Show I PEDROS POWPRfflTS 1 Familiar Haunts of Dom Pedro I Be Alcantara PALACE OF SAN GHKISTAVAO Stolen Fooleries of Court Ceremonials How the Empress Die acd on State Occasions JAXEIUO March 12 2rSpecial correspondence of TSE SUNDAY HEHALQJ So short timo has Roae by since royalty lived pud moved and had its being in Brazil tbat visitors to the capitsl are still intsr estsd la its lata familiar Jaaunte and the cnizens yet loyal at heart to the institutions institu-tions to which they and their ancestors tvere born thlro as much pride in showing them oil as before they began masquerading masquerad-ing at Republicanism One cay spend t profitabloweek in visiting visit-ing the eeveral homes of the late Emperor ana following the paths he trod acceptably to nil men for moro than helf a century First ono should hunt tho oldest city palace built in 1745 In Praca D Pedro Segundo which up to the last day of the empire served as a sort of overflow house for the holding cf court receptions on un usual gala days and was thrown open to the populace on every Corpus Christi day that they might enjoy a peep at the crown plate and jewels j For more th an a hun red years tho viceregents of Bio had no official abiding plnce until In 1G90 tho Portugese king purchased for that purposo a building in tho RUB Direita whoso site is now occupied occu-pied by the new exchange It soon became too small for the increasing dignity of the colonial governors and then the palace in Preen D Pedro Segundo was erected There Is nothing palatial imposing aboat the latter though it IB saId to have cost a mint of moneypossibly because its ancient an-cient builders were battor mathematicians than their employers in distant Portugal It has had oo many additions and annexations annexa-tions from time to time that its ORIGINAL CHAIUCTEB it it ever possessed any was lost long ago In 1303 when King Jcao VI arrived wish hia family tad court having been compelled j com-pelled to tko refuge in Brazil to escape capture by the French the palace was altogether I al-together insufficient for the shelter of so many persons So the Carmelite Friars on the opposite side of ths street gave up their convent for the use of the king and it waG connected with the abode of royalty by a covered bridge thrown across the thoroughfare thorough-fare which still remains Another bridge of light iron work also covered spanning the Seventh of September Septem-ber Eire t con nee to the old Convent with the imperial chcpeL Still there was not room enough to mert the extraordinary demands of this royal family and their numerous retinue ret-inue and building after building was appropriated ap-propriated and annexed until the whole neighborhood became a continuous palace pal-ace For many years Queen D Maria L who is spoken of as a Jezebel in no wise behina her Jewish prototype in temper I made her home in the Carmelite convent I The suite of rooms on the third floor now occupied by the Institute Historico whoso library possesses books of great value pertaining I per-taining to Brizilian history is pointed out as having been her private apartments Many queer stories are told of thase early scions of Portugese royalty For example It is said that Miguel brother of Dom Pedro first and uncle of the late Emperor used to divert himself and his profligate associates by seizing a sucking pig from come poor womans stall in the public market mar-ket throwing it aloft and receiving it neatly upon the point of his swori while oil the mothers thereabouts hastily hide their babies under their petticoats expecting I expect-ing them to be served in the same manner 1 Sometimes tho sport was varied by the I dainty noblemen throwing the squealing I victims that his highness might catch them upon his weapon with less exertion Ii was in the days of King Joao VL that I a wealthy merchant of Rio uamod Elias Antonio Lopes MIKSEXTXD TO THE SOVEREIGN his own residence situated in the beautiful suburbs of Sao Christavao which in that day visa considered the finest private house in South America Whether the princely gift Wa a voluntary contribution or not I am unable to say Old King John feed often visited the place in course cf MB country drives and brd conceived a great fancy for it and there brvo been other anointed heads whose fancies it was nowise no-wise 10 oppose by any considerations of meumft Twm Its happy recipient dubbed the estate Heal Qutnta da Boa Vista The Rl Garden of Beautiful View but It continued to be quta us often culled by the old name of Praca di Son Christavao It is certainly well situated for an imperial residence occupying a commanding site overlooking tho city in one of its most picturesque pic-turesque suburbs The edifice Las baen EO int > ny tirnta enlarged cince the generous > Lopes dy tho result is a quear Rbzenco of architectural harmony its most prominent fsaturn being the left wing a squsra structure struc-ture three stones high while the other wing has two stories Yet as a wholo it is charming Its white wra in bold relief against the dark green mountains of Tijuca Ih the midst of extensIve grounds 6f much natural beauty laid outin winding avenue etrettjhes of emerald lawn artificial thickets of ornamental shrubs with fountain foun-tain and statues at frequent Intervals all bhfled by the most splendid trees of the tropics To reach Boa Vista palace take a car i nags at your hotel door and drive down the BUll Cettete skirt the bsy olcng the I Praja d a Gloria rattle through the da Maagcerras street af leather pipes dash under the ncqueduct arches cf Mste CavHcIi hcrse killing avenue turn Into the Ru ds Invulidss street of sick people peo-ple and then follow the mata porcis js g killing street until at last von coin to the direct road that leads out to Sao Christavo Tha well paved avenue baa lamp posts sot on either aide und it is lined with HANDSOME ECBBUBBAJT HOMES set In gardens of perpetual bloom shaded by feathery palm trees That huge whit Valkling on the left Its glittering wtUs and cupola crowning an eminence overlooking the bay in one of the few inatltntioca of Rio which we hall not visit It is the famous Lnserrsto Imperial Hospital dos Lszors founded by the Jesuits mar than a century ago and still cared for by tbe brotherhood Saatissiraa Sacramento da Candelario It is said to bo crowced all the year around with lepers in all stages of thn lonttsomo disease and good Brazilian iitrrwr look at its whito walls without cross I lug themselves and uttering prayers for the helpless wretches I You pass groups of mules with skin covered panniers containing fruit regaIn ties poultry and charool on their way tom I to-m lrke avenderas waEhvjoaiep clad in tha livery of the CUD black hide and not much elbOj balancing huge baskets of clothes on their heads i jaunty nc reuse fat and bejewlled nod carriages or the TKBiiUhy with ccfichmea sad footnjoii in 1 gorgeous HvoritB all so precise liko other suburban streets that you are not aware of befcug within imperial grounds till suddenly sud-denly the Ridat palace looms up before you Bat it is not co near at hand as it looke for the drives are winding and circuitous and you bov1 along steadily at n smart puce for B full half hourdurIng tho greater portion of which time the building is Invisiblebefore you enter the SPLENDID AVEKUE OF MASGO miens that leads to the main entrance Ascent a flight of sixty wide stone stairs End you will find yourself in a corridor or gullery which runs around the four sides of a vast inner courtyard cud communicates with the principal rooms of the palace Fountains aro playing In the court below and bright flowers blooming as gaily as when the Emperor and his gentle SDOUBO took pleasure in them Tho mulatto soldier sol-dier who shows you about the place leads first into a long hall lined with paintings of Brazilian heroes Napoleonic bat1 f T fields saints Madonnas and friars Most of the floors are native woods satin and rcaa predominating laid in mosaic The smallest but perhaps the most interesting apartment cf the suite is its floor inlaid to represent nn Incident well known In Lusitanian history woman presenting her two sons to Alphouse The table in this room is the same on which Dom Pedro L signed his abdication April 7 1831 History His-tory tells us that tLe arbitrary temper of the old monarch had caused endless con lroverslesv which culminated in a revolution revolu-tion an sudden and bloodless as that of 1890 1890On On tho memorable morning the citizens assembled at sunrise in the Campo da Santa Anno to demand of the Emperor that he restore tho ministry which the people peo-ple preferred The request had been re peatadly and respectfully urged without avail and on this day the throne tottered for the national guard and a considerable portion of the army had gone over to the aide of the populace An adjutant was dispatched dis-patched to Sao Chrislavoa for a final an wer and the nutnllEADRD KlO unwilling to give in but knowing himself unable to copo witu vox poputf abdicated c a the apur of the moment in favor of his little south Dom Pedro who lately diod in ezilo after more than half a century of prosperous roi nthen not quite six years old oldIt It la related that the adjutant returned to the Campo at full gallop waving aloft he decree of abdication which was everywhere every-where received with liveliest aemocstra ions of joy The infant sovereign was borne in triumph to the city and the cere lony of his acclamation us Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil Bra-zil was performed amid wildest enthu iasm and vlvias to Dom Pedro Sogundo Two days later while his mortified father till remained on board a French ship ia tho harbor the baby Dom held his first court reception in the old palace downtown down-town A to daunt was chauted in tbe Im penal chapel The troops appeared In review re-view and an Immense concourse of people aU wearing leaves of tha avore national as a badge of loyalty filled the streets They dsttched tha harass from the royal chariot and drew the little King with their own hands and whtn ccrried back to tho palace somebody held him in arms lit a window while an unnumbered multitude of faithful subjects passed before him At fifteen the boy was Invested with all the perogatlves or his imperial throne At hat age he is described fs remarkably tall but without tho handsome proportions which so distinguished him later in life vlth a mind of a mature casta cloae student stu-dent who had made exceedingly rapid advancement ad-vancement The day of his formal consecration consecra-tion July IS lil was marked by one of the most IMPOSING CELEBRATIONS that ever transpired in tho new world followed owed by Illuminations and festivities for nine successive days and nights At eigh teen ho was married by procuration to Dons Thoreso ChrIstians Maria daughter of Francis I King of two Sicilies the brido being two years old Tho apartment next to that in which Don Pedro pera rashly committed his own unorowning is the imperial bed chamber la which Pedro No2 was born Like the rest of the suite the room Is fitted up with French furniture its only Brazilian features being a number of immense jaguar skins spread upon the floor all the skins with legs feet and claws extended and heads stuffed to perfectly represent life turning their glassy eyes toward the top lofty canopied bedstead tlS if guarding the occupant The chamber where the Empress Em-press spent much of her time is thirty feet above ground with folding French windows win-dows overlooking a charming vista of forests for-ests and mountains groves and gardens The guard room comes next and in its contra is a fluted column surrounded by a wivern around which swords and hal breds are arranged Marble statues stand all around Egyptian divinities Pomona Diana a Modicum Venus and the samo unrashlonab1 formed female leaving herb her-b atb which has evidently not been thorough thor-ough judging from the dust collected on her shoulders Beyond is the chapel with our Lady of Sorrows upon its altar and by her side Saint Anthony holding the Blessed Babe The most conspicuous feature in this histrionic sanctuary is a hugs painting of Saint Peter de Alcantasa tha patron of Portugal L There IB a museum ia the building build-ing devoted to antiquities which contains among many other interesting things a lot ancient Peruvian pottery money that circulated cir-culated in the days of Socrates Plato and Arlstedes coins of Rhodes Rome Thrace and Ithlca and a tins collection of antiquities antiqui-ties from Herculaneum and Pompeii which were presented to Empress a few years ago by her brother Bomba of Naples Adjoining the museum IS A LABOUATOnY set apart for experiments in natural philosophy phil-osophy and chemistry fitted up with an air pump electrical and other apparatus in which the Emperor is said to have greatly delighted in his younger days Beyond Be-yond the labratory is a complete little theatre and upon ita drop curtain Is painted a scene whose quiet sarcasm rfd probably not intended by the artist It is called The Landing of the Portugese and represents rep-resents a group of catcuishea Indians to whom a priest Is offerIng a crucifix while a company of frowning warriors with uplifted up-lifted spears and battle axes stand ready to back tha prieot in his philanthropic mission mis-sion of impressing new doctrines upon the natives We purposely left the throne room to the last It la large lofty and gloomy all a tomb and never used except by candlelight candle-light for the Brazilians have been extremely ex-tremely tenacious of all the solemn fooleries fool-eries of Portugese court ceremonies For example On every 3rd of May during Dom Pcdron long reign be opened in person per-son the session of the assembly general and the precessIon pageant Thoro were the halberdiers foot guards with their battle axes dragoons and hussars in picturesque uniforms mounted military Dands six enormous state carriages each with six splendid caparisoned horses and liveried postilions and coachmen for the officers of of the imperial household the chariot of the Empress to strange affair said to have belonged to Sebastian who lost bin life Warring with the Moor drawn by eight Irongrays the magnificent imperial carriage car-riage Its eight miliwhit horses decked with Prlnc6cfWoles plumes followed by a long cavalcade of troops and an innumerable innumer-able company of civilians The Empress surrounded by her maids of honor in their robes end trains of green and gold was alwaya attired In court costume cos-tume conaisting of an underdresn of White satin ieavily embroidered with gold rich lace falling over tbe corsage and forming form-ing the alcoves which were looped at the shoulder with MAONiriCENT DIAMONDS Her hair curled in front was topped by a wreath of diamonds and emerald set In the shape of flowers rising abovo the for head in tho form of P coronet from which a long white ostrich feather curled gracefully grace-fully backward The Emperor dressed in imitation of his illustrious ancestor Kink John must hare looked rather funny Ho was obliged to wear white satin from tip to toe even his shoes aid the roses upon them being cf the same material His naked throat was surrounded sur-rounded like a BchoolCoys by his shirt frill whosa trlpple row of edging rested on a long ermine tippet nowdays called a boa The suit fitted his ntalwart legs and arms snugly thftwhojookod in imminent danger of bursting through and he must have been thinkful for the voluminous train I with which in that sorry ccseho might envelop en-velop himself Ho carried tho royal Cop I tel in his hand and long slim gilded pole which he grasped about two feot from tho top cu hermits aro painted with their tails On his bead WES the crown e great golden epheroidal whioli might have been modeled from a melon ils orbicular oec tions meeting at the top and supporting a globe Surmounted by a tall cross Atrlved at the spnat ohamber s plain I room forty foot the square Emporor assisted as-sisted by the marquis who bore his train ascended the throne which was merely a i hipbbacled chair set under some draperies behind the neat of the providing officer I Seimtorc and deputies were all in official I costumegreen coats buttoned up to the i chin and half covered with lace white pantaloons II pan-taloons with laced seams Bporda and chapeaux As a rule Brazilians are corpu I lent and rather below the middle height and when His Majestys magnificent six feet four inches towered head and shoulders should-ers above them be looked every inch a king in 8pte 4mt Jus undignified toggery i FANNIE B WAIID i j H |