The evening world., 1890-01-15
SOME PATRIGIAH PARLORs..
Where Danes Of the Four Hundred
Receive Their Guests
Elegant and Gorgeous Interiors Of
PaistaI Fifth Avenue Homes.

levees are held in q square parlor hung
with dark green, every inch Of wall be.
ing covered with a picture or pottrnit OF
some person or scene, n life.size figure
Of the fair mistress filing an entire panel.
Except ON ceremonial occasions the fur.
nitnre IL covered with silver linen,
stamped with laurel aud clover leaves,
and the windows looking over Fifth ave.
nue. are draped with rs many folds OF
lace al a premiere danseuse has skirts.
The shelves OF the mnntel cabinet, half
n dozen tables and tho lodges OF pedes.
tails nre loaded with ric.a.brac and
applique; on bannorottes and screens are
hundreds Of crests, coats Of arms and
decorations, the gifts OF royalists and
noblomen. while numerous me'nllions sci
in jewels represent the or, " Ied heads.
princes and piincesses. lords and ladies,
dukes and duchesses Of some OF the most
powerful courts Of Europe. The wealth
Of tho room is overpowering.
Infinitely more magnificent Is the grand
hall, with its marble foor and beautiful
rugs. its quaint old furniture framed in
Itish oak and covered with French i'm
preston cloth. and its lofty walls, over
which a fortune IL stretched in old Gobe-
lin and German tapestries.
Here and there are pieces Of ~statuary.
and Mt the foot Of the staircase and the
entrance To the dining parior nrs sturdy
palm trees on garden boxes of glazed
china.
Mrs. Orme Wilson's guests are received
in n lofty and beautiful room that i'm
presses one with its elegance and sim
pliciiy. The floor ia laid IN mnrquetry.
and scattered with ~low.toned rugs the
ceiling Is done in cream. with n cove Of
gold, and the walls arc draped with Gus
tard .colored silk. Sconces OF carved sill
yer hold burning white candles, and the
beauty Of warmth, color md light from
the open fireplace is one Of the charming
features OF the room.
All the furniture is after the style OF the
French court, frsmcl In gilt or ornmelled
wood, and upholstered in the most deli.
cate tints Of brocaded silk. Near the fire.
place Is n small ttakwood stand, covered
with miniature models in carved liver.
Another thing of beauty is n ported fan
palm that grows in beauty near the win.
dow.
The stufiness Characteristic OF so mnny
parlors is absent from this reception room.
which has light and atmosphere, without
which no interior can be beautiful.
Mrs. JaTrey's house in Fifth avenue,
while richer in appointment. is less
artistic than her home in Sleepy Hollow.
Her visitors are received in n prune-
walled room, wainScoted with book
cases, along tho top of which rare aud
beautiful pieces Of decorative art and
faience are displayed. About the open
fire low couches. piled with pillows OF
down and talsam, and easy chairs are
drawn, and in between are footstools md
hnssocks, making 4 real family circle.
Pedestal Tampa, with bright silk shades,
and statuettes in marble and bronze, lend
their charm to the interior, and under
foot are q few rugs too beautiful almost
TO tread upon.
Mrs. Jafrev is partial TO harlequin
studies in sculptunn2. and for a card
receiver she Ea'a small Mephisto stand.
ing al the door, tray in hand. as true to
life as Goethe could have desired.
Miss Snllie Hargous, the millionaire
belle and beauty. lives in n pretty house
IN East Fift:eth street, overlooking the
Arehbishop's palace, Her admirers, who
are legion, enter n small reception.rcom,
beyond which, il II suit Of draw ng-roomS
that seem doublv enchan ing viewed
through the Japanese porter, y tina, drape
the doorways.
.Alltle floors IRE laid in marquetfy; the
side doors are draped with rich brocldes,
and broken 10y trans1ms OF carved wood,
which give a touch of the Oriental 10 the
scene. Velvet screens afford pretty and
picturesque corner effects, in zach of
which some beautiful lamp is placed.
shaded with crimson. gold, white or rose,
the colors to which the famous beauty is
partial.
During her season in town Miss Harcous
is constantly in receipt ., Coral offerings,
and so abundant is the supply that the
roses never fade, There isn't time, fol
as o o as their fragrance is exhausted
the pariormaid carries them down to the
servants hall.
Mrs. w. W. Astor's reception room /,
hung and furnished with turquoise blu,
Impression cloth. All the ornaments
represent the Dresden school. aud il
porcelain chariOts, vases. iardinieres ant
wall pockets are nosegays, pGsies ant
bouquets Of French flowers, absolutel,
perfect in color and design and wanting
only In fragrance to he recognized as tht
hAndiwork Of nature,
Perhaps the most valuable work Of ar
In the room Is \ snail piano, boxed in old
m%ahogany and inlAil with carved silver
Mrs. Willie AstoT's callers are received
in q long. narrow apartment done in Pom
peian red. and MIR. Roger Pryor's ar,
SEATED N q similar room, the prevailing
tint OF which IA a warm magenta.
The friends OF pretty Mis- Cora Davis.
who lives in an old mansion not nye nun.
dIed feet west Of the future Washington
Memorial Arch, IRE uShercd into a dTaw,
ing-Toom that u princess might be proud
To own. All tue furniture and WoClwoIl
are Of antique oak. black with age an
glossy as onyx Tum constant POLISHING.
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