The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-09

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ing been put at the top If the house. with the
dining rooms Immediately under AT the Same
| time an elevator WIS introduced that members
| might with comparative case reach these hcav-
| cnly regions. During the present summer tho
| card room has been altered. renovated. deco-
rated and generally restored. 1t was for tho
| first time thrown open for use on Monday last.
| oct. 1. This magu 1oont room far surpassos in
| eizo. elegance. and equipment everything Of the
! kind in this city-nor do we remember in any
| OF the London clubs n card room which can Mt
! all compare with it, Grand IN it's proportions,
| it has an air Of quict homc-likc comfort rarely
| found in large apartments. The room occupies
| the whole Fifth avenue froni-somc siXty-thrcc
| frci-on the second story II receives light and
| air from five windows three on the Fifth ave.
nue.. one on Twenty first street. and one in n
small open space In the rear There are two large
open rcplaccs which. in wintcr.whcn filed with
| blazing cunnci coal will impurt IN air Of great
chccrfulness to the room. Elahoratcly carved
oak mantcs stained black and polished to re-
scmhlc ebony are surmountod with mirrors in
| polished ebony frames. Tho pine wanscoating
has been polished and finished of in black To-
CORES pond with the mantls. 1t might be sup
! posed so much black would give II dark funeral
lool, to the apartment; this. however. ia not tho
ease. The varicgatci green pattern Of the wall
lii'i lfllfNfN Hh MINUS w Ai' WI - 70 tii
! wood work. At night the room is lit hy two
/ French brass chandeliers Of six burners each.
and nineteen Jets from brackets anlNcd 10 the
| side walls.
| when th SO are all turned on tho whole apart
! mout is flooded and bathed in light II Is pro-
/ posed 10 aillN permanent aanilo-ticks with por-
coain shades To- certain of the whist tahles-one
In each corner Of the tahc. In thcso wax can
dies will be- burned. the object being to throw
n soft .tandy light on tho cards. one table has
| already been arranged in this manner as an
experiment We doubt If the system be pcrma-
nrntiy adoptcd. Card players like ccar table
and plenty of ROOM The floor Is covered with
an American carpet dark crimson relieved
with green. made at Yonkcrs. There IL. in this
world nothing SO perfect that it may not be
| criticised There are those who pretend that
oven the Venus de Mediris might be- improved.
On this principle we venture modestly To- sug-
cost that the mirrors over the mantcpieccs are
entirely too small for the size of the room. They
undouldndly answer all practical purposes. A
man aftcr me- hos lost or won his rubber of
whist oan roaliy see If his crayat Is straight Or
his hnir-shouMh he not happen like many Of tnr
members. TO lee bald-is tnrtrd in tho middle
before starting out to give thcladies treat: hut
aa ornaments for mn APARTMENT over sixty
foot long they can hardly be called a success.
TA.h.u ON the second Goorhas likewise been
do,ornt.d i'm n most nlnhornte md artistic
manner TN. ceiling. coruosod chiefly Of blue
skv and G,wers ia now comul.te a. are ike
wis, the side walls M To- a certain height. As
far as tho untutorcd mind can discover. if they
raur.seut ANYTHING. they represent; "A ponpeinn
wall. enclosing gardens. Tho japanese trees
which are supposed to tower above the wall.
are now being carefully executed by one sol-
tary artist. Two trees have already sprung up