The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918, October 16, 1886, Image 8

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    THE HOTEL LAMBERT.
A "VVoiKlcrful OUl 1'nlncc on the Tlno
-Tim Home of n l'oliuli l'ntriot.
Anyone knowing raris well, as
well, as Pari
should bo known. and d sciHsinjr it
with (ho 8tr.inor, will invariably find
tlint ho is well acquainted with llio
louvre (especially the Mninin.s). with
tho Tuileries, llio luvnlidu, the Hotel
do Villc: more Minerfieiallv with the
Tour St. Jacques, the St. Chapcllc,
that trcm in stone: the Hotel Unity, a
private residence resembling a inueuni
luit that ho is nrofoundlv unaware of
the existonco of numerous places preg
nant with a deeper interest, still breath
ing the lifo of those pat ages which he
professes to like and traces of which ho
seeks with Mich scorning eagerness dur
ing his stay in Europe.
Of Such, writes a correspondent of
The New York Situ, is the Hotel Lam
bert. Jn tho historical quarters of old
Paris, in the lie St. Louis, near the an
cient church dedicated to tho sainted
king of France, under tho shadow of
Iho towers of Notre Dame, its walls
bathed by the swift waters of the Seine,
stands a building which has dclicd
timo and revolutions, to-day seems to
tiso in protest against tho encroach
ments of frivolous, futile, pleasure
Keeking ora. Tho hotel, as It is called
- palace as it is was erected toward
tho closo of tho century of Louis XLV.
by the wealthy financier whoso nanio it
bears. No expense was spared to
make it ono of the most sumptuous
residences in Paris. A lavish and in
telligent hand filled it with treasurers
of art with a profus. on remarkable
even at a period when such prodigality
was loss rare than it is now. Somo of
tho costly ornamentation and a few of
tho precious works of art have, sadly
enough, been sacr.liced to tho vitiated
taste of n succeeding generation and
to a lovo of change and roinodeling,
but enough of tho original remains to
uiako it magnificently unique. Tho
Hotel Lambert was almost miraculous
ly spared during tho revolution of
It, however, thou became national
property, and as such was indill'erently
kept up. Somo pictures were sold to
defray expenses, and tho priceless fres
coes were damaged by damp. The
work of decay would have progressed
unchecked had not Prince Adam Cs.ar
torlsky bought the property.
Tho prince was a Lneal descendant
of tho kings of Poland. Ho hud
repeatedly and earnestly endeavored to
deliver his country from the iron rule
of tho Muscovites, and exile was the
penalty of his patriot sm. Ho emigrat
ed to France, and linally settled in
Paris with his family, and after a year
or two purchased tho Hotel Lambert, a
fitting abode for tho ban htd heir of u
royal race. Ho had tho artistic foiiso
to leavo unaltered tho characteristic
features of the residence, merely ro
storing tho beauties dimmed by nog
leet.
A lofty porlc cochcrc leads from the
htrcot into an inner court. Facing it a
broad stoop of eight steps loads to a
f crron, from which two short circular
flights rise, to meet again at tho foot of
a monumental .staircase. This stair
ease is entirely of white marble, and
the balistrado Is sculptured and fretted
like lace. The eleval on of the dome
is enormous. Tho s do walks are lined
with tho most perfect of fJobol n tapes
tries. Above u gallery, equally carved
in delicate open tracery, leads to the
apartments of the first floor. Time
has mellowed the dazzling whiteness
of the marble, and lout It an addition
al grace.
Through a paneled anteroom you pass
into the first reception-room, with its
tall, dark, wooden dado and a colling
in deep caissons rh lily painted. Tho
highly-wrought ggantio brass clock,
(he uuulolubras, and the quaint massive
dogs and andirons tiro in tho purest
stjlo of Louis XIV. The apartment
abounds in pictures and historical fur
niture, and lends into the Mate saloon,
form ng u perfect square. Tho decora
tion of tho walls consists of white pan
els, with heavily gilt mold ngs framing
lofty mirrors rising from tho parqueted
Hour to the highly ornamented ceiling.
Four bandoliers of rock crystal hang
nt the four corners, and, when lit for a
foto and nlinctly relleoleil in tho mir
rors they give nu Iniprosslon of dnz
il ng br 11. anoy nnd limitless expanse.
The mantelpiece is of pink marble, tint
the principal interest of the room coll
iers in tho tiutheut o portraits of M.
mid Mine. Lambert, the founders of the
Jiotel, ami in good likenesses of the
CszartorUki family in their rich nation
al co.stumos.
Thence you pass into n gallery sot
cnty feet long and fifteen feet wide, I.t
by eight tall, wide windows. The
architecture, style, and ornamentation
are at once chaste, artistic, nnd mag
nificent. It ends at, the further extrem
ity with three ha) opening into a
charming balcony, with richly wiought
iron balustrade, from which a unique
t!ot of Par s is obtained extending
over a distant reach of tho Seine. Tho
river parts at tho foot of tho hotel gar
dens to embrace in its two channels
the whole Island SU Joints. Modern
Paris seems annihilated. The Toiler e.
tho Champs Klysuas. tho boulevards,
with their noise and meretricious glare,
are forgotton. 'J wo hundred jours are
as if they hud never been.
Tho gallery is used for reoopt ons,
and leaves on all vlbitnrs an inuH'tuwa.
bio impression. Lebriiu ami Lcsuuur
Lave painted tho mvtholoHcal frescoos
I til III I'
I'll.' L-l
rinn u! II timi'i" Mii'l 1 1 -1 .
, 0f ,,,,, wilh atl n I n
' in l.tp.is
nnju'MiMi'T amid tli -lotid
uppoia
garlands of flowers twining around tli
cornice. Columbus .-tiirtinir from tin:
walls form niches containing medal
lions surmounted by xcutchcons ol
bronze surrounded bv intricate at-
abeseijues of gold tin a j-ale-gr.i.N
ground. Tho shutters are decorated in
tivo fame stylo anil lone. lucre is
hardlv a irallerv in the Louvre that
can compete with tho magnificent
apartment, where tho wealth of gilding
is subdued, and, as it were, chastened
by the tindimmed splondor of the
palnting3 and tho depth of coloring
above.
On tiio raised "round floor arc the
private- apartments of Prince Withold
Cszartorisky, son of Prince Adam, the
first possessor, and of hi family.
Lofty, comfortable, elegant, and con
venient, they boar the 'rapress of
patriarchal, cheerful, elevated home
life. All who have entered them have
received a courteous, kind, dignified
welcome. Prince Withold married
iMargtiorilo d'Orleans, daughter of II.
H. H. the Duo do Nemours. She is al
lied by her mother, a princess of Saxo
Coburg, to all the royal families of
Oormaiiy, and by her father to all tho
Bourbons. Her simplicity of manner
and address at once puts her guests ai
their ease. She is tall, graceful, and
possesses a wondcrfl charm of expres
sion. Her husband has boon and is
still strikingly handsome. Exile and
a yearning for his distant fatherland
have prematurely aged him and given
him a gravity and austerity beyond his
actual years, but ho is nevertheless as
courteously hospitable as the pr ncess.
With royal munificence tho Cszartor
iskys have consecrated one wing of tho
hotel to an orphanage and school for
Polish children. It is their wish and
their aim that those young waifs should
bo instructed and inado to cherish their
national tongue, keeping warm and
strong within their breasts tho lovo of
Poland. Every year whon Easter comos
round an old and touching custom opens
wide the portals of tho Ilotol Lambert
to every Polo, rich or poor, young and
old, who nut' happen to pass before it.
It is a habit of tho country that tho
great day of tho resurrection should bo
celebrated by a banquet called tho
"Beni." Tho priest goes around in ev
ery family, bless ng tho tables spread
with viands. They are always cold and
are eaten standing a traditional repast,
in commemoration of tho pascal lamb.
Conspicuous tiro enormous cakes con
cocted from recipes found oniv in Po
land. At tho Hotel Lambert tho Bon! is
sumptuous indeed, S.x largo tables
laid in the gallery groan under tho
weight of tho family plate and the ovor
roplenished faro. Tho prince and prin
cess, assisted by their sistor, Countess
Dzelinska, stand from noon 1 11 evening
ministering to all comers. No invita
t.ons are issued. Whoever chooses to
come is made welcome, bo ho noble or
plebiau, tiio only condition to his ad
mittance being that he speaks the
tongue of his host. This annual agape,
this gathering around him of those who
aro of his race and of his laud, is tho
ono green oasis in the eternal plain of
the (.'sartorisky's exile.
Tho .Aged French Parrot.
A centenarian named Lenoir died re
cently in Paiis at tho ripe ago of 103
years. Lonoir was n parrot. During
tho reign of Louis XVI. ho was hatched
out In the royal palace, and there ho
continued to live through all tho vicis
situdes that animated French govern
mental all'alrs. Since the roigu of
Charles X. it has been very dillioult to
teach any now phrases to Lonoir. but
he possessed already many that ho chat
tered with groat volubil.ty and oflou
w tli singular inapposileness. They did
got him to learn "Vivo Gambottsi!" and
he used to alternate that phraso with
"A bus Robtisp erred'' which was a
memory retained from tho timo of tho
Reign of Terror. Lenoir's last words
were "draco pour Mario Antoinette."
When ovonts in tho Reign of Terror
and names of those thou conspicuous
were ineiitionedbefoio him ho would
repeat "L an est terrible. Chicago
Tribune.
Unreasonable Texans.
Accord ng to tho Mexican papers,
tho Texans on the border aro much
given to mak ng frivolous complaints.
The Mexicans .-eoni to think that Texans
were created for no other purpose than
to be abused, and they doprocato any
grumbling on tho part of their v ctlms.
We have heard of something similar
to this, 'lho little boy of a neighbor
complained to the gentleman living
next door, that his boV was not acting
right.
"What has my bov dono?" asked the
gentleman.
..it.,. i - .... .
-n u at uas ue tionor i u toll you
what ho lias done. Evory timo I 'nit
h in on the head with a hammer, he
hollers out."
Every time the Texan n ate murdered
or robbed by Mexican officials, th'oy
(tho Tomuis) "holler out," and there
aro editors in New York who are
tdiockcd at the depravity of thoToxitfis
in making a fuss. Texas bif tings.
'ml mo n net her oopjr of Tit J," ajs a
fuller recently rtslvtxl tty tut editor of the
ltlotiuwiHl, Vu., paper of that name. "I take I
one ct.y no, but tltwo'a o llttlo In ft I tired i
Of III "f,f. 'i ll V lVJMVS !
PERSONS AND EVENTS.
Montana cattlemen expect to ship
WO, 000 head of cattle to market this
season.
Mits. ifAititiKT Bi:i:chi:u Stowx lias
been stcmlilv fail!nr in health since the
death of her husband.
Tun president's new country place,
outside of ashington, will not bo oc
cupied until next spring.
An enenvy, doubtless, says that Chief
Justice Curlier stutters so badly that ho
sdcIIe his name with two t's.
A national military drill will bo held
at Washington next May at which -'0,-
000 in cash prizes will be, ofVercd.
TIoscok Conkuno will shortly de
liver a lecture in New York for the
benefit of the Charleston sufferers.
Gen. Simon Cameiion recently sent
his check for 1,000 to the relief fund
for the Charleston, S. C, earthquake
sufferers.
Louis Leakey, favorably known as
a public reader both in Fronch and
English, has been appointed professor
of English in Cornell university.
It has been discovered that the bill
which authorized the construction of a
public building at Jacksonville, Fla.,
to cost $2 )0.000, ditl not make 1 cent
of an appropriation to build it.
A Massachusetts man lias discovcrd
that Benedict Arnold, tho traitor, util
ized llio same love letter he sent to Miss
Shippen in laying siege to the heart of
another voung lady six months after
ward.
Gi:s. Denis F. Bukki;. the last com
mander of Meagher's Insh brigade,
Army of the Potomac, is about to take
tho lecture field, and will deliver a
series of loctures on "The Irish Soldier
in tho War."
Mi:. FitAseis II. Smith has resigned
as superintendent of the Virginia Mili
tary institute on account of some disa
greement with Hit! board of visitors.
Gen. Smith has been witli the institute
siuco its foundation.
imts. (. LSTKit lias taken no summer
outiiig whatever, but has been busily
occupied at her home in New York
writing her book on Kansas life tltir ng
and after tho war. The general and alio
spent several years there during thoso
trving lime.
Pit ok. Zr.i.i.r.it, of Berlin, recently
celebrated his "doctor jubilee, " tho
liftietli anniversary of the date when
ho got -his degree. He spoke the lan
guage ot t'lato ant! Aristotle lluontiy
littv years ago, amf to-ilav lias no
superior as a tireolc scholar.
Tin: project of erecting a lnoiiumont
to ashington Irving concoivod by
Tarrvtown citizens has been given a
fresh impetus, ami immediate stops will
b.) taken to collect the necessary funds.
I lie monument, is to be a tower at
tached to St. Mark's church.
Lii:i t. David Bkainaiid, one of the
six survivors of the Arctic expod.tiou,
says ho expects to start on another
search after the north polo in tho
spring of 1890. The money to defray
the cost of the expedition will bo con
tributed by private indtv iduals.
Mult. nr. Ri:ni)1- nanal nuncio, is the
l
youngest member of tho diplomatic
corns in Paris, but the oldest in nllleu.
Ho is a great favorite iu society, whero
ho is attracted chiefly by his passionate
love of nius.c. II s mother, la mar
quise, is also a well known socloly
figure in the aristocratic Qtiartier St.
Germain.
Li;vi P. Mouion is devoted to hit,
family. Ho has live eh ldren, all g rls,
tiio eldest within a year or two of
ripening into womanhood. Mr. Mor
ton is never so nappy as whon tie is
surrounded by his family group. Ho
has provided tho eh ldren with gov
ernesses and special instructors, and
is lavish in his expenditure in their be
half.
Pihnckss Uismahck is represented
by a French correspondent as a woman
of great worth, and. though of some
what vulgar manner, possosslng a good
heart ami a great amount of common-
seusi'. She has the most unbounded
love ami admiration for her illustrious
htisbatitl. She Is not in the least proud
of her position. She is greatly liked
by everybody around her, though sho
is always brusque and sometimes even
bearish.
A Geuman journal publishes a curious
portrait of Prince Bismarck. 'Bis
marck," avs lho writer, "was an enig
ma when a child, ami he is tru enigma
still. Ho never knows ono day what
ho will do tho no.U day, ami for years
past he has simply taken advantage of
present circumstances in directing the
affairs of Kurope. The great source of
his strength s the faeil ly with which
he change-, his opinions, abandons his
friends, coddles his enemies, ami prof
its by the m-ilioo of one, tho hatred of
another, tho pride of a third, while ho
makes 'foots of them all. His conscience
knows no scruple, ami he profossos an
equally passionate fondness for tho bi
ble aud the latent bud French novel.".
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Tliis powder never varies. A tnarvol ol
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znntiot be sold in competition with the
mtiltituuo ol low test, short weight alum
or phosphnto powtlcr.s. Sold only in conn
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ENTENNIAL HOTEL BAB.
E. MILLER, Proprietor.
Having fitted tip tho Centennial Hotel
Bar-room, and removed my block ol
Wines, Liquors & Cigars
to that place. I am better nrennred than
ever to entertain and regit io my customers.
I keep none but the best of
ICatein Liquor, wnttltee, AVnlls
AYnllu, iiik) Union ICeer.
Also, the F.nest B.airtsof Cigars.
-COMMERCIAL-
Livery aM M
OrrobiTi: Ckn-tennial, Hotel.
JOHN S. ELIOTT,
PnOPItlETOR,
ITarlne furnished this old nnd nonttlnr
hostelry with amnio room, plenty of feed.
good liostlcru and new buggies, is better
prepared tlinn ever to nt'coiiimodate cua
toincrs. My terms are reasonable.
mm TMERY,
Adam Chosh.max, I'ikipriktor.
Has now on hand and for Bale tho best of
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Especially adapted for tho Relict of Wo
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b. l' MJW1IAICU, Proprietor.
SMOKE OUR
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