The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-14
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Mr. and Mrs Cleveland have had sew
eral homes, but there is little doubt
that their new home in Princeton will
soon dislodge any of the previous resi-
dences that have worked well down
into their affections. The White house.
Red Top the New York house, Gray
Gables and Woodley is an excellent list,
but Princeton is easily up to the aver
age, and the classic old town, with it's
manifold beauties of nature, hopes to
complete the list.
The house has been in the hands of
painters, paperhangers, plasterers and
plumbers for weeks. Much mas been
done on the interior and considerable
remains to be done, although tire house
has been occupied by Mrs. Cleveland
and the children for several days. The
mansion has been redecorated and the
walls rehung from cellar 10 ga1ret.
Light and cheerful tints prevail. The
woodwork has not been changed. 1t
is all in the colonial fashion ard of
good design, marked by happy sim
plicity of detail. The old-fashioned high
ceilings are relieved by heavy ard espe-
cially effective mouldings, which were
put in when the house was built. The
woodwork of the entire house is painted
colonial white.
The house is built with a wide hall
down the middle Of it, with rooms On
either side. The hall has a paneled
wainscoting five feet high. Above this
the tinting Of the walls an unusual
shade of Nile green, remains. The
stairs have a walnut rail, supported by
white rods. The landing halfway up
is in a colonial style, too admirably
proportional ever to grow tireSOme
and on it is to stand a real gran d.
fathers clock.
To the right Of the hall is the recep-
ton room. The room has a southeast
exposure, and is made still SUMMER in
effect by the walls, which are soft,
warm tone Of golden yellow, with
panels of paper in a colonial design,
surrounded by the plain yellow tint.
The mantel is of wood, very simple,
and painted white. All OF the Inantels
in the house, with two exceptions, are
of wood. The two exceptions are of
marble, one white and one dark. They
are oldfashioned, but so thoroughly in
harmony with the house scheme that
Mrs Cleveland ordered them not to be
disturbed.
Every room in tn house has it's fire.
place, and they are fireplaces meant
for use, too, for while the house is
heated by a furnace the ceilings are
so high and the rooms so large that
open fires will be welcome. Mrs. Cleve-
land, moreover, is fond of the sight of
a blazing open fire.
The dining room is back of the recep-
ton room. The walls are papered in
imitation Of tapestry, in rich, but dull.
tones of brown, blue and green They
are dark, but by no means sombre, and
form an admirable background for the
white and exquisitetly appointed table,
which should be the focal point of a
dining room on feast day.
The great library, which will be the
sitting room Of the family, is oppo-
site the drawing room on the west side
of the hall. Low book shelves, painted
white, extend about three sides of the
room. The windows are hung with
curtains of Pompeiian red silk, a color
which is repeated, or rather suggested
3 In the paper of the walls, on which an
olive green and pale yellow combine
with the red. Pompeiian red is a ia
Vorite color with Mrs Cleveland OF a
decided and strong personality, she pre-
1ers strong and simple coTors. She has
no liking for lifeless, neutral tints, The