The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-10
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A LIBRARY.

| running lntO more mlnuteneSs OF detail
than hnd intended, and must mend my
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From tho parlor we may enter tho con.
scryatory or The library. Such library
have not seen elsewhere. It is made up
OF ebony, stained glass, easy chains and
books, and for quality Of hooks this library
would be hard TO surpass. Better than all,
these books uro In constant use, and their
owner Is familiar with. their contents.
With all the elegance OF this apartment
It is the workshop Of scholar who turns
from business TO books and paper for, his
recreation. l can only touch upon few
OF tho art works in stained glass. Here in
tho library Is n window given up TO
Epaminondas and Sir Philip Sidney, char.
acters OF history much admired by Mr..
Church. y largo sliding door between
the hall and tho parlor,. radiant in rich
color, tells the story OF wiiely devotion
Alcestis and Apolo-an elaborate md
superb work done in London, MS were the
other pieces. VIII you believe that this
gem is set in n yellow pine frame? That
Is the material to which high honor has
beeh given through the house, with fine
effect. -.J{ n ,i=I!l r
'r. OBJECTS OF AIT.
There are in the library heads in oil Of
Dante md Homer, nfter the antique, by
Candy, OF Cincinnati, graduate Of the
South Kensington School, whose hand is
much seen here. The carvings are by Fry,
OF Cincinnati Every room is n study. No
apartment is more attractive than the din
ing room, which looks more like library
than dining room. The sidcboard Is
really part OF the partition between the
room and tho hall, n massive piece upon
which the carver has represented the wo-
manly virtues OF hospitality, order and
moro. which | don'tnamc because don't
recall them. On the mantel-picce are
carved the five senses, embodied in us
many female forms. Naturally there will
be bcd.chambcr5 and a kitchen. 4 We NAV
assume that everything is in keeping, the
furniture Of the chambers harlnonizing
with their general treatment. am we'll
aware that there is good deal Of tho hop,
skip and Jump III this view, hut itiocs not
profess 10 be i description. Possiblysome-
uody thinks We have been talking about Il
great house, where all the halls are wide
and all the rooms are large. There arc
nine rooms in this house, none OF them of
great size. 1t is only Il thoroughly venti-
lated, compact, cosy, elegant home for Il
small family, with enough ior friends.
1t is not Il reproductions OF any otl,erhouse.
1t is almost the invention OF its owner,
proceeding OH some established principles.
SENATOR CAMDES's FINE WORK. q,
Senator Camden is doing a somewhat
similar work onsa different aud broader
scale. During his absence, in E,,rouc
artists have been ut work remodeline lis
mansion5-a great house OF many large
rooms and susceptible OF more imposing
effects. The front door is now of West
Virginia clcrry-mark tl,at-anl stained
glass This cherry takes 4 high polish,
and is OF rich color In the parlOr and
music room curled maple. richly carved
and highly polished, supplies all the wood
work, including the elaborate gmanteL
piece. There is no other material or color
Of wood than this creamy white curled
maple, found in abundance in our own
State. The upper chambers are in maple
and white walnut. The. ceilings have ali
been frcscocd skillfully and with view to
quiet effects, The whole improvement,
80 far rs have been able to see, has been
made with; the same end in view, quiet
elegance without ostentation. Nothing
could be Iuieter than the creamy white OF
the maple. Senator Camden has taken;
great delight in this Improvement, which
his friends say he finds q pleasant diver
sion from business and politics. 10
UTILIZING NATIVE MATERIALS. ::
I am inclined to regard him in this mat
TER as public beneiactor. lie ishelping
to improyc.thc public taste, to make home
more attractive, and the economic side Of
it is that this means Work and wages.
More than that, like to see our WcstVir-
ginians OF means bringing to the front our
native resources. The curled maple used
in tho Senator's house is not from our
West Virgina forests, but there is quite
us good here, rs the Senator declares with
Il good deal Of State pride. The home
cherry lie has used. Then there is our
poplar, plentiful and cheap III West Vir-
ginia, easily worked into furniture and
house interiors generally. inferred from
Il hint dropped by. Senator, Camden that
ii he were building new house
he - would make it .-zof EWes.
Virginia materials exclusively. Whoever
will do this, having sufficient means to
give 10 each, material its best effect, will
have such'a home as cannot be built from
the native resources OF any other State in
the Union. In his matter. OF, home deco.
ration these Parkersburg gentlemen are
doing public, service whose influence
will not be confined to. their own city. l
have hope that before long we shall see
something Of this in Wheeling. c.B.u.
4r.-',rF- -..zF SenrIy IL Nisnstcr ~. .--'s