New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-26
HOME AND SOCIETY.
THE GREATEST ENGLISH DECORATORS
MOOD.
A BEAUTIFUL WESTERN CAsTLE-IhE h'io"'
COURTHOUSE FAMOUS BAThhooN
WINTER VERANDA.

BEAUTIFUL WESTERN CAsTLE-THE hhIoRi
corRrEovs-A FAMOUS BATHROOM
A WINTER vERANDA
Far in the interior Of the country on one vi NV
-, lakes there is a beautiful house puiit 0"
80 over n hundred feet high. 1t IL realeu VI,
o dous terraces there are big stone Walls anu
80 are ramparts. 1t is a castle In the Nor'""e
"A n Is lived in by man and his wiie' WIN W.
oso,ved when they built 1t that IL shouu
rfect as the best artists could make H. % ~
pceeded TO Europe. and in London they CONSUME
P vu,ian, Norris who provided them deco
,,rs ad Observation-Disclosures. furniture anu
.,noa glass and the like. They wanted 'oo' '
,onestries Mr. Morris's answer 10 ther ieq'Na
IS Characteristic and extremely ln'eresu"e' "
shoxr,ng how the leading English decorator ~ w
a., carries on his work. II will design the 'ape'
oaS - ,,or with Measure" he said. but cannot
or,isc or bind myself in any way as 10 .''e uen ,
v NJ the pieces. l must wait until ue M
o,zss me before / can sketch them out ""'
ood comes (and / can't tell you when tnat VIII -.
a. NAV be six months 1t may be year, l " pu. 49,, '
work through 20 far as am concerned anu w.
you will have 10 aio" ie" ''0
cution." uror,snt and
rbev accepted this autocratic ARRANGEMENT az
cot down in their new house 10 wal. ~ -,
,onestries to come. The house was hhsneu an"
no ,apestries were there. They had been n.is -
:, for months and still no tapestries -'ea,''
- yaars had ELAPSED since their visit TO Lohuo"
~ tho tanestries we're not forthcoming. But '"eE
had faith in Morris and never saiu VIZ =,
last the precious things came, ana were nuns "
the panes for which they had been ueSis"'''
panels in q circular hall lit by ieaoeu s,"sS uo
There they now hang. and they are sara " pe 80
nass,ng fair that the WEAKNESS of waiting lor 'nei
has been swallowed w in aestheuc JOY,
.o,oht We 20 visit herr" is mooted question IN
country neighborhoods where can hecesS",''
payes the way to a much closer sociai rea.ons"''
than II does in town. on the other hand' IL Is 'h'-
s,h,. IN ignore a newly arrived neighbor III
metropoIitan fashion without seeming churiisn ana
unsocial a lady belonging to one Oh '"e oi' ->e"
York families elected to try SUBURBAN ne WIN
her Young children and. as 1t happeheu' hei heN'
neighbor very rich parvenue VINO consiueieu
herself one Of the fashionable autocrats OF 'ne
,.,uase and who was not particularly well up IN
the social pedigrees of New-iork chose 10 ignore
for some time the modest establishment which was
en- close TO her rather pretentious VITA. FL
na,v however after about a years knowledge Oh
oocb others names and faces. the would-oe great
,adv rusted UP to her somewhat astonished neigh
hor &c she was seated on the deck OF ferryboat
Az rou,e for town. She introduced herself in rather
a patronizing fashion, and explaining tna' she
really had no time to make visits. said In a manner
intended to be gracious. Il hope you Will consider
this CALL A..
xrickerbockers very quietly 81 shall be very
happy to do so, and 1 also hope that you will con-
slider 1t returned"
There is a lady living in town not six hours
away from New-York who has carried her enthu-
sasm for beauty into her bathroom. The latter
is paved with mosaic. There is no tub; bath, long
and wide. is sunk to depth of three feet or more
in a corner of the room. This too Is walled with
marble and paved with mosaic. A flight OF marble
steps leads to it. and 1t is surrounded by railing
thot 4 tc mot
unintentional headers into 1t In the dark But the
special beauty of the room is on its walls These
are sheathed with great en-inch square tiles whch
were painted with waves. fishes, weeds. sneis ana
sea denzens generally by one OF the cieVerest
artists in America and then burned so that the
decoration Ids preserved from damage forever.
This decoration extends from the chair rail to the
frieze The frieze itself is also painted. but with
a trellis about which flowers and leaves are twined
II Is one Of the loveliest bowers in the country
OF course II cost thousands OF dollars ana re"
people could attempt to repeat the idea; but 1t
teaches lesson which eve.y householder should
pront by. 1t shows that bathrooms. no less than
drawing rooms and boudoirs. should be made beau
tiful. There numberless ways OF decorating.
The same general idea that applies to any other
room In the house can be utilized in bathroom.
When the veranda purely American institu-
tion was developed out Of the English and Con-
tinental terrace and the Italian loSgia II was ac-
cepted as exclusively summer necessity
than the country house to which II was attached
Nowadays, with the approach Of winter. the pleas
ant lounging place is only abandoned. but 1t is
relegated in the minds of its owners TO the semi
annual limbo of tennis fannes. mosquito MEETINGS
and other tropical Accomplishments OF rural iife.
As matter of fact the hundreds Of people who
live in the country all the year round ought 10
realize what peculiarly fine sitting room for the
winter an inclosed veranda makes. few have
arrived at this realization. But 1t Is seldom that
one meets with such a perfect adaptation OF the
idea as exists in certain New-England valley
This veranda is fully fifteen feet wide perhaps
even more IT extends around three sides OF a
large stone house, with breaks only for the porte
cochere and similar features. 1t is surrounded by
a stone parapet between two and three feet high
and IL is rooted with soping roof The floor Is OF
handsome hardwood. In the summer this spacious
corridor Is with easy-chairs rugs, cushions,
tables books palms and flowers in beautiful vases,
and is indeed a kind of drawing 1t is the
prettiest background for afternoon teas for miles
around In the winter not any OF Its glores fade.
The entire structure is glazed. The decorations
and furniture remain. The teas are continued
And while the visitors enjoy all the homeke COM
forts of the summer they have stretched before
them one of the loveliest landscapes In the East.
How we'll Maud carries herself this year" said
the mother Of a half-grown girl rather envously
TO a friend whose little daughter was most beau
tifcllv erect
Yves: must say she has greatly improved" an
swered the other complacently, "and take great
credit to myself about it. tried everything dumb
bells calsthencs braces; nothing did her any good
until finally the happy idea occurred TO me to test
the moral effect of clothes l gave her very pretty
frocks. discarded the loose blouse waist altogeth-
er. and had everything fitted with the greatest
care. And 1t really wrought miracle Like every
true woman. she loves pretty clothes, and she soon
took pride in the fit and appearance OF her frocks.
while / spared pains in showing her how the
nicesi-looking dress may be quite spoiled IL worn
by dowdy. round shouldered person. Certainly.
the prescription has worked wonders, and l do
not believe If moderate my tactics, now that
have won my case. that will find that have
fostered an undue love of apparel"