The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-12

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down, take the pieces home and re-
erect it in one Of the suburbs. so as To
outshine Mrs. Jack ardner, who has
built Mcclellan villa or something of
that sort. Nobody here knows anv-
thing about Mrs. Sprague or her plans
/ but it is very certain that she win moi
be allowed to carry them out. Ameri-
cans can buy Venetian palaces. Sew
eTal have already done so. Some of the
most beautiful edifices on the Grand
! canal belong to Americans or have
| been bought and restored by the dow
| ries of American brides who have mar
ried Italian nOblemen- But the mu-
| nicipal authorities would not permit
J any one to pull down a palace and take
/ the material away. There is a very
| strict law in Italy against the export
| of works of art, and a member of the
royal family even could not sell or give
] away picture or a statue, ornamental
piece or pillar from a palace without
| the consent of the authorities.
! Beautiful examples Of fourteenth and
| fifteenth century architecture in the
| form of palaces may be purchased in
! Venice all the way from S20, 900 upward.
Only few months ago the Plazzo Ca
| d'Oro, which has often been called the
most beautiful residence in all the
/ world, and certainly the finest speci-
men of fourteenth century Gothic. was
| purchased by Baron Francatti for $20.-
| 600. It must have been built some time
between 1910 and 1910. for its owner
and builder, Ondrea Doro, was ban
ished as a conspirator in 1910. At one
time the entire front was gilded and
! shone like FURNISHED gold. II must
/ have been a wonder to look at. Baron
! Francatti intends to restore it, for
/ building that has stood 200 years, even
| in this climate, requires more or less
repair.
! Baron Francatti is perhaps the rich
est man in Venice. He is a Hebrew.
His father married into the Rothschild
family and has represented them in
! Venice for many years. He lives in
an ancient palace, which was complete
! ly restored about fifty years ago and
/ is one of the show palaces which tour
/ lists visit. The count is a dilettante,
| fond of the arts and sciences, and very
public-spirited In connection with We
| netian affairs He has a brother who
/ is given to music and has composed
| two operas, both Of which have been
produced upon the stage without much
| success. They are called Israel and
! "Christoforo Colombo'-the former
based upon the fight of the children
| of Israel from Egypt, and the latter,
/ as may be assumed from the title, con-
| Germs the discovery Of America.
| Phe Palazzi Contarini Degli ~Scrigni,
which adjoins the Academy of Fine
/ Arts on the Grand canal, is owned by
| the Peabody family of Boston. and the
Contarani della Figuri belongs to the
| Princess Polignac. daughter Of Mr..
1 =. Sha
/ spends much of her time here, but
usually her winters are spent in Rome,
/ where her husband has an Office at
court. Peabody Russell of Boston is
the owner of the Rocco palace. which
/ is considered one o. ne best examples
of fifteenth century Gothic. Robert
| HargouS of New York has a long lease
of what is known as the COntarani-
| Fasan palace, known to every tourist
who visits Venice as the house of Des-
demonio. According to tradition Shakes
| peace's heroine was born and died
there. The palace is open to visitors
during certain months of the year, but
Mr. Hargous and his daughter, Mrs.
! Duncan Elliot. usually occupy it during
the summer. He is a great favOrite
among the people, who call him the
American prince" Mrs. Elliot is a ia
nous beauty and always creates a SEN
satiOn wherever she appears.
| The famous old Barbara palace,
/ which is considered one of the best eX-
amples of the pointed style, formerly
| belonged to Pizanni, one Of the doges
| of Venice. is now owned by Mr.. Cur
tbs of Boston. PhOtOgra phs of this
house are distributed all over the world
/ and one of the rOmances associated
with it concerns Lord ByrOn's physi-
/ clan, DR.. Van Nellengen. an English
adventurer who lived in all parts of the
east and had all kinds of wives.
Greeks, Egyptians, Turks and Italians
like a sailor, a wife in every port.
BY his Italian wife he had a daughter
who turned out to be an unusually
capable woman. She married the heir
of the Pizanni family, which had be-
left of their former wealth but this
house and a farm in the country. She
took hold of affairs soon after the we'd
ding and by her shrewdness, foresight
and enterprise made the whole family
rich.
An interesting story is told to explain
why Mr.. Curtis lives in Venice. 1t is
said that while in a Boston street car
one Gay a tough insulted a lady Mr..
Curtis interfereG and gave the fellow
a Ihrashing, but instead of receiving
the thanks OF the community for his
gallantry, he was arrested and sent to
Jail for assault and battery. He re-
fused TO live any longer in such
community and came over TO Venice.
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The FOscari palace. which the guide
book tells you is 1.-The Oldest example
in Venice of the fifteenth century is
Gothic, where, as guests of the repub-
lie. have sojourned Francis and Henry,
Z Ii, IL. y
! of Poland, the Emperor and Empress
Frederick of Germany, King Cassamir
of Hungary, and a host of other royal
ties belongs to a young count, who
is descended from one of the most IA
nous of the doges, and is the last of his
family. He loved a beautiful young
girl, even poorer than himself. and of
course, he being Of the Italian nobility,
| it was impossible for them to earn
living, so James Gordon Bennett steps
in as a fairy godfather and gives her
a dover of 100000 francs. The we'd
ding took place and everybody is hap
by. There is now an infant count who
bears the historic names of James Cor
don Bennett Foscari.
Horace Fletcher. formerly of Chicago,
who has written a good many original
| things. and has recently discovered a
new system of nutrition, occupies the
| Saibonte palace, but at present is in
England. where his daughter is about
to marry a Mr.. Van Sumeren.
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| Very few of the fine old palaces be-
| long to the descendants Of the families
who built and originally occupied them
| Very little of the enormous wealth for
| which Venice was celebrated in the
| fifteenth century remains. The most
| of i has been dissiDated by the de-
scendants of the men who made it, the
same as in England. France, and other
countries. The rich men of Venice to-
( day are an entirely new class of peo-
| pie whose names do not appear in the
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