The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24


is the gem of the suite; it is IN rich,
dark green with the gold wreathed
decorations which belong TO the First
Empire.
On the second floor is a lovely Morn
ing room, all rose coIored, white and
gold. The floor will be covered with
carpets of rose-colored velvet, and the
same exquisite color will be repeated
in the upholstery of the easy chairs,
lounges, window seats and draperies.
Mrs. Vanderbilt's desk Of inlaid ma
hogany will stand in a sunny corner,
and She will receive all her intimate
friends here, informally
Gorgeous Bathroom.
Back of this lovely room is Mrs.
Vanderbilt's own room, a spacious
apartment, decorated in pale green and
gold. Opening out of this room is an
exquisite bathroom, of cleaning white
marble with fixtures of porcelain and
silver. The end room Of this suite,
which is on the Madison avenue side.
is to be furnished for young Master
Harold Sterling Vanderbilt, who Is
now a great boy of eleven and has out
grown his nursery and his nursery
governess, and is ready for his own
room and his tutors. All of the wood
work iii this pretty room is of oak, and
bright, rich crimson. The furniture
will be in oak, and will be just as com
plete as any full-grown gentleman's in
the city, besides holding many things
which every strong, healthy boy finds
indispensable to his comfort.
Miss COnsueIO's Sitting-Room.
Across the hallway, with its window
seats and pretty corners formed by
the winding stairway, is the dainty lit
tie room set aside for Miss ConSuelo'S
sitting-room The walls are eXqulsltely
done in pale lavender, f1ecked with Sill
yer; there is a frieze of white and pur-
pie violets, and around the footpoard
these dainty colors are repeated IN
punches of lilacs Joined by loops and
bowknots of silver ribbon.
The room is to be furnished to suit
the delicate coloring of the walls ana
ceiling. The little bedroom, opening
out of it, is all white and gold, and as
every maiden's should be, the ceiling
of clouds and cupids will furnish just
the needed amount of coloring to make
the room perfect.
On the third floor are the guests
rooms. three in number, the first to be
fitted in rich orange color and white,
the second in blue and silver, and the
third in old rose. Across the hall is
the suite devoted to Willie K. Wander
bilt, jr., the 16-year-old son, who is
now at college. The suite consists OF
library and bedroom.
These rooms young Mr.. Vanderbilt will
have decorated and furnished TO suit
himself.
On the forth floor IS the smoking
room, a quaint little apartment in
Moorish coloring, the sewing-room, and
4 gymnasium Mrs. Vanderbilt and MISS
ConsueIo are members of the Michaux
club, and are getting to be
experts on the wheel. This room, which
will be called the gymnasium, will
have the floor arranged so as to dead
en- all sound, and here they will prac-
tice on their wheels in little bicycling
hall of their own. Miss Consuelo is very
clever with the foils, and she and her
girl friends will have great bouts here
on the damp, rainy days, when she
does not care to go out to the Berkeley |
Lyceum gymnasium.
From the roof, which has a tall, ar |
tistic railing around it, there is a |
view of Central park, and |
Mrs. Vanderbilt will probably utilize |
this big space in giving unique roof |
garden entertainments during the |
evenings of the spring and |
fall. There is an elevator in the house,
Of course, for this has come to be a |
necessary adjunct to all of the modern
houses.
a Kind Mistress to Servants.
The kitchen and the servants quar-
ters are removed from the house prop
er. in a wing, which is not visible from
he street. Most of the old servants
will go with the Vanderbilts into their
new home. They will not need more
han half of the forty who were neces-
;ary in the great house they are leay-
ng. ". Vanderbilt is just and
lind mistress, and her servants have
oeen with her for years and appreciate
he kindly interest which she feels in
hem. They have a pleasant sitting
.oom In the new house, and can count
lpon Mrs. Vanderbilt's continuing her
I'D custom of sending them to the
.heatre occasionally and Of providing
course dinners on Christmas and
to which they are al
owed to invite their friends.
In a week or more Mrs. Vanderbilt
md Miss Consuelo will sail for Europe
o purchase some of the beautiful new
hings for their house, which million