The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-17

can be placed The library is also TO
be reckoned with, not TO mention the
rugs, of which one is said to be the
finest in the world and cost the most
The Ogden Mills dOric mansion at
Statsbourg- on-Hudson, of white brick
is built with particular care as to fire,
extraordinary precautions having been
taken in this respect. The walls are
three feet thick and the floors Of iron.
covered with marble in some parts and
mosaic in others.
Mrs Margaret Louis Vanderbilt
Shepard has her country seat at Scar
bow-On- Hudson, which is famous for
many reasons, primarily because of its
beautiful POmpeiian gardens, which are
quite unlike any other gardens in
America For Frederick VanderbiIt's
new house at Hyde Park-on- Hudson
part of NaDOleOn'S chateau at Malmai-
well up in the millions. for the finished
mansion.
A specifically fitted up suite of sport
ing apartments is a feature of DR..
Seward Webb'S Drincely esta bIisbu1e0t
at SheIburne Falls. VT. His farm
house" cost not less than a penny. and
of broad acres he has 5000. more or
less. Before building DR.. Webb visited
scores of castles and b aautiful homes
abroad. collecting photographs. With
these for aids, DIR. Webb followed the
architects plans step by step, large
score of draughtsnlen being kept busy
for two years working out the plans
The suite of sporting apartments would
denghU the keeneSt of English sports
men with its gun room, a room where
implements of every sport known to
man may be found, from the inoffensive
croGuet set to the boomerang OF the
wild Indians Although born a Van
derbilt' is not written after DR.. Webb
name, the legend is married a Wander
bit. which is Just as lucky
Ophlr Farm, White Plains. n Y the
residence of the Whitelaw- Reds. is IA
nous for its rose gardens. where bloom
roses of all colors. qualities and species
waiting their odOrs from the lodge gate
to the VSranda- The entrance hall at
ODhir is another feature which has a
reputation; 1t is very, very long, and
very, very wide-the exact figures are
of no conseQuence-with a marble
WainScOting eight feet high. and a
frieze of wonderful mosaics.
marked feature of the exterior of
H O. Havemeyer's villa, near SIAM
Northumberland. are the six massive
chimneys, with quaint projections, at
the corners that Simulate dragons and
gargoyles. Each chimney. built of
rough, native stone, is a pile TO stir a
geoloslst or stone wOrshiDer TO en-
| thusiasm- The Dining room is pat
/ termed after an old Dutch picture. from
It's massive fireplace to it's floor to tiles
A window occupies the whole of one
/ side of the room, and just outside the
window is an ODen air dining room in
summer and a glass incloSed dining
room in winter. Venetian town is
being planned by Mr. Havemeyer. the
site to consist of 100 acres on the Great
! South bay To clear the site $500 OO0
viii be spent-this includes the making
of canals.
The distinguishing characteristic OF
TrenOr Parks 81 .125 coo Sai1se AT Rive
on Lond Island souRd is its electric
plant. which is the most costly and
elaborate ever built for G. private resi-
dence- There is an electric burglar
alarm, which Eliminates the whole
house II a window is raised at night
The whole house is lighted by PRESSING
q button, and every door opens by
I simply touching button. Here one
lives the life of Sybarite, electricity
bearing all the burdens of existence.