The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-10-20

and the china closet on the other. The
latter is packed full of Mrs. Cleveland's
household treasures, including several
costly sets received as gifts at her we'd
ding, and since. The kitchen staircase
and elevator occupy one side of the hall,
opposite the grand staircase.
Ascending to the second floor. I entered
the front room, which is to be Mrs
Cleveland's SALON or drawing room. 1t
has been decorated under the express
direction of it's fair mistress, who has
several times visited it during the pro-
gress of the work. The woodwork is in
chaste white and gold. light, graceful
rose color, with lovely running pattern
of flowers in white and gold. All the fur
nishings of the drawing room are in
harmony with its decorations. There are
some wonderful inlaid cabinets and
inviting Turkish lounges but in the
main the style of the furniture here, as
elsewhere in the house, is Colonial. 1t
includes many verv fine old mahogany
pieces, as well as some of painted woods.
Immediately to the rear Of the drawing
room and occupying the full width of the
house is the library or study. Here the
woodwork is mahogany, and the decora-
lions are in quiet yellows and browns.
The room has cheerful and inviting air.
Along the walls are ranged well-filled
mahogany bookcases in which observed
there was varied collection of modern
authors. as well as fairly compact law
library and a sprinkling of the classics.
The furniture is in dark woods, mahog-
any and walnut predominating.
In the bedrooms, on the floors above,
the decorations are extremely simple. In
that of the mistress of the mansion the
walls are papered in the lightest of colors
and the woodwork is in white and unpre-
tentious in design. The others are some
what similar.
One of the pleasantest things about the
new home of the Clevelands is the out
look from the library and dining-room
windows. Across a ,prettily turfed
yard, where 1T is intended to have vari-
ETY. of plants next spring, one can look
over the beautifully trimmed lawn and
grounds belonging to Mrs. R. l.. Stew
art, who resides on the corner of Fifth
avenue and Sixty-eighth street. One can
catch a glimpse, too, of Central Park,
with It's rising knobs covered with trees
and carpeted with verdure.
Among all her possessions, Mrs. Cleve-
land has none which she prizes so highly
as the wedding gifts she received three
years ago. These have been carefully
treasured and are now in their proper
places in their new home. Another
treasure-a reminder of maiden days-is
a beautiful life-sze white Carrara marble
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white marble, the work of Scanki,
a Gen@se sculptor. who made it
in 1886 from impressions taken
when she was in Europe just before
her marriage. The bust has been
kept for the last six months by ex-
Marshall Wilson. of Washington, and
now occupies a niche in the hall of the
Madison avenue home. 1t is an ex-
cellent likeness and shows the head and
shoulders midway to the chest: the hair
is worn in the style which Mrs. Cleve-
lands portraits have familiarized. A
knitted garment edged with Hamburg
lace and partly concealed by a shawl
covers the shoulders and bosom.
DAVID WECHsLER.
The Cry of the Bachelors.
/ want girl of hesh-not stone;
Chorus-So do Il
Whose heart will beat for me alone;
Chorus-Oh what joyl
A tender, pure, unselfish maid;
Cborus-Hard to find!
A comforter when sorrow comes;
Chorus-Brave and kind
London Music Hall SONG.