The sun., 1890-01-12

oinee Sonlnou vanderbilt died 1t has
peen leased TO Mrawford. the mother Of
the late MRS oorts Vanderbilt. 1t is not
suIprlsing that Nj Mrawford should be loath
70 apanaon her pnt home. for while It's
sAtelor Is e&eeediIplain 1t has advantages
uA. cannot % reid by fancy fronts or
othT nsw-fangled 1, IN the residences now
fashionable. All thems are large and have
lofty ceilings. The kav for the sarvanta "a
full as large as thent hail IN most nav
hotes. while the main occrnioe nearlv as
muh space as the rntion room and hall
cobined In the house, MORA modarp date
iaree' piaih ck mansion about
VII tnere is notnine amental except two
S'pion columns surting the entrance.
e iouI etorles IN basement, and tho
No,nnks orinR the tse up to height
alp that Of an ordina,yve.storv strpoture
IY'nne ABOUT IL is 70. substantial. and
S'rtauie' 10 the let the vestibule is
thPception room. Its va ara tinted and
th are elaborate frescos, the ceiling.
room is probably mo typical of the
olFommodore in its funbinps than any
oil in the house. Eveytnp about IL IA
pl and yet characterlsc. On the south
COR OF the east wall hand sphotograph in
Ile black frame. It ia cpy of a model
thkas sent to the Commdoa nv Cant. De
CT who was one of the Canbdore's favor
it'd The model was intenSd or one of the
dds Of the New York CenAl Railroad. It
Is toup o! alleGorical flgus, and was pre-
SUP TO stand on top Of thetrtcture. Eyi-
oY the Commodore was pleed with 1t, for
h4d the photograph huntin Its present
prInent place. At the bottorof the photo
is this inscription: "Tb photograph
wfken from the original mol, three feet
hltmade OF composition. andresented to
MAornelius Vanderbilt Jan. 1S7O."
he north corner OF the SAP room Is a
htkiIt frame which cucloses yll-exocuted
nSrial of the steamship Vandeiilt, done in
pekd Ink by Ca I. De Groot. rhe minIa-
tuRpy Of the steamer is In blachnd shows
. thtm coming from her paddle Weels. The
re4 it is incolors. with the exdption Of q
blfhain and two anchors that rm half
ei1around the vessel. At the htom are
thdords: designed by Alfred 70 Groot,
1nFesented to Mrs. Cornelius Vnderbilt,
D9. 1869. Executed with pen."
Re opposite wall hangs Al oil hintinR,
Sx2t, of the famous yacht Moth Str which
boIhe Commodore around he world. Il
In lon. Foam and watsr arepouriuz from
thd'el in sight. as though theenginsr had
eroI on all steam and was rying ia beat
theltrd. She has two masts asd two smoke
sta\ white spike flag, with big red v In
thetre. fluttors from the ftemast. and
traikout from the mainmasts a red Tag.
on the name North Stars painted in
plud'rs. The two flags confined contain
the dpal colors. red. white. an, blue. The
NorlEr sailed out into the weld In 1854.
and ie passed tho Narrows Insight OF the
Vandh homestead on Staten leland Mrs.
Yandle. tho Comm odore's pIther. went
9pt 10 her son fire II farewell salute from
the litrass cannon on the H. an deck.
On tight OF the hall are twJparlors, big
LoomsplpyinR tho space contained In an
SrHlnakuilding, lot. They aS filed with
pIacss ptsC,a and there ere are g. man! interesting
guarded precious relics Of tb Vanderbilt
thmliy. Ore are several piece which date
tbs ISek ri i6Sd the the Revolution. o. the wall to
Trait % Gs Gnm%adops aS en5Gsase dnna deana m" por,
@ prsy tbo b BEST wooasr1iqly ooSI9nitnt tRs ieke IKE
S arksSssmSi ,bs sot s tb 9I he more re-
would nit for, his portrait at ali. and the
artist wsmpelled to get her ldsas from oc-
vas,U1hais upnn 70 his oftice: whom sle impressed
tuu lib lohiutOs cXIrebblOn, ana
general lrance. This. Iortraii is greatly
@ @priZea pb. Crawford. bo,ause abe sees In It
0I1 Vi thmmodore's haIpiest expressions.
IN OR near the window a beautiful
muSsiG nSiG prests on an eboy stand. 1t is a
Hn on9ael oi steamer ROANOKE. made Of pure
ktVI, ~ ~ Evdetail is exquisisly flushed. even
me rohnd the anch hors. lnd altogether It
saiteS9 s9pe1eee Seiss Of work; Tie most critical
smnUnIhuonbeautiful. BY pulling one OF the
esa ~ the musical nochar Ism con-
Sndeou pSdou IN lold is set In motion. 1t is kept
SsStd dome; and its music is seldom
snt ~ u. ls the first Mrs. VAdorbilts pres
tbei 70 hfnmodore on the RnniVersary OF
epniess TL sol Wedding, catbolt OF brass oc-
lts 90 4Hood table In an opposite corner
dToSstnnn snn without reef. AMI is apparently
on sn ~ihg IN tho breeze. whik the boat sits
oiSertynt M tytoeI' oalias!ed with small articles
oftbDso 4tbDoTIss Ts, Mrs. Crawford oca,pies one side
traIl w VEAL. and on the othei side Is por-
dsnsbh;aI bhI tCommodoro's second wife, the
LrSsb y, re- Crawford. BotE are from the
Co@moS3iongr. n nr. FlagG, who was cousin OF
Of nihouIN a9derbllt There are a number
CraWinrd raits including three OF Mrs.
BY Fdyua ,,ahdchildren, marine painting
lure I|v "HSan oran' and some sheep In q pas
that ekhoeyen, which were painted by
Mrs TnuaI Mrs. Nanderbilt's special order.
Of bric.""I was very fond Of paintings and
her dssi,,,o, ana the Commodore satisfied
without ~ Sathls regard, as In eyeIyt hing else,
ever. ptIte cared nothing for them, how
and boats portraits OF his iRVprito horses
oeI0I0 The Mr. U.sal,,.