Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-04-02
ENGLISH HOMES.
A GLANCE At THE INTERIOR OF THE
ENGLlsHMANs CASTLE
Robert Laird Collier in Chicago New.

Robert Lord Collier In Chicaso NewA
In the midst Of this laniscaps world tn
Englishmau builds his houss. And his housl
is his castle 1t is the center Of his life and
Of his interests His house Is usually Of
red brick and Of two storiss, with . high
wall all around it An Eugiishman likes q
be shut in. The sea shuts him in, and be d
tEers.or born to it The best part Of hii
house is at tie back His drawings room
and dining room front back In all thu
huuse. where have bsen, except. perhaps
two very modern ones, the front Of th<
house is taken up with the kitchen or Offices
II the house, sch as buffers pantry and Law
atory. Mot suburban and country houses
are square. with q central hall and rooms
arranged around il The doors are small,
ami. indeed, the windows and all openings
are small The rooms are larger-largez
than in this country or in France or Ger
many. In the middle-clAss houses there
would be drawing-ro dining room, sitting
room, and perhaps biiiiard-room on the first
floor, be ides large space given to kitchen
and pan,ries. The outside Of the house Il
| almost uniformly without architectural
| decorations. The dullress Of the climate ID
| seen in toe somterness of the furniture and
| tie decorations OF the house.
cannot say admire the inside Of most
English houses, for they arc dull and I'M
CHEEKY. 1t is perfectly true, Is the Frenci,
say, that nothing screams" and il is also
perfect,v trua that that aroth;,. .,,-,, y
There Is no joy, no Eight and sweetness, I"
in the color, form, and expression OF the
house. Matters are mending, and tie
more modern, or rather the quite re-
igher and more brilliant tones I'm 10
within five years the woodwork was all
dark. usually grained in walnut or
very dark oak. and the furniture was ma
Lozauy. of yerv heavy and unyainIv con.
struc,ion. This. however. must be said
that the chairs vera for use. and were verv
comfortable. There ia a srir;t NJ cousort
about an English home that ID verv marked
that is. if one can onlv dissociafe the idea
Of art from that of comfort The sofa Is
easy and big. and inst the thing IN liz down
upJn. There is sofa cushion and . sof,
rug or wrap; the cushion is soft and the
wrap is warm. and the whole Advancement
is snug and inviting TO rest and an Bnt
tie cushion and the wraps ara sl,roSt sur.
70 he offensive =, the owe ~ ort Tha 49,,
are almost sure TO bs strocioux Nine tiu,.,
= md
Of purple in both. The common neonla of
England have NO seuse Of prouortion ar Of
color. The weather. classes bav. u,ora
taste, but the nation has mora pronounced
merits than estba,ic ono.
All English bouses that I r.ueutar IN
hive seen are nan.red Tn. w.lls AZ. ,av.r
,.ainted. as in this country ard an m. CON.
t;nent. Tie apers used ara very asrk AM,
of very large nsttern. m col.,, ne, T.,
unboIs,ar;na aro a.rk .,a ~. 49,. r.
e.. :, ,s ",N ~. e"se': 'Ioi
A uoo'y eno, III iae''
s."'s- aug nea'y skie' ana Jun atinos-
pheres should suggest. ons would fancy, light
colors and CHEEKY decorations, but instead Of
being mater, Of the climate thew ar, slave,
to i; The ma,.iyene,s of the furnitur,. ia
;,s ,r;,,a AMI mo, no.;,o.I,I. .h.-..
go Th;. .,:,
euiiy 50 Vi lne
uihil"re u 1ne oining-room Inc s,deboaru
IS Always most enormous and unwieldiy al
fair, aud upon it is set the affections and
the ambitions Of its family, II i, quite u, u
ally the mos. exrens,ye pi.ce of furnitura in
the bouse ard = 4, ~, r,,,y -, -
L,,h -. ~!
, Au .o"s, ou' =.
'eu u'o ornaHieh1eu Win ofass trins-
s"hgS IS IN some sense, the symooi OF
hospitality. Inc biscuit box is always
standing upon it. and the decanters OF
spirits AMI wines are ALWAYS at hanl The
raperiuo Of the di,i,,.ro,m i. .l,v.y. d.rv
an; a., =, ,,,,II. o., . - - - -,
al ,,.;,,.;. -. 800 us VI ~, r.'o
ou i'Ans eionsins 70 INC iamhy tne
'anies ana tne cnairs are OF KIND with the
siaepoari-sery Large AMI very heavy.
The dra wing room is almost always at the
back II the house and looks out upop the
garden. for il tu,,st bs known that b,wavr
large tie grounds the b,,,., 4. bu,,, o,,,,.
re.r ,b. raj ami tnsr. :" ;;,,i. - ~ 49, w..
p.ri.,. and ,hora 10 .Imo~t 49,, =. ~. 80.
n LiyL woIl .t lie cr,n, "a - ,a sh,t - S.iSs
n. ne AMI ,r',,n ,r,,,, tha ~ "a. VIC
OF The com5,,on har, W,nv sar a ;,S,
all thr,ngb H., ,,ray,nca. Ssy. 'n ms,.
ia these hiyh wall, with l..ijs
tho servant cnp,as from M 49,,
10 tn, o,,ts,j,. y,ta N .nsw.r H.. p'ais
The parer,ue, III the ar.wino.ro,,, :.
of sofnewu,t lighter = jor thar ,6a, - -
other rnom, ~. fpr,,i,nra 4. d., =,
siye ana has inst q tendance =, Jac,r.t;a,,
and art. The Inc is ,,r;ctlv drawn ~ xa.sr.
color ,r,intlny uYon tha r,us In -. III
ordered English family 40 o,,. sv.r So. 81 -,
oil roi,,,;nr on ~, III -, a. - ~
roo1n i.svs rsvs, h1,a,, III. NC we lin "s
in the reason for thi, c,,.tom / con;sc.n.s
however tha. the walls Of the DR., ~, 49,,
lefn Igb.ar and ~ mr.. a~,..,,;,'. e.o
inc t5at il is d...nsd ho,t tasta -, 80. 49,
up with Great r,i,.tpr,. and sr.msS w..
c lor,. r1r-oyer ara more in Iser;r, al, |
the i, ,ht.r ,one ~ the r1.o,n q |
newer. un.Ier any circnmst.nc.' So, oil
The fedr am frr,i' t;n,,. s. -, Ia.
heavy sort W IN the res, Of tn. bon.. IT,
lrass ,t.,s;e,I h,, tall, the M ,c. 81 ,h.. "a
-four n-st.r Ln, to oa,dr,. . y. ."o o''
TIE curtains arr, dsawn for ~, ,,;,h, -,
the bed i, opened. Dav coverings ans a,,I.