The Russellville Democrat., 1883-04-05


Members If the Cabinet and a few
Others have been admitted to see the
u wv decorat. Dns in certain rooms at the
Executive Mansion which have been
closed since early in the autumn. In
the East Rocm. in which the curtains
and furniture were renewed last year,
nothing aas been done, except to put.
down II new carpet This is an Ak
Minister and vas ordered from Europe
press'y for this purpose. as suit
cient qIantily to cover this room in
any pal ern cf fine goods could not be
found 1T New Yor Tor it requires over
four hundred yards Of carpet for il.
The pattern bf this carpet is too small
and It's colorn too dull 10 be suitable Tor
so INN ense in apartment The figures
are saasn all that they seem indistnctly
defined, bur III decorator in charge
told N e that was beeau e any marked
design in Sc vest room must neces-
,arily he sc often rel Gated as To be-
come wcariiome to the eye. The
eolon are Sui as are seen in an East
India rug.
Tho Green Parlor, which was entirely
refurnished last year, remains the same.
The Blue Room is nuw furnished in
robin s-egg blue, which looks green by
ras-hght. All the wood work about the
doors and windows, including the wn-
dow-blinds, is now of this shade. The
material uphols,ering the SOFAS and
chairs. of which the frames a'e the
sime GILT ones used before but re-
touched. is a pale shade of the robin s.
egg blue silk canvas, with gold W rip.
m a , al
have an olive plush DO der about two
wards deep. These are fastened back
with silk monte cloth and plush loops.
The carpet is an Administer with p le
blue ground and small figures. The
walls are a pale shade of robin s-egg
blue, with Gado in q deeper shade.
The fringe, which is very beau iful, y
OF silver and colors in relief. Circular
sconces about three feet in diameter of
opaescont glass are fastened to g
walls, from which extend gilt b anches
with several gas-burners. These
sconces are par icularly effective on the
blue walls. The cell ny in this. as in
all the newly-iinshed rooms, is strk-
ingly beautiful. 1t is a combinat on of
eliIpses and shields on lined in relief
with silver bands inside. The shields
are in colored me ais ON circles inelos-
ing gold ground. Around the fire.
place are blue opa'escent glass tiles.
The most striking feature of the red
parlor is the mantel and the fireplace,
which are wholly new. The hearth is
of English earthenware tiles, a teapot
brown The mantel is mahogany.
The fireplace is bordered by brass
holdings, outside of which is wide
border of square glass tiles, set in
squares over metal, which reflects tho
light. Outside the border is richly
carved mahogany frame, with narrow
shelf at the top. Above this is row OF
square pannels of japanese leather, 'ust
beneath the upper mantel-shclf of ma
hogany. which shelf is ten feet long.
The columns supporting this at each
end are Of mahogany aud represent the
Roman tasces. These rise from the floor
and, with the long shell described, fom
three sides of a very large rectangle,
with the fireplace in the center. The
mirror covers the remainder OF tie wall
TO the ceiling. The walls are of a terra
Gotta red and the dadoa crimson brown
like copper peach trees leaves in
autumn. The ceiling is very beautiful
The central design is stars in COPPER
and silver, both in the same style. The
furniture and curtains are red, the sumo
rs last year. They are OF n rich plush.
The state dining. room has pale buf
walls a1d ceiling The curtains are OF
green satin, with gold cornices The
glass doors leading into the conserva-
tory, one on each side oil the fire place,
where the windows were, are a pleasing
addition to this room. Plants show
through them to advantage. The COR
rdor has it's walls now OF golden olive.
The inches are lined with mottled gold
paper. against which ferns and palms.
in the lnaoIica vases set on marble
pedestals in the inches, viii show well.
The ceiling is light ivory ground.
with medalons and panels broken up
with tracery OF gold, silver. and brass.
Below the frieze is border OF perfor-
ated brass from india. The brass
screen separating this corridor from the
square yestibule without is to be filed
in with opalescent glass and ieweled
glass. instead of the figu,ed-ground
glass it has had SO long. - Washing on
Cor philadelphia Times.