Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-31

Here you may study the botany OF half dozen
climates, and you find here plants from all
parts of the world. The different rooms are
kept at different temperatures. and you can go
from one zone to another in passing through it.
At the entrance to the conservatory among
the statues of the sun parlor il an extraordinary
life size figure of Marguerite, and you look
Mt IL you see Faust. also life size, looking most
lovingly at her from behind. You imagine this
Faust to be second statue until you come
close to the figure of Marguerite, when you see
that the back Of the statue is carved to repre-
cent Faust and what you suppose TO be n second
statue is only the reflection of Marguerite 4
back in the long mirror behind it.
RICH MANS PARLoRs.
The halls and parlors of this nitrate kings
palace are papered in the finest of satins and
are finished in woodwork of mahogany and
other fine woods wonderfully carved. Money
has been lavished to such an extent that every
inch might be plated with gold leaf and not ap-
proach the actual cost. The dining room itself
is more than one hundred feet long and is hung
round with the golden and silver trophies which
Col. North's horses and dogs have won He
has some of the finest dogs in the world and
his greyhounds have taken many cups One of
his dogs has won nearly $40 900 in stakes for
him, and he has great solid silver cups which
will hold a gallon, wonderfully carved, which
have been won by his famous CANNES. The
Waterloo cup which his dog Fullerton won is
worth e., 500 and either side of the mantel
are great disks of silver and gold, the prizes of
dog contests. You can seat fifty people at the
dining table of this room and it is bigger than
the state dining room OF the White House. The
drawing rooms are proportionately large and
the bed rooms are each big enough for parlors.
THE CHAMBERS OF THE RICH.
1t NAV interest you to look into the chambers
of the rich. There are, judge. about thirty
bed rooms connected with this house. and these
are all papered with satin and silks of various
colors. An electric light hangs over each bed
and n bell button is within easy reach. The
hall is finished in brocaded velvet, and Col.
North lays his red head on a white down pillow
in a room the tint of which is old gold. All of
bis toilet articles have handles OF SILVER. and
great cases which contain his many suits of
clothes are Of polished maple. One department
Of the wardrobe is devoted entirely to short
sack coats. another ia for dress suits and third
is filed with overcoats. He never has to worry
about the buttons on his shirts. and if his pam
falcons begin to bag at the knees he has enough
in reserve to give him a new pair without
speaking to his tailor.
/ wish / could describe Miss North's bed
room. 1t is the sweetest little symphony in
blue have ever seen. The walls are Of blue
satin and are covered with pictures and photo
graphs. The great brass bedstead has a rich
curtain OF the finest satin brocade and wonder
fully decorated quilt OF satin, embroidered in
Japan, lies on the bed. There are easy sofas
about the room, and the dressing room adjoin-
ing the bed room is finished in tho same way.
Mrs. Norths room is equally fine. and the bath
rooms OF this house form a suite Of themselves.
They are walled with marble Of different colors
! and the light comes into them through panes of
stained glass and you roast your feet rs you
| walk about on mosaic floors among pillars Of
| marble. They include Turkish baths and Rus
sian baths and you can have any sort OF bath
you want. During the latter part Of my visit
went down into the strong room in which is
kept gold and silver table services which belong
| to Col. North and where the ladies store their
| jewels. 1t is foored with cement and walled
with granite, and we went through many iron
CRATES, the doors of which we're guarded with
burglar alarms and combination locks to get
| into it, and found the treasures kept in iron
cages about thirty feet under the ground. l
| looked at them. feeling like the penniless boy
who CLUES his nose against the candy store win
dow and fcasts his eyes on the sweetness within,
and a. l looked wished were rich. But q
second thought showed me that these bolts and
bars were merely one of many Of the worries Of
the millionaire and went away comparatively
happy. FRANK G. CARPESTER.