St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-09-28
NO LONGER ALL GREEN.
billiard Tables Now Covered 20 Match tAo
Decorations About Them.

NO LONGER ALL GREEN.
billiard Tables Now Covered % Match IL
Decorations About Thsm.
Rich New Workers now have tn
cloth on their tables to match in colo
the frescOing Of the ceiling and tn,
furniture of the room. An order o
this kind came from the furniture hOus,
that had the contract to furnish CalviI
5. Brice's elegant residence in Fiftl
avenue. The handsome apartment Sc
aside for the use Of Chairman Brice's
billiard playing friends was irescoet
in blue and panneled in mating Of thu
same hue. and, to maintain the harm0
ny in color. the cloth, it was reported.
was dyed dark blue instead of green,
and the effect is said to be decidedly
pleasing to the eye
The example is being followed now
by other rich house owners. Women
billiard players have more eccentric
whims in this respect than the male
devotees OF tho game. A lady who in.
tended having billiard room put into
her new residence near the park saw
veteran John ID. UConnor about the
tables fortnight ago. He showed her
various patterns all covered in green.
Good gracious; that cloth will never
dol! she cried. ''Why. it wouldn't
match our ceiling at ALI"
Mr.. O'Connor playfully suggested
that deal of bother would be saved il
the owners would only remember that
green is the best and most lasting
color; and have their ceiling frescoes
made accordingly. The fair customer
smiled. and finally selected cloth oi
dark gray hue from a sample exhibit
ed on cardboard. Red cloth is consid-
erably used now in covering tables.
and yellow is employed. also. in rare
cases to match golden frescoes and
hangings- The climax of Oddity was
reached the other day. though. in an
order received from a large firm Of
on behalf of New York
woman Of means who is fond of fifteen
ball pool. It was for the most ex-
pensive style Of table. to be finished
with bright yellow cloth. with pock.
cts lined with yellow silk, and covers
Of FURNISHED brass. The billiard
table maker would not reveal the
identity of the customer for whom the
table was made.
The furnishing Of private billiard
rooms is the most profitable of all
The work now done by the billiard
They build tables
not from standard designs,
IS in former years. but from special
patterns designed by the furniture
calling for the
most elaborate and costly carv.
ng and finishing. For years the table
'uilt for Patti, and now in the billiard |
Dom at her castle Craig-y Nos. in
Wales, was considered the most mag.
lificent in the world. 1t cost $1,000.
md was finished in satin-wood and
ther costly woods. Exquisite hand |
'ainted panels and tile work of mother
4 pearl helped to make its sides things
4 rare beauty. But it has been sur
assed in cOstliness and exquisite finish |
n the tables built for certain Ameri.
an millionaires. A famous New York
1T decorator received an order. for
able that is to cost q. 900 when com.
leted. 1t is to be finished in ivory,
18th blue trimmings, and the cushion
ails are to be inlaid with ivory and
lue jewels. The cloth is being woven
! Brussels. The table is for the wife
New York millionaire.
The popular taste now demands an
que oak of exquisite carving for the
ody of the table. The pretty ginger
read work of paneling and tiling that
as the rage few years ago has been
most entirely banished. The effect
the rich carvings and old oak
ppears to be more captivating |
} the eye Of the wealthy bill
ard players of to-day. The billiard
BILE of a famous millionaire In Fifth
'enue. near the cathedral, Is Of an
que oak. and is set in q room that is
,ished in the Moorish style with an
nazing splendor Of decoration. The
alls are set with tiles brought from
pain, and the mantels are of Mexican
lyx. A cue rack with columns Of
onyx rises above the mantle. The
lizard room OF an equally famous
'ung railroad magnate is finished in
d gold and black hangings, with
ltique oak and ebony furniture. The
iling is frescoed in old gold and
ack. with which the green cloth Of
e table matches. |,
Art work has also effected q revolu.
On in the making Of the cues, and
me Of the handsomest now cost as
UGH almost as an ordinary billiard =,
ble- The sticks are inlaid with
silly woods, and decorated with gold
ID silver to please feminine tastes
10 most remarkable cue OF recent I
'ars was made not long ago for q
ung society belle who has a liking ,
r billiards It was inlid with a.
any as thirty different kinds of wood, |
d the butt was set with jewels. Il
st nearly three hundred dollars. Ii
Y. Sun. .,..,- IL
An Ancient Church Organ. II
The Oldest organ in the United States :
said 10 be in st. Johns Church !
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