The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-18
From the New York World.

LlOn.
From the New York World.
As a rule pugilists lead very gay lives
and have no ideas on the subject of domes-
ITCHY. But Champion Corbett is an ex-
ception. Although be has a lively enough
time on the road, the great fighter has
established Tor himself 4 home in New
York city fit for a millionaire. and he
spends the greater part of his time when
in town at his own castle. In the modern
three-story brown-stOne house, l46 West
Eighty-eighth street. the champion lives
with his wife, her father, G. p. Lake, and
his dogs. There are many more pre-
tentious residences in that rather arts
tocratic part of town, but none
more cozy The Corbetts are
great entertainers, and their friends,
particularly those of the gentler sex, are
already in ecstacies over the place.
Although the house is beautifully fur
nished now. it will be a veritable palace
when the art dealers and decora tors get
through with it. Corbett is fond of pic
lures, but he hasn't had time to pick up
an extensive collection.
The drawing room on the first floor,
now in the hands of the Grescoers, Is
rather an undressing place Temporal
rily, and it is kept closed. The main
hallway, however. would almost do
for a parlor, with a little more
width. The polished hard wood floor
shows here and there through dainty
Turkish rugs, and a great carved oak
coatrack upon which a pot of palms
rests, together with few water COlOrS
on the walls, make the hall inviting.
The staircase is what first caught Cor
belts eye when he was house hunting
1t is handsome affair of carved oak,
with hard pine steps. Back of the draw
ingroom is the diner" as COrbett calls
it. A sidebOard at the right hand side is
well supplied witch silverware and cut
glass. In the closets underneath some
very choice liquids for toddies and that
sort of thing are kept. Corbett doesn't
go in much for toddies, but some of his
friends are weak in that direction.
A handsome punch bowl is also very
much in evidence, and is always filed
with liquid hospitality whenever there is
company, which is pretty much all the
time when Corbett is in town. If there
is one thing Mrs. CorbetJ can do better
than another it is to cOncoct a smooth and
fetching punch. She is fond of com
pany, and no one who calls at the Corbett
house misses a chance to repeat the visit.
The Corbetts are nothing ii not hospita-
BILE. a bout the punch Mrs. Cor0ett says
she doesn't know how she learned to
make it.
1T cost Jim an awful lot of money at
first" she said. why, 1 don't know
how many bottles of claret went to waste
until struck the combination"
Does MIR. Corbett like the punchF"
"Oh, well, not exactly" she said with
smile % sometimes he tries it, but !
really believe he'd rather have beer, al
though he doesn't drink much of that.
But Jim's friends like the punch, so
don't care about his opinion"
The Corbett family's meals are served
on an oaken table with big carved legs and
some carving at the sides. Aud, sur
prising as it may seem, the cook suits
them. They have had the same one every
since they began housekeeping, nearly a
| month ago.
Il don't know as it is good policy to
| give it away" remarked the champion
| boxer after his third meal at home, but
that cook is jewell She got cato my
curves from the start, and [ wouldn't lose
! her for farm"
Corbett is big man and naturally has
a big appetite. The cook has carte blanche
in the ordering line, and the table, though
| expensive, is CorreSpondingly good.
On the mantel in the dining-roOm there
| is a photograph of the master of the
| house in ring costume. This is the only
| thing about the place to indicate the pro
| fession of the owner. The front room or
the second floor is Mrs. Corbett's. The
walls are hung in blue and the room i:
tastefully fitted up. Right back of 1t i:
the Turkish room. The neighbors go il
droves to see this apartment, and if the
eXcltem ent keeps up and the times i'm
| prove there will be more Turkish rooms
in the vicinity of West Eighty-eightt
street than there are in Turkey. AL
though the hangings are rather dark
| there is an air of warmth about this room
that makes the CRATE under the mantle
look out of place.
The walls are covered with a curiosly
figured cloth, and from the ceiling is sus
| pended the Quaintest chandelier in town
Its colored glass sides give the room ar
odd appearance when the gas is lighted
In one corner stands a piano which i;
used by Mrs. Corbett and occasionally by
her husband, who can play chopsticl
waltz with great feeling and effect. AS
rule he doesn't play in company. Mrs
Corbett sings some and plays the banb
! splendidlv. Father-in-Law Lake nov
and again tackles "Larboard Watch,
and the waitress, chambermaid ard cool
all have the Sweet Marie" fever. Sc
the household is not without music
| long, carved settee, with a huge
back, takes up one side of this room
This is covered with silken cushions, upol
which the champion reclines when be
smokes his after-dinner Turkish cigarette
There is no end of bric-a- brac on the wall
and shelves. The curtains are OF som
| queer Turkish stuff, which matches in il
| general color the rugs and side walls
Then comes the bathroom, which Mr.
Lake likes because there are two window
in il. Corbett fancies it for the reason
that it is the finest bathroom he eve
looked at. The tub in which TIN
| champion spends nearly an hour ever.
morning, is one of those porcelain affair
with silver-plated fixtures Glazed whit
! tiling makes the floor.
The upper floor is divided into sleeping
rooms, all com tortably but not elaDO
rately furnished TheChampion will ust
good part OF the basement for a billiard
room as soon as the table is finished
While he doesn't consider himself
match for such men as Ives, Schaefer o
SlosSon, it takes a pretty fair amateur t
beat him at billiards.
There is only one place in the who'll
establishment which savors of athletics
and that's the cellar, where nobody gOe
but Corbett. Here are stored wrist ma
chimes, wrestling mats, dumb-bells and
everything needed TO set up first-clas'
gymnasium. He's going TO swing punch
ing ball from the ceiling in day or two