The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-27
The Home of Sunset COX.

Here is ore of the most beautiful and
unique that Washington eau show, and
it is MIR. CoX's intention to rent 1t fur
nlshed, as it Is, before he leaves for the
East. 1t stands on Dupont Circle, facing
the statue of the bronze admiral, who,
with glass in hand, makes you uneasy, As
he keeps his eyes always turned toward
the Capitol 10 a stony stare. At It's lett
rises Blaine's big red brick, with its
many angles, and further on is the i'm
mepse brown palace belonging TO the Ne
vada ex-senator and known as Stuart
Cas- le." New Hampshire avenue, a
street with "a great fashionable future,
comes IN from behind the house, and in
front is the opening of Massachusetts
avenue with Its numerous cllcleS; while
between these two lies COnuectlcut
avenue, where the diplomats live. Not
a stone throw away Is the mansion be
longing to Great Britain, where SlctorIa's
Minister holds forth IN State and million
aires and statesmen hive all around. The
house is a beauty, and Mrs. Cox got 1t at
Il bargain when she paid $50, 600 tCr 1t a
year or two ago. Ii Is u three story
Queen Anne OF SeTpentlne green stone.
finished at the corner IN q big round
tower with a mosquellke cupola at the
top. It has many windows OF many
shapes, aud each OF these has a choice
plat or flower b coming INSIDE OF the
stained glass. A winding walk through
a small lawn OF velvet green leads to the
front door of carved old oak, and as you
pull the antique brass bell the door
which opens leads first INTO a wide vestl-
bule paved 10 Roman mosaic, the design
made up of little pieces OF stone the size
of your little fingers end. Under the
mellow light of an amber l~antern, which,
hanging by chains of brass, throws a rich
flood of color on the rugs at yOur feet,
you 90 first into a little reception room,
hardly larger than a good-sized bedroom,
but with 50 many angles and curves and so
beautifully furnished and trescoed that
your wife would call it a Jewel OF a room
Mrs. Cox calls it ''the alhambra ROOM
of the house. Its walls are of a rich Pom
peian red, and its ceiling of a cerulean
blue, On the ceiling birds and butter
flies are frescoed and the walls are hung
with mementoes of the famous castle III
Spain. Here are paintings of the Al
haunbra, views of its famous court and its
lions, and here and there an exquisite
framed model of its gates. Here Is an
Clu CudlT NuiCU was SdNcu lIUH IH0 Uulu-
ing of the Capitol in 1914, and there by
the window is one of English carved oak
ped in Spanish Cordova leather. At
the side of the door as you enter is a
mahogany sofa, with a Renaissance Of
Rome thrown over it in the shape of a
highly colored silk blanket, and on the
mantle over the bright fireplace, which
burns opposite, two little figures carry
you back to the scenes of Naples and
life along the Chiaja.
II STORY OF A PICTURE.
From this room cross the wide hall and
pass through the portiers into the parlorl
The world is represented by the different
articles of its furniture, and the house
has been well called a souvenir house
made up of the things which Mr.. Cox
and his wife have gathered in their wide
travels. | will not stop to describe the