New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-28
IN ITALY,
HOW AMERICANS LIVE ~ y ROMAN
PALACE.


where the Geet-vineel swallows contest or right
Of occupancv It s an c'd palace. built during the
Renaissance and count!as many princes and
cardinals among its owners. one hundred and
thIrtv-f.vc broad. .ow steps lead TO the home Of
the Ing,tsi. pun an iron chain and the bell in the
hail peals ou, Justify. Il you are an early arrival
and the fastcniucs have no; been undone since the
nirht Won vii, hear the heavy iron bar lifel from
rs socket the chain slipped out. AMI the bolts
pushed back. or If you chance to be late even
ing visitor the chain vii! b. thrust swiftly into its
groove the door set cautiously aiar face viii
peer out through the opening. ami voice liz
qnirc with an automatic upward infection 'anic'
ff,i.pd,,2 Who would deliberately declare him
SELF to be N enemy? HAVING announced your
selves as friends and been scrutini2'd by a stu
dent o. psychology who finds a voucher for your
veracitv IT, your features. TIE chain j. removed
and tho door thrown wild" opon. disclosing bow
ing form within which smiles AMI murmurs your
scrvap." as though the suspicion Of your being
burglars had never even entered IFS mind
The hail IS large and dark with brick floor;
AGAINST the wall stand acr'r1, chests In dark "ood
hoau;iriliv carved and In former days sur
mounted by The arms Of rho primo. n whose fam
jlv these halls hal descended ON ono side there
& a hirh wall-tablc. covered anI curtaned with
,-rocn ha2c n you Eft ono corner Of this cur
tain and look underneath YOU vii. SEQ an Iron bod
stead neatly made up with spot"s7 sheets, ana
fresh eIr.ad: T. IS the bed where the head servo
9r .
might. the lower servants sleeping in the atti"
ovcrhca l. "a III right. two grounl-g'ass floors
opan into tho pantry AMI Kitchen. The ff"nfI
fo.llnc-loor I'm frout-an the doors are French
llng-loors-opens tho way THROUGH antoroom
of'c~ autcroon. reception rooms. salons. INTO hou-
doris and libraries. Seventeen rooms stretch ont
I'm long rc:rca:inG vist1s. rooms som" ot them
thirty feet long Is twenty wllc and fifteen In
h.vhi urncoly rooms with fr,-c)"l walls ana
pancllcd c"l.urs. oven although they arr under ;a'
caves Pier tab,cs - G.Il,o autico aHd oriental
alahastor antique Roman fragments, scu.p;Hrc'
eetvre marble rclca'als supporting husts OF Paio
and Socrates sof'-ov.l NaIonnas looking ont from
ola carved frames paintings or gi'sf. copper AMI
hoarl iulod r., .t"o,s from sienna. ebony and IVORY
cabinets from - renee r0l DANA * hanri"@a. sat
aruchairs mirrors thar stretch from ioor 20 cell
In, AMI reflect the relics o. ;hc Midi" Ag"', the
Renaissance. the Empire. wealth oi color ana
form which a,ls and satisfies tho eyes: this is IT,
picture of the interior whi'h opens before u.s. As "'
pass from room - room.
r.. floors aye ~ Brick. rough urev ~ ara COLI.
tho ia.g,.l corners word coon wear holes throaH"
~. carpets w"-e {. nor f'r the 'hck bel OF 4'rfW
which IS er-o. over III, G.5r. WHOM this is frcs1r
laid our fcet siuk deep down We walk anl to-
straw c-1c't'es under our tread. In no winter
months. whan The cold. tramoni1uo wind svee.s
around tho chrlucy-tor.s. ard r1tt'sf the he1,'
blinds vc depend f1r our warmth mostly unoa Pc
sun. hi blaze ,. the Brightest 90 our hearth We
haV. besides , slrtukiinS "I stoves '+' "'''i'''r
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