The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-15
A PALACE ON WHEELS.
A GORGEOUS OAR BEING CON-
sTRucTED FOR MRS. LANGTRY.
Nothing Like It in the world-It VIM
Cost nom 100000 to 100000. and
viii be Utilized Instead of Hotel
While the Actress is Travelling.

From the Ssw York Mail and Express.
at willie the most beautiful palace car
in-the WORLD
So said Mrs. Langtry to me today as she
clapped her hands in ecstacy while Col.
Mann, Of the Mann Boudoir Car company,
told her how rapidly the car was being
completed
Eyes continued Mrs. Langtry, ~ gave
COL Mann carte blanche. The car will
cost somewhere between $50, 900 and S6O-
600. Everything that human skill and in
gcnuity can suggest win be utilized. shall
live in it while on the road. Goodbye to
bad hotelsl How glad shall be when il
is finished. When may l expect it, col
opel?" she asked, inquiringly, turning to
Col Mann.
.'Very soon," was the reply, and then
the colonel began TO describe the car to
me. Mrs. Iangtry listened with childish
interest and frequently emphasized good
points by clapping her hands and exclaim-
ing Splendid" Beautiful" and other
phrases dear to the feminine heart.
lit win be the finest, most convenient
and useful car ever built" the colonel be-
gan. clam familiar with the arrangement
and details OF all the famous private cars
in this country and may say that have
built the famous ones In Europe, and there
fore when 4 say this will be the best l
mean it. The car will contain many nov
elites, not in gingerbread decorations or
fantasies, but in substantial convenience,
and in features of strength and durability
designed to give greater security in case OF
accident, as well as comfort To the occu-
pants Of the car-distinctively the nearest
approach to.a home on wheels that has
ever been attempted, providing the usual
completeness OF detailed comfort OF an en-
tire home. For instance, IL will have re-
ccption-room, dining room and parlor,
kitchen complete, rooms for the men scry-
ants and maid servants, the grand bed
chamber, and all fitted with even more
than the appurtenanccs and conyeniences
found in the best constructed homes. Mrs.
Iangtry hasmade Especial point OF having
her people, household servants, made quite
rs comfortable as they would be at home
and FAR more comfortable than ordinary
travellers ever are in the best public sleep
ing parlor cars;"
twill you give some description Of the
carr
''The great points sought are security
and comfort. Commencing at the bottom,
the wheels, which are iorty-two diameter,
are the famous paper wheel, but they are
tired exceptionally strong, having genuine
cruciblc steel tires made by Krupp In
Prussia, and have greater strength than
IN usual, 20 they are sure 10 last rs long ms
Mrs. Langry can live and practi.
cally II would be impossible that they
should break. The axles arc also steel.
The car has what are known as six-whecl
trucks, which in all their details involve
the very best practice OF the present day
In this sort OF work. Malleable iron and
steel throughout the car suporsedc cast
ings and ordinary wrought iron as far ~
Is possible. The Westinghouse latest de-
yelopment of automatic power brake Is
Used. The body al the car, which IL sew
enty.seves Net long, being ono Of the
largest ever built, presents, in It's exterior,
the wcil-known type OF boudoir car with
It's graceful arched root, and is painted the
boudoir standard color ultramarine blue
and gold, having the pleasant sound.
ing name chosen by Mn. Langiry,
together with her monogram and heur de
lie, ON a white shield at the center OF the
cur. Along the top Of the side, where or
dinaily is the name OF the railway, Is
found a succession OF heur dc lis, the
'lily's own flower. Ali the name. II il
WinDebago, Ia-Lee. What does il mean2
Hal The flirt, the Winnebago, which Is
fur swecter in sound than the English.
Whether the Winnebago tliris arc sweetcr
than their fairer sisters, personally do
not know, az know quo nirts OF any
shade. The platforms OF the car are wider
than the ordinary car platforms and sur
..s.sL I..s.lsF,.I
IN solid brass, ~ ARE the steps and the
baud rails, presenting In contrast 10 the
lark blue OF the car, n most beautiful ef-
lect, and nj night they are lighted by an
Ingenious lamp In the roof Of the platform,
something by the way, which should be
ione with the platform OF all public cans.
Iut here, IN illustrative Of what | SAID Of
strength and durability, | may say that
the wood work Of the platform, the exte.
rior doon and window ssshes, aud storage
boxes beneath the car are all made OF
Moulmein teek, wood little known IN
this country except for the rails Of million
aires yachts, but one which has no equal
in durability in structures exposed 10 the
weather. On the roof il what appears 10
be. over a portion Of the car, a second
roof bat which IL really novel
ventilation flue, the latest invention have
made in that way and / think, In the
slang Of the day, takes the cake" II will
produce an exhaust that cannot fail 10 give
The occupants OF the car renewed air every
moment This, coupled with my system
for introduction Of air, heated In winter
and cooled by Ice In summer, and always
thoroughly cleaned OF dust, will make the
interior Of this car, whether In winter or
summer, 10 FAR a. its atmosphere Il con-
ccrncd, better ventilated and in better
state for health than any house In the
world. build tho bodies OF my cars ma.
tcrially different from the custom In this
country The floor timbcp are much
heavier and there are more Of them, and II
ever boudoir car gets into collision with
anything else II will, like Sir George Ste.
phcnson's locomotive and COW, "bc bad
Tor the cow"--tho other car. In Mrs. Lang
try's car there arc two upper Hoon laid
disgonally 10 stiiIen the floor, and floor
below the tmbcrs, giving a nine.inch
space between, which IL filed with gran.
ulaied cork 10 prevent noise as well "A TO
retain the heat In the car. The walls OF
the car are filed In like manner between
the outer and inner shoathingB viii
cork, and inside under the finish i
sthick lining OF soft paper, the best non
conductor VI sound and heat that we know,
and which has wonderful effect in max.
ing car noiseles and either warm In win.
Ter or cool In summer. The roof Is con.
sirucied with bent carlins or rlfters which