St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
UNCLE Dawes HOME.
The Cosy Abode of the Bache-
lor Governor Of the State
Of New York.
Everything Exquisitely Ar-
ranged With Autographs
and ChromoS.
The Simple Lunch INDUCED in
Daily by Plain Governor
Dave Hill.
An Etching Which Signifies
the Governors Disappoint-
ment in Love.

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unsolicited and tell an investigation
committee that Gov. HilPs home at the
executive mansion compares favorably
in point Of tasteful furnishing and lux,
uriance of appointment with the mag
nificent royal palaces and castles OF
Europe?
The legislative committee is trying tc
find out whether GOV. Hill wrongfully
spent some S17, 600 of the public build
ing fund in equipping the mansion with
bric-a- brac and polished billiard cues.
When hard pressed by Committeeman
Robert Ray Hamilton, Mr.. Steinway's
CHEEKY countenance became downcast,
and he acknowledged that he was in Al
bany on little political business and
that Leader Sheehan of the assembly
had invited him to come before the
committee and tell what he knew about
Bachelor Hills mansion.
Mr.. Steinway has visited the most
luXuriously furnished palaces in the
world, including Queen Victoria's
splendid Windsor Castle, the home OF
the late mad king of Bavaria and the
palace Of the emperor of Austria. To
these he compared Gov. Hills little
black-slate rooted, pressed-brick 'cot-
tage" over on Eagle street in this city
The Morning Journal correspondent
paid visit to-day to the governors ex-
ecutive mansion. From the street the
structure has the appearance of an ordi-
nary sharp-roofed, many-gabled private
residence, with broad piazza on the
east and south sides, 20x20 foot con-
servatOry, filled with commonplace
potted plants, at the southwest corner,
and a four-story tower over the main
entrance. The mansion is
THREE STORIES HIGH.
The building is surrounded by fairly
well-kept lawn and an iron fence. To
the right of the main entrance is an
1Sx26 feet parlor, furnished in the Louis
XIV. style, and if it were only supplied
with q few paintings or photographs
from the salon, this apartment would
look passably Frenchy. AS it is, too
much bric-a-brac and warmer tintS spoil
the otherwise cold, silvery effect.
Beyond the ''nlckle-plate" parlOr, as
the Louis XIV. is called by the govern
or'S friends, is the library, containing
promiscuous collection of cheap and
many worthless volumes. There is
nothing rare or choice in the governors
collection of books. He is not biblio-
maniac, nor biblioklept, and would
value a substantially bound collection
of the session laws above the original
MS. Of one of Shakespeare's dramas.
Continuing around to the right from
the shabby library, the main reception
room, some 20X45 feet in dimensions, is
reached. Like all the rooms on the first
and second floors, this reception room
contains hand painted ceiling-cherubs
hiding their nakedness behind billowy
banks Of roses, and the like. This room
contains the precious $500 piano and a
few pictures in oil of painters of medi-
OGRE ability. The piano is out of the
way in corner, and the only distinctive
feature about it is that it has an ar
rangement for retaining and sOftening
the tones. On state occasions the gov
ernor receives in this room.
Starting at the north wall of the recep-
tinn room ono IUall-S IN? foot of nj
promenade to the south wall of the din
ing room, passing through the main hall
midway. The dining room is finished
lastly in cherry. To the eastis the con-
seTvatory, and the little parlor to the
left of the main entrance, in which
President Cleveland, with Uncle ben"
Folsom and Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleve-
land at his side. was officially notified of
his election to the presidency. There is
nothing remarkable about this parlor.
Opposite the parlor is the kitchen and a
cosy breakfast room. In the latter
Gov. Hill usually plays lone hand at a
plain matitutinal meal of buckWheat
cakes, rolls and
PoACHED EGGS ON TOAST.
For luncheon the governor eats only a
bowl of bread and milk.
Broad oalen steps lead past French,
German and colonial war scenes, in
Autographs, oil and etching, to the sec
Ond floor. Here there is profusiOn OF
cheap pictures, all of which are hung
with artistic taste, with commendable
regard to the square feet Of wall to be
covered.
Over the kitchen and breakfast room
are side bed chambers furnished with
old furniture from the old mansion.
Rnt tho Ciininp @ q n
''Spare bed ROOM" as the up-country
statesmen call it. 1t is the 'best" room
in the house, and David reserves it fol
the president, who has never occupied it,
and members Of the court of appeals
bench. More cherubs and more roses
hiding their nakedneSS characterize the
ceiling of this room.
Going back into the broad hall the
governors bed chamber is reached by
excepting two doors to the right" as the
servant said who showed the Journal
correspondent around.
On entering David's bed-chamber the
first object to attract the eye is famous
SO etching, Far Away" 1t portrays 6
1.-THE young woman in gauZy white
gown, in standing posture, with hands
joined below her waist, and a bunch OF
faded flowers at her throat. The name
OF the etching, Far Away" explains
the rest.
GosSips say this etching, which hangs
five feet from the governors head when
he is stretched upon the bed, signifies
that the bachelor executive has been
DISAPPOINTED IN LOVE.
The ceiling Of the governors bed
chamber shows aprofusion of butterflies
on bright June Sky background. From
XNvItNs osrr H.
see the mighty Hudson river, "Green.
bursh' and musty Albany. A few 1895
etchinSs, including frames, all exqui-
sitely placed, break up the wall of the
governors bcd-chamber, which is 2Ox2G
feet i'll dimensions, with a high ceiling
Excepting the oil-painting, the Cover
nor's Ear Away" etching is perhaps
The most expensive picture in the build
ing. William Steinway may be Il good
judge of $500 pianos, but he does not
know much about the comparative value