The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-16
TIE UEILTHY OBITUiRY POET.
The MngnIGccnt Business once of Ceorre w.
thiids. 4. NJ.

Fftaa Cd Fofsys Pres.
Most business men Of wealth and aesthetic
taste. while generous In the last degree in the
ornamcntaton Of the homes In which their
wives and daughters are enshrined. are utterly
regardless Of the sort Of places in which two
thirds Of their own waking hours are spent
and are content 10 be- cramped in the meanest
and harost Of counting rooms and Offices. with
out ri 'ture statuette. or even a handsome car
pet to take away from the desolaieness Of their
surroundings.
This 10 altogether wrong. Every gentleman
Of means owes Il to his less fortunate fellow
creatures 10 cultivate their love Of the beautiful
by I'LL cling within their range Of vision objects
calc ulai' to educate their tastes and Great"
rs piradOns for something better than they have
known.
This our honored and generous fellow citizen.
George W. Childs. Esq. A. NJ. is now doing. by
opening for business purposes the most elegant
ofl'o in the country. probably in the world.
Mr.. Chlis always las, unlike any other pub
Usher We know NJ. had handsome Offices hut
thu gem Of room. opening as II does from
small OH on the nr-t floor. Is a creation "
b,opfy such as no American eyes hare era'
l0okti upon IN ony business establishment M
n1ir The room. originally seventeen bytwenty
feet. but which. exclusive OF the alcove. is
seventeen feet square. il fitted up In the style
of Queen Anncs reign. being wuinscoted in
oak to the height Of seven feet six inches.
There are three large plate-g glass windows
opening on Sixth street. and an oakcn screen.
with an archway IN the centre forming nm
alcove between II ami the windows. This runs
from foor to ceiling. the upper portion being of
stained glass the four panels OF which repre-
sent the art Of printing. from tho manufacture
Of tho first typ. mnir 81 wood. mp to the I'm
ish"l n0oN. ~" centre one contains portraits
Of Gutenberg. Faust. and ha'ler. AlvNe THIS
j., mr.. .tniid~s ih'nrte motto, NMt SUE
lH'0r.' Tie ceiling - a croinclrioal pattern #
lHb compartments, uuhrtre-ioll ana square.
canorHt.iy gIldcd the principal forms l-ing
| pendants, hnNlng projection from the cel.4ns
The honr OF the alcovc ia Of Minton tiles. and
the Windows Of tho same are draped with cur
ilins of raw silk. In front Of the centre window
three pixies form an easel. from which l. Su-
pended copy of the famous Milton shield 10y
J. hluiOu OF London. This leuve also Contains
stntu"tit's Of SiiNanaroi. and pn.ario iii Donui.
| An old-ia,hioned eghi-day clock made IN Rot
| t"rdam 40 years ago. which gives the phases oi
| lhe moon, the days oi ne month. wo,k. e.. has
oi the French hn walnut, which II 10y far the
| handsomeSt wood w. have ever seen, This
! completes tio furnishing 81 TIA" ~ pye.
Ap9N" inc Wal 'otns tir walls oi me room
| are i"D GRATED Wlth heavy enlre-"d paper IN
imitation of leather, Tue mantrlpiec'' whish
| Il rApnstlS rarrrd IN OAK. rrrr"s"nis the
! night of Tune 10y a rerumbvni figure of Venus.
/ md Cupid taking his flight with an hour glass
! iu las hand. AlnN" thrs" figures II inserted in
! the woodWork small mirror OF surprising
| thickness au clearness. on the man,'l ar"
! ylurs Of crarAle WAR 10y Douiton OF London.
! Between the-e clock of exquisite work
! manship, whrh cost ~. Paris 81 4ul ~ go.L
l. ~ amt ANTHONY prNc in clr.aniy
! carved frames of oak arc on tn" rlght
| which dock the sii. walls are Noteworthy re-
! pr du'tlun- of snnr ia tlr great INpo- ition.
| rh' carp iS ARE " lllou, Oh, lurnturr of rhuuy,
winch adorned the ST. Grorrr'- Hall oi the Brit
/ lS4 h"Na NnlnmSS ON ~ the tnnt'nua ihr