Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-06-26

ivory. and carved entirely from one
tusk. 1t is exquisitely done. The other
case contains a number of curious and
rare articles, such rs articles of iewelry
OF ancient make. and each having a his.
tory. There Is a ne :klace, a couple OF
bracelets. two or three lockets of rare
workmanship with historical pictures
inside, several ieweled daggers and
other small arms, all picked. out and
fretted with gold, and several ancient
suuf-boxes, all of them giving the be-
holder an almost irres istiblc d sire to
learn their histories. There are elegant
bronze and gilt ornaments in many
places in the room, but too many t.
particularize. TIE whole aspect is
CLEAN and glow of gold and crystal.
with copper, bronze. and silver besides.
More to my quicter taste is the
private sitting-room of Mr.. William H
Vanderbilt, on the left of this parlor.
Here all is cool green, in color and tint,
and quiet, repOselul feeling is en-
gendered on entering. Here The great
railroad magnate sits in his loved
seclusion, and probably smokes his re-
Elective after-dinner cigar A large
table stands in the middle of the room,
with a paper-knife, weights and two or
three other little trifles on it, and there
also lies large pile of unopened let
tiers. A plain ebony wr.ting-desk stood
open in one corner of the room, with
pen, ink and papers about, just as if
he had risen hastily and gone away
with the intention of returning imme.
di ately to finish his work. One win
dow. gives view OF Fifth avenue. and
makes abundant light. Easy arm
chairs stand about rs if for everyday
use. and everything is delightfully."- com.
Portable and restful In one corner OF
the room is a stand of books, ano
another holds table covered with ar
ticles too numerous and also too arts.
tic to mention separately. Just above
these hangs pencil drawing, very
long and very narrow, by Alma
Iadema, and below that a velvet frame
containing small medaIlions painted
on ivory after the pictures painted by
the artists themselves, of Titan.
Raphael, Da Vinci, and Guido. IL
another place are those of Rubens,
Van Dyck, Collins, Durer and Carlo
DoIci' also from Originals.
There are ESQ many ether naint;nos
IN 'hls room and the library, all worthy
OF rotice by lovers of art, but OF
mich, perforcc, must leave the men.
ton for the present. There are several
large vases of rare and costly porcelain
and bronze in this room, but it is not
overloaded with ornaments.
The library is back of this room and
is lighted only by a window which opens
INTO the large vestibule, and what light
reaches it from Mr.. Vanderbilts OWL
room. The furniture is sparse, but ex.
ceedingly comfortable, and in the win.
dow stands large revolving globe
Above the chimney is long mirror
and along in front of it are placed nc
end of little Dresden figures, not more
than four inches high, and they look
oddly out of place in this room, de-
voted to the uses OF a man who is sup
posed to have his mind SO occupied
with weighty subjects. The silly, in
sane little faces and meaningless smiles
and smirks on their pink and white
would drive me insane il
/ had to look at them often, but per-
haps it is q RELIEF after the cares and
worries of Wall street to see them and
to think that these little eiligies must
have been modelled some time or other
from people who were young, hand
some and happy, and who had no care
for money.
One hates to leave this room, so
fraught as it is with the presence of
man so important as its owner, but the
pretty Japanese parlor at the south cor
ner of the house is waiting its turn.
Here the builders have determined to
give a thoroughly National character to
the room, which is even .ceiled with
rods. Everything. with one or
two exceptions, is japanese, and these
are that there is some pot
terry in one corner that never saw :. apan,
though it is rare and almost priceless,
and Il figure OF boy living lazily at full
length upon table on his stomach with
his heels in the air.
The tables here are of Japanese
make. and are. decorated in their pc
culiar style of art, and covered with
black satin table-cloths richly en-
broidered in silks. and gold and silver
threads. Impossible birds fly on the
surfaces, and fish such as never swan
in the sea are embroidered with bril-
liancy and beauty impossible to de-
scribe. The walls and windows are
hung with fine painted split bamboo
and straw hangings, and two magnifi- |
cent ebony cabinets are full to over
lowing with curios and japanese pot
tery. Several great bronze vases stand
about with horrible dragons looking
ike the widest imagining of raving
unatic of an artist delirous with opium,
and other things wherein quaint and |
grOtesque fancies had the ascendancv |
IN the producer mind, and some pref. |
y but silly womeu's faces. In short,
his room: transported the beholder into |
Japan, and the charm was real until |
broken by glimpse into the immense
that is like that of some
Did castle in feudal times.
The ceiling is frescoed in hunting
scene in the dining-room. The floor is
mostly by large Turkish car
pet. and the prevailing color is dark,
Itch brown. Around two sides of the
'Oom are glass cases containing the
fishes and plate off which the million
lire and his family eat. The glimpses
caught here and there show China OF
he rarest kind. each article work OF
art in itself. The plate is too numerous
md too fine to mention in detail, as
llso, indeed. are the porcelsin and 9TH
n dishes. There stands one table only
n this immense room of carved dark
wood. A large sideboard is at the west
nd of the room. and two large windows
rive light. Several handsome pictures
llsO add their charm to make this a
cheerful place, but it seems to me that
f it were my home l should
want a smaller dining-room for use