Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-03-22
ELEVATORS IN PRIVATE HOUSES

j. j. Astor's is Attended by Maid ana
Decorated with IL Wonderful! Pastel on
Kid-The Gould Elevator Motto-'ander-
bilt's IL Lighted by Il Life-Size Figure
Holding AIoft a CanGelabrum-Ne rh' ;
and Belmoat Elevators.
who knows most; him loss Of time most
grioves."
This is the motto which faces the fanny
of John Jacob Aston each morning AT
breakfast time. end again at dinner ana
at other times during the day. 1t Is cary
cd into the upper rear panel of the ma
boranv elevator which lifts them from the
dining room to the upper floors OF the
house. II is an odd motto for an elevator
i'm private house and one much more
suited 10 an Office building. But elevators
I'm business houses seldom have d2coIa-
tions and Daute's line goes unused
The Astor elevator is a small one -ou'
feet square. and only intended for four
persons. 1t is worked by "h'le-
aproned maid. who sits inside the car with
q neat bit Of sewing waiting for the eiec-
tric ting-g-g-g. Inside there Is short sell
Zee upholstered in red velvet, small Per-
sian rug and a square ocvelled glass MR.
ror Al the back is wonderful pasteI
on kid.
1t cost about $500. Irrespective Of the mo-
for powcr. which is the same as IS used
iu running the steam and electric iSh'-
ing and heating and the tapestry. Ihe
elevator lands in the staircase hail. near
the door Of the drawing room. it mas Out
side of it a bust Of the man whose seHu-
ment is within the elevator-Danle.
The elevator in the Cornelius Wander
bilt palace. opposite Central Park, Is very
elegant. Ii is large enough for family
breakfast party of five, but 1t is undec-
GRATED. except in panels of leather tackled
with brass nails. Its ceiling is "A Qaneiled
cove ceiling. with stained glass windows
in many co!ors. 1t is lighted by liIe-size
figure of a woman in marble, carrying on
her beautiful shoulders q great bronze
candeIabrum. Its cushions are in green
Mr.. Vanderbilts favorite, and there Is the
great gold above the panels. Th' moor
is Mexican ONYX. The elevator only runs
from the second to the main floor and
onens almost into the breakfast ROOM
4 bow i'm buttons attends it. An electric
bell is concealed under q bunch of metal
grapes and leaves.
An elevator is such q convenience, and
with the modern electric plants so mex
uensive 10 run. that il is 10 wonder that
there are SEQ in New York City alone. \
Gotham firm has placed fifty in Phi.adel-
phia i'm the last year; and very fine ele-
vator firm of ST. Louis is constantly send
ing the cars TO different cities for plac-
ing and adjusting The necessities are
space. power and some one TO run them.
A daughter of the late Roscoe Conkling
has one of the snuggest little elevators in
New York 1t is placed i'm the drawing
room and can be operated by any one. \
pull at the rope and you rise. a reverse
pull and you descend. In this way count
less steps and. in the end, many stair
carpet is saved.
ELEVATOR DECORATIONS.
The actual elevator idea is not new, but
anything in their decoration is novel Now
elevators are coming to fine art point
when they will be things of admiration
as well as ease and comfort.
When Mrs. George Gould purchased her
tall Fifth avenue house and ordered an
elevator put into it, her manufactures
asked her if she wanted any motto carved
in the back. She is q woman Of quick
resources. and Immediately one of Whit
tiers bird lines spranS to her lips. But
she thought it over and chose Hope tells
of things beyond these months and days,
which was the motto ON her sun dial at
Furlough Lodge.
c. r. Yerkes, the Chicago cable king,
owns a little elevator finished in French
blue with floor of oak so evenly put to-
gether that you cannot see the joints.
A member of the Rockefeller family
who has an invalid wife recently ordered
a small elevator placed in the landing m
the upper hall of his town house As the
house is an old-fashioned tall one with
winding stairs very little space could be
spared for the elevator, but he built IL
the size of an arm chair and had ceiling
Of cupids and nymphs riding on clouds.
\ very elegant little fad. INDUCED in by
a popular actress OF to-day, is the scented
elevator service of her home. When You
call TO see her you invariably find her
'indisposed." This means. if you are an
intimate friend, that YOU will be conducted
through n tiny reception room heavy with
violets and into little car that actually
drips with scent When you step out
You are in a frame of mind as receptive
as could be wished
The elevator in the New York house OF
Mrs. O. II. z. Belmont is fitted up with
many things, like a little room of con-
venience. There are tiny clothes brushes,
fans and opera glasses, and racks for
wraDs When Mrs. Belmont steps out OF
the elevator into the fireplace hall. maid
adjusts her skirt, removes any particle OF
dust, hands out her opera glasses if it is
opera night. and takes n fur wrap from
the rack. These small articles are all fin
ished in silver with little racks for them
in the same material
A CAETELLANE TRICK.
The cleverest thing ever done at a pri-
vate house was accomplished at one Of
the recent entertainments of the Countess
Castellane. Though suffering from q
French name. this youthful matron has
an American head and has introduced
home notions into her Paris life. Her
house is fitted with an elevator service
equal 20 that of her brother on this side
Of the water. At the last dinner dance,
which she gave in September. she station
ed her orchestra in the elevator. Palms
concealed the door and the music came
from soue mysterious region.
After dinner. when the ball room up