The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-27
In W0man'S World.

One of the most fantastic houses ever
flied up to please a wealthy owner is that
lately built for John Van Beers, the
Dutch painter, whose portraits of pretty
women nave won for him the soubriquet
of eLe MISSIONER des Danes"
Among other odd features of this won
der house is an ~octagonal hall, the walls
of fretted marble, the entrances draped
with yellow velvet.
six groups of lights illuminate this hall
The base of each is a cathedral stall of
exquisitely carved wood, copied from
those in the chaneel at Dordecht.
The group of lights is after the candel-
abrurn in the cathedral at Milan, and is
in the form of a towering fern, a sort of
magnihed lily-of-tne-valley, from which
hang red and white blossoms
In the Milan cathedral each blossom
holds a candle, but in the artists house
each one contains an electric globe.
The color scheme of the dining room
is violet and silver, every shade from pur-
pie to mauve being represented; even the
windows. filed in with violet glass, are
studded with pale amethyst discs. The
table is of plate glass and copper. From
the interior come shafts of light, and the
cloth used at night is transparent. When
every one of the dozen guests is served
with the first course the center of the fa-
bile sinks out of sight, the void being
! filled in the twinlsling Of an eye with "
| flaps made of the finest ivory, embossed
with metal and gems; at an electric signal
given by the host, back slide the ivory
leaves, and the table is once more seen
to be complete, the circle laden with
whatever may be the second course. over
the centre of the table is a silver bel,
studded with mauve and white discs, each
containing an electric lamp. The oel Is
suspended from a terrestrial globe, when
is itself hung from a gold sun fastened
TO the ceiling amid clouds carved In high
relief. Bell, globe and clouds form a
Jacobs ladder for a flock of angels and
cupids. The blue, mauve and white wings
of the angels carry out the general
scheme of color. in this fantastic apart
ment.
The artists bedroom is an exact repre-
duction Of a room in the palace of Ans-
Har-Wat. and he thinks III would SAD
den the heart of a Babylonian." TIC
color scheme is range, green and s2ii
The bed Is huge and supported by four
large carved palm leaves. Behind aha
above the couch are colored bas-rehefs
copied from some in a Hindu temste-
The apartment is lighted by a soilen
flower attached by arabesqses. to the
looking-glass, which forms the ceiling,
and if more light is needed it car be ab-
tanned from two other blossoms held by
Hindo gods standing on each side Of he
Indian panoramic landscape which 'iils N
one side of the apartment. THO waits are
hung with apple-green yeivet embroidered
with metal flowers ard emerald erysiaiS-
Above the velvet runs a narrow daao on
which dancing dervisaes are sculpture
in relief. The lattice windows are filled in
with orange stained glass, and both the
bedspread and ecarpet are of the same
vivid tint.
A Moorish room, with a glass floor,
which is lighted from below Is another
curiosity of M. Van Beers Paris house.
There is a fine large Kitchen" will often
be heard from the h~ouse-hunter, but every
foot Of room beyond what Is neaded IS Il
distinct detriment, says HaHper's Bazaar.
Most of the French hotel Kitchens. where
fascinating gastronomic marveis are pre-
duced. consist of a range and a table At
the ook's back, with just enough room
for him to stand in. His pots and pans
are hung on hooks on one side OF the
range. and the necessary dishes are
ranged on wall-shelves at the other. lie
wastes no steps.
If s.piped'' water is introduced from a
town or city waterworks the labor ef
housekeeping is immensely diminished,
but as this happy condition is by no means
universal. the location of the well or t5e
cistern become an important consider
alton. Thousands of steps may be saved
and hundreds of exposures avoided hN
linking before hand on these: a little
longer piece Of lead pipe will bring ire
cistern water into the kitchen. SO thai the
pump can be placed close 20 the sink, ana
A short length of rubbe hose fitted to Tie
spout will save the heavy lifting that
keeps many women i'll all their lives.
Space and steps can be economical by
by placing the kitchen windows SO high
in the wall that a hanging table can ne
placed under them, and put up out Of the
way when not in use.
Some of the undesirable s1argeness' OF
the kitchen could be utilized in a light
closet. where all cooking utensils, from
pots and pans to aesthetic jelly moulds,
could be stored, and the kitchen sink, OF
iron. with legs of the same material,
would give no means of hiding damp rags
and brushes to breed mould and bacteria.
The kitchen sink itself, and the sink in
the buffers pantry, should be arranged
on the same plan, with a broad shelf for
soiled dishes at the right, and a grooved
drain board at the left, and a dresser
Immediately above for the reception Of
the cleaned dishes. Suppose you reverse
the position of the table and the board.
Washing dishes three times a day for s65
DAYS of one year mak 1,095 dish wash
ings. Think Of the vital force wasted put
ting these dishes across to the other sidei
Until a race of left handed dish washers
shall have been evolved the arrangement
described is the only proper one. The
doors leading from the buffers pantry to
the dining room, and from the kitchen into
the pantry, should be swing doors, hung
so that a maid with a full tray of dishes
can pass without touching them, while
"a ..doe;rob1a crnoJ1e and sounds of the