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cry or MEXICO, July Ia. (By
Mail. Famous Chapuitcpec Castle,
spIelldidly poised high above the park
bearing tho same name and overlook
zhe wide valley Of Mexico, ii once
IL the home oh d Mexican ruler.
a Wag this historic castle employed
~ fortress, that The Americans
st0rn1ea ana captured back IN l84f;
and on the same spot, many years be
fore. one Of the Montezunlas con
yerfed che fortress into summer
residence, where's he established hi
hafem, baths and hunting lodges.
Ghapultcpec, besides Its historic as
.Nuciaticng and thin magnificent view
II commands 0f Thu M9xican valley
also wi fame from the fact thai /
ii one Of the most luxugicasiy ap
pointed residences on til American
continent But ID hAd FEW charm
for That bewhiskers 4 Old ranclman
Venus iafo at aI.1a, IaTraf1s
spurhcd Ghayuita Yee, summer and
winter On rare occasions he used
THE palace as a pace f0r entertain
inents but b d living plaec he PREFER
ed the simplicity of q plain dwelling
III the capitals residence district.
70 ths more cultured eye Of Adolf
70 de Ia Huerta, the new provisional
PRECEDENT, Chapultepee had more ap
peal. De la Huerta moved into the
castle, bag md baggage, few days
after he had been inaugurated. II
III not meant To crcnt1 the impression
that the new Mexican ruler Is fond of
frills. Far frop it. In many lines d
administration, De la Huerta hal
abolished forms of ponap that even
Carranza tolerated. But De la Huer
ia, the practical Sonoraite, probably
reasoned that the castle was already
furnished, that If he didn't occupy it
1t would remain vacant and thai
apartments In Mexico were very
scarce. So he called the moving val
and Chapultcpec Castle is today the
regular residence Of a Mexican
president for the first time since tn
days of the other Huerta, the one who
drew the frowns Of President vii
SON.
THE view Il unsurpassed" as the
real estate boomer might say, bu
Adolfo de la Huerta, as he stands OF
the castle balcony, won't survey tho
same scenic beauty as filled the eyer
Of his historic predecessors. Bayard
Taylor though the most beautiful,
view In the world was that OF the vail
of Cashmere and after it, the valley
of Mexico from Chapultepec heights
But politics~-rcvolutionary politics
has changed the vista since "Mon
tezuma sought distraction from the
administrative cares and communef
with dryad oracles in the hallowed
groves of ancient Ahuehuetes.'
But De la Huertn may still revei
in theNcomfort Of d luxurious interior
Maximilian the Australian arch
duke who became emperor Of Mexico
f,gnished the castle with the most
6site productions Of Europe
Marble statues, alabaster vases, per
iod furniture, Oriental rugs achiev
ing both elaborateness and comfort |
In 1866, at the orders of Macmillan
the castle was renovated, the CORR
doris were adorned with voluptuous
pictures after the style Of d Pompei |
Ian villa, and the grounds were ter
raced. Most CT the pictures are gone
today.
There still remain, however. the
favorite b0udoir of the Empress Car |
lota, Its walls adorned In pink satir |
brocade; the dining salon, finished II |
beautifully carved Alsatian oak, with
panels Of Gobelin tapestries: the am
bassadorial department, pink and
gold in Louis XIV style; and countless
other furnishings which still retair |
their excellence, including the ma
hogany bed in which Elihu Root rest
ed his closely cropped head when Oh I
a mission to the old Diaz government /
Construction Of the castle was be-
gun IN 1873, but did not reach 1t
present state until many years after
ward. Ttoday it covers almost thu
whole top Of Chapultepec, which, In |
the Aztec language, means Grass-hop
per Hill, so-called from the number Of
insects that once infested the region I
Under the Carranza regime visitor
inspected the castle upon obtaining
special permits. 1t II still open to Wis
itors, but, being the presidents resi-
denee, permits are more difficult IL
obtain and the hours Of inspection
more limited,
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