The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14

jecting, turped, huted verde antique columns, with pilasters behind, supporting 6 half-circle pediment at top On either
 side of the door there are sidelights. Both
 give upon lobbies through which pas- sage is had to the legislative chambers.
 The House lobby is of Tennessee marble,
 with paneled ceiling and Mosaic floor. To
 the right 1t opens into a cloakroom and
 to the left in the Speakers and visitors rooms.
 House of Representtives.
 The House of Representatives Is an ex- |ceedingly handsome chahmber both in gen eraI architectural design and in decora- ton. the tone being old ivory in the walls and semi-dome, beautifully relieved by the antique copper of the ribs of the dome and the old gold of the coats of arms at the keys of the arches. The general plan of the room consists of a dome, with stained art glass panels. sup> ported by four arches. On three sides in the upper half of the arches are galleries, those across north and south arches rest ing on massive consoles. There Is a semi dome surmounting an apse-like semt-cir- cular space at the west end of the build ing which has a double row of glass. the upper being stained art and the lower clear. The walls are of Sienna old con vent scaglioia. The arrangement of the room is somewhat different from the or dinary. One entering faces the mem- bers, seated in semi-circular rows at the west end of the chamber, their backs to the windows. The Speakers stand will | be at the other end, against the wall di- viding the front lobby from the chamber l proper. At the other end of the building. | in the east pavilion, the Senate chamber l has a color scheme of decoration practi- calIy the same, old ivory relieved with | old gold and antique copper. Here, how ever, the arches supporting the dome yield to eight massive columns two sto- | ries in height, thirty inches in diameter, | which gives the apartment a very noble ! and stately air. As in the HouGe of Rep 1 resentatives, there is a seml-circular, | apse-liSe end to the Senate, only 1t has | 0 fiat ceiling instead of a semi-dome | The dome has twelve ribs of antique cop- per. twelve art glass panels and a cen | tral circular art glass light. The col | umns on each side of the chamber arc ! Breccia violet surmounted with Corin. l thian capitals done in old gold. Tie cir.
 cular architrave just above is nodded and carved and the frieze has a flowing ara besque extending clear around, in which
 is placed a circular row of frosted cleo.
 trtc lights. The wainscot is Egyptian
 marble scaglioIa. Over the lobby and between the columns at the side are gal. | leries. To right and left, above and be.
 low, are apartments for the use of the
 Senate and its officers.
 Governors Reception Room.
 l The Governors reception room, over
 the main south vestibule on the second
 floor. is an especially effective room
 treated in the pure French Renaissance | style and lacking only color to make it
 perfection. It Is rectangular in shape
 occupying the entire south front of the center of the building. The ceiling is q | cloistered vault and Is supported by two l columns al each end of the room of Nu- | bian marble. and a serless of piIasters
 along the wall. The walls and ceiling are of ornamental plaster. Two handsome hreplaces typical of the time and style Represented are faced with Numidian mar ble, while the mantel Is mahogany. To | the north of this room and opening into it is a public space fanked on the west
 side by the office of the private secre- tary and on the other side by the private office of the Governor himself
 On the next floor the corridor is plain | with a Tennessee marble dado, plaster 1 walls with pilasters and heavy art-glass
 ceiling. The mosaic glass floor Is verS pretty and exceedingly useful. serving partly as light well to Illuminate the corridor below. In the basement the fiool
 the Hall of Fame in the east pavilion is
 prety, though plain circular chamber
 with a circular row of columns whIcl form with the plasters niches in whicl portraits of distinguished Mississlpian.
 will be placed The Daughters of tn,
 Confederacy" room, or Memorial Hall
 is pretty little chamber elegantly finish
 ed with a significant and sufficient nun
 Der of mirrors.
 The arrangement of the electric light and the fixtures themselves are worth.