Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-23

tied to the chairs, arranged as draperies,
and the chairs wore tides. Nothing could
show more conclusively that women are no
longer Indispensable
ments was that of Mr.. w. M. Chase in his
bachelor days. This included the lofty
studio, which it will be remembered was a
mecca for sight-seers in the early days of Mr..
Albert Bierstadt, later the barren but al
ways interesting studio OF the late William
Page, and now is hung with the spo1ls of all
ages and nations and veritably show place.
Adjoining this is large ante-room. There
is no bell, but as the door opens arises a
tinkle like the spirit of all musical sounds
that announce visitor. 1t proves to be a
| pretty oriental device in which soft silken
bells fall at random on q quantity strung
piece of wood, and which never repeats its
soft harmonies. Upstairs Mr.. Chase's bed
room contains old italian furniture, bed,
! armoires, and seats, black with age and
rich with carving.
ARTISTIC DECORATIONS.
Other men affect more modern, equally
luxurious. surroundings. 1 have seen
panels of yellow satin embroidered in rosy
hued silks with roses and loves that are to
hang in bachelor boudoir. Other men
have fancy for the fine arts and are BUYERS
of pictures. In the Perceval, bachelor
who has recently changed his state won
from it by the attractions OF the Gaity girls
who has become his wife, was known among
picture buyers as most discriminating and
valuable purchaser.
Naturally in bachelor apartments a mans
private tastes may not be undismayed.
Usually men take to manly diversions,
pipes, arms, etc. An inordinate taste for
athletics make some mems rooms look like
prize fighters den. A young Chicago
bachelor now living in this city who has a
taste for music, has surrounded himself with
every means of its qualification. He is a
beautiful performer and happening to pos
sess face charming in line and after the
Angelic type as seen in the old masters,
when at his organ, looks like a rapt but
muscular st. Cecilia.
The apartments of Mr. William C. Wick
ham, in the Metropolitan Opera House, a
suite of six rooms, are described as a show
place well worthy of attention. Mr.. Wick
ham is wellknown collector. In the gem
room OF the Metropolitan Museum is a case
OF old watches and precious things loaned
by Mr.. Wickham. The special feature of
his rooms is his collection of armor. This
is used in their decoration and makes it one
OF the most remarkable apartments in town.
APARTMENTS OF CLUB MEN.
But ali the bachelor quarters are not con-
fined to apartment houses and studio build
ings. From the humble lodging houses for
gentlemen only" to entire brown stone
dwellings they exist in every form. The
late Allen Thorndyke Rice at one time oc-
cupied the Vice President spacious house,
and again the residence of Mr.. James Cor
don Bennett.
NAt the Osborne villa at Mamaroneck Mr..
Howell Osborne has a complete establish
ment separated from the lower part of the
main villa by the porte eochere and con-
nected with it by the passage way above
In this part of the house was the billiard
room have before described. The kitchen
was tiny, but complete, the dining room
small but very attractive, and the sitting
room and library appropriately robust
Other men club together, take a house
and apportion its rooms among them. There
are nests OF houses so converted all over the
town. Not unfrequently woman is at the
head OF such proprietary clubs, as it were,
VINO manages the servants, attends to the
table, laundry and pays the bills. This CO.
operative housekeeping is very popular and
successful when the right sort of business
like women can be found. But most men
do not care for table, a French breakfast
being all that their needs require until an
early breakfast with fork. Dinner is a
more formal and ceremonious occasion and
Its opportunities are various.
NOTABLE SMOKING ROOM.
Mr.. Frank Fairness, of Philadelphia, has
a smoking den that is regarded as one
OF tne notable rooms In the country. Phila-
delphla has several distinctions, among
others it is city of back alleys. This is
not only convenience, in the matter of ash
barrels which Philadelphlans send out the
back way, but it allows for many pleasant 1
back alley exposure that Mr.. Farness has |
built his smoking den. Mr.. Fairness is a
mighty hunter, and has travelled many |
times to the Rocky Mountains and Returned |
home ladened with spoils.
rms den is one-story high, built of |
cedar slabs unplaned and with a sloping !
roof. Inside there is dado of Embarked |
young cedars and fireplace built of rough |
blocks OF gneiss. The rafters are exposed |
snd the beams are hung with skins and In |
1lan blankets. The table Is a cedar slab |
mounted on Embarked cedar legs, the chairs |
are rough in form and workmanship. but |
made easy with the skins of buffalo and
bear. The adornments of the room are |
lntlers Of moose, elk and deer, the horns of |
he buffalo and the huntsman's arms. One
!ide of the room is hung with engravings.
It seems that a man could not express him
elf any in more ideally virile manner
han in this room.
MARY GAY HUMPHREYS.