The New York herald., 1922-01-08
The worlds Strangest Palace.


One Of the strangest palaces in the
world has been completed by Ferdinand
Cheval. a postman Of Hauterives.
France. Cheval. as q young man. saw a
series of pictures in a book of Oriental
stories and was struck with the fantastic
and picturesque qualities of the Oriental
castles, with their towers, highly orna-
mental windows, minarettes, &c. In his
leisure time he gathered stones of va
rious colors and types, read books on
art and masonry and gathered all the
knowledge possible from workmen. The
next step was the beginning or con-
struction work on castle of his own
conception. This dream creation is now
complete, and Cheval is eighty years old.
1t is a weird piece of architecture.
with all the towers and turrets. arches
and scrolls that the builder desired. The
castle is So feet long and 40 feet deep
and in its construction Cheval used
millions of pebbles and stones. all oil
which he gathered. and 1000 bags OF
cement and lime. He put in $1,000 ac-
tual working hours on the construction
OF the building.
The money used came at first from
his small savings, but as the palace
grew tourists visited II by hundreds, and
he realized goodly revenue from their
visits. Cheval, desiring to be buried In
his fantastic palace. erected monu-
ment i'm the main hall, but this wish viii
not be granted. local authorities forbid
ding II for reasons OF public health.
Tbf, Town Has No Rent Problem.
4 newspaper in Clarksville. Ark.
prints this interesting item to show
how the housing problem is being solved
in the Ozarks:
Jess Daniels contemplates moving TO
Newton county this week. Ed Patter-
son will move 20 the place Jess Daniels
vacates. Jess Horton will move TO tho
place Ed Patterson vacates. Albert
Hollan will move to the place Jess
Horton vacates.
He had examined tho house from
cellar 20 attic and declared IL perfect
an unusual condition in these days OF
housing difficulties. The house was be-
ing offered for rent furnished for the
summer months. The rental was
rather steep, but that was to be cx-
pected. Finally he asked the owner
he would hold the offer open until the
next day, In order that Mrs. III. might
see the house and feel that she had had
n voice In It's selection. lie called the
following day with Mrs. H., who quick
ly approved the selection. The deposit
was paid and the deal closed As the
happy couple we're about TO depart the
owner suddenly remarked:
"I forgot to state that my wife has
pet monkey which she'll have to leave
behind as we arc sailing for Europe.
You won't have much trouble with It,"
he concluded. as II the matter were
settled.
Now Mr.. and Mrs. IT. hadn't been
married long enough to give any
thoughts 20 family pets, and-well.
monkey would be the last choice, any
how. They stormed. argued and final
ly pleaded. All in vain.
sorry but you will have TO take the
monkey IL you want the house." per-
sisted the owner.
Mr.. II. finally agreed. but Mrs. IT.
left the house without another word.
AS Mr.. II. Joined her In the street he
said soothtngly: Now don't worry.
dear: things aren't as bad as they seem.
I'm going to send that pet monkey TO n
monkey boarding house for the summer.
and the owner will never be the wiser"
S2,T5O for Ten Room House.
Want n bargain In German real es-
tate? No? Well. we don't blame you.
but there is rather an interesting story
bshind the offer, so read on.
Arthur Meier Is real estate broker
In Leipzig. Germany. He wrote to a