Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-29

fectly and are beautiful. The fireplace in
painted rich cream, and on the right and
left of this, facing the door, are two beauti-
full statues of white marble Of Paris and
Achilles
The pictures on the walls are fne oil
paintings, and most of them were sent on
from California for this room.
There are many dining rooms In Washing
ton which have cost more than that of Sena-
tor Stanford's, but I doubt if there are any
which will be so effective or in such good
taste. Stanford is rich man, but he does
not believe In extravaganza or in the gaudy
display OF his wealth. He has the best Of
everything, but he wastes nothing. He is
very charitable and very free with his money,
but his tastes are simple and he spends but
little money for mere show.
Plain and Rich Furnishings.
The dining table in this dining room Is Of
plain mahogany, and you might find one
equally as fine looking in the house of any
well-to-do merchant. The chairs are of q
simple pattern, cushioned with red leather
and would cost, I judge, less than $40
piece. The table is very small for SO large
a room, but it is plenty big enough for the
Senator'S family, and he has plan for en-
larging 1t at will so that it will accommo-
date as large a number of guests as can be
served in the White House dining room.
An interesting thing in connection with
the new dining room is the buffers pantry.
This runs along the side of the room, and is
50 constructed that it would be the delight
of any housewife. 1t is about 25 feet long
and II feet wide, and it has shelves enough
in number TO hold the dishes Of a good-sized
china store. There are two dumb walters
which 60 from the kitchen below to this
pantry, and in one side of it there is a sink
for the washing of dishes which is as big as
the largest footbath, and which has drain
age board all around it, 80 that the whole is
as big as the top of a baby's crib. This
draining board is Of stained pine, and every
thing connected with the room is as clean
and neat as pin.
Other Noted Dining Rooms
Mr. John r. Mclean is building an Inn
mense dining room at the back of his big
Washington house, facing McPherson's
Square. This dining room is just opposite
Chamberlin's restaurant and it will be, I
judge, as big o one as Stanford's. It has .
large bay window in the side and will be
beautifully lighted. Another big dining
room will be that of Senator Eugene Hsle's,
or rather Mrs. Zach Chandler, for am told
that the big house which has been built on
II
longs to Senator Hale's mother-in-law. This
house is the biggest in Washington and
probably the most expensive one. It must
cover . quarter of an acre and it has enough
windows for big female seminary.
Another big dining room is Mr.. Morton's,
built especially for his Washington dinners.
It was stated at the time it was built that it
cost something like $4,000. The mantel-
piece in the Stanford dining room could be
built, should think, for less than 800.
That in Vice President Morton's must have
cost at least thousand. It is Of carved oak,
with great mirror over it, and it has q
fireplace in which you could roast an OK.
The bay window is made of enormous sheets
of plate-glass and of mosaic glass, which
was especially made for Mr.. Morton. The
floor is inlaid in patterns and the kitchen is
walled with tiles OF white china and the
ashes are carried out of the house by .
small railway.
Dining Rooms in Mahogany.
Some of the best dining rooms of Wash
lngton are those of private citizens. The
house OF Nh. John Hay, the author of the
Life Of Lincoln" is one of the finest at
the capital It is in red mahogany and the
wainscoting contains blocks big enough to
make the most beautiful Office desk you
have ever seen. Great mahogany rafters
cross each other over your head and the
supports of these are carved columns of
mahogany. Out of a red mahogany alcove
you look through plate glass win
dows out upon Sixteenth street and Lafay-
ette Park and at the end of the room facing
the door there is great fireplace as big as
that in Senator Palmer's $4,000 log cabin