Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-22
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Formal of all the laws and proprieties
81, of nature: innocent trees have
0ty1e. been mutilated with the prnn-
ming knife to initiate animals, birds and
other objects which they were never in,
tended to represent. and all kinds OF
freak plants and vines were introduced
and cultivated to amuIse the elector and
his court. Fountains. statues and busts
of marble, graceful columns and various
other carvings are scattered over the
lawns, and stone seats where people can
sit and study the atrocities.
William Makepeace Thackeray was here
two hundred years ago and described the
place in detail, and 1t remains today ex-
writer's and travellers have written 1t up.
1t is a famous place and for two CEN
turtles has ranked as the best example OF
French landscape gardening, after YER
sailles.
Ernest Augustus conceived the idea Of
inclosing the garden with moat eighty
six feet wide. and his successor, George
Louis afterward George [ OF England,
introduced Venetian gondolas.
The open-air theater was frequently used
during the regns of both those worthless.
who brought actors. singers and dancers
from Paris TO entertain their courts.
Many famous tragedians and prina don
mas have laid on and off their costumes
In dressing rooms HldQG DN LICK HeUScSp
Leibnitz co-operated with the French ar
chitects in designing the garden, and him.
self purchased In Paris for cO,OOO lfvres
twenty-three antique busts. of Roman en-
perors. which are scattered over the
ground, to give the place classic flavor.
X
Herrenhausen was commenced in 1866
by John Frederick, then elector, who de-
sired to initiate the pleas
Herren. ure house of Louis XIV,
but he drank himself to
AduSoA' death few years later
and 1t was completed by Ernest Augustus.
his brother and successor. The ground
floor was given over to Offices. The royal
apartments, the audience chambers, bali
room, state dining room and other rooms
for the entertainment of guests were on
the first floor, and the ladies and gentle
men in waiting and other attaches of the
household were accommodated on the
floor above. The entertainments given
there were famous for their extravaganza.
In 1892 visitor says that the Electress
Sophia. in her declining years, provided
ripe oranges and lemons of different
sorts. apples and pineappleS for the royal
table on Christmas day.
Herrenhausen was an expensive toy,
even for a family so wealthy as the elect
was 6.OOO.OOo crOwns-a crown being worth
about -. cents. Much of this money came
from the sale or rental of soldiers, it be-
ing the custom in those days for the
dukes and barons of Europe to hire out
their troops by the month or year to other
rulers who were in trouble, just as the
Hessians were hired by England to fight
on their side during the American revolu-
ton.
George l when young man served the
Emperor Of Austria on the Danube
against the Turks at the head Of ten
thousand Hanover soldiers and made g
great reputation for bravery. prudence
and military skill He also served the
seigniOry of Venice and two or three of
the German princes at different times.
+, and the ducats which his father, the elect
or Ernest Augustus. received for his serv-
ices We're spent In building and maintain
ing Herrenhausen.
1t was the custom in those days for
noblemen to go from one country to an
other seeking service and accepting what
ever honors or purses were offered them.
Many noble adventures supported them
selves in this way and became the favor
ties of the serene highnesses who em-
ployed them. Some of them married
duchesses and baronesses. Others lost