSter- rail
is an Egyptian crocodile fully seven feet
long. 1t was carved of solid mahogany,
aud &c n Of al 8, i
nails of this NilOtic reptile are of solid
gold. and could be sold for about 81 900
in any pawn shop or jewelers. store. To
the right of the door is the famous gold
and blue parlor, in which the body of
DR.. Hitler lay in state at the time of the
funeral one year ago. 1t is pretty, neat
and not at all ''glaring' to look at. Yet
these golden leaves and flowers on the
frescoed ceiling cost DR.. Hitler $1,000.
Hardly piece of furniture in the room
cost less than $500, while two are valued
at 81, 500 each.
Up in the big guests chamber is a
bed upon which no person shall lie until
Mrs. DIR. Hitler
ASSUMES THE BRIDAL ROBES OF
DEATH
that await her ali prepared on the bed.
And yet such robes no queen or princess
ever wore.
In order to fully understand the story
of these garments it is needful to give
little history. A year ago to-day DR..
and Mrs. Hitler were to have celebrated
their twentyfifth wedding anniversary.
Always watchful to please his wife, the
doctor had prepared for the event by
sending and getting a web of heavy
corded white silk for dress. 1t was as
thick as samite, yet the threads that
made it seemed to have been woven in
gossamer looms, where fairies guide the
shuttleS. As to the cost, some say $50
and others SO a yard. 1t took mint
to buy it,
Or. Hitler dying Nov. S, just six days
before the date of the expected jubilee,
a portion of the silk was made into a
pillow for his head and the remainder
Mrs. Hitler has made up for her death
robe. Death claiming the ~room,. the
funeral came on the wedding day, and
the bride is still waiting to don her gar
ments.
Lying on the bed, all wrapped IN folds
on folds of tissue paper, is the $50. 900
wardrobe which Mrs. Hitler will as
sumo when placedinside those s400G0
Baskets to go to her 100000 mausOleum
to join her husband, who will rest by
her side enthroned III like pomp. Near
lY 800 yards of
HANDKERCHIEF sILKEN LACE
heave up their misty folds to embelIish
this rohe. In double thick-set rows up
and down the front and back are over
5000 handmade English daisies that
were manufactured in France from de
signs sent by Mrs. Miller. The calyX
and corolla of every flower are perfect
fact-slmlleS of those that grow in the
gardens, but the stems are of black silk,
giving just a suggestion of the grave
and the worm.
Panels of white surah adorn the sides,
and CLEAN through the wilderness of