The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-29

nous. The prospects are that the coming
Rason will be more gay and more extrava-
i pant than ever. Many new houses have
teen built. and some of the Weather cit
/ iens are adding great wings TO their
houses for the purpose of entertaining.
The matter of dining-rooms alone is be-
coming an important feature of Washing
l ton City life, and the dining-room is now
enc Of the largest and most beautiful
Of the statesman's house. Senator STAN
ford rents. house at Washington City,
but he has added to this at his own ex-
Iense wing comprising a dining-room
which has cost in the neighborhood of Si0,-
200, and which, though simple in its con-
= itruction for the wants of hundred-mil-
iionaire, is fair type of the
l tendency of the times in this d.
rection. This dining-room is now being
furnished for the winter. The wall and
Telling decorations have been completed.
Numbers of elegant oil paintings have been
hung IN it. and the floor alone remains to
Be stained and polished. 1t is an i'm
nense room. You could crowd a good
Sized two-story house inside of it, and you
eould turn the biggest Broadway dray
loaded with barrels around in it without
Nhuching the walls. II is over fifty feet
ong and more than twenty feet wide and
u has great, swelling hay-window in the
ade of it, which looks ont upon Seven
thenth street and from the recesses of
shich you can get a view of Farragut
square. The ceiling is, | Judge, about fif-
ven ieet high. 1t is painted a delicate
eFam which warns into a pink busted
WIN gold as II meets the side walls of pale
MI 1--we L.. IL Is
beautiful imported paper of silver dow
ss on this pale blue ground. and the gem
e'a effect OF the room is a most harmoni-
vas one There Is nothing gaudy or ex-
ssssgant IN It's makeup. The chandeliers
se OF brass, aud the globes upon them did
BOT cost, | venture. more than 50 cents a
lece, though they harmoniZe perfectly
md are beautiful. The fireplace in the
sAa Of the dining-room is of wood, painted
steh cream, and on the right and left of
.ais, facing the door. are two beautiful
,staes OF white marble of Paris and
achllies. These stand on pedestals of
sax marble, and they catch your eve as
you enter the room. The pictures on the
are full OF oil paintings, and most Of
aem were sent on from California for
a's room. Senator Stanford has not seen
vac room as yet. and he gave orders for its
@@nsruetion before he left Washington
av Tor California.
SENATOR srANFoRp's DINNERS.
There are many dining-rooms in Wash
as'on City which have cost more than
aSd Senator Stanford's, but doubt if
AAefe are any which will be so effective or
such good taste. Stanford is rich
nan but he does not believe in extrava~
Iaaes or in the Caudy display of his
.eA.'h. He he has the best of everything,
Va ne wastes nothing. He is very charita-
sshd very free with his money, but his
ss'es are simple and he spends little
S.hey Tor mere show. The dining table
"a sas alnlng-room is Of plain mahogany,
- you might find one equally as fine
~Aths IN the house of anv well-to-do
,rehant. The chairs are Of a simple pat
~, cushioned with red leather. and
alu cost, l Judge less than $40 apiece.
l., .aoie IS very small for so large a room.
sHi plenty big enough for the sena-
family, and he has a plan for en-
Gsns Il at will so that il will
r.mmodate as large = number of
IT, As can he served III the White
SVase dhnlng-room This charging will
Done by means of folding leaves Of
80 pine which have been stained 20 the
s,s o. mahogany These leaves are
r5 " boards about fourteen inches wide
L. SOU. aoout I'VE feet long. and they are 50
NEeether that they can be screwed 10 a
ttaeNork and placed right over the small
4. g table. and then. being supported at
nr. a oy temporary legs. they form
LEA lining table resting on and over the
xha. ihe table cloth wilt come 10 the
Z 6bsa aha on such ii table Senator Stan
ian entertain Gfiy-two guests NJ din
Is one time. By this additional table
set being made Of sets OF folding
ne can make 1t as large or a. ANAL