The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-05-03
A HOME IN VENICE.
AN ENGLIsHMAN,s ideal ABODE
IN THE CITY OF CANALS.

and Personal Tntercst-A Few of tho
Many Ornaments. Pictures. Books and
BIts of Rare Bric-a-Brac
=. wIen some .nse anu twenty years ago
ss or ne.ry hassaro resolved TO make Tor
ntl.sn; anu LOT we Treasures OF arr
"lch ne hao gathereo from une Iour
w winus .. nea'en' nome IN Venice, ne
toullu' u. enough tnae tne "a
lor Sasa) Capelo was Just at the very
lnolens at hls o1sposal. nad peen tne
apooe ,orsseyeral years OF an Engl,sn,
nan wno .,s'u Juss u,eu' anu VINO nao
~ ,els NJ a. Ni1tco, aeoi.l 1nen wen shoWn
,11 49, 5oos, INC L:s s tisn resioei.s anu now
h.d lo-,e. e-;s+sd I,at-,,.aa,, a1-a9aIAa1.p
and Sir HenYy 1,ayard hor,, - 60, s;I,iIar' a,.'
itr ~ +.ste t.s ,,sa,,.1 -..;+,,
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r. y1as th,,s 4hst. a., O., f,o,,.,1,, ~.,,,,x
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duties his Inissions a,,f, His y;s;ts -, I,ss
English kinsfo1k- he has ret,1rned S.;tI, ;11L
ever growing zest and affection Here
| he has surrounded b;n,self yv;tJ, q t;,e
library. . noble icolIection of nictnres
and bronzes. marbles and mosaics. tan
estries. ancient furniture and bric-a-
brac, relics of the past. the spoils of a
long and varied career. Here. foo. in
the year 1869. he brought his wife a
daughter of the late Sir John Guest
It is barely possible to reach the Ca
Capello on foot. You may cross the
Rialto and bear toward the left through
and across series of tortuous and intri-
cate CALI, but the two handsome eon-
dolas, reposing on the broad bosom of
the canal at the door of Ca Capello.
which has every right To he called tbe
front, suggest to the callers the only
rational method of entrance. II has
been said that the house is not one of
the largest: its ASPECT. however Is nm
doubtedly one of the most attractive. in
the most beautiful highway in the world
s-,. 5,ae.lsszs THE HOUSE.
r The two sides of the house..one in the
Rio di San Polo, the principal. with the
porch on the Grand canal. give scope for
display of color which elsewhere might
suggest garishness, but which in Venice.
par excellence the city of MANY colors.
is natural and pleasing. As your gon-
dola reaches the broad fight of steps be-
hind the tall green pail, you cannot fail
to notice that every window sill bears
its burden of flowers after our English
fashion, and that the portico is yeritable
floral bower, with conservatory over
it, in which, beside the greenery, an i'm
mense Venetian glass chandelier is a
most striking object. It is q mass of
vine with depending black grapes. great
creeping conyolyuluses, canariensis and
white jessamin, all struggling for life
apparently, with no inconsiderable de-
gree of success, on the trellis work
which supports them. r
Az is common in; Italian private resi-
dences, what we ordinarily describe at
home as the ground floor is given mn TO
the servants and the domestic offices Of
the establishments Asb broad :.staircasa
on the left of the entrance. ON either
side of which. fixed in the wall. is a frao-
ment of sculpture from Nineyeh. leads
into hall of noble proportions which
divides the house itself info two ,,ne-
DUAL parts Here some of tbe laroar
pieces of furniture. snch as tle caf;.
nets. are to b6 founds and sl,eres +1,, a
pair of admirable three-o,uarter lenoth
portraits of Cir He,ry o,,d T - r-ss s.. -
ard na;ntad in Madr;d ~, paI,,,a-ei;
head of the SYan;eb do,,,,, - -
60 80. a4i's ..,"N t ay .'ii Is.1iie,
Sir Henry I,ayard ct,o1Ia,.,,ls a..- ''.s :.
closer = -,s az 1ven
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recention rooms 80 ~ S;., Ia:ge
of tha hal, o,,a 1;te - IN ~ .aneasus 80 sue
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rooms &c s;iiad I..+ sl,s
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tN.".S' no "a af., Aneiouing mas-