The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-05
Americans are patriotic.

1t is a strange fact that when Amer
lean girls marry abroad they lose t t1r
popularity in their own country II tney
do not sometimes return to 1t ana snow
their patriotism in "a practical way,
When Anna Gould younger danghter
Of Jay Gould, married Count CaStellane
nearly four years ago, she Went SDroad
declaring that she would return often TO
the land of her birth fer { pleasant So
jourG under the American flag But
though seasons have come and seasons
have gone since them and though Ameri-
can society would gladly renew acqualnt-
ance with her, Anna Gould has not VS.
tied this country, nor from present re-
port is it likely that she will soon do so.
The gayety of Paris life is such that
cupy her time and her thoughts, and
this. together with the little Castellane
family. has kept her busy: She has also
been intensely interested in the building
of home which is to be the most mag
nificent private dwelling in Paris, and
upon which she has spent millions.
idea of home, the young Countess. for
she was only IS when she arrived in Paris
as a bride, Immediately began to look
around for a spot upon which to build
a house.
The Count. who is hsr law in all mat
ters, suggested that it be reproduction
of the Trianon and that it be situated
in the heart of Paris. They decided to
take their time selecting the site and so
deliberate were they in the matter that
their friends thought they had given, up
after their marriage it was announced
that the Countess had paid $4,000 for a
piece of land on the corner OF the Avenue
Bois de Boulogne and Avenue Malakoff.
And soon after the architects quietly let
it be known that they had been asked
to build a .veritable palace upon the de-
sign of the Petit Trianon at Versailles in
which Nine. Pompadour lived. At the
same time the Count and Countess gave
orders to the most famous artists and
decorators of Paris for the furnishing OF
ha
ings.
tains for the gardens. These were to be
of most elaborate structure. Soon after
the order was given the designer called
at the Castellane home. After some hes
he 6gg gSe that fo
| tains built upon such an elaborate scale
would cost great deal of money. In
utes. or 500 a minute for the time they
| played.
| The Countess with a careless gesture
signified that the cost made no difference
and directed him to go ahead.
| Soon after the Count spent 81 900, 600
! for bric-a-brac and statuary with which
| to adorn the palace, and both he and his
wife gave the most liberal orders to the
| Spring. for the centre of the dining
room ceiling, is rumored to have cost
| 600
| the house was completed, although it had
! been in course of construction for nearly
| three years 1t is not as yet entirely
done, but the family have moved in and
| have given several house warnings A
large force of workmen are still en-
| pIoyed and they are still putting the fin
fishing touches upon the exterior carvings.
Some idea of the size of the house and it's
magnificence can be formed from the fact
that $50 workmen have found employment
there for two years and twenty. decora
tors have been constantly at work.
The stone is the same as that of
which the Arc de Triumph is built and
the columns of marble in the halls are
purest Italian. The ballroom is of mar
BILE trimmed with gold. and the dining
room is fitted out with the rarest of
woods.