New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-29
MEMENTOS OF DAMP LIFE.
SOLDIER BOYS SEND HOME PALMS IL
THE GIRLS LEFT BEHIND.
. NEW FAD THAT RESULTS IN TURNING ONE
ROOM OF THE SUMMER HOME INTO

Room OF THE SUMMER HOME INTO
SMALL JUNGLE.
Tho bovs N blue are sending home from tior'oa
or the tropical and seuni-tropcal places lheS arc
ouartered H. leaves branches ana even pia"'S q"
mementos OF their camp life and o. Inc nora - -.
that part Of the world. The girls le'' pe'.''- .o
xho receive these souvenirs are eager 10 preserve
49,. "a ora .ak O. them 10 be treated b. a proc
CSC Of enbaimirg which insures them against de-
cav and restores them II faded. TO thelr presume
freshness. 1890.
This embairning OF plants IS one OF me he"'S,
fanc,es for decorative palms and grasses 'hn' al
SO quickly killed by artificial light and neat III the
city homes. -,
For several years preserved plants have been I'M
por.ed but It is only lately that people nave p'e'
able 10 get the treatment applied in this country 10
the shrubs and trees they wish TO nave HSH''N
AGAINST the destruction Of time.
Within the citv's limits may now I've seen specl-
mems Of all the kinds Of plants and trees ana nov"
,rs that our soldier and sailor boys VIII see !"
their traInps and campings through cuban "''uS
or along the Florida coast. Under the noadins
Mains thcy Will swing ;her' hammocks and fan
themselves perhaps as they lie there on hot nights
with the great leaves freshly cut fiom oVernahgihs
branches And when one such branch 70 say
nothing OF n whole plant or tree. Is sent to wat
ing one a. home. she straightway mas II eHlO"''"eu
that she may keep IL forever.
There IL IN this city certain room in private
house which gives a not Inaccurate idea OF
small 1urg'e IN palm forest 1t U.s. IN iact camel
tho palm room the fore-t room one goes up
the steps 10 the door Of No ~ West Forty-seVen'h
a., as II Il were any other house among the thou-
.ands in this great city The door IS opened by the
attentive butler who ushers the visitor into the
room on. the right ard To- he steps al once ''''o
tho cool green shadows % n tropic grove OF pains
.,d grasses There seem 70 be myriads OF them.
The great Iivisonia eleganc:a spreads Out us woe
fans as though TO beat back the heat mat must
visa from the spongy earth. the PhenlN tehuls
ra.tles Il. bristine bayonets II one but moves 100
quickly. There is a papyrus there anu Il may y"
expected that from the messy stem the NaFes VIII
he shed upon which the stylus is 10 trace the MS
.orv q. the dav: Kentia is there. yonder Il d"a'i
.agoN IN tho balcony from which Juliet might
nr.se,.Iv look down a smaller fan palm waves
and all OF these are reflected again and again IN
the mirrors that line the room II is iai'y ioieS'
OF titanic trees.
This exquisite room is Ike all the apartments In
this home. decorated IRON ucs's''' "N - "
hostess herself -,
The drawing room is study in blue OF in1"scfin-
able h,epdioss OF the shade which is popularity sup
posed 10 be the mental color" and here 100 'he
palms and grasses In great oo"4s ana any poS
breathe OF the Southland the home OF TINS strange
" fascinating child % nature. The host"sss own
study has pot two Of the brighI-leaved thiIgS'
and whether the color scheme OF the room De Olue
or the red that speaks OF war. or earth Drown. oI
forest green. the effect OF the pants upon '''''
surroundings Is harmonious.
In talking with Mrs SprouN, who IL devoted 10
her home she tod the writer that she had found
the perishableness Of the palms she is so fond OF
most distressing thing. until she aseertained mat
the very plants she feared would die coulc De
preserved oy the treatment to which a nInl ma
makes speciality Of that work submits IN. N
poes s shs n sam one Us kST has al BEEN
duced into this country. IL is German Invention
and South America. and in dapidated condition
when they arrive are freshened and entirely ana
permanently preserved They thrown INTO the
watts Of preserving preparation. the color restored
amade "a Thing Of beauty and Joy forever;
Many OF the private Conservatives OF the city
and insured against any effects of artificial neal or
IN IN, the widows OF In qHegr
ms An e1otcs can be and are treated from deli
and ,hs Ssaves,e leave dec cor shrubs
North the vegetation and general nora OF the
me ss, 70 be changed under the ardent glances OF
Southland =. orown and golden shades OF color me
cSa char IN ANXIOUS forebodings-wears ever it's un-
sorts 81 conatrnng The cods
10 war /. r mes Of two nations have gone forth
SsteT de% Of it, its
q 1ora toa0S climate than the Kind
palm 'n is t minds Of the thoughtful people the
nr spesy h SehfeG m sn1
only famiiar u,,b a ~ ago the general public was
Sss sad Illustrations FASHION, anG the greater
Of specimen. now 90 besides the abundance
syn,sr growers Of plants, have made them
nany n,ob, hear,y every one. stll they are
cost and more no,,, uhhres because OF their first
Seai.G er them from destruction in houses
Irregular ,ennna, ana gas and OF uncertain
loved for ibe1r ev-,o-be-desired treasures and
nnnHdabe. eyer-seductive aroma ,Sey haar ~ Ear
Some cs,,,.snd mysterious swamps and iYngles
hardesn, 1 90 hSmanhy to IKE best that which il
has fostered ,h ', In ana this spirit 1t IS which
'u hnauvs climate Is inmicai u P''"' ~ ""''"
as beautiful ,o~ Spei' even young elm would be
q pain , TOT the adjoining OF a nail or room as
quick srow, but these trees and other plants Of
palm can do ,,ssquire many conditions that the
10 nressr W Wi!hout. am are therefore Impossible
Eorcoyer -. within iusan the same prescribed space
'H' S"aying long fingered leaves OF the