The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-08-07

from tnem. NO noise Is ever nearu uU
the clarendon; attaches and visitors
alike glide gently and gracefully
around, the floors are carpeted six
inches deep, the children as well as the
chairs are set ON rollers, the doors
swing on well-oiled hinges; if the
Joints of even guest creak he is at
once informed that his room is wanted
but his rheumatism is not everything
is in the minor key, except the propri-
etor, who is major of militia.
As for the Grand, / have only mn out
side acquaintance with it. There is a
terrible newncss about this which awes
me. It never seems'to me that house
is finished till it is 15 or 90 years old.
If it be rebuilt, that is another thing.
If the grand had turned up as DIR.
Bodortha's water-cure, now, 'twould
have had raison d'otre, IN assured
position. An old name carries with it II
glamour Of aristocratic antiquity, new
though the possessor of it be. When
the United States hotel, now rebuild
ing, is completed, it won't seem born of
this generation, though beyond the
name there will not be even tradition
about it which belongs to the old
The Grand Union has undergone a
wonderful sea-change.' Mr.. A. II.
Stewart seems rushing mNdly on to beg
gary in the decoration of this house.
The parlors and the dining-rooms have
been newly frescoed and made decided
ly hnndsomcr and more pleasant in
every respect than any similar rooms
that I know Of. The delightful pecu-
liarity Of the dining-room is its open
ness the shaded street on the one side,
the lcafy hotel grounds on the other, and
windows with little more than five feet
of interval between, to all intonts and
purposes you are dining in the open air.
No smell of food or of cookery can lin
ger in the room. And the ventilation
of the whole house has been made per-
feet. The furniture of the parlors,
the chandeliers, and the coup d 9il,
when these latter are lighted, you must
come to Saratoga to see, for enthusiasts
tic description of this kind is not my
forte. They tell me there is nothing
equal in any other tavern in the world,
and I should imagine there could't be
without breaking the owner Of that
tavern. Over each OF the four mantcls
in the parlor, let me remark en- passant,
is It frcscocd figure. These are in
tended to represent the four seasons
they look like good seasons, and | hope
for the sake of thepropriotors that they
will prove prophetic Besides all he
has done in the parlors and around
since last year, Mr.. Stewart has had the
clothcs-hooIis in the bedrooms ar
ranged so high that step-Iadder is nee
essary to hang anything upon them or
get anything down. This is rather in
convenient, but | suppose it is the fash
ion in hooks and must be followed, to
the ceiling, if necessary. In the fall,
Mr.. Stewart intends to pull down all
the part of the building which now can |
be called old though it is but few
years since it was built, and extend n
uniform front, with corresponding pi-
a2za, the whole length on Broadway.
Perhaps this is why he has had the
hooks in the bedrooms put up so high,
though just at present it is difficult to
see the connection between the two |
plans. But this reminds me that my |
night-gown is hung mp there Mrs. Paul
borrowed ladder, which has since |
been removed, for the purpose, and |
had better be climbing if | want to get
to bed tonight.