The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29
many YEARSM0RE
TO FINISH PALACE
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Senator Clark's Mansion Will Be
Marvellous in Its Decora-
tons.
FAMOUS ARTISTS ENGAGED
Boudoir of Mrs. Clark Will BE
1nlaid With Precious
Stones.
FAMOUS ARTISTS ENGAGED
az VANCE rHor1PsoN.

Il HA NANGE
Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch
Paris. May 2s.--While 1t is general
~ believed In New York that the
magnificent mansion built by -sena-
| tor Clark. of Montana, is now COM
pleted I learn that at least twenty
years are likely to be required to fin
ish 1t entirely. The painting of the
marvellous decorative panels and tho
boudoir for Mrs. Clark. which will be
inlaid with precious stones. will alone
require score Of years.
The Senator. though in his seven
tieth year. is In no wise daunted by
the time deemed necessary to finish
his handsome home
For the marvellous panels designed
he has engaged Raphael Colin the
most celebrated decora tive artist in
the world. M Colin Is the leading pro
fessor of the Ecole des Beaux Arts In
Paris. and has decorated the Opera
Comique. the Odeon Theatre and the
| Hotel de Cille Of Paris. In some of
Senator Clark's salons NJ. Colin has
decided on Japanese art, In which he
is an adept. so much so. indeed. that
he has been made "a Knight of the
Rising Sun" Four of these decorative
panels are already we'll under way
| and are said by experts to be the fin
est ever seen in France
The inlaid boudoir for Mrs. Clark is
said to be really a postponed wedding
present and will be one of the wond-
ers Of the age. When Senator Clark
married Miss La Chappelle six years
| ago at Geneva, he promised her uni
que wedding gift.
She was the Senator's ward and the
daughter of a French Canadian phys
ician. Her ambition was musical
career, but tho Senator induced her
to take the boudoir instead. with large
quantities OF domestic bliss to bind
the bargain.
Mrs. Clark wisely accepted tho gen
orous offer and now lives happily in
. an apartment in the Avenue Veto,
Hugo during the winter season. am
In summer takes her children to he,
villa. at Calhoun The Clarks' little
girls speak Spanish. italian, French
English and German.
Motorists Get Lost In France.
a wild automobile ride. in which :
party of distinguished Americans los,
M
Paris In an agony of suspense for the
entire night, is the subject OF much
Interesting gossip. The party was
composed OF Mrs. William Sprague
wife of the War Governor OF Rhode
| Island; Mrs. Henry Sickness. Governor
| Spraguc's Spanish-ey granddaughter
| who is getting divorce in Paris from
| the son of Attorney General Sickness
| of Rhode Island: A. M. Thackara, who
| is the son of the United States Consul
| General a t Berlin; Mrs. Thackara, who
| is the daughter of the late General
| Sherman, and Miss Lefevre, a daughter
| of Judge Lefevre, of Denver.
The party started off gaily to see
| where Joan Of Arc was buried at
| Rouens After dinner the party set
| out for Paris Upon what they sun
| posed to be their arrival in the capi-
tai. they found themselves at Havre
| whereupon they started again. but II
was not until daylight that they reach
ed home. Meanwhile Governor Sprague
| Judge Lefevre and other friends who
had had no word from them passed .
very bad time indeed.
| George Gray Barnard, whose magni-
ficent groups for the State House at
Harrisburg. Pa. are the feature OF
the salon of the Societe des Artistes
Francois, has written to the Jury, an
nounclng that he Will not compete for
| the society medals. Two reasons In
| fluence him: First. as a member of
| the other salon he felt he had no
| right to accept the award in the sec
ond place. the medal of honor and the
first gold medal are by statutes Of the
society reserved for Frenchmen They
have never heen given to foreigners
In the $50 years existence OF the
salon.
Now nineteen out Of twenty mem.
hers of the Jury have voted to give
Barnard the gold medal in spite of thu
unhroken tradition and the rule of
the society As the vote was practi-
cally unanimous, Barnard sent his re-
! nunciatfon to the Society of French
Artists, which is now trying to devise
some other way to show their appre-
citation of Barnard's work, which, they
say, in the chief honor of the salon.
They may not decide to create a new
award but the probable solution is
that the great American sculptor will
be given the red ribbon of the Legion
/ OF Honor by the French government
The French government has Just
| purchased eight medals of silver for
the Luxembourg Museum from Edwin
Warren Sawyer, young Chicago
sculptor, These medals were recently
exhibited by the American Numismatic
Society,
Mr., Sawyer has been an exhibitor /
the salon for the last eight years, and
holds the remarkable record Of never