The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-28
BATHROOMS THAT COST.
yIrTED OUT IN GOLD AND SILVER
AND FINE MARBLES.
those costing io.oO to siS.ooo Each
Not 80 Very Uncommon Hercabout. Al
though Mr. spreckcis's celebrated bath
room Q. stirring San Francisco Society.

though Mr. spreckcla's cold Bath
room d. stirring san Francisco society.
The gold. plated, marble-lined bathroom which
4, 10 he such n feature Of Claus Spreckcls's new
house has created n great deal Of stir In San
francisco and elsewhere. Some OF the New
York plumbers wonder why.
Maybe gold. plated fixtures have Just got to
San Francisco" said one Of them the other day,
"hut it isn't anything to make such n hullabaloo
shout. We've been putting them in for the last
ZEN years. Are they common Well. hardlyi
Blu, there are bathrooms with gold fittings here
IN New York. As for silver, that's too common
now to attract attention"
In spite OF the naughty plumbers declaration,
1t may be that common, everyday people who
are glad to paint their tin hathtubs white and
put linolcum on the floor, just so they have u
bathroom at all. will be interested In the
magnificent provisions which the rich make
for cleanliness. 1t would he invidious to
mention names. Therefore, II may be stated
that a certain wealthy man living In Fifth
avenue. abreast OF Central Park. is said to
have next to the finest bathroom In New York
city. He has II large house. hut the casual
passcr.by would he surprised to know that II
contains ten bathrooms. They are MI elaborate
enough. but II Is the master of the house who
has the finest one. The floor OF the room is Of
fhe finest Carrara marble. so are the walls up
10 a height Of about five feet. Above that limo
are platc-glass mirrors. The tub is an imported
one OF porcelain and all the fittings are OF
sterling silver. Even the elaborate framework
Of the shower bath is of silver. The owner OF
this house is building n mansion in Newport, and
the fitting up of eight bathrooms is no insiRnifi-
can tenn of the cost.
che finest bathroom in New York is that of
sir Cornelius Vanderbilt. Hers Is the most
Beautiful NJ the fifteen bathrooms In the Van
arrtIt house at Fifth avenue and Fifty-scventh
street. The room itself is about twelve by six
teen feet, and Ii absolutely perfect in appoint
,rnt. The chief object Of beauty in the furnish
IN is the tub. This tub is about five feet In
length. and Is cut from "A solid piece OF pure
white Carrara marble. The interior is beauti-
fully polished and the exterior Is deliberately
carved. The whole thing was made in Italy. and
brought TO this country at an expense which can
only bc guessed at by people who are not in the
habit OF bringing home marble masterpieces Of
sculpture for their bath tubs. The tub rests on
carved marble supports. The floor Is paved
with white tiles. and the walls to the height OF
four or five feet are wainscotcd with white tiles
eNou... fcly decorated in gold. The remainder OF
the wall space is covered with mirrors. and "a
unique feature Of the room Ia the ceiling, which
Is also foriucd of mirrors.
4 banker living In one Of the streets west OF
'c 'a'A mus u O"'"'o"ih n''V" "P "A'er uoslshS
brought from Europe. In his case there are none
ofthe usual pipes and faucets for supplying wa.
ter TO the tub. Instead there are two life-size
swans of solid silver. which spout respectively
hot and cold water from their open bills.
The naughty plumber said that New York
people OF wealth were very particular about
their bathrooms. They are not only particular.
they are capricious. People spend thousands OF
dollars fitting mp their baths, and after a little
while they take n notion that something else
yi,i .ni, ,har, ,o,,or T,ar r,n on, ,ho 80
WI. SUIT ,n'n, o'.''r' 'ne! rip U. 'ne onyh
costly porcelain tub; it's too high or too low.
And so it goes-r,eraily goes. Speaking of the
height OF tubs. he said that in many cases the
new bathrooms are furnished with tubs which
by marble or porcelain feet. As for the cost of a
fine bathroom. one plumber said that the finest
nary" fine bathroom costs from 81 800 to g., 900.
The bathrooms in the new hotels cost about 800
apiece. One Of the largest of these hotels con,
taihs s2"oo"o worth OF bathrooms. As far as
cerncd The bangbtv nlumbcr said ,ha, there ia
not much Inference either will tarnish Il not
mattel tho MATING viii have r. h. p,neyycd ne.
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