New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-21
rs IN AN OLD.FzSHIONED HOUSE.

SOME RARE GEMS TO BIZ FOUND THERE-THA
USE MADE OF AN ANTIQUE DEDsTEAp.
There Is q charming old fashioned house. not many
miles from New-York. SO full OF rich and quaint ola
furniture that it would send warm tingling THRU
through the OF the most world worn connosseur
The rare old things have been In the family since long
ago, when In the beginning" some great Old grand
father and grandmother started home aud mrhiNneo
il in the fashion Of their day. when the mousse
hold chattcls ponderous and SOLID and modern
aesthetic decoration sinful as nncry, furbelows aho
Jewels. The beauty loving put the artistic longln3s
Of their souls into the carvings OF their furniture
which has a strength and craze that seem to eludo
the modern worker The most interesting bit OF
furniture In this Old house is an etagere maze ous
Of finely and fnri0usly carved Old bedstcad OK
rich dark mahogany. The ancient spiraly wroushs
bedpotS make fine stays and posters for the Shelves
which are artiStcally In scrOllke curves out Ok
the immense head and foot boards. An oddly framed
old fashioned looking glass snrnOunts the Shelves
which are laden with rare old chinaware. dainty ana
elegant and wrought with all the curious touches OK
old time art.
Two antique tables have the dainty Lymnaea shen
nlaid frontispiecc to tell the knowing that tho
tables are real old Chippendacs. and worth fortune
To the posscssor- and that they have not been mann
featured By the famous Chicago firm that turns ous
sntlque furniture To order.
Tie rising sun favOrtc house decoration
the immense frcplaccs the rising sun is carved.
II looks more like the Hucd top II an Oblong sugar
bowl than a representation OF the majestic orb OF
day-Dut that's a marter OF fancy There arr spacious
! Old desks and chairs OF anr.ent make The desks
have the little secret drawer wherein the good od
Dutch ancestors kept their deeds and valuable papers.
Tho chairs have backs not unlike Tyre and 1t Svcs
the observer plng think that housewife OF this
generation had nine Of them chopped up for kndlnS
wood because she did think they would ever bs
in style again. and just numbered up the place
To preserve the harmony. the Old t!Iac atmosphere
Of the place and the charm OF the past that perVades
thu, honc Incorporated blessings are the house.
hold soddes,c>onc an Instructor OF yonih, stately
learned full Of sprghtiy pnnscnt VT, with the Ira
GRANGE flavor OF good old wno the other skilled n
krncious household ways and with houscvifely genius
| ivr cooking IN her NV England fingers that would
! oxcitc envy in French chef. she r"n'o"' dsnes
that rhc the palate OF an eplcurc ana make Young
gourmet expand with delight. 10 the Far Weeterner
who had the privilege of viewing thi, old hou>e II al
seemed delightfully."- unreal. To have been born and
brd N a country whore everything l. new and Grass
and full of fycr-h rut"rpri-" and eager desire where
every body j. nlarrhns with .uichsrp III the paihlo
Of NJ. ready TO leap or run ~ tn" ;al'rSt siSses'
the old house. with serene maden Old time fur
nitur. and historic Interests. wa ae re-ttu a. gong
from :, busy i"ruu .hiare hot noon into shop
4 sto:y q, Lafayette" is handed down By the nhab!-
TAM, 81 ;hi> ma ,lty Ltsayett" sntrtaned by one
yr-a, pomp and ceremony was given 10 him. Lafayeto
receives. tie rcopl" with courtly gree and ."rco-
,ho,h the hand If ccntcinan introduced. Mar
riot Or .s he ~ IhG "a sTer ro wnS M ar
Tanned II the an,wcr wa. singh" Lucky dog,
enthusiasts ally sad III" DIPLOMAT. Eatl man pa..rd
M mnh r''' or imrky d"s" rhe story come, DIN
through gensraon after nenn"n; and When the ne oa
pear Ia vrrifv the ralc and exrlaim Happy womsn'
or Luchy maiden ~ the case may be-