St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-25

Haviland contain the delicacies of the feast:
royal Worcester adorns the board, and even
from far-off India and Persia curious wares
have come to deck the home of the nler-
chant Crpsus
Some of the richest men of Nicollet have
amasSed fortunes by their own unaded
business sagacity and pluck: these, remem
bering the dreary days when Fortunes
smiles were hardly won, and knowing the
| fckleneSs of the goddess, cannot even yet
| accept the luxury which great bank ac-
count might command, but live in the same
simple style as when, in early days, their
little shops gave no indication of the vast
proportions to which they have grown.
There is in such homes LONELINESS not adj
| mired by him who revels in the gorgeous
decorations of these latter days, but there
is also manifest a mighty reserve force, and
there is found-in them genuine hospital
| ity that not all the ceramics on the CONT
nent. nor the artistic effects of the whole
combined aesthetic school, can supply.
Entering one of the Nicollet offices the
imagination reaches out to the beautiful
| home of its owner, large. substantial
HOUSE ON TENTH STREET SOUTH.
in which is blended in happy union thor
ough elegance with the greatest degree of
home comfort. The office, it may be. is
furnished with an eye to business: linoleum
covers the floor. rows OF book cases hide the
walls. STRAIGHTFORWARD chairs suggest that
the visitor should occupy them only long
enough to attend to his own affairs. The
motto over the desk is crisp: This is My
Busy Day." The occupant seems to have
imbibed the spirit of his surroundings; his
conversation is monoSyllabic, displaying
none of the brilllancy which makes glad the
home circle And. indeed, his home is
such as to bring forth all that is brightest
and best in man. To-day he leaves his
gruff habits in his dusty Office. and emery
ing from the business chrys ais he appears
to family and friends Respondent i'll the
beauty of well-stored mind and happy
converse.
Dresden china and silver tankard do not
recall to the mind Of the genial host the
yellow stone pitcher and cup from which
he ouencheS his thirst in his downtown
den; the wonderful fancy in Italian mar
BILE which tells the happy hours away, the
pretty conceit which made F. S. Church
famous as ali artist. smiling down from the
center of a cob-web decked canvas, and the
Rembrandtish eoloring that adorns the
other walls have no counterpart in
THE BUSINESS ABODE OF THIS MAN,
nor can be seen in his official residence
anything suggestive Of the lady wife and
the sweet faced daughters that are the
pictures far above price i'll a favored nome.
1t is in such a home, surrounded by all the
luXurieS that good taste can suggest and
wealth can buy, that many OF our citizens
find rest and recreation after days OF
harrassmg brain labor of which the care
free mechanic can have no conception.
Riding about the residence portion OF the
city in the bright crisp air of a glorious
winters day, there are bits of beauty to be
found on every hand, even though all has
been reared SO recently that time. the
beautifer. has not been able 10 give dignity
to the gardens or tone down the new color
ing. The whole region about Central
Park and Oak Grove street, with cottages
set back amidst a wealth of trees. whose
VARYING forms, even in hare winter. give
fanciful settings to cosy home scenes,
calls to mind the chaste designs
of choice DoultOn, in which form
and color and tracery bespeak
the same lOngings that have built in this
sylvan retreat joyous hearthstOnes. each OF
which, could but it speak. would relate
tales OF the pure home life which is alike
the foundation of all society and the in
spration of the best art. Portland and
Park avenues revel in things modern.
THE NEW QUEEN ANNE
here displays all it's incOngrulties and Its
few beauties: the colonial homestead is
reproduced: the French renaissance hath
here its adherents; even the Italian Is lml-
tated, while many of the houses are OF