The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-16

SELECTION Of books 10 good oua All Of
~ great authors Of fiction ana scence
may b found upon the shelves. ana you
viii dnd French and German oooks q
veil q English. Mr.. Hill - good French
eohoIar. and both himself and his wife
have GOOD literary lasts. They are both
val nd. and their domestic relations are
~ baeement and the attic Of this great
mansion are % No even moro Interesting
than the living rooms The noose must
have . quarter Of an acre q door space
and the basement y houss IN IssS,: ~
vaeou through IL without grasing the
INN. and its rooms ara al large, airy ana
veil lighted. The floors are Of marble.
The halls and rooms are paneied Win
elaba Of white marble, 90 polished that
YOU can see your face In them ana the
whols 10 lighted by electricity. Ihese
marble floors rest on bed OF mineral
we're used in making this house fire proof:
Mr., Hill says II Is ire proof, rat PROOF ana
cyclone proof, and il has . steel ROOF over
the whole of IL 90 strong that you could
run train of cars over IL without injury.
The attic has been turned into theatef
for the amusement Of Mr.. Hills children,
and there 10 q miniature stage here ana IN
audience room about thirty teet woe ~
ffty feet long The stage has scenes ana
footiishts, and il il, in fact, complete
little theater. The boys have magic IAN
tern and they sometimes give exhibitions.
II takes two tons OF coal . day to keep
this house warm, and ! spent some time
in looking at the great boilers In the base
ment There IL an engineer VINO Goes
nothing else but attend to these, ana MIS-.
Hill tells mo that the house il 30 thick
that during the past winter they have not
had to open the registers of the different
rooms for heat. but have only had TO warm
the halls. The engines represent SOO
horse power, and II you keep 300 horses at
work day and night you will get an idea
Of the amount OF force that II takes TO turn
winter into summer for Mr.. James J. Hill.
There IL dynamo and electric plant con-
nected with the house. One of the most
interesting parts of the basement IS the
laundry. II has marble floor aud brick
wallis. The washing 10 done IN great porce-
lain tubs and the clothes are put on RACKS
that are rolled in and out of cases under
which steam pipes are coiled. These pipes
keep the temperature Of the drying cases
at l30 degrees and the clothes are DRIED IN
q iiffy. The kitchen has the same marble
6oors. but its tables are Of white wood,
which are q clean Is those OF . Dutch
housewife. / noticed that most OF the
cooking utensils were of copper, ana the
range seemed to me to be large enough for
the roasting of m OK.
Az I said above, the strongest feature OF
this big mansion IL Its home-like charac-
ter. Mr.. Hill il man OF domestic tastes;
He loves his family and he has beautiful
home life. His wife has borne him nine
children; and when l took lunch with her
there we're three pretty dark-eyed girls and
Z very bright 6year-old bow with US at the
table. The lunch was served in the breakfast
room, and II was ~ simple and unconven-
tional - those which you find in any WE'LL
TODD family in the United States any day.
Mrs Hill 10 Q charming woman. She does
not look 10 be moro than 20, and though
she has these nine children there Is not
gray hair in her head. and her face 10 free
from wrinkles. She 10 refined and well edu-
Gated and 10 full OF common sense. She 10
woman of remarkably good taste. and she
impressed meas m excellent mother. She
10 Catholic, but not an iiliborsl one. and
she IL, am told. always doing good In
very charitable, though most Of his gifts
orc never known 70 the public. Not long
ago he attended . sermon of Bishop Ire
land which pleased him very much. It
was one in which the great bishop preached
on true Americanism, m which he said it
was every young mans duty to b . true
American, 70 become permeated With the
wptttb VI tu0 COOubky 0n0 ~ o4u AZ ~ Wv
eminent and development At the close
Of the sermon Mr.. Hill told the bishop he
would like to have him call upon him and
that he would Give him . check which
would enable him % carry ont to certain
degree his ideas. He did and he received
moro than 500. 600 10 build . Catholic
theological seminary, the priests of which
should b educated along the lines which
he had marked ont in his ser
mon. don't know that Hill 10 .
Catholic, but he 10 great friend of the
archbishop. and ArA Hill showed me a
beautiful medallion Of Leo XIII which
the pore recently sent q present to Mr..
Hill. The picture II - big around ~ the
palm Of your hand. and It represents q
lovely face, kind and gentle. Al We looked
At Il / remarked on the sweetness Of the
expression Of the good fathers features.
and MIRA Hill said: AYES, he II . beauti-
full character, and only wish he was IF
teen years younger" l then asked her a
question or 90 about Bishop Ireland, and
she said that lady Of St. Paul who had
recently been in Rome had met the pope
and that he had spoken In tho highest
terms OF the bishop. and had asked her il
she Was one Of his frienda She replied
Eyes, We people Of the Northwest are oil
friends Of Bishop Ireland" Whereupcn
the pope said: II arm glad to hear il, for
I think he ueeda frfendsb