The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-12-16
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gystem ia bailding .Houses for the
PecpIo1 n that metropolis, BY giving
j description ofothe magnificent resi-
hsnoes az the aristoOracy on Che fifth
aFenles It il very graphic, and win |
make those who have never visited
chat locality stare and wonder If all
these things are true. To which We
answer, they are even 90. lis il any
wonder that some folks fail for half a
million OF 50 who do up business on
this scale I oe '1iia IA. gao '3i isrsd 6
The new conner, especially the
country cousin, in visiting New York
Iotlthe first time, is astonished at the
sizs and style Of the houses Of Fifth
avenue and that neighborhood, al
though commonplace things 10 resi-
dents. He observes with curiosity
and admiration the stately cut street
doors where the aFtist.like curves and
angles Of the hard granite tell long
story Of expensive taste and labor.
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Helregards this entrance and compares
i with the little farmhouse door Of
his own domicil, and comes to the
marvellous conclusion that a horse
and carriage might enter it, and pass
through the passage to which it Is at,
tached. He measures the proud height
and width Of the palace in question,
and contemplates the sparkling range
ofwindows, whose perfect glass, per-
fectly, set, completes the picture Of out
ward beauty. As he enters one ofthe
houses his simple senses are startled
in beholding the mosaic-foored vestt-
bule /; and hardly recovered from this,
he proceeds along the entry, where
inches reveal classical statutes, and
fairy sliding doors lead to the higher
mysteriesofd ofdrawing.room and library.
Entering these, he wonders at the ef-
feet Of the soft rays Of light as they
stream over the museum-like aggre-
CATION ofthe interior. IL the taste of
the collection Of furniture, pictures,
and objects Of art be not severe-if
the ripe and the crude, the old and
the new, the civilized and barbarian
products are thrown together in sense
less profusion and discordance-our
country friend is too verdant in such
matters to find fault with discrepan-
cies. He simply marvels--at the Ja-
panese monster, the Sevres vases, the
Italian statues, the cabinet Of pictures
the gold, silver, bronze and ivory fancy
boxes, the sumptuous candelle-a-bras,
chandeliers, carpets, sofas, chairs,
prie dieu, and all the lustrous cata-
logue of wealth and pride. Turning
to the library he envies the ownership
of rich set yolumes-the Audubons,
Gibbons, Humes, Gcethes, Byrons,
where gold, colors, and snow-White
paper, with crow-black ink, set forth
the inspirations of genius. And, as
he sets down with the dinner party,
he undergoes fresh surprise in study
ing the brilliant landscape and the
classic figures on his dinner plate, and
in admiring the magnificent service
where taste seems exhausted to min.
lister to social grsndeurs. r Then, too,
his Magazine readings Of the Grand
Vattel are awakened by the delicious
array Of French cookeries which are
placed. before him, and his sportsman
fancies Of what English game must be
are resolved into facts when the first
instalment Of imported pheasant or
black cock, is set before him. Equally
realized on this occasion are the mere
ideas he once had Of Moet Campagne,
and the Cabinet Nassau. When he
sips finally the mocha coffee he feels
like a Turk in oriental beautitudes.-
WhenI,' after this, our country friend
Joins the evening party-a sequence
10 the dinnerato the select few---he is
a wilderness Of ec tscy in beholding
the feminine lOyeliness, and gorgeous
toilets therein displayed-like the poet