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

of the fnir mistress filling an entire panel.
Except on ceremonial occasions the fur.
niturc 10 covered with silver linen.
and tho windows looking over Fifth ave.
nue. are drapcd with as mauy folds Of
lace as n premiere dnnseuse has skirts.
The shelves OF tie mnntcl cabinet, half
q dozen tables and tho lodges OF pedes.
tails are loaded with bric-a-brnc aud
applique; on banncrettes and screens nrc
hundreds Of crests. coats Of arms and
decorations, the gifts Of roynlists and
nollemen. while numerous me lnliions so.
in jewels represent tho Gre " ed heads,
princes and Processes, lords aud laiies,
dukes and duchesses Of some OF the most
powerful courts of Europe. Tie wealth
Of the room is overpowering.
Infinitely more magnificent Is the grand
hall, with its marble floor and beautiful
rugs, its quaint old furniture framed in
Irish oak and covered with French i'm
preston cloth. and its lofty walls. over
which n fortune IL stretched in old CODE.
lin and German tapestries.
Here and there are pieces of ~statuary,
and ut the foot OF the staircase aud the
entrance to the dining parlor nre sturdy
palm trees III garden boxes Of glazed
china.
Mrs.. Orme Wilson's guests are received
in q lofty and beautiful room that i'm
presses one with its elegance and SIM
plicity. The floor IL laid IN marquetry,
and scattered with low-toned rugs; the
ceiling is done in cream, with n cove Of
gold, and the walls nro draped with GUS
tard~- colored silk. Sconces Of carved sill
yer hold burning white candles, and the
beauty of warmth. color and light from
the open fireplace Ia one of the charming
features Of the room.
All the furniture is after the style of tho
French court, framed i'll gilt or ennmelled
wood. and upholstered in the most doii-
cate tints Of brocaded silk. Near the fire.
place is q small teakwood stand, covered
with miniature models in carved silver.
Another thing of beauty 10 n potted fan
palm that grows in beauty near the win
dow.
The STIFFNESS characteristic of 30 many
parlors Is absent from this reception room,
which has light and atmosphere, without
which no interior can be beautiful.
Mrs. Jaffrey's house in Fifth avenue,
while richer in appointment, is less
artistic than hor home in Sleepy Hollow.
Her visitors are received in n pruno-
walled room, wainscoted with book
cases. along the top Of which rare aud
beautiful pieces of decorative art and
faience are displayed. About the open
tre low couches, piled with pillows of
down and iR'sam. and easy chairs are
drawn, aud in botWe cen aro footstools and
hassocks, making a real family circle.
Pedestal lamps, with bright silk shades,
and statuettes in marble md bronze, lend
their charm TO the interior, and under
foot are u few rugs too beautiful almost
to Il cad upon.
AIRS. Jaffrev is partial TO harlequin
studies in sculpturlng. and for u card
receiver she has a small Mephisto stand
ing At the door, tray in hand, as true to
life rs Goethe could have desired.
MIAs Sallie Harcous, the millionaire
belle aud beauty. lives in a pretty house
IN East Fiftieth street, overlooking tho
Archhishop's palace. Her admirers. who
are legion, enter q small reception-room,
beyond which is IL suit of draw.ng-rooms
that seem doubly enchanting viewed
through the japanese portieres that drape
the doorways.
Alithe floors are laid in m~arquetry; the
side doors are draped with rich brocades,
and broken by trGnsoms of carved wood,
which give n touch of the Oriental TO the
scene. Velvet screens afford pretty and
picturesque corner effects, in each of
which some beautiful lamp is placed.
shaded with crimson, gold. white or rose.
the colors to which the famous beauty is
part al.
During her season In town Miss Hargous
is constantly in receipt OF floral offerings,
and so abundant IL the supply that the
roses never fade. There isu't time, for
as soon as their fragrance is exhausted
the parIoImaid carries them down to the
seTyants' hall.
Mrs. W. W, As,or's reception room is
hung and furnished with turquoise blue
lWpEchblNn ClNtu. All the ornaments
represent the Dresden school. and in
porcelain chariots. vases. jardinieres and
wall pockets are nosegays. pusies and
bouquets Of French flowers. absolutely
perfect in rotor and design ami wanting
only In fragrance 10 be recognized as the
LandiwOrk of nature.
erhNps tho most valuable work of art
IN the room Is \ smGl piano. boxed in old
mahogany and iulaid with carved silver.
Mrs. Willie Astor's callers are received
IN a long, NATION apartment dOue in Pom
peiAn red, and Mrs. ROGER Pryor's are
seated in a similar room. the prevailing
TIM OF which 10 IA warm mng. MIA.
The friends 81 pretty Miss Cora Davis,
who lives IN an old mansion not hVe nun
bred feet west of the future Washington
Memorial Arch, ars ushersd into a q aw-
ln9-TOom that "A pr nccss might lie proud
10 own. All the furniture and woodwork
are Of ANTIQUE oak, black with nge and
glossy as onyx from constant polishing.
Old gold hrocaded satin covers he wal 5,
against which lovely background some
valuable plaques OF onion b ne china are
huug.
lec,s of ecclesiastical embroidery and
precious tapestries cover the long,
5 raisht-hack cOucEes, which are 50
high that pillows are placed along tho
huor for foot, rests. The dooFs are hung
with geTlIukle GOEgl MS fOftupa in