Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-01

send 90 the architect with instructions 10 mt A
on such corner or in such q room. regardless
OF general continuity or expense. These altera-
lions cost the actor all the way from $4,000 70
$4,000 a year.
The house ss IL stands TODAY. and as a w.s
decided 10 Mrs. Emmett in 1880 has probably
e"st with the grounds, between 100000 and
sSOV.ooO. IL has not been changed in four
years, save where the divorced wife has erased
rnz and substituted "Huhnah" in the name
tne gateway and In the costly stained gla<s
IiNahy window which once occupied the bAy
window IN her boudoir. This window repre-
sented FRITZ In q lover-like Romeo-and-JubeS
attitude before his wife and according % r,.-
port the form Of Fritz has since The divorce
oeeh altered INTO resemblance Of q later ad-
hiirer, while Mrs Emmett appears az an ANGEL
with an angelic halo about her head
Inc general lines Of the house itself are IN
Irregular as 70 be IN n degree shapeless The
central plan Is that Of an octagon room xi,h
.ne other rooms grouped Ground il aud ali de.-
tltute OF doors or barriers so that in s,eDni,,,
into the main room one gets nearly \ co,,,tl.,ss
vista OF the whole interior. The building INV
DE SAID, IN general wav, 20 be two stories .Dd
an attic high. On the arst floor the princi,.i
apartment Is the octsgonsl central room. IN
rr.z nneume II was used rs the musical room
and contained his orchestrion and Other IN
struments. The windows are stained glass
with designs of musical ubjects musical notes
aud selections from the songs Of Fritz .catt.rca
over them. On the loft of this Is the narlor
with its vaultsd ceiling and back 81 I'M.
library, decorated with white and ia
frescoing. 1t formerly contained few boob.
and many knicknacks and articles n
brlc-a-brsc. Back Of the library is the billiard
room, with its fancy and costly table. Beyond
the dining room on the left was originally the
eonser,storV, put Fritz wearied OF this because
II interfered with his Turkish bath. which Was
extravagantly fitted up in marble and ONYX. sobe
tore II out and made dressing room OF IL I'm
the extreme rear on this foor. and out of sight.
Is the kitchen. The length of this entire lower
noor Is 10 feet The rooms on this foor are
s al nInSnsa IN hsrd woods. principally cherry,
highly polished. with the exception of the vhite
and gold library. The floors are hard wood
inlaid.
A carved hardwood staircase winding round
the octagon center, leads 20 the upper floor.
which contains, FIRST OF all q similar octagonI
room, used as smoking room. In this Fritz,
during has odd moments OF leisure built him.
self msntel out OF old cigar boxes. which he
carelnily savedand vanished. and used labels aud
all This Is probably one Of the aueere,t pieces of
decorative whms in the whole house The
smoking room. like the music room below, leads
,h.o al the others on this floor. This upper
noor constituted the family apartments Ms.
Emmets boudoir the principal one. er-
tendlng along the front Of the house and ID
Is the only carpeted room in the building.
being slso richly upholstered and furnished In
blue silk 1t is directly over the vaulted CELL
ing OF the parlor: ana as this ceiling protrudes
INTO the room Fritz utilized il by building n
species OF dais or throne on the apex, reached
oy Hight Of three steps and surmounted by
richly comparisoned seat for the queen OF the
place. In thus room was the Tiffany window
referred to before. In the northeast corner or
tower was located the room of Young Joe who
now tresds the boards as Fritz, jr. Along the
northern side were the guest chsmbers. A
second winding stairway leads TO the attic,
which: by reason Of the fantastic gables, towers
ana ODDLY slipping roofs. is full Of queer angicd
and corner rooms, having windows OF ell sizes
and shapes. They are furnished 20 represent
different national customs In housefurnishine.
the ideas Of which Fritz picked up in his travels
abroad In England, Holland, France, Italy and
Germany.
Such is the new home Of the bachelor Sens-
tor and erstwhile bachelor governor of ths
empire state, David B. Hill.