The Republican journal., 1904-11-03
:fNPfRORS OF Brazil
.,s of THE LATE DOM PEDRO.
yfsi'sy COURT CEREMON1ALS. SAN
sp.'SrAvA0 PALACE.

r-.-pandence of The Journal.]
I,NEIRo, Oct. 2, 1904. The
f Rralil, still loyal at heart to
a,tan, to which they and their
.vrr4 born, yet take as much
slowing off the late familiar
ra1a,ty as before they began
,d.4g at republicanism. One
nd . nolitable week in visiting
20 omes of the late Dom
d lowing the paths he trod
sau half a century. First
d laat up the oldest city pal
40 in Praca d. Pedro Sc
tp to the last day of the
.--j as a sort of overflow
holding of court recep-
i~ial gala days and was
70 the populace ON every
., day that the people
rpp at the crown plate
III more than a hundred
regents of Rio had no
place until, in 1890, the
~ purchased for that
ling in the Rua Direita,
.pW occupied by the new
soon became too small
sing dignity of the CO.
ment, and then the palace
u. Pedro Segundo was
nothing palatial or i'm
lie latter, though it is
lost a mint of money
Use its ancient builders
athematicians than their
hstant Portugal. 1t has
a Editions and annexations
time that its original
long ago lost. In 1908
e 9hn VI. arrived with his
lourt (having been COM
AZ efuge in Brazil to escape
French), the palace was
-ltticient for the shelter of
I sons. So the Carmelite
opposite side of the street
convent to the use Of the
was connected with the
.Halty by a covered bridge
-s the thoroughfare, which
id, Another bridge of light
$ inning the Seventh of Sep
~- connects the old convent
uPerial chapel. Still there
. enough to meet the extra
nds of this royal family
aerous retinue, and build
ing was appropriated and
j the whole neighborhood
1tinuous palace. For
lHeen d. Maria I.-who is
q JeZebel, in nowise be-
totype in temper-made
he Camelite convent. The
us ON the third floor now
lne Institute Historico is
u, having been her private
stories are told of these
+ Portuguese royalty. For
said that Miguel, brother
.J |. and uncle of the last
, to divert himself and his
-9ciate by Selling a suck
some poor woman's stall
et-place, throwing it aloft
it neatly upon the point
/, while all the mothers
hastily hid their babies
9etticoats, expecting them
j the same manner.
ne days of King John VI.
uy merchant of Rio named
no Lopez presented to the
Ills own residence, situated
l1ul suburb of San Chris
III that day was consider
ST private house in South
Whether or not the princely
untary contribution, | am
~. Old King John had
-. the place in course of his
YES and had conceived a
= ior it; and there have been
rted heads whose fancies it
Sc to oppose by considera-
eum ct tuum. Its happy
uUbed the estate "Real Quin-
/ ista'-the Royal Garden of
lew. 1t is certainly we'll
an imperial residence, &C.
0mmanding site overlooking
most beautiful suburb. The
been SO many times enlarg-
ne generous Lopez day that
IS a queer absence of archi-
drmony, its most prominent
eng the left wing-a square
three stories high, while the
( has two stories. Yet as a
charming, its white walls in
+ against the dark green
5 of Tijuca, in the midst of
grounds of much natural
I'D out in winding avenues,
of emerald lawn, artificial
kets of ornamental shrubs,
erous fountains and statues,
1 by the most magnificent
he tropics. A splendid ave-
tupo trapS loads tO tho main