Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-02-16

centuries. This palace was begun
about the year 1870 for Luca Pitt,
the head Of one Of the richest and
most powerful political families OF
Florence.
The building progressed for twenty
SIX years in the slow and substantial
way in which palaces were then con-
slr1cted. At that time. In l466, Luca
Pitts political conspiracy failed
against the still more powerful house
of the Medici. and Pitts downfall
caused his unfinished palace to fall
ultimately into the hands Of hts rival
Building operations were again be
yin but the great structure was not
naished until 1919, or 100 years after
i was begun.
II Is a Florentine palace of that age
~ spleudor that Mrs. Gardner Is going
to bring to America and set up ia B0s
ton. The magnitude OF the work nay
ne imagined when II is considered
That It is made Of huge blocks Of stone
weighing over a ton each. They are
chiselled only at the edges so as to
give an increased effect Of ruggedness
a1d vastness. All these pieces will
nave to be numbered as they arc
taken down so that they may be set
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they now occupy.
There will be many ship loads OF
the walls and marbles used In the in
terror decorations Besides this the
winnings. statuary and furnishings
viii have to be packed most carefully
and brought over IN passenger steam
ships In the care CT attendants
The hall on the ground floor Of Mrs.
Gardner's palace VIII be devOted To
uflntings and statuary. Many Of these
works OF art will be brought from
Il ~. But Mrs Gardner viii also add
now in her Boston home.
10 this collection many choice pieces
The private museum Of art she will
q row open to the public. Her own
private apartments viii be on the up.
per floors
The location which Mrs. Gardner
has selected FOR this palace and mus
erm combined is In Bostons fashion
able Back Bay district Il win front
on the Fens. the park near the Charles
River. This will show of the classic
PROPORTIONS of the building to the
sreatest advantage.
Mrs. Gardner already has three
srlendid homes in Massachusetts. Her
town house is In Beacon street Bos.
ton the traditional home OF the Hubs
arfs.ocrats. She has another mansion
on a LARGE estate In the adjoining sub.
ufb Of Brookline. while her country
summer home is ct Beverly.
Nearly every celebrity that has Wis
ted Boston for over a dozen years
hes come under the smell Of this fas
rinatinr woman and become a figure
al her afternoons
She has received the title Of Mrs
leo Hunter. of America" on account
~ her fondness for social lions.
Brt these were only the mildei
phases of Mrs. Gardner's eccentrici
Clcs. She startled all grades OF Bos
Ton society by hiring o box to SEE
Corbett box.
She started the society woman fac
of feeling Shadows muscles.
She went to the summer Pop
concerts and drank beer IN public.
She borrowed q Hon from the Bos
Ton Zoo and paradod it before the
public.
She mopped ND the steps OF a fash
sonahle church on her knees as a pan
ance during Lent
it was by doing such things tina
Mrs. jack has succeeded in givinl
a certain freshness and variety (
Boston society
To cap the climax OF thie long lis
" achievements needed some grea
deed great even for Mrs. Gatdncf
and she has done T.