The Portland daily press., 1892-01-19
THE Man OF FASHION.
In the Baensler apartments Of New
York's Rich Young lIem
view at the Tewisbury Roens-Fifty
Thousand Dollars in One Apart
ment-How to Choose
What to Buy.
tcopyIs1aHT. 1901

TT is in New 1Ofh IHo bachelor en-
lows life to the utmost; New York, with
its maeniGcently-arr apartment
and clubhouses, where every need of
tho single man may find its proper sat-
;sfaction. New York, with its choice of
location, it's vast variety for selection,
seems to have reached almost perfec-
t;on in the way of making q bachelor
feel at home in this world. If you are
man of fashion, single, and want to
live up to big income you can do one
of three things-live st the club, at
your hotel or take a bachelors suite in
one OF the swell apartment houses
that are found in Fifth avenue, Broad
way and some Of the fashionable side
streets. The best plan is the last
named, and you will. find just what
will please you without long search.
Bachelor dining-room are out of style.
In fact. In but two or three of the swell
apartment houses is there such a thing
as a dinipg-room for the bachelors, and
in these cases it is invariably apart
from the suite. What you want if your
taste is luxurious are five rooms-a bed
chamber, library, a drawing-room, a
s1nolSing-room and bathroom. You
will find about five swell apartment
houses in New York that have arrange
ments for such extensive suites. All
the rest are divided up into three-rcom
apartments-fou with the bathroom
but all large and roomy, with plenty
of light and air. If suite you have
looked at is satisfactory, as far as
space and arrangement are concerned,
don't fail to Investigate the two neces-
sary adiuncts, the right kind of light
and the right kind of ventilation. If
possible have four windows in the suite,
with south or east exposure. Like all
rules this has its exceptions, and sur
roundings should always be taken into
account. But proper ventilation is the
very essence of needed repose and Sc
curity. Don't forget to ask about it
and to examine into it. With the mod
ern appliances no swell apartment
need be without thorough system of
ventilation. When you have settled
these questions prepare to furnish your
rooms. You can spend two hundred
and fifty dollars or you can spend fifty
thousand dollars. There are styles Of
both and at all prices between these ex-
tremes in New York city.
Lewis G. Tewksbufy, the banker, has
perhaps the richest bachelor suites in
the city-perhaps the richest in the
country. He lives in the ''Wilbraham"
on West Thirtieth street, and has filed
his cosy rooms with the costliest
bric-a-brac, the richest of rugs and
with fine tapestries, statuary and
paintings AS you open the door
leading into little vestibule the
music-box on the other side well
comes you with an air from Strad-
ella or Aida. You are in a perfumed
bower of roses, and you enter entranced
into the magnifcently furnished recep-
ton room. A vast globe in the center
of the room throws out vari-colored
lights, giving somber hue even to the
Venus de Medici at the side, and a dark
sr shade to the red Mephistopheles,
whose hand reaches temptingly toward
he white marble. Damask cur
aims hang from the windows and be-
tween the rooms. An oil painting by
Edward Gay covers one side of the wall,
and on the other side bronze Srmor.
swords and pixies of ancient pattern
give Mr.. Tewksbury's reception-room
very warlike aspect. Tho chairs are
upholstered in velvst. Luxury is given
a humorous turn bsr the presence of a
life-sized darlzy jockey sitting astride
big drum and holding a grinning slzele-
ton toward you. By touching spring
in this curious object you are enabled
to help yourself to a glass Of chianti,
good cigar or a cigarette, as you may
feel inclined, all these good things hav-
ing awaited your preference in its skull.
The bed-chamber is royal in its magnif-
icence. A black fur rug covers the
floor. At one end is mirror reaching
almost to the wall. A spring is touched
and. presto, here is the bed in which
Mr.. Tewksbury rests his weary head.
His toilet outfit, brushes, etc, are all
silver backed. At the side is the tie
rack, covered, of course, in which re-
pose the ribbons of all hues
and designs that at different times
look resplendent on the inmacu-
late shirt-front of Mr.. Tewksbury. -Four
bath robes adorn one wall of his toilet
room. His drawing-room is as opulent-
ly furnished as the Others The walls
are frescocd, and statuary and bric-a-
brac Of all kinds adorn every nook of
the chamber Mr.. Tewlssbury's smols-
Sng-rooln is fashioned after that Of the
famous Achnet, of Turkey. Divans are
arranged about the room, sky-blue
canopy sheds a soft light, while palms
and ferns are tastefully arranged in the
center, and the bronze figure of wom-
an looks shyly at you from either side.
From the ceiling hang weird shapes
a dragon, open-mouthed snakes, a
boar's head with threatening tuslzs, and
what not that go to make up good
case of deliriurn tremens. These are
the rooms on which, including the cost
of paintings, Mr.. Tewlzsbury has spent.
something like fifty Thousand dollars.
If you have that much, or but ten thou
sand dollars to spend, take look at
what the young banker has done and
you will be approaching perfection in
the way of bachelors apartments.
Up in the Croisic flats on Fifth avenue
,rJ T,-,o~4reiwt1, street xuba,-o tho old