Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-02
HOW THEY BATHE.

Look Into the Bath Rooms of Some
 of the mIllionaires When the Mfl- ionafres Are Not at Home.
 From the New York Starl
 The millionaire's bath room marks the age. Nothing so gives the sign of the material prosperity of the country, the growth of luxury, the indulgence of the senses. In the past few years there have been placed in private residences half dozen bath rooms that are vertically palatial In fact the pre- vailing style of the bath room of the money king has been suggested from those of royal palaces, and particularly from the famous one placed by Francis 1. in the chateau of Chenonceaux on the Cher.
 The chateau of Chenonceaux is now the home of NJ. Daniel Wilson, the son-in-law of President Grevy, and the bath room still re- mains one of the features of the interior The walls arc covered with small bevelled mirrors scarcely larger than span. Be- tween these panels runs slender line of gold, and at tine intersection hang metal drops like tears and just long enough to be reflected in the glass The effect is most limpid and brilliant, and the panels are small that the purposes Of a mirror are skillfully frustrated. The bath is of solid silver, with the water issuing from swans heads, which, with a mirror behind, produces the illusion of swans on the surface of the water. All the other appointments are in keeping with this mag nifcence, even to an ante-room, where re- pose can be found with cigars after the bath.
 The famous bath room in the palace of Fontainebleau was modelled after the Chen onceaux bath by Louis XVI. for his Queen, Marie Antoinette. The bath, it will be re- membered, is in an alcove of the ante-room and is just large enough for it's purposes. The walls are panelled in large mirrors of bevelled glass, and on these are painted cu- bids with garlands of lace above, around, about, and each as if about to leap from the air to earth.
 This brings us directly to the present. The late Mr. w H. Vanderbilt's bath room is panelled in mirrors. but over these is painted delicate lace like design that is ex- ouisite in effect and destroys the power of the glass for reflection. Its magnifcence, however, is exceeded by the bath room of his son, Mr. w. K. Vanderbilt. The walls here are panel1ed with mirrors, and on these are painted apple blossoms, but by no means thickly to obscure the glass. The ceiling is in Henry II. panels of white and gold, with horses in the center. The bath is sol i'd block of marble, and the water issues from swans, as in that of the chateau of Chenonceaux Above the bath is niche with a marble Venus prepared for the bath. There Is 8 Pompeiian table of marble beauti- fully carved and toilet adjoining of Ecail- on marble.
 MT. Henry Marquand has modelled his bath after the luxurious room in Jerome Bon apartes superb house in Paris In this the bath is sunk, Pompeiian fashion, in the floor, and above the ceiling is a beautiful summer sky. MT. Marquand has had his walls wainscoted with cream-colored tiles. Above these is a painted frieze representing flowers springing from hedge row; the arch of the ceiling springs from this frieze. This is given the semblance of the sky, across which birds are skimming. The marble bath is sunk several feet in the floor and is