The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-17

beaches, boats. floats and churches.
and the town beyond and the coming
and going out of trains At night 1t
is fairyland, an electric palace, which
might be the entrance to Electra's own
domains. High overhead Crescents
of electric light are suspended
in mid-air, like burning consultations.
Before us rows of electric lights out
line great arches leading into porti-
Goes, themselves ablaze with light.
Festoons and crescents of electric light
droop and rise and flash from towers
and domes and wings like "a diamond
necklace of princess" and diamonds
in the sky. The rotunda, which is fit
announcement of the splendid hospi-
tality within is a grand assembly hall,
with polished floors. rich rugs and ear
pets and hangings, divans and luxuri-
Gus lounges. antique vases and brio
a-braC. This apartment is IS feet
square and 80 feet from the floor to
the cciling--as little like hotel Of
flee as the East room Of the White
House is like railway station. The
| massive dors are of Spanish mahog-
any, highly polished. encasing heavy
plates OF bevelled glass; the frames
are carved in designs of great beauty.
MOORISH ARCHITECTURE.
| Thirteen marble columns support
| balcony that looks over from the sec
ond floor, around which is carved
rail. also in Spanish mahogany. The
| Moorish and Spanish styles which pre-
| vail in the architectural work, do not
| in the decorations and furnishings, for
| the divans in the rotunda were once
in the Tuileries salons, and there is
an original painting in oil of Louis
XIV of France; also a clock of the
same period. The paintings are varied
in design, as they are in age and his
| tory. Every one, also every antique
and cabinet, has its history; all the
| paintings are by the "Old masters -
many costing 10000 and one shown
us cost $500 TWO vases of japanese
art. six feet high, that were on eX-
hibition at the Vienna exposition, are
among the collection. Mirrors in an
tique frames rich in gilded carvings
are on the walls, massive doors in
bevcled glass lead to parlors halls.
libraries and writing rooms; electric
lights are imbedded in the ceilings and
walls and suspended in chandeliers.
This is the rotunda, the business Of
flee occupying the smallest corner.
The horseshoe arches" Of the Moor
ish curve are everywhere from the
grand galleries to the rotunda doors,
i'm the salon entrance and to the
grand banquet hall-for it's nothing
less-and every minaret is crescent
crested, and passing under them leads
to some old picture, antique or cab
l.,
before the land on which this one
stands had been discovered
DREAM OF MAGNIFIcENCE.
The grand parlor--a salon-a dream
OF magnifcence indesCriba ble-here is
where the pen fails to say what there
is, or to tell about it and do it justice
Every nook and corner has some dain.
ty bit to show womans hand has
been there. Mrs. Plant, princess
right royal in her taste and perception
has made this the salon of America
) Here is a divan with growing flowers
from its center and between the seat,
arms roses and Calla lilies minglc thei,
, perfume for the occupants Here is Z
/ cabinet 800 years old, brought from
castle in Seville; also an exquisite
, and ivory, with quaint carvings. Th'
paintings, hronzes, sildings, the in
laid woods Of the cabinets COntras
t with the white and gold of the sur
/ rounding decorations with pleasing ef
| feet. Their beauty is also enhanced
, by the shaded electric lights in grounc
/ glass, softly tinted, that are set in tn
Y arched dome above. The painting
S are not from this or that shop" bu
r from old masters. On the mantel
{ and cabinets are some beautiful AM
$ exquistely chased ewers and drink
4 ing cups in rare silver, with the bust
t OF Elizabeth of England and Mar.
e Queen of Scots. Among the marhl
= statuary from the chisels of the beS
sculptors are some Sedan chairs wit
e the Eagle of France in their decOra
Y tons. In the drawing room--called tn
= Jewel casket" of the Tampa Bay Ho
= tel--there is an inlaid table which one
$ graced the Tuileries, as did also thre
q ebony and gold cabinets from Spair
II on the table is a rare bit of sculpture
8 THE Sleeping Beauty in tarrar
= marble. Here a sofa and two chair
d that We're owned by Marie Antonett'
Il also a set of four chairs that belong
d ed to Louis Philippe, There are nun
e erous French and japanese cabinet
Y and above each Is suspended a da2
d zling crystal mirror, Eight of thes
J. cabinets Of antique pattern wei
d bought by Mr. and Mrs. Plant
l. Spain and not ordered in this or ths
$, factory, in the ordinary way of III
< modern hostelry. These are but
" moiety of the wonderful collection
h curios in this room. Think of IT, Yo
Q, may sit in the throne chair Of Mar
le Antoinette or upon her divan, or Z
30 Napoleon's table while you marvel {
s, the beNilderment Of beauty arour
$, you. The carpet in scarlet, with i
J. black lions rampant, made in Franc
g is a replica Of one Of Louis XIV, al