The Irish standard., 1903-08-29
WHITE HOUSE BY THE SEA.
Wealthy Philadelphia 1rishman has a
Famous Structure.

| II Is HOt necessary 10 ne eRcteu pres
ident of the United States for one to
live in Il White House. At Spring Lake
Beach, OH the Jersey coast. Il few miles
south Of .Asbury Park. there is an edi-
| flee so like the executive mansion at
Washington that it has come to be
known as the White House by the Sea-
1t is the home of Martin Maloney. a
wealthy Philadelphia light and gas
man, says the New York Tribune
When Mr.. Maloney built his home at
Spring Lake Beach, he little realized
| that he was to have home similar to
that of the president ut the United
States. While travelling through Ire
land. after IL visit to his native town
of Ballangarry, some years ago. he
saw the town hall of Dublin. and fell
| in love with it.
There" said he to the guide. that's
| just the kind of building want for my
summer home" Eyer home" SIAM
nleretl the Gael. ivy. thot be tina town
nall or pOODlll.
Mr. Maloney was not in the least taken
aback, and replied: $50 much the bet
ter If all Dublin is satisfied with ii,
1 ought to be-
| On returning home. Mr.. Maloney con-
ferred with Horace Trumbauer, the
| Philadelphia architect. and told him
the kind of house he wanted.
This Dublin town hail." said the
architect. lis patterned after a French
model"
THAT makes no difference" replied
the native Of Ballangarry. 1.-THE French
and the Irish have always been good
friends
Mr.. Trumbauer went ahead with the
plans and showed them to his client,
with the remark:
do you know what people in this
country will say when they see that
house?" Mr.. Maloncy looked puzzled
"'rhey will cali it the White House,"
was the answer. Both the Dublin
town hail and the home Of our prpsi-
dents have been patterned after the
same French models
II understand that the relations be-
tween Ireland, France and the United
States are friendly" suid Mr.. MalOney
at last. "!At any rate we will have
the house built according to your
PLANS and I will call it Ballangarry."
However much Balangarry may make
one think of the White House, it pos
sesses features which are not to be
found in the District of Columbia or
anywhere else in the United States
outside of New Jersey. Behind the
house and the evergreen hedges which
! almost hide the terrace on which it
bits of Rome. Paris. Berlin, London,
Lourdes and Dublin have been repro
duccd. Still further to heighten the Of
| feet. stone and marble from these Old
| World places have been worked into
| the scenery, and so compact Is this
whole hantii work of the landscape gar
dener that in the four acres which the
wallis of Balangarry inclosc there are
two miles Of labyrinthinc path. The
house fronts go feet in First avenue
and runs back $50 feet to Second
avenue.
! Should one enter the house from
First avenue lie or she instinctively
| turns on the scmicircular porch. whose
roof is supported by stately Doric col
umns. to take !, look at the ocean. The
the front door of Rallan%;lrry ono may
soc the smoke trails of passing steam
ships some fifteen miles ont to sea.
The first floor Of the house. which is
| 10 hy 90 feet in size. is furnished
SllmptuouSly. and from the central hall
way one can look into the parlOr or
dining room or billiard room, on the
left Many of the guests of Mr.. Ma
loney. who WAS recently made Il mar
quis by Pope Leo NH for his brnrvo-
lcncr to the Church. are high Roman
Catholic ccclcsiastics. On the next
floor there is II private oratory. fitted
with an elaborate marble altar and
vessels of gold. On this floor. too arc
the family and sleeping rooms. fur
nishcd in French styles of various cen
turtles. From the windows of this
floor Mr.. Maloncy cam see the spirt
of st. CntharineS church. which he
built in memory of his youngest daugh
ter When Mr.. Maloney takes IL Wis
itor out to see his gardens he leads
him directly to the furthcst end of til,
grounds. where an artificial waterfall
keeps tricllling away behind a statue
of DiugcneS. The water. however, i:
, not for the tub of the ancient philoSO
, pher. \ backward glance at the hO,lS,
offers the most imposing view of this
structure ut the end of Il vista of tree
and flowers and surmOunting a srric
of terraces and marble steps. 1t II,
: longer looks like the White House
From the vantage ground one thinks h
is looking Through some vista in TIL
| gardens of Versailles and sees Il palac
III the distance. On closer acquaill
l tance the garden is found to conSis