Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-08

The Mills home is situated on Fifth ave-
nue., directly opposite the great Roman
Catholic Cathedral. IL Is in a block of
houses which extends from Fiftieth to
FlftY-trst street. The house is large, but
OF very plain exterior; 1t is of red brick
with slight OrnamentatiOn of brown stone.
u was built and occupied originally by
Mr.. ID. Il. Morgan, once a prominent Wall
| street speculat0r, who subsequently,
moved to Washington and died there.
The door is in the centre of the house and
is reached by flaht OF wide brown stone
| steps. People often wonder why men OF
Mr. d. o. Mills great wealth do not build
for themselves large residences, with
! ample grounds, an estate, in fact. The
reason is obvious. The most desirable
| locations were built upon years ago, and
there is no land left to make into gardens,
| however much one might wish.
When Mr.. Mills purchased the Morgan
house he completely altered the interior
decoration and the house itself as far as
practicable. The front door opens into
square vestibule, with artistic tiled floor
ing. This leads into the main hall, which
is superbly decorated with succession of
arches and medalliOns Of stained glass:
the ceiling is composed of rafters heavily
carved, and they and all the woodwork,
including handsome winding staircase
are of polished English oak. On The right
OF the hall is the drawing room, which
extends the entire length of the house.
The walls are covered with soft satin of
terra Gotta shade, while here and there,
built into the walls, are beveled-edged
mirrors, in quaint antique brass frames.
some OF them are long and narrow, like
a portion OF the dado; others are let in be-
tween folds OF the silk-like panels. Just
above carved dado the silk covering on
the walls is embroidered with many
colored flowers. This immense drawing
room contains everything that wealth can
suggest, statuary and bronzes, rare
vases of Sevres and paintings, while the
mantels are OF Mexican onyx, reaching
nearly to the ceiling. The furniture ia
covered with ashes of roses satin, with
here and there a quaint odd chair or
table OF superb marquetry. 1t is a rich
and imposing apartment.
To the leftOf the front door is the library,
The prevailing color in the furnishings is
Of crimson, and the air of the room is warm.
comfortable, and cOzy. The book cases
extend almost entirely around the room.
and contain besides all the standard
works rare copies of many books, In this
apartment are two lfe-sized portraits of
MIR. and Mrs. Mills, both excellent like
nesses.
Beyond the library is the dining room,
a sumptuous apartment with cupboards. |
and sideboards containing an unusual
display OF fine cut glass, for which Mrs, |
Mills has great fOndness. The Mills, |
own many fine paintings by celebrated
artists.
Mrs. Mills has not been in very good
health for some time and has therefore |
been little In society, feeling quite con-
tent with her family and intimate friends. |
She also has fine residence in San Fran |
cisco, and is now in that city with Mrs. |
Reid, her daughter, who ACCOMPANIED |
her. San Francisco is 80 DELIGHTFULLY."- cool |
that those who have homes there as well |
as IN New York are glad to return to them |
to escape the enervating heat of the East |
ern States.
MRS. G. p. HUNTINGTON,
The Huntington residence stands on the |
corner OF Park avenue and |
street. The front entrance
is on Park avenue, and the house extends |
down Thirty-eighth street over a hundred
feet. 1t is pleasant house, with numer-
Gus side windows, but there is nothing
imposing about it. 1t is four stories higb
with basement. 1t is OF brick. with
brown stone trimmings and green outer
blinds; the door is not in the centre of
the house; the apartments are therefore
only on one side of the long front hall.
The entrance is reached by long flight of
stone steps; but once inside and Won
seem to have been suddenly transplanted
into the most beautiful and spaciOus
apartments; there is an air of pleasure
aud attIactiVeness seldom to De seen. II
is not only rich beyond description, but
the air OF femininity Is there and works
wonders.