The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-18
The Magnificent Business Office
Of George w. ChiIAs, A. vi.

FROM C"'' "Fney : Prc>s.I
Most business men of wealth .,,,
aesthetic taste, while gcDrrons IN M tn,
last degree in the 0lnatnDutation of ~.
homes in which their wives and 6au1I
ters are enshrined, are utterly rpo;l1d
less of the sort of places in which Idsyn
thirds of their own walking h0nrs s-=
spent. and are content to be- cramnrI
I in the meaneSt and barpst of countirt
rooms and offices. without nirtnrn
statgette. or even = handSnu,p c9rnat +,
/ take away from the dpsuIatnnnss ri
their surroundings.
This is alt0gether wrong. Every
gentleman of means owes # f. his las,
/ fortunate fellow crnatnrts tn cmiti,,,t> '1i SS
/ their love of the beautiful Lv T,iarim1
witi4el their range of vision nI1i.dts az
cuIated 10 educate their tastc 5nd ~ creat. 1,''
aspirations for s0mrtIiUo h4fte,' ~ 'J,,'V thav
they have known, ''Nl '""'
This our honorrd and geurrons fellow.
citizen, George W. CbiIis F.0 NJ
is now d0inr, hv nnrnin,r fnr I,n.;na.% ~ -
nurDoSr, rhr mn,t ,Ia~,t,,f ntff,a ;n 49,,
country, urobnbly in tIe wMrl3 " iir ~,
CbiIIs ,I,t,,,s ,,',I;i. -, i,'' ~ l.
pujfi>Irr wt knnw ~ 'nJ I!2 %;,,1,,,' "'',r'
office. Lpr tlis oI.,,, nj r,,mr,
~ if does from = ln,yIl "tfi", n +'oilir, +h Hr-
fIunr, iSr crr1fjo, Of ber}yt,t c,,ot no 80
4y,4yjcn0 pvee b,,rc oyp,. jo9Lc,5 ',,'',, ~ ~
unV business extubi;2bmcu; Iii "o'r ~P0'i rh" -,
room. ORIGINALITY snrnntta,, I,. t,,.,,,t'. ~,
feet, hut Whirh' rvclnsivn nf ti,o nInrS! iI,",S
is seventeen feet snnlrp is fttnJ n| i,
the styl,. Of Queen Annr's 1ri0n h..in,r
wain>rot4d III n.l, tn ti't. La;',tt * c',,,5
feet six inrhrs TTar' ''c 1' W 1e,NrIl
platp-gIa,> windnES nr"ni,,'r a,'' n' S;.-t SG.]c
street, and an n,Enn S.r..,.7 VI, ,,.;+I. 49,
archwav in the centre fnTnin',' ,m !'5a jo1-, a.,
between if ana tLt r,i,d, 81 ~;
runs from floor fo E4iIiu~ tha n,'no,.,,mr ',ro
ton being of stained .sl.,.o +i,n fnr,,
paDrls of which rpnrnS1nt fhai OFT t",'t W.
printing. from the n13nurartnrn IF +I,a
first tyDe. made of wnnd mn ~ tj,o
finished book. The rAntrn n,, cnntoin. ;,'S
portraits of Gntt1nhnr,r E,,ns+ '''''''i ,,,i
Schnffpr. Above tits Is Mr., Ehiid'i
f.,vnrita D,o++o {. NTiLJ ."iNt
iTi'',a "t L'T in?t'"' NW't S'He t0b0F.
1oe f' C5l,iS - " 9tole,nie%I pat!er OF
lrI,.,,>l, I' P"i tn'eni IGat ION anu
<>lI S4''fe, f ela9Iota'tIy 2II9ed' tle prlncl-
P"i '"l'iio "elIS peH"4int9' HaFIhg
i,ni,a,, h,"5oS' ''oH i'"nr '''e cellinS Oh seven
III SrHn 'i.> +o,,.,,e .1,,..,. -,
tiJS onJ I,J|4 +ho VI C;," t'iCoH ~ Oh MlhVoh
'I',oI i"n' tii0 "I.uoN o. Tue same are
fr,t ~ +i.l i.i oui l"iiIS " raw SILK III
f,m' n w , arc Ie4,oIe "!i:'4" I'Ire pixies
~ az - S9is' IL", "1iGil Is suspended
7 W. ~ ,s'T LH'IouS 5it"h vi ohleId' hy
cmmtniDs ~ i1"t."o" IL alcoIe also
p;nnadn Gno,liIS StI;"'1ttUes OF 9aVanaroia and
hilr%t ,CS't"H Az, III D"n"V!' IN oIo-Iasfiloned
3G0 Too': oc.n u,"'hi ni""G III hoteIdalh
If tha '''H ',InnI ao' n'J, SI'tS Ibe phases
roeIl sh0 ~ s1'o"i, h,s 'he h u"95 .! tne month";
,asp Inad If ftn Il0" ~ -"ItlIeH 4 III
rIacl walnut r.L;nf' - h'J " oiIJ iehch
snmast rnnI ,,,e 'i,"Il ,. - ps Lar tiie h419
" "VS' w. l'tNe ever seen inns
WV fho ",'e r.arI;S al i.nI,InS VI Cht aIfoVec
he roorn ava da"nrnt%l 'I,G - ""ile oI |
an hnssnJ D"to,, j., ;n,;t,'+i "Ie' ~ ncaNy |
The manthinieco I,,hilI ~ Va : iea;tiTt.
,arypd in naIy ronrocnHts 'Tt' H. 9;tlfSlleI{
Time bv n rprumhanf figuro ~ W. -!
md Cpnid takinr his flIt rrith -, ~ Lnrf.
rlnSs lJhi 1T IL, ti '.- -: t;<l... laoui
5 inserted il the woodwork a small
mirror of Surprising thickness and
learness. On the manteI are vases Of
rackle ware by D0ulton of London.
Between these clock of exquisite work
naDship, 1rhich costs in Paris 1.4O0 in
old. Crayon portraits of Messrs. G.
Y. fhilds, 4. NJ, and Anthony DrexeI
u elegantly carved frames of oak are
u the right and left of the mantel.
The pieces Of armoir which deck the
ide walls are noteworthy reproductions
t some in the great Exposition. The
arpets are Wilton; the furniture of .
bony, upholstered with the richest
rocatellc,, is that which adorned the
t. Georges Hall of the British Royal
commission at the Centennial, the oak
,.l,. ~" % I,lGe GSeu ~ H"i. oadhuiofd.
WI '"l9 uISA Is tuptS-0t2Htt CLOCK,
oteWorthY Tor It's rare beauty, having I
cen selected from the Russian exhibit '