The evening times., 1901-09-26
MRS. GARDENERS PALACE.
a Description Of the Venetian Struc
turc in Boston.

BOSTON Sept. 16-Eyer since Mrs
Jack Gardner began to build a Veuc-
t.au palace in Boston there have been
countless conjectu~,s as TO the use 20
| which the building is to he put. and won
aertui are the stories that have been told
| both I'm regard To the GorgeOusness of
! tEe building and tho beauty Of the art
treasures which are to form its p-inci-
pal ornaments. How much. If any, truth
there was iu these stories no one could
| tell. for Mrs Gardner kept silent and for
| halo those employed ON the building TO
give any information about it. Day and
night watchmcu guard the palace. and
| The windows are $50 screened that a pas
! s,rhy cannot obtain even "a momeutary
/ glimps. OF the interior.
In spite Of this vigilance a passerby en-
| tered the palace "a few days ago and
learned the following interesting facts
about IL:
There are two main entrances. one.
near Huntington Avenue, leads into a
narrow corridor. from which opens a long
and spacious music hall At the furt her
! end of this hall is "a stage, which is said
| % Dee large enough 20 seat the entire
symphony Orchestra ON either side o.
l ia, second entrance are reception rooms
and beyond them is q corridor with arches
Of red brick and a red tiled floor
/ Beyond this ITChcd passage is tho court
/ yard. which occupies the centre OF the
palace Ii iE 80 by - feet IN dimension
/ and is covered with a roof OF glass
Around 10 on the lower floor is an arcade
with beautiful COrIutLiaa columns Of
/ white marble and opening on it's four
sides are aTE, square windows on the
I three upper stories.
/ on three sides Of the courtyard, on the
/ lower floor. ar. some wide corridors. in
| which many rare art treasures viii be
! placed Some. indeed. are there already.
/ one is an old and beautifully carved mar
/ BILE sarCophaEus. which is valued at $63.-
/ nUi and ON which Mrs. Gardner paid a
/ duty Of 5000 Another is an ancient
/ shrine Of St Joseph. Set into the walls
! along thu corridors are beautiful bits Of
| bas relief and carving. and at the end OF
/ The vaulted passage leading to the court
| yard stand two great lions. one Of red
! and the other Of white marble.
| Staircases of marble lead 70 the floor
! above and here. across the front Of the
! building. stands a large room. which pre-
/ SUmahly Is TO be used as picture gal
! l,Ty- OF this room the most notable Iea-
/ tuTe al present IS the spleudld cellluS.
/ which was taken from an Italian paEace
/ and set here in IS original form
ON this moor is also "a Dutch room with
/ au O.d-faSbI0ued fireplace and a ceiling OF
/ black oak. and with its beams 50 ar
! ranged as 20 form fifteen square panc.s,
I ,u which are set paintings by the o-d
! French masters
! Ou the thIrG floor is a companion room
I To- the picture gallery IN which Mrs-
/ Garau'IS collection OF rare old DOCKS Will
/
/ room. With one large rose window. and
! others smaller. of stained glass Il Is
| supposed lat Mrs Gardner intends u
| use this room as a. chapel. for it is tt,Cd
/ mp with carved settets, and space hos
/ been Illt for che altar
! Iu the upper story are Mrs. Gardner s.
! apartments and the servants quarters.
] Nrs- GIriueTs suite extends across the
/ front of the building and consists 0f O.
! lagluir. bedroom. and bathroom.
/ Across the rear Of the building extends
! a large dining hall
Tn. walls of the b1udOir are hu-E witE
UgG tapestry. the bathroom ig Itsd iu
/ white. and there GrC Latin inscriptions
| ON the walls. and iu the sleeping room IS
| "a carved marble fireplace. which was for
marly lu Mrs Gardu-r's Beacon STR e.
/ home. The servants. rooms are comfort
I able and spacious. and there IS no lack
of closets ana UautrieS-
/ The palace win De lighted by electricity
| and heated by hot air. indeed f. VIII
/ contain ai' the modern improvements.
| hut these VIII Doe $50 concealed as 70 90 NJ
| way mar the beauty Of the archit-ctIre
| or seem homogeneous with the Venice 81
| the middle ages
! This palace. SO beautiful even in its
| nreseHt unfinished condition. viii surely
/ Dee when completed. in many resp, cts
! the most superb elltce Of the kind that
! has been erected I'm modern times