New-York tribune., 1874-08-19
A CASTLE IN THE AIR.

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fact than the establishment of mammoth
Summer hotel among the clouds. Having per-
fected his plans, he has with his usual good
Judgment chosen THE TRIBUNE as the medium
through which to communicate them to the
public, and, as it is possible that something
may be done, even so early as the present
Summer, toward carrying out this most original
design, we hasten to lay before our readers a
sketch of what is proposed.
| As Mr.. Barnum's experience has shown him
| that
I" In spite OF Juliet and ber rose.
| There's good deal in names Lord knows
he has looked about for a good, rousing title,
and, by the aid of Webster" and the Clas
sical Dictionaries, has hit upon "The Grand
Aerial Combination TeDidarium as a name
likely to tell upon the fashionable world.
The G.. A. c. 1epidarium is to consist of one
large balloon, having connected with it a num-
| Der Of smaller balloons, bearing the same rela
| ton to it that the cottages at some of our sea-
! side resorts bear to the big hotel of the place.
| The principal balloon will have several baskets
| SUSPENDED to 1t, one hung over another These
will be the parlor, the dinlng-rOOm, billiard
| room and smoking room, while the bedrooms,
bathrooms, and flirting rooms will be in the
adjoining ballOonctes. The smoking-room is
of course to be in the uppermost basket, and
Prof Donaldson has suggested that the specific
| levity of the smoke may be utilized by col
lecting it, by means of funnel, into an
| enveloDe surrounding the principal bag, thus
| securing cheap adjunct to the gas which
is his main dependence. This smoke onght to
he of the very best quality, as it is presumed
the society from which the G. A. C. Tepda-
rum will draw its patrons will be above using
any cigars worth less than scvcntytivc cents
apiece. Smoke that has passed through such
heads ought to be very light indeed
The kitchen is not to be in the principal
balloon, but in one of the oif-lyng houses,
with which which will be connected others
containing the larder, the cellar, the refrigera-
tor, the clina-closet, the lnen-IOom, &c, &c.
One of those empty headed people to whom
pun is dearer than life, suggests that though
a refrigerator will be a meet place for the meats
a shooting star will be meteor. We have
killed this pun in the standing proof Of the
present article for we do not wish the reader
to think that we are treating Mr.. Barnums
project with levty.-Ed. Trib.] 1t has also
been suggested that, as, when the balloon is
out of ice, it will not always be possible to
hail an iceman, the steward can throw out
few sand-bags on the people in the streets and
run up into a hal-clOud for half an hour be-
fore dinner, staying there till the claret cool,
and the champagne Jrapp6. All cheese par
ings, potato pcels, coffee grounds, tea leaves,
bones, and bread-crumbs will be emptied out
on the side streets of NewYerk, where, of
course, they will not be noticed, but will seem
ouit fba Tba hny nd fo
able quarters will continue to be respected, as
they are always, and any persons invading
their privileges will be promptly clubbed, or
even murdered, if it is necessary, by our ad
mlrable police.
When dinner is ready, the kitchen will be
hauled up along side the dning-rOom, and
the cooks assistant will thus be enabled to
hand over the dishes piping hot. Whenever
supplies are wanted, the drag rope will be let
down, and after a few fences and perhaps
stray child or two, with, now and then, a
doctors buggy, have been clawed up. few
windows smashed, and the swearing-pOwer of
the bedeviled neghborhoOd largely developed
the balloon will descend, and the steward
will forage on the nearest farm. The same
frivolous persons of whose cheap wit we have
just seen specimen, have suggested that the
best way to get milk will be, to skim along
the Milky Way with the Great Dipper. But
such fantastic plan will surely not need to
be resorted to until the condensed milk gives
Out-Or blows up-as, it seems, canned things
are apt to do in extreme high latitudes, owing
to the rapid rarefaction Of the air.
The laundry will be in still another suite of
balloonettes. The wash-room will be moored
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wash-tubs that ought to satisfy the most
exacting Biddy. Clothes, done up In such
sky as ours, ought to be well blued, and the
facilities for drying, with the wind at 100
knots an hour, must surely be excellent. The
washerwOman is pretty sure to admit that her
| clothes lines have been cast in pleasant places.
During the greater part of the Summer Mr..
Barnum intends to have the G. A. c. Tepida-
rum mOored directly over the HippOdrome, in
order that his guests may be able to attend
to their business regularly. The balloon will
| therefore descend in the morning, to let the
| business men out, and again ut night, to take
them in, returning in the interim to its station
| among the clouds. At the same time with the
| fathers, brothers, husbands and lovers, the
| children and nurses can also be let loose on
| Madison square, or, even, by shifting ground
| little, on the Central Park. During their alb
sence, the mothers can spend their day as
usual in trying on new dresses, doing up their
hair new ways, and reading novels. When
they have q little leisure, they can contem-
plate their children through spy glasses, with
out being bothered by their noise, and can
| watch the nurses flirting with the policemen
When they weary of these exacting domestic
| duties. they can by a dexterOus turn of the