The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-17

architects designed it for her, wreath
ing in little musical Instruments, with
the Taneiful carving over d0orWayS and
windows. Inside, however, the mistress
demanded that every arrangement
should be made for the introduction Of
all scientific comforts and aids to
housekeeping, and her wish has been
gratified, 1t is one Of the rare houses
in Paris that wears a homelike appear
anee, and in many respects the czarina
Of all the Russias enjoys no such lux
uries as are the lot or this beautiful
singer. who entertains constantly, and
especially her American friends. All
the mantel shelves in the house are OF
carved woods or marbles from New
England, and One-half of the furnish
ing is done in old colonial mahogany
brought from Maine and Massachu-
sets.
Perhaps that which gives the mis-
tress of the mansion the greatest pleas
ure, however, is the contrivance ar
ranged for her by clever young
American friend. an expert electrician.
that literally permits of housekeeping
by the pressure of buttons. When she
goes to her desk in the morning she
spends twenty minutes keeping house,
and often not a servant enters the
room to give information or receive or
telephone stand. and from her chair
she can talk with first the cook, then
the maids. then the laundresS and the
cOachman. a row of pins before her
indicates the kitchen, laundry. pantry,
etc; another row of pins signifies her
florist, pastry cook, grocer, the crem-
erie, and SO on the rounds of trades
people, even TO her statiOner and deal
eT in music and piano tuner
Tn. 17a CHI HI CHI hu
dispatched all the important, but unin-
terested business Of the day, and is
ready to go to her famously beautiful
music room or spend a half hour with
her secretary. From her desk to her
kitchen runs also a pneumatic tube, by
which written orders, letters to be post
ed and notes to be g delivered are
dropped right into the lap of the ser
want. In winter the house is heated
throughout, while in summer concealed
electric fans drive a continual breeze
through the tiled hall and the long
drawing rooms that are partly fur
nished with palms and Towering plants.
Houses like this have not failed to
open French wOmen's eyes, and make
it clear to them why the American
women get on with so few servants
and yet manage to keep house and
maintain their place in society as well,
beside carrying on with all these cares
so difficult and distinguished profess
sion as that followed by Mrs. Story.
Two Famous Hostesses.
Among the American hostesses in
Paris who have astonished the natives
by their splendid hospitality and west
ern innovations is Mrs. Moore, on the
Avenue Kleber, and Mrs. Tuck, who
owns the model apartment on the
Champs Elysees. A hush of something
like awe comes over Parisians when
they. speak of Mrs. Moore's white mar
BILE mansion, with its Greek terrace at
the back, where specially favored
friends are sometimes asked to eXquis-
tie little breakfast parties The ter
race and garden are even more perfect
than those at the famous hotel Ritz, and
from its grassy lawns a visitor can
step down to a faultless basement gym
nasium and to the white marble plunge
bath. Every fair morning in spring
breakfast is served in the garden and
the faultless meals are designed and
chiefly prepared by fat, black, clever
negro woman, who was imported for
the purpose from Virginia.
On the most beautiful street in Eu-
rope stands the Evans house, now the
temporary Partisan dwelling of Mr.. and
Mrs. Potter Palmer. who are keeping
open house during the exposition, ana
give notable luncheon parties in the
famous stained glass breakfast room
Of this truly regal residence. All the
walls and ceiling Of this room repre-
sent scenes of Roman, Greek, Persian
and medieval feaSts, the floor IS done
in glass mosaic, and under the regime
Of the Potter PaImeFs not only the deli
cacies that the French markets afford.
but every dainty from America, is
served quite as if the fastest steamers
required five hours instead Of five to
seven days to cross the ocean.
EMILY HOLT.