The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-23

gets back to New York. and then he
starts all over again, only that he
does not work. In his performances,
spectators are naturally led to the sup
position that the gross receipts are
divided between the professor and his
wire, with perhaps an assistant or two
included; but there are othera-
twenty-sever of them-and all travel
with him. There are, besides these.
SIX horses and seven driving vehicles,
regular armory and armorer, to say
nothing of photograph gallery and
all the rest of it. This all takes three
cars. NOW Hermann finds that he Is
onhged to leave soma of his pets at
nome because of space, and so is hav
ing another car built His latest ven-
ture is to build his own locomotive.
What Money Can Buy.
Herrmann's private car is mag
innocent affair. It cost $4,000 to build
ana ana SS,ooO was put on it afterwards.
II IS punt under the Mann patents.
put OF a special design. The wheels
are A inches. whereas the standard
OUT 80 inches; and the floor is a
Irebie one. First comes the plank
noerlng, then a flooring of mineral
WOOD, to deaden the noise, then a par
quet floor; and with twelve Wheels
under the whole it is almost impossi-
DIE Tor passengers to tell when the
car is moving, so steady is it's car
rage and all noise from the rails
deadened. 1t is finished in CHARTERED
oak and embossed leather Every
panel in the leather work is different
IN Design from its fellow and all are
designed by artists. In the front Of
the car is the professors office, where
Is cabinet, typewriter desI and
machlne, shut-up desk, bookcase,
letter files, gun rack with six shell
ana rifle weapons, and lounge.
slowed away in cornors are a photo
graph, a Photographic outfit and half
a a dozen other things. Next to the Of
nee is Madame Herrmann's boudoir,
which is calculated to kill with envy
any woman who may see it. Fo1r
sides and the ceiling are covered with
brocaded satin of a pale sea-foam
green tint heavily padded, with but
tons sunk into it fully two inches.
One-half the space is taken I'D by
large bed, which is draped with silk
curtains to match the room, and be-
neath the bed is a luxurious bathtub,
which slides on rollers. Four panel
plate glass mirrors run from floor to
ceiling and, the same as the entire
car, the apartment is lighted at night
by gas.
Luxury and Convenience.
Next is the toilet room and beyond
1t the professors own apartment He
was not SO kind to himself as to the
madame, for his bunk is severely
plain, if quarter-sawed oak and en-
bosSed decorated leather can be made
to appear plain. The body of the car
is taken up with the living-room; also
the dining-room in the center of which
stands a large table, and the walls
are hung with pictures taken on the
professors country residence, White
stone, Long Island. One is a picture If
the steam yacht Fra Diavola, owned
by Hermann.
There are, besides the apartments
mentioned. spare room, kitchen.
pantries, etc.
Perhaps more interesting than this
private car is the one which is de-
signed to carry the fanciful magicians
stable. Hermann carries six horses
with him, and all six are at present in
the Palace stables. The leader of the
string is Cock Robin, winner where
ever he is shown in tandem and
magnificent piece of horsefiesh. There
is not pony among them. Hermann
is very fond of his horses and it is
said to be a toss-up whether he takes
as much pains to see after his own
comfort as he does of his horses. For
his six horses he carries on the road
with him a tallyho. a coupe, Victoria
a Kensington, English tandem, an
exercising cart and a Palo Alto cart.
There are besides three dogs. also par
ticular friends of the man, who loves
animals and proposes to get fun out
of life. even if he has to work to yet
1t. The stable car has six stalls at
the forward end for the six horses,
with a door dividing them in sets of
three, which is provided with a gang
way for the horses to be run over
At the last stall and towards the body
of the car is nine-foot doorway also
provided with a gangway. which is
to be used in loading and unloading
the vehicles. As it would be difficult
to turn these when once they are in
the car, a sliding runway is in the
floor. and when a carriage is once on
there, loaded in the very center of
the car, 1t can easily be pushed by one
man to the rear and so out of tive way.
The harness-room is a complete one
and a Baker heater will provide hot
and cold water throughout. Before
each horse is a trough. with faucet,
into which water can be turned. There
are also berths for the professors
although he does not present himself
20 the audiences at the theatre; the
hostler. a stable boy and the rest Of
the crew-six in all
The Finishing Touch
Now all the professor lacks is his
engine. He fairly dotes on it already.
even If he has never seen it. He has
got more fun mapped out for the en-
gineer and fireman he is to hire than
any man now or ever on the public
stage. Such an engine as it is to be.
too. There is TO be an observation
bridge built over the boilers in front
Of the cab, where the professor and
his friends may sit and gaze upon the
heeting scenery as the engineer-who
will be his own employee-sends his
train through the atmosphere at
whatever rate of speed may best suit
the whim of the owner and the lee
way given to him in the running Or
ders
The third car is baggage car. used
for that purpose alone, and the fourth.
plans for which are now being pre-
pared, is to carry such other residents
at Whitestone as the professor NAV
consider life hardly worth living with
out.