The Osceola times., 1882-02-18
STOKES AS A H0TELKEEPER.
The Gorgeous style In which F.sk's Muir
dereF Plays the Part OF Nine Host.
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pacting moment, and shot him down
without word of warning as if he were
a dog. lie was duly sentenced b. be
hanged, received a new trial and spent
. four years in Sing Sing in partial eXpia
/ ton OF his crime. lie subsequently went
% the Far West. 10 the mining regions
of the Rocky mountains, and accumu-
lated great deal Of money, which he
concluded he could invest and spend to
I better advantage i'm New York than any
where else. As proprietor Of promiu-
eat hotel, where he was bound 10 come
In contact with q large number and
variety Of people, he believed he could
rehabllltate his character and repuia-
ton, and make money at the same time
He selected the Hoffman house COR his
. investment, and since he has become
part or chief owner he has made 4 com
plete transformation Of its inte iOr. lie
paid special attention 10 the remodel
ing If the bar room, and here The pc
cuIiar taste Of Stokes whose beau ideal
of purity and l1ve'inos3 WIS the sensual
and yolGJtuoIs Josie Mansfield, display.
ed Itself in full. lie has certainly made
il one Of the most imposing bar-roOms
in the city, aud has h, reward i'm At
tracing thereto all the fast men, Young
and old, about town. The approach t.
the hlr-room from the hall way Of the
hotel is through a yestibule, Alukpd. on
either side, Just at the entrance, by two
large gilt br NE basins filed with earth,
from which springs a luxurious growth
of plants Ia the center Of the entrance
mounted on red pslestl' with giIGei
mJulding5, is q huge vase OF light bronze
with green teujr.l3 twiaing round its
arms Inside the the We tlbllc. facing
each other from either side, are two
black mt1le ,'alue7 representing a
male and female Nu1.an slave with
great Jnicl, ius and arod ?, d.5ted nos
tri's, and each bearing on its head q
De- Get uI natural ,lJWer. On 'Au walls
are sup nd. yIiOls Cui1aite.--a
b,pr's Hell. with The handle oi cham
pane ica-buckCt fastened in ID, mouth;
-ejge and q pair ui o-.a Between
the two eutr ,ugcs f1m the Nu,tInule 20
the bed room is a ] mirror rising from
bic, the les Of which are formed u
buffalo u1rus and the top cove ell with "a
bull hide. pas 'Vg into the bsr-Haom,
the eve ls struck with IN lor. of
the ceiling, .he spaCOu-uoss and The
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IH ,an oyster counter and from the
l. behind plnia.. Che hinge autl.-7 Of
n ell. l1laeJ bg small a0li.Is Of youIg
d.er On the f'1hf is an ouen SAGE
leading to the nH.Hm tables. i'm the
D.g.H of the high, slr.o room IH0s the
bar, tine bauA %. which a.cJuLs almost
20 the c.i.InE IN fuaifllv vg-vcd woods,
principally waIuu. aud N.riseye maple.
. q .nHf 9 Is
the steps and projections in the wood
work 1Chiut the Iu Here i@ % beau
Ill 1.0nzs statue o. fema' 9 dtyera with
the a.u'c-t kind of covering over her
body and n the . oi p.JH-Iy .n'e the
water Here is a s8tuetie .u terra Gotta
1fa lady of ;he c1up. OF Louis XIV; on
the other side i8 lnoa.Cy Iu G. very
eomir1' attitdr. Then there a.e silver
t.uEarIs and miniature casks ui wine
u.de out oi rose wood on mahogany. and
uo1pUl with silver and, I'm ..Df. au end
less variety of things hat s..1 the eve
engaged. At the other side cd. The ba,
occupying lust h1lf the Cr..r room a.u
five Dlii-rd taS'e-, with 8N ..c Neeaa
saIg .ppU sauceS Iu The H. s. possible
-.gU. The floor C8netad richly The
We wal. h. iupiuc ed ~. d uitlls
10 light from the TNeu'y-.D Ia - rec
si.e comes Though .IistI. d.-..is u
cathedral glas the ceiling and Is e.
81 blaze ut Nl-Wata 'n's, mingled N,l.
god. lu the billiard room ha gs % large
ui. painting representa-. the sttug eoi
a-hepherd'- dps with WOlvr-. Near by
is Q bronze sstfe of female Gypsy
iusg,,r Fa Ing the bar are wb..- and
cosy chairs On the wall oppos 70 TO the
len hand, i- % picture OF a tI.. au mail
car 60 to1.uE stawi,d rsrc over tue
suo"..oy.Isj steppes iu a -ltI-h Nr.t
'p .u.f aai in The middle. is . ..Ige
p Wre with most rlah rd.a ..gIe.
c8li.. ".ao Vision Of laua a'- iut the
sDr, VI picture hal man like Stokes
mjuh, ug ssH-Htej b. select for his bar
Iusi' DO should br called "Tue WIS. d
ofS Ees' being thatof a multitude of
nd Josie Ma i.. Is Iu the most l.s-
jyl'us attitudes ,hat it is possible or
an a't.at Zoo .'.. NFe The painting has
up pr. tend ms TO oy cal. 4 81 work oi art
Gr the trtwIug J o.i Of Proportion and
and unnatural .ut 10 answers alt the
purpose tor which stokes bIu-ht t. 1t
ministers 10 the rruient fancy of his
patron who thr1 uoJnd the p.ctUe
and -laN' their lusttll.ppgt tH- py feast
ng their eyes .ron ai MS augses i've
features. Faust is repre- en.ed reposing
oa a bank and wIa,t IN slumber. aud in
his vision he be 0lds % throug of maid.
ems Gispo ting Themselves naked, after
the most wautou fashion. The blasr
men about town never tire Of ziug ou
this indecent exhibition prGvi ded f)I
them 10y Josie Man.fcld's qululam c.v-
alier, Edward SsStoBes. To the HEh. 4
this ave two other pIctlres -oue of
qIartette of monks helping themselves
to good dinner In the season OF Lent.
when they are supposed 20 BE- starving
a 20 a picture called "EtiHuue '--. lady
aud her lover in rural sltus tion. Be
yond the picture is life size marble
statue Of Eve, siaudin, on a pedestal lu
front OF a mirror, 30 that her whole naked
figure is brought into view at a glance.
1t is not Eve rs sle departed from Eden.
with an apron Of tig leaves, but in her
cary and innocent yomanhood, before
she aia the ffu', OF the forbidden tree
II Is intended for Eve, yet it is by no
means the idea Eve breathing a spirit Of
purity and grace, but rather the voluptu-
01s Mans old, with certain .feshy full
ness below the rios. In the DAYS of
Sodom and Gomorgah, Of Babylon, OF
Pompeii and OF Rome at the period OF its
decline. exhibitions ike these may have
been Common; and, il 1t be tcIe that
history repeats itself then We may ex-
pet to see the vile example Of Stokes
varlously initiated.
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About Brsaohe, Of Promise.