Telegram-herald., 1890-06-02

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Ing q MAxzsres Blalas and WaIEer
DalargscA il VA fo1nd nsoessary e
INIT tas n11Ser or lnyitStlc1s ca So
eoa1t ot tbs sIa2llnass = TIA house. Yet
shs hOCse which AT. Blame occupies l.
nor sznzn ca by ar neans L has
Al eEoru0Ss drawing rOon ana two OF
three large paElors. apartments which
can "a really thrown into ons. II i
Ons of ths largest houses II ths city, AID
probably can zecomGnodA a. l4rzs =
thTcng "a a social occazIon A. any other
Washington, Is f1ll u lazge houses, de-
zIsed for social entertaining. and YET
tas general cODplaiRt Is that the houses
are TOO small Parlors are Ost5a crowd
ed almost . su1fOcation n 10 other
way can the growth o. the so<aety ot tbs
capital be better illustrated than By this
increasing inadsQuzcy OF the houses
which 60 ths Official entertaining The
o-Icisl society of tAs capital Is built on
sach lines that lt has outgrOWn even tho
handiw0Tk Of the architect and tbs
builder Nr Blaine's own house, occu-
ped by Mr.. Letter, IS one OF th5 largest
private houses IL the country. and 90
times II IS not large enough for the de-
mands made on It. Al Ito cabinet
officers tind the same trouble, though
they rented the largest dwellings they
could find in the city. Tbs palatlal
home of the vice president comes nearer
filing the bill then any OF tho other
ceficial houses, bu, even il j. sometimes
uncomfort20ly thronged. The fact Is.
az 10 distant day Tho leaiing Official
homes ia Washington VIII have 10 be
palaces, or prove Inadequate To tho needs
OF tho elaborate and extended society
which ilocks 20 them.
One Of the most magnificent houses in
Washington is that which Senator Hearst
has just occupied. That IS 20 say, the
HeaTsts have occupied part O: the
house; thOagh IL is hardly fair 70 say
tina. Senator Hearst has occupied this
house. either. fo- he is not much OF
factor IA the domestic organization. The
great house has been built and furnished
entirely By Mrs Hearst. The senator
has not bothered his head about the mat
ter, except 20 pay the bills, an easy task
for him he told Mrs. Hearst 10 go
ahead and pick out her site and see her
architect and the contractors and build
up house, and when she was ready 20
move IN he would move IN with her and
thai would DO all there was 10 il, 50 far
IS hs was concerned. He has faithfully
kept his part Of tho contract, and when
Mrs Hearst decided 10 move into 2 part
Of tho house while the remainder was be
ING finished Uncle George, az the senator
is known by all Of his friends. took pos
session Of the little corner assigned him
without bit of grumoiing. But Mrs.
Hearst was bitterly disappointed wO-
man. The great house was promised her
by the contractors the first day Of last
October; then ii was TO be ready in No
vember, and finally in December.
Surely" Mrs. Hearst thought, 1--WE
shall be able 70 get in for the sOcial sea-
SON But it was Lent before even a
part Of the house could be occupied, and
10 this day the workmen are hanmering
away in some of the best rooms of the
house
The lesson Of this is that If palaces are
needed for the leading houses of the
American capital, the palaces should be
built. They cannot be ordered one
month and be ready for occupancy the
next. The American style Of building
homes TO order, much as shOemakers
make shoes or tailOrs trousers, viii not
apply with satisfactory results in the
creation Of palaces such as Washington
Is becoming the seat of.
Tho tendency here now is toward great
houses. Probably there are fifty houses
in town which would do credit 10 any
European capital. They are not exactly
palaces. but the palace is the next step
beyond. One may look forward a few
years and IN ms mind eye see the hills
which surround Washington covered
with castles and chateaux Of princely
grandeur. These VIII be the homes not
Of earls and dukes and barOns, but ofthe
wealthy citizens Of America who seek
along with a delightful climate the social
advantages q the capital. A Gordon of
hills surrounds the entire city, at dis
tance varying from two 20 four miles
from the Capitol. and when these are
crowned by modern palaces ard castles,
a. they some day VIII be. the result viii
be a city the fairest on earth.
Going back again 70 the Hearst house.
II is said It's mistress has discovered oil
ready that q mistake was made IN not
planning for mansion twice as large.
IL Is = house OF seventy rooms. and one
hundred and fifty rooms woald be about
right. she thinks. This Is encrOaching
up0n the domain q the palatial, sure
enough. and such quantities Of furniture
as that house has swallowed up. con thu
ing 70 C.y Justify for more. Every day
for three months big wagons have been
snptied of their contents in front OF tie
Hearst mansion. havs heard IL said
that there "a already in the house Sl10,-
coo worth of furniture. rugs. PICTURES and
hsnungs. and I can easily believe IL
Many of the fine pictures snd antiqne
rugs were purchased by Mrs. Hearst
while abroad. and her fanciss and not
the prices dictated every investment
Much of the faruit ture 81 as made - order
from deg zrs furnished 6Y tDe architect
m By Mrs Hearst herself
This Is q pretty dne house, of course. =
Sail Uncle George Hearst, while srlok-
in- his after dinner cigar IN a room lined
ard -eiied with his fsvorits California
rei wo1d '.6ut it il nothing Ike tbs old
home we used % have down in Missouri
Tai0k II sn oli fashioned southern farm
house, Titb a big gallery or posoh III
ming around TIE whole structure. . great