Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-16
Of THE EVENING srAH,

| short distance from the Mountain House and in
the midst OF the Pittsburg residences. Even
| the President Of the United States has never
had richer neighbors than he will have at Cries.
| son. There is, on one side OF his cottage. the
mouse OF Harry Darlington, the wealthy Pitts
| burg brewer; on the other side that of B. II.
| FAINTER, an iron manufacturer of Pittsburg, who
Is richer than anybody knows about The
cottage OF Andt ew Carnegie, a name that con-
veys clearer idea Of wealth than does q row
OF ngures reaching into the millions is not far
away and beyond it is the handsome cottage
OF b. r. Jones, another rich man. both by in
heritance and personal effort. His cottage is a
| beautiful one that is worthy Of better fate
than to be at summer place unoccuped for
nine months OF every year. Outlying from
these are the cottages of more millionaires-
Park Painter, Gus Painter. Mark W. Watson.
VIM. Thaw and others. all of them foremost
among the reliable business men Of Pittsburg.
SUMNER TOWN.
Cresson Springs consists OF a railway station.
hotel-the Mountain House-and the twenty
or twenty-five cottages built within the hotel
grounds. Probably FIVE hundred people live at
Cresson in the summer time but In the winter
the population is a solitary telegraph operator
Six OF the cottages belong to the company own
ing the Mountain House; the remainder are the
property of Pittsburg men only
ceedingly exclusive circle of Pittsburg, and
when they go to Cresson they take their exclu-
sveDess with them. There are no dealings be-
tween the guests of the hotel and the cottagers
as general thing, except in few isolated
cases, and they only serve to make the distance
ordinarily observed the more pronounced. This
feeling even extends to the nurseries, the
youngsters hardly out of bibs and into the
alphabet ignoring each other religiously-
one set because it does not choose
thn all
knows it won't be recognized The
cottages are numerous enough and the people
in them powerful enough, having once created
this atmosphere, to keep it up. The winds that
blow over the hills at Cresson in mid-winter
are not more icy than the looks with which the
high-born dame living in aQueen Anne cot
tage overlooks the woman, perhaps as high
born but not as Pittsburg born ~ herself,
when they meet on the board walk at Cresson
THE PRESIDENTS COTTAGE.
There are three rows of residences to the
right of the hotel, and in the middle one Is the
cottage for the presidential party. The house.
which is not much to boast of in its outward
appearance and within is still less worthy Of
regard, belongs to Mrs. David E. Park, resi-
dent of Pittsburgh that went to live years ago
IN Washington and who now ID travelling in
Europe Ii not the oldest, it is at least one of
the oldest cottages at Cresson. II has been
built in sections and was at first '.T' shaped
rooms have had six added to them and
partly two storied with the most most
amazing design of turrets, roofs, and caves
that ever decorated a single house. 1t has a
little lawn like its neighbors. sloping gently
back, while some Of the beautiful oaks and
pines for which Cresson ia noted almost hide
the villa from sight No fences separate the
grounds of the different residences, and people
walk goodnaturedly over their neighbors'
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with theirs in return. When Mrs. Park left
the cottage she took with her very little OF its
furniture, 30 that things look good deal like
what they did in her time. Almost all the
heavy furniture was in the house originally,
but there has been judicious dotting round
OF light bits of art-table and cbairs-that
have transformed the rooms and frightened
them generally. piazza surrounds the front
and sides Of the house and from it entrance is
gained to
THE RECEPTION HALL.
This is a pretty, cool-looking room, with a
hardwood floor and hardwood ceiling; this
last, however. is concealed now by drapings of
cretonne that gives it an exceedingly dainty
and almost bridal-room effect. An art square
lies in the middle of the room and rugs are
scattered here and there. On the windows are
China silk and lace hangings. A chair or two
and sofa completes the reception hall To
the right opens the Presidents bedroom and
to the left what Is already termed the Presi-
dents study. Both these rooms are plainly.
indeed. poorly furnished The study floor is
covered with China mating and Brussels
carpet is on the floor of the bed room The
bed room furniture is of white ash made in
antique English style. Everywhere are read
ing lamps in abundance, for the Park
cottage is not lighted with gas, though it
Is the only house in the place without this con-
venlence. tiny hall, a narrow continuation
runs between these two rooms and comes to a
stop at four doors leading to as many rooms
One OF them Is a kitchen, which, of course, is
to certain extent an ornamental affair, prob
ably there because of its home effect, for the
cottagers take all their meals at the hotel The
kitchen is next the study. Across the hall from
1t is another bed room and it completes the
little house built in 81. This second bed room
has been set apart for Mrs. Russell Harrison
and adjoins but does not connect with the bed
chamber Of the President and his wife. All
the rooms are small about the size OF those
generally found in rented city houses, and far
from imposing.
THE NEW PART.
Now for the new part. 1t is perplexingly
arranged, or rather dsarranged. for certainly
no plan was ever followed in building it. Tue
hall of the old part already described, stops at
the new addition by changing the course of its
parallel walls and coming to a point. From
this point extends onward the division wall of
the next two rooms, and to get to the re-
mainder Of the house the room either to the
left or right must be passed through. The
last addition to the house is the play rooms,
which were built by Mrs. Park for her grand
children. the little sons and daughters of Mrs.
Fred Leech of Pttsburg. In this part of the
house, too, is the stairway il dozen steps
may be SO designated, leading to four
more bed rooms on the second floor.
To describe their arrangement is i'm
possible. Imagine the most circuitous way of
reaching from any one point to another (tha
extreme opposite Of straight llne) and that
will give fair idea Of how the second floor is
planned. The rooms. if anything, are larger
than those downstairs and one of them at least
Is the handsomest in the house. 1t is furnished
entirely III cherry-fnished mahogany. Another
has blue furniture. with hangings to CORE
spond. The two remaining rooms are for the
servants and have private stair to them from
the kitchen. As the shape OF the roof IS fol-
lowed exactly in the second-fioor rooms there
are some curious results. In an alcove of the
'blue" bed room where the bedstead stands
the roof almost comes to the floor and. as the
bedstead fits the space exactly. to get into
bed one would need TO climb over the
footboard. This, again, is not prac-
ticable because Of the low ceiling There ia
only one way left, and that is to wheel the bed
stead out, get into bed and have it wheel led
back again to its place. The three play rooms,
kitchen, dining room and parlor, where Baby
Mckee Will reign are enough to send that
small child into spasms of delight. Everything
Is real. from a real sink TO real clock that
looks like a real Swiss chalet. There is a real
stove-a Little Darling No. Eat which the
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