The morning news., 1897-08-29
PETERHOF
Russian Palace in Which President
Fnure VIII stay During His Visit.

Fnure VIII stay During His Visit.
From the Pail Mall Gazette
President Faure, when he gets TO Cron-
stadt w.l1bave one reason at any rate to
! congratulate himself that he Is not
crowned head. If he were he would have
to be put up in st. Petersburg. And in
August St Petersburg can be as hot as
Hyderabad, say, and perhaps more wick
edly dusty. The president however, viii
be housed at Peterhof, dec dedly enjoy
able place of sojourn.
Peterhof stands on a sixty-foot cliff
overlooking the Gulf of Finland. II has
stood there since Peter the Greats time.
1t dates from somewhere between I'LL
and 1720. The chateau was designed and
built by Lebond, and the domain laid out
after the model of Nersailles-a good wa,
after. There is more ma ble and grant e
about il now than the orig nal buildin =
could boast of. That, Ike all the Peteril le
palaces, -gs not architecturally imposin q.
Like them, 600, II was colored yello ".
yellow it ren1a red until comparatively re-
cent times. T day IL shows "A red q nd
white facade, a painted iron roof and ~ i'd
ed domes.
The customary park of the usual ! lus-
sian pr portions, surrounds It, Toy fard
where the president will find foun1 aims
FLASHING for him. and waterfalls mai ing
music under a good deal more favor bic
hydraulic conditions than obtain to-dai at
Versailles Water power Is cheap at Pc ter
hof. The basins, the swans and sto rks.
the Neptunes and the uymphs, the trh Ong
and the dolphins, the painted rocks ana
grottoes that figure in this show were
however, not OF M. Leblonds design .iAg.
He, or his successors. got them from the
iconography Of a once famous EN- 'lish
art Of Gardening.
Touching these same fountains NJ azure
Will find conspicuous the Samson" that
fronts the palace. A colossal bronze ath-
lete is opening d lions jaws, whence pouts
"a jet with an upward range OF Eighty
feet, the pride Of Peterhof. From Il T. top
most terrace he viii obtain "A 81 hiking
view of the island and the fort of Cron-
stadt, with It's low granite bastiOn g. and
beyond Of st. Petersburg. all whit b. with
shining cupolas and lacework spir rs, and
houses topped In polychrome.
inside the three-storied palace The pres
ident will find probably the lare Jest col
lection of bibloterie his eyes have rested
upon vet The article Of verbi is the
leading article here. though th'sre is a
fair acreage OF tapestry. and Ilorcelsln
malachite and marble find their . lace. One
sa Ion Is all Chinese lacquer. There is a
yellow drawing room hung with pictorial
representations OF the naval victories his
Scots admirals won for Orlom. There is
red room. lined with the 36s pre- sent
ments Of feminine lovelness whicsh Count
Rotar culled from the nifty provinces OF
the empire for the Semiramis OF the
north. There you behold every Variety
OF the Slav in every variety Of attitude.
and In every variety OF her natiO,lal cos-
tume-a gathering quite unique though
one rather wonders what somirapzis want
ed with H.
From this apartment one mag picture
the president passing 20 tho s Ale de- Ia
Couronue. where the great Pctfr kept his
crown Of the order ~ Malta, and where
his old inlaid Dutch bureau sill stands.
And should q further contrast be want
ed. 1t will be found iu the sh'ill grotto un-
dornoath. at which thc Empr tss Elizab beth
b. said 10 have lubOrcd between whiies
with those Imperial hands ~ hers. which
were as dcft .n the manipulation OF
cooking pot. That batterie de- cuisine on
her majesty ftill exists. You shall and
Do preserved nt MOnplabdr. By Adam'a
fountain. MOnDlaisir. liisc marry. b. one
Of the "ntiic houses" which n was. AMI
b. SIN. the fancy 0i the Russian nutoofat
fo dot about 70 park like that of peterhof
Monpnisir was erected bv "thc carpenter
or sanrdam" after The Dutch fashion In
fhis quaint cottage bee iay down 10 die
upon the bed thai iH i0 lf Hoen there ffin
Here be- kept the Dutch and Flemish pla-
furea De- bad bought iurlng Doe stay among
those people. Ana hffe fHn emnrfrr. hla
successor. gave three iifilf aylpfrr in.
times when sIn cool 81 ~ her company.
Thfn there ia MaFlY Another modest
hahfatQn. Voc frt good Nlew ~ the
coli from fNrrf aau though n1i ~ good
sa ilhf NnlNn 81 40 Dr. enl05el from Al