The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-09

the Avenue Bots de Boulougne.
known as the Red Palace" Boni
spent more money than he can ever
accurately tell. He liked the location
so Wen that he paid S740,00O for the
land alone, and before he got through
he had produced a palace that any
king in Europe might envy.
He was told when he started to
duplicate the historical Trianon at
Versailles, in which Nine. Pompadour
once lived, that it was going to cost
tremendously, but he smiled and
showed his handbook, and for spite
planned to spend an additional mill
lion in furnishing the place.
One of the details of the palace is
a set Of fountains built in the gardens
which he could run for ten minutes at
the trlf1ng cost of $1,000. Then he
got the idea that he wanted to be a
yachtman, so he bought the yacht
VaIhalla for $500. 600 and planned to
sail her on a scale that tOtalled $780,
600 year. Later he had to sell this
toy but that's another part of his
story.
Gives a 100000 Banquet.
When he was elected to the chamber
of deputies he felt so goOd-natured
that he gave a feast that would have
made Lucullus turn green. The bill
was $500, 600. He seemed to like that
amount, for it figures frequently i'm
his accounts
Al another time he got the idea that
modern dress was all wrong and that
IL only required a daring individual to
revive the styles of past centuries.
reward THIS end he gave a flower
pan ana all men appeared in the COS
tunes of the Louis XVI period. RiIl
S 10, 600 But then his ideas were
always costly
While his palace was being built
some OF the lots he needed were oe-
cupled, and although it was alto
SStHef unnecessary, he impatientIv
bought the inhabited houses and evicf
sum. 10y
Sometimes the counts methods were
49, " Ia ni m De questionable, and in the
Iisht OF the recent scandal, it is prob
dDle mat one of his little mysteries is
revealed About six years ago he nre-
scented to his wife a necklace that he
lldu pald 100000 for. Anna Gould
IeaIlzed now he was draining her for
tune and when she looked at the
pauble she didn't think it was worth
the money, so she hurried to the lew
elGt. she round that he took a lofty
dlLltude and insisted that his business
was with the count
You have cheated my husband
she declared hotIy. land you must
axe this back"
Then the secret was let out The
JeWeleF lost his temper. and talxino
IN e necklace in his hand, said angriIv:
If you think. madame. I have
cheated, you are wrong. When I sold
TINS necklace to NJ. LIE C0ute If lad
four rows of diamonds 1t has bI1t
Two rows now Can madame tell me
where the other two rows are %
Ahen the one time Anna Gould went
home and thought it over. PossihI,-
she knows now where the other half
OF the necklace went Perhaps it NAV
pc mentioned when her divorce comes
to trial.
Buys a 100000 Clock.
The costly addition to the Gould
Lamlly thought it might be useful to
know the time occasionally. and he
decided 10 have one Of the finest clocks
ln France When the art dealers
/ heard OF this thc5 started to procure
"nal ne wanted In the end he Daid
$4,000 for a Sevres creation. ana If
Is SAID that for a year clOckmaker
mad the task of making it keep time.
FOR his countess he bought a tortoise
shell wardrobe in which Louis Seize
once kept his royal robes. About $3.50
UVO is SAID TO have been the cost of this
In his bOudOir he has the bed uspd nv
Napoleon on the night of his corona
ton and the rest of his private quarters
ana decorations in keeping with the bed
one Of his bills was for $40 600 for
small set of tapestry furniture.
One of the greatest extrava gances was
the purchase of the Palazza della Scala.
! IN Verona, that he might get the eleven
I ceilings painted by Tiepolo. Sc1reelv
+ mad ne written his check for gigantic
+ sum to secure the palace when he made
/ the artists of the world gasp By putting
a force Of men at work tearing it down.
Ilepolo was native Venetian who died
I IN Spain nearly $50 years ago. and his
+ mural decorations are of enormous
value. The count had the ceilings cut
/ out intact and then set up in his palace
/ in this city.
For three Caladon vases with old
! French mounts he gave S16,OOO for a set
/ of two Rose du Barry jardinieres and
Two plates OF the same pattern SO OOG.
/ and for two pairs of Louis XIV gF.. can
/ dlesuclzs $4,000. One bill he received for
/ 100000 covered a Louis XVI table in
/ dove marble, a pair of old Serves
I vases, Louis XVI Entre-Deux. a Dair
/ of old French silver vases and several
minor articles.
Another bill for $4,000 represented
/ among other things a wardrobe. cat let
small and large writing tables of the
! Louis XIV period Two of his other
large bills for antiques were contracted.
4 one for SS5,050 on May q, 1896 and an
other for $4,000 on June IS 1897 The
4 count could show innumerable bills for
I $4,000 $4,000 or $4,000, for little odds
and ends
For the pleasure of insulting Presi-
( dent Loubet he paid S100, 900 to engage
Il Montjarret once the pOstillion of the
I French Republic. NOntjarret became
/ the little counts outrider, simply be-
( cause BOni didn't like the republic or
/ the president, and he was willing to nav
I Montparrets price. The outrider had
led the PROFESSIONS of all the French