St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13

to seek its confluence with the broad and
mighty river.
at has been my aim in lfe," said Mr..
John Graus Yesterday, as he stood in his
new and elegantly-appointed place of bust
ness in the Opera House block, Wabasha
street. sto build up solid and substantial!
business in the twin cities, and L think that
have succeeded, this with my Minneapolis
establishment and the Third street stand in
this city making three places | will have
founded Having had the benefit of years
of experience, together with the
knowledge derived from previous similar
undertakings, | have endeayored to blend
them all in constructing as perfect a sample
room and refreshment resort us patient and
intelligent work and liberal expenditure of
money could accomplish. and to what eX-
tent l have succeeded the place will show
for itself"
1t required no more than glance at the
solid and sumptuous surroundings to not
only testify to the perfect truth OF the re-
marks, but to show also that i'll point OF
beauty, sOlidity and perfect detail and
adaptation of means TO the end. the estab-
lishment is perhaps the most elegant OF its
kind in the Unitel States. The
most striking feature of the
interior is the fact that While
nothing has been neglected in the adjuncts
of art, the massive effects OF polished brass
and woods blending with the most delicate
traceries of brush and pencil, there is an
entire absence of gingerbread tiligree or
shoddy, the whole constituting the perfect
harmony of effect TO be seen in a painting.
AS work of art per Sc. the place is sub
dued study--SIch a place indeed where
combinations and effects might be studied
with profit and advantage by ladies in
search of designs for interiors for the
boudoirs and drawing rooms of their dwell
ings 1t would be impossible to describe,
with justice the ornate beauty OF cunning
handcraft and design of this place
in the brief space allotted to this article.
Such task. Willie il might be done with
pleasure and profit. would fill the pages of
a good-sized book.
Columns might be said, for example. of
the costly bronZes and exquisite draperies
of p0ngee silk. of the solid silver plate,
manufactured after appropriate designs by
the Meriden Silverware company eSpe-
cially for this place, of the superb etrus
can Japanese and Sevres vases of the
glittering candelabra and gas fixtures, also
made for this place after special patterns,
of the polished bars and counters, which
have the soft shine of satin or ebony,
of the exquisite designs in the
ceiling all ablaze in its glory of bronzes
and center pieces. and its border and dado
of beaten brass, and of the superb Partisan
mirror, the largest in the country, of the
tessalated thing. and Of a thousand and one
other charms in bric-a- brac and special de-
'igns in fresco and ornamentation, many of
which rival in beauty the Florentine rich
ness in coloring and handiwork of the
fourteenth century.
Then there are the finely-appointed an
mex and the Oriental pagoda. where one
can enjoy his cigar and siesta under carved
canopy, amid surroundings that outvie the
beauty and luxury of palace car. The
designs for the superb work were all the
original conception of Mr.. Graus, and they
were executed under his personal super
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