The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-21

There are five provided for the use of
guests and family, with two handsome
ones in the servants quarters; but to
! the daughter of the -ouSe, Miss An
| gelica, belongs the exclusive joy OF the
most beautiful in the lot. This is
I square room measuring about ten feet
| each way, walled and fioored in fream
white tiles. decorated profusely and
gracefully with violets. The door itself
| is overlaid with similarly ornamented
| tiles, so that when it is closed the sym
metry of the walls is preserved, and 1t
requires sharp eyes to detect the way
by which entrance and exit is made.
| A dome of heavy rosy violet glass sheds
all the light needed into this cool,
dainty grotto. and no tub occupies any
of the fiowery floor space. Instead,
portion of the thing is slightly de-
pressed and here the bather stands to
receive from tubes, heavily plated with
silver. a spray or shower bath at ex-
actly the temperature desired.
In Mrs. Jules Vatable's new home, in
which the perfection of appointments
is a wonder even to the admirably
housed New Workers, the mistress own
bathroom is a little octagon chamber
walled with mirrors of the deepest,
richest French plate, and so arttully
are the costly sheets of crystal joined
that the room seems to be enclosed
with an u1DGOheD SWEEP VI oAiNNAy
Election One large mirror forms the
door. a single sheet of glass covers the
ceiling. and all the basins, handles, etc,
necessary in the fitting and trimming
off. are done in cut crystal, while at
night cut crystal globes enclose the
branches of electric light.
A colonaded circular room- in pure
white and gold, is Mrs. hugh Almerlc
Paget's Roman bath Charming neIc-
ids are sculptured on the walls; by
three steps the bather goes down into
an unusually large bathing pool. into
which water SpoutS from dolpmn
mouths, and all the faucets, knobs, etc,
are mounted in the best silver gilt.
Though every convenience is supplied
in this natatorium, the air OF antique
simplicity has been admirably pre-
served. and one might easily believe 1t
to be the bath of Roman princess In
the days of Augustus.
Mrs. ]. S. Moor is the happy pos
SCISSOR also of a distinctive and beau
tifua bathroom. Here the walls, floor,
tub basins, etc, are all OF the most
POLISHED pink marble, and IAana, with
her nymphs at a forest pool, appears
on an admirably painted ceiling can
vas. Pink in the flowers and draper1es
prevail in the picture, and then about
Mrs. Moor's ample marble tub are
hung yoluminouS pink SILK draperleS.
This tub itself is cut in the form OF
a huge shell, and sets high on dais
of marble. while the rosy curtains.
lined with oiled silk, can be drawn
about the tub to protect the rest OF
the room when the bather wishes to
use the spray bath.
Literature Among Fashionables.
It is a grievous mistake to believe
that society, as typitied in New YORK,
has 10 time nor patience for literature
Since the war with Spain, the smart
women especially have been vigorously
STUDYING Spanish, in order to enjoy
Spanish literature. and in our own Ian
guage they not only read most of the
popular books of the day, but have
very strong preferences for certain au-
thors and certain works. IL is inter
esting. perhaps, to know that long De-
fore Miss Mary Letter met George
Nathaniel Curzon, she had a stag
liking for Kipling's books, especially
plain Tales From the Hills and I'm
der the Hoodars,' and confessed they
were her favorite romances. After thor
oughly mastering four languages ana
familiarizing himself with the litera-
lures of Spain. France ana ltaly,
George Vanderbilt does not hesitate TO ]
admit his preference for German works,
and he is collecting valuable library
of Teutonic literature, while in English /
his favorite novel is THE Hon. Peter /
Sterling" for whose author he feels a |
warm friendship.
Charles de Kay and John Jacob AS
tor. who have both put their pens to |
paper in serious and entertaining COM
position. acknowledge a liking each for |
a special book, and at least once
year Mr. Astor reads Twenty Thou |
sand Leagues Under the Sea-" while
Mr.. de Kay refreshes his memory with |
the gay humor Of My Lady Nicotine"
Curiousiy enough. Alice In Wonder
land is a sort of annual joy to many |
fashionable women, and Mrs. Harry |
Whitney, Mrs. Hewett and others agree |
that they have never exhausted its
charm Mrs. II. Mckay Twombly reads |
neither romance, history nor poetry, |
but she has collected the finest little |
on the best methods of caring |
mentally, physically and spiritually for I
children, of any private individual in ;
New York. F. P. Meyer and Ian Mac