The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-10-22

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million hues Of the finish, IS the five
let gas chandelier of DETECTING mir
rors set in the center of the ceiling.
On leaving the smoking room, which
a swinging door in the side aisle cuts
entirely off from the rest Of the car,
the buffet is next in order. Through
the bevel glass windows of side pan
rel or door, should the silken curtains
be drawn, one can see, suspended in
racks and on hooks, such tidy ar
rangements of decorated tableware
as to temptingly suggest an i'm
promptu "high tea en- route
MORE MARVELLOUS DECORATIONS.
This side the swinging door just
mentioned, the wood work of the
aisle is in harmony with the general
finish Of the entire car, it being in
light mahogany. The next door
along the aisle, with its wide panel
of loaded glass in subdued tints,
opens into "stateroom A. On en-
tering. the surprise is certainly great,
so radical is the change from the
warm tones of dark and medium
colors to the bright, airy effect OF
delicate pea-green and gold which
predominates this room. Square in
shape, the room contains double
Hover and upper berth, a lavatocy
with white-metal bowl and hot and
cold water, and a good-sized square
wicker chair with upholstered trim
mings and cushion, while yet there is
ample room left for one to move
about But its exquisite coloring
and decorative features are simply
marvellous. A mahogany wainscot-
ing, reaching to the height of the
window stills, is followed to the cell
ing, including the upper berth front,
by painted wood work Of pea-green
stippled with gold, broken by en-
bossed and decorated plush panels
of tint to match, the latter relieved
by gold mouidings. The seats Of
plain plush, the carpets, and the dec
Grated ceiling, in the center Of which
is a gas chandelier of DETECTING mir
rors, are each in harmony of color
with the green and geld tints. Bevel
glass mirrors, encased in beautifully
designed frame work of green and
gold, supplant the plush panel in
places convenient for the toilet,
the largest mirror, with its decorative
encasement, forming a center piece
of chaste beauty. A sliding door
between the two rooms admits of the
green room, being connected with
the next, or "stateroom B. The
latter has double lower and upper
berths, gas chandelier, lavatory, and
general design of decorations the
same as the former. But it differs
in color, it's finish being in "Prima
Vera" or white mahogany, with
plush upholstering and embossed
and decorated plush panels, the tints
of both wood and fabrics being such
as to blend in harmonious whole
into that delicate shade known as
canary" The beauty Of this room
is somewhat heightened, although its
size is at the same time lessened, by
a curvature given a part of its partl-
ton to admit passage from the side
aisle outside to the center aisle of
the body Of the car. Over this par
tition is an open decorative feature
of bronze grills and wood spindle
work, while a curved door, with
loaded glass panel, opens from it d.
rectly opposite the center Of the par
lor, or body of the car. This last
contains sixteen double berths, eight
lower and eight upper It is uphol-
stored in Spanish-red plush, the
woodwork is mahogany, with en-
bossed and decorated terra Gotta
plush panels, the latter being com
bined on the upper berth front with
veneer panels of delicate Santiago
mahogany. In this part of the car
one gets the best effect of the ex-
quisite character of the embossed
and decorated plush used SO largely
throughout the car for paneling.
VARYING LIGHTS AND SHADES.
The embossed fgureS on the taD-
ric, of chaste and comparatively sim
'lple outline, are yet very striking and
effective, the style of the designs be-
ing what is known as French Re-
Nuisance. In the distances afford
ed by this body Of the car, oppor-
tunity is given for full play of vary
ing lights and shades upon this style
of decoration, and upon which its
greatest charm is dependent. In
one light, or distance, owing to the
similarity of the terra-cotta color to
that of the woodwork, a panel or a
berth front has all the appearance of
a beautiful wood carving. From
another point of view, the effect is
more varied, producing a clear-cut
outline against glistening back
ground, while again, combination
IF +heca effects with their ever vary.