Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-04

House. and Is one Of the biggest houses
here. IL Is a rcd brick aud !. has. Il Is
said more rooms than the British
legation. There are two main enhances
TO it,, one for carriages on Massachusetts,
avenue aud another by inc stone stair.
case on Dupont circle. Passing up the
latter between brass railings You enter
a hall fifteen feet wide and tory five feet
long. at the back OF which is a handsome
fireplace and mantel, into which is set
a great plate glass mirror. NJ thc right
Is the reception room aud on The lCit are
parlors through which you pa into the
drawing room and library. The dining
room is hardly large enough .ar state
dinners, but il has dumhwa.o T as big
as a good.sizcd elevator aud q waiter
runs rom the floor to the root The in.
terror oil this house Is finished zoo helu,i-
ful woods; the windows aic ui plate
glass. There are numerous chambers
and the most elegant OF hatN rooms. u-
cludng a hot air aud Tufk ID bath
chamber. There is billiard ioHm in
the basement aud there are m0Eirg
rooms. loaiing rooms and oil the accom-
panimeuls ol millionaire 5 palace. IL
REQUIRES "a rctiuuu II servant, Zoo keep ii
IN order, and have heard Do estimated
that ii would tale ut leas, So q day to
live properly IN IT, The sanitary ar-
engagements ul H. however, are perfect,
and bah, Ruth would be sure %. has ny
good air and the atmosphere SIMMER
% her father does not stint lh- coal.
MuLiosA!RE's PALACE.
Speaking Of Letters big house,
visited 1t yesterday and ~ company
with the steward went over il from attic
to basement. An army OF wortmgn Hrc
now hammcfing away at It aud this,
perhaps the most elegant mansion iu The
country, Is now rapidly approaching
completion The ground On which Dc
stands cost sioJ,ooo twill cost taOus.
auds upon thousands OF dollars TO build
the house, aud the interest ON The money
invested IN d will annually amount to a
gOul.silud fortune. II IS ON Dupont
circle an New Hampshire aycuue, and
it Is massive iuur-stoTy building Of
Milwaukee brick, cream white iu color
and polished like marble. These bricks
form the outside coating oil the house
and II took 10000 Of them 20 cover it.
The bricks were all selected ones. made
with great care, and the process Of
selection was so careful that out OF q lot
Of 20 on bricks only 1000 were Chp en-.
The fleet Of these bricks is that OF mar
bic, or rather OF delicate ivory, aud
the house is more beautiful than any
marble palace have ever seen. on thc
New Hampshire avenue side there is a
vast porte coChere OF white stone upheld
by Ionic pillars a. large around as the
biggest oak tree you have ever seen aud
reaching TO the height of threestory
house Passing through these you come
to a wide entrance way, the stsirclsgs Of
which are Of polished white marble.
beautifully carved aud Of the delicate
tint Of an iridescent pearl. The stair
case leads first TO the basement, where
are the reception rooms, almost on q
level with the ground, however, and
where the guests walk down this mag
nifcent marble staircase TO tHkc off their
things, and where there arc all con-
veniences. a, the right of this siaifcase
and at the lett are two Others, leading TO
the first floor, or the parlors and dining