The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-07

the thousands 10 Tue i"Vt VI ~ -
~ Cassicbury. and over INC roush go
n,ans shc trains the vines, fastening
80, 4, nlace with her own hands anu
.oar1r- away the rankest 70 keep al
p,avs the lovely tender green OF the new.
nanny rrincees in her tower Is NhiS
Countess OF Essex .so~
And there are other towers ana oehr'
Processes. There Is Virginia bohyhse'
the California heiress. now Lady Dear
hur~t In her lovely old stone castle
whittier the Princess Christian journeys
70 SEQ her protege, and there Is sunny
Oh Dcpedoue. where the Duchess vi
marlborough holds beloved court among
her friends. There. too. is the princess
Rrancaccio. whose tower IN ltaly looms
into the windows OF Queen Marguerite,
20 whom she IS lady-in-vai,ing' anu
there Is Piass Newydd. where hFes tue
Warehouses OF Anglescy. and not 100
far away IA the country place OF hei
kfn-hy-marriaFe. Lady Iaset
Aud there Is the castle OF the Churcn-
,ue vt,re lovely bereaved Lady Ran
-olnh Churchill duells not I'm lonely
state. And there are others, so many
others. that TO mention all the lil'is
Princossos In their towers, would pSo-
ME the old World with halo of romance
and a charm of mystery fatal 10 1no
keeping Of the future American beauty
and heircss az home. 60,
TO revert 70 the Countess or Castei-
lanes original project or reproduci"s
hoth the Petit and Grand Trianon II may
he said that the countess would heeu
All OF her American energy and perse-
verance TO consummate In this century
what was the task Of more than one KING
and queen during the last. Her Ia
bors would have been followed WIN TO
little interest. for does not every orc
know. does not every one That plants
his foot on French soil, visit Trianon 10
we not all remember our first eascfheSs
to behold the great palace where LOUIS
the Weli-BeiOved played at Eeutttiii"
farming with Mime. de Pompadouf, sur
rounded by his chickens ana cows Wnei.,
later. the caprcious Marie AillolnSelee
refused even her royal lord adinl77lDm,
exccpt when she rendered her gracious
invitation. whore she heid hlsh calt,.tn",
with her little world OF auIlii,m,
gentlemen and ladies. ana s@r r,,inod
and abhos: where she almost rusilcr
. ~ It,cdono bv her extravagances
,ritb he Anglo-Chinese garden, N"e,s
~ fou IN ~ the measles and Woulu
have Tor her attendants none ou' i'u'
tiflod gentlemen Of the court; "heie
0rauv she ANONYMOUSLY made her es
cape when the Revolution WIS
GRAND TRrASoS.
rho +uo nalsces slonc would consio-
c,,blv tax the powers ana puIse
arcbitoefs end the Countess ''dnt
Trianon. though consisting or pu'
story ia Of no mean dimeslohs. ~
chitecture Is Italian, ana ~'0o'
entire top OF the building runs 49,.
90. e,trmounted with statues, sronp9
ti"l" -'., IN, Tho colonnades and aDat-
,,on,s Tho furniture and decorations
mich one sees I'm the interior are ihosuy
~ the Napoleonic period since Nap ,.i','''
o-dcrcd tn. great house Ie-enDeills"ou
Ger n hal suffered at the hands OF
the Revolutionists. 60
Tho APARTMENTS OF greatest lhleI'9l ~
1av 10 the spectator arc the i'ii'ONs
class salon. where over ten th0"Sai'"
francs we're put into venetian g,t.s l1.
It's ad0rnmeut' the sietp'i7 -.
,.b.r. ,uts XIV. Napoleon and LOUIS
,,i',i,,,rl nave reposed, with its golden
,,l sc,,,n+ured bed. shut In by the golHeh
,.t',-,r..te. tho study which Louis Phil
i,,o made use Of with It's mssliiii
Al, of bronze. whore rest the beads OF
Arol,o of Bacchus ard his nymphs' the
| oreen's drawing room. with It's porlral'7
/ "a collection Of beautiful mintlals' lhe
/ ,r,rroseive circular hall; the pefls.94r ~
| ,,ith IFS marble columns ana pllas1rls'
| ,vhere Louis XIV. dined an ~ H 49,
/ 80 i..roo,n ~ the same King when Nap'-
nlusl' ,Il,,,,,i,, converted into n smoking
ro1m tho grand gallery. connecting lno
| CENTRAL part Of the palace VILE the " l"5
/ s1lcd later used for a dining hah When
| tho mysterious underground connexions
wore made with the new kitchen.
one notices especially the delicate pink
marble basins that were wont 70 De Hiiei
with iced water and IN which the wines
| cooled. also the paintings the taDe "l
mosaic and marble, decorated WIN Ssh'-
nos NJ bronze and Sevrcs porcelain; the
,-oilov, drawing room. AMI the chapel
where the Princess Marie OF Orleans
welded the Duke OF Wurtcmherg m l@'.
MARIE ANrorSErrR's PLAYGROUND.
perhaps the home OF Marie Antoinctte,
bcr net little Trlanon." is Of greater
interest. The whole building is not large
not seventy feet square; the visitor
counted five windows in each side. The
| beautiful court has its corners rounded
off, and its walls hedged with close
! vines. The stone staircase, with wroughl-
| iron bafustrade, conducts one 10 tie hi1t
story. and one notices that the walls or
| the han have no other ornament but
| earlands Of oak.
ON the first floor Is the wonderful dining
| room. where Louis Ky. had the lying
/ table. where the meal was served ana
removed as If by magic, by invisible
| hands Unfortunately. Louis XVI. had
! the wonderful mechanism done away
| with. There are also on this floor the
small parlor Of Marie AntOinctte stu
suggesting her influence in the decora-
tons. great drawing room, the exquisite
boudoir Of the Queen. her sleeping apart
nents. with the gray couch. with yellow
drapcry lined Wits white taneta, and
with tho white carpet embroidered 10y
hand az the time of the Queens mar
riaee: last OF an. the small chapel
The gardens OF ldtile Tranon are
more famous than those Of the larger
'rrianon. and contain picturesque ana
historic buildings that will tax the in-
.antlifv of the modern architect. ia me
French Garden. which lies between Lit
tfe Trianon and the road 90 the great
rert one notes the Pavilion francais
o.taeon shaped. set I'm the centre or
charming garden planted closely VIII
shruhhery 49,, y
II was designed as n playground ana "
,i,ce whore one might have comiortapl'
.oura Its roof is beautifully ornament
"a with balustradc and groups or young
cbnsron. After the first revolution the
niace was desccratod bY a cafe "Nl'h
o,oratod tr5re. end public balls We're
,f,.o, I'm IN, garden. but Napoleon dis
nafrhef the entcrprislng merchant WIN
ii.ra ceremony. In the garden also l7
~ ti.tle theatre that was directed solely
50 me fmrerfous Queen herself
,rpa Uelyedore surmounts the artincia
,.ntocl that was raised 10 give variety
"a the garden, on its eight SIDES lo"'
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