The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-08
From London Answers.

sedgy Pool In Which the own
nathed As a Boy.
From London Answers.
# is a very fortunate circumstance I
4be 5000 trades of the United Kingdom e
gaged at the present moment in the pr
auction of high-class furniture, that L
millionaire as a rule. being a very astu
person, fights shy of antiques, the sale
which profits no one but the dealer. +
will occasionally give $50 guineas a pa
for old cut-glass decanters, invest fe
thousand in SeYres or plank down f4.C
for a necklace of black pearls once ii
property of Marie Antoinette, Queen
France have known him even to bl
suits of North Italian three-quarter arm.
at 500 guineas, but old furniture he shun
Collectors may think a Louis XIV gi
suite, upholstered in the famous GobeliI
tapestry-which, after 200 years wea
looks as good as new-dirt cheap at sd
guineas, or ransack Europe to procure !
upright secretaire of the Louis XVI perid
in parQuetry, with massive mountings
gilt-bronze. The millionaire will ha
none of them. Originality is what d
millionaire signs for when furnishing al
Ehat he is prepared to pay any money,
secure.
Not long since one of the richest mem
the world went secretly to Naples.
had heard that the authorities were NJ
pared 10 dispose of some marble coluns
which had been eXcavated from the rus
of Pompeii. He bought the lot. tWee
in all, at H,OO each. When he found tit
his library, for which he had intend
them, could accommodate seven only ie
had the remaining five DESTROYED altboth
he was offered double what he gave 5r
them.
A west end firm which is now furrh-
Ang the country residence of one of t,se
gold kings paid $4,000 for the design ofhe
4S-a-yard curtain Intended for one ofhe
reception rooms. Not content with Id
ing man he could rely on to T,voT to
see that the design was not approprked.
ne mad the loom cards on which theDat-
tern was drawn destroyed, togethertith
the original Design the moment tn or
him $1,000 00@'
Millionaires, as a rule, are too sdsihIe
when furnishing to limit the expenditure
When perfection is required. carte Anche
must be given. They also rarelvinter-
tere in the work-not that a millioI1ire is
necessarily destitute of taste IN The
contrary, their suggestions are frequently
valuable. Once 1 Uncovered ma soma
books Of silver-leaf, Intended for he dec
Grafton OF the leaves, &tc., whith formed
part Oh the oak carvingA Of the library of
mouse OF rich diamond king, were tar
nisnea at the edges about one-sixteenth
+ ~ :.
men to cut them down, whb the milton
ARE entered. Don't cut hemr, he ex-
CLAIMED. Put them on a thew arer,
W men II was seen what a kautiful tiled
eiecl the furnished edges gae thev wera
Immediately lacquared over tdprevent ftIr-
'her furnishing. To prevent It's idea from
coming into general use it willie natented
inc only really vulgar mil.ioaire 7 ever
met nailed from Chicago. I4hau never
Aolset the look of disappointment which
Grept over his face when he injected the
III pie carpet which had Aeen spec-
ldiiy woven for him at &c los a Ma Al
though l pointed out that the maers Ma
succeeded in securing that purte tint
Wmch gives the desired Jaspa e,eo+ n
a pattern. -''9 iNilo on
~. III VAN pointed out that it waso,ite
impossible to have a pattern on a Arnet
5 s PIE OF which was an inch and abaif
e7p, and the finest patterns were Annd
S \. me cheapest carpets. He was ouie
a. one color" pa 9'ieoe -
,olo Wen e. you are not restricted to one
ooior, said, ironically. IF we ca1,f
give you pattern, we can an effect Will
~ you say to rainbow"
ne Shled at the rainhour hut -
1 na!iioeu TO a sunset; and a sunset he IA
naIa ,.a, Diue SKY at one end, melting I'd a
of e,oy Silo" III the center, with fiery banks
vi soiden clouds and a setting sun at IT.
tistII ne was so delighted with this az
~ production that he actually qa,a
eas I'm Whlch manufactured it 100 euin-
~ s io' 20 make another like il. Needless
" M sdy the offer was accepted
me most interesting feat,,ra 4, +bo
mousse now approaching comniatjo11 80
- with, 1t is said. six nnjlIionS :
e I9 oeuroom. Forty years ago he left the
No.. 1alLilhouse in Cheshire, where he had
W porn' and took up his residence in
Ia5 LIN IN, 10 carry on the business which
No.. zen IeIt him. So infected did he he
,e ot,e with the thirst for gold that till his
So 'i ,p,n three years ago he practically
'pSnl MS life at his office.
Il Nv, NV. the old love returned and so great
tbfrrr 49, Gu ne mas conceived for any,
10 - "lIC me-, reminds him of big cities that
"a, Hot only never visits London. but as
A.. DIS as possible has all his meals out of
rbfob NO one entering the apartment in
, bainI ne sleeps would imagine that it was
10 ~ o Ooln' The carpets a yard-thanka
w. 80 o72 inch pile and the sllbdued light
10y Dy oay' moon by night, which steals
o,aiousn the roof, eighty feet high and
1 ,erI,IS 70 look like the sky, exactly re-
,bai.S the grass. The bed is slung in
r .-o'i - OF gold between four wrought
W. rees, the chasing OF which Is So ex-
49, 49, that 1t is only by the touch the
,er,,p ptoh becomes apparent. Small logs
NV, ne as furniture, the interior of larger
NJ ~ iioVidlng the accessories of the toilet.
d. path' although made Of finest porce-
h m, Is colored to resemble the sedgy pool
70. mhich the owner bathed as a bow. A
..osoaae provides/hot and cold water. AL
,o SS.ler the apartment, which is 100 feet
U ware Is the most unique bedroom in the
M ~ the houses of other millionaires there
b,. many more expensive bedrooms than
or mere Is one in London remarkable
va us nan OF marble, on the principal
~. o9m Of which no less than eco Gao
M, s peen lavished. As the limits of
~, D, ~ ueie preclude detailed description.
n ny DC sufficient to say that the decorat-
- Vi the ceiling cost e OOO. the dra nariaa