The Washington times., 1904-10-30

such as spray and shower baths and
apparatus Tor controlling the tempeTa-
ture Of the room. The halls of the sec
oud floor are heavily carDeted with the
costliest material. Along the halls are
built dozens OF small closets 10 store
linen. bedding. etc. It IS claimed by one
who had the patience TO count them that
there are thirty-two closets in the house
Chair and Painting DraPed in Black.
Ia the back OF the building are two
large bed rooms. The one on a line with
the doctors is fitted up with great lux
ury as a guest chamber. This room was
occupied Nv the grandchildren when
they visited the curious home. The other
is sacred TO the memory Of Mrs. Taylor
IL is furnished from the contents OF
the Massachusetts Avenue house. and
is an exact reproduction OF the room
ia which she died. A likeness Of her
In oils Is heavily draped i'm mourning. as
IS also a vacant chair at the diuiug
room table. The chair and room were
never occupied. which gives additional
weight 20 the statement that the doctor
was a Spirituallst.
Every door In the house has a painted
number upon 10. There are locks for
each of different make so that no one
/ KEY viii open two doors. The keys
have tags attached bearing numbers
Z of the doors they are intended to open
+ In addition 10 the locks most OF the
doors are equipped with heavy bars
/ which adds TO the effect of "a jail sug-
gesJed by many features of ths strange
building.
Hammock Swung Over Bed.
on the first floor. Immediately under
/ the Doctors bedroom is that OF his
/ servant Levi Tt Is furnished with heavy
i oak furniture and a velvet CARPET. Be
/ fore the death of Bertha Lewis wife
+ which occurred two years ago, the TWO
! servants and their children. a boy and a
/ girl occupied this room. There used %
/ be hung above the bed a small hammock
for the oldest child, and the sight OF
] the yOungster asleep in his novel bed
/ was decidedly interesting.
/ Under the dining room is the parlOr
for the use of the servants. IL rs quite
/ as Iuxuri0usly furnished as that o.
/ many wealthy homes Back of that is
I the laundry, and still farther the large
kitchen. Across the court from the
kitchen Is 81 store room, where the guns
and fishing tackle are packed away
There is also "a tweuty-foot sail boat
used by the doctor on some OF his near
by angling expeditions.
The open court between Is screened
from outside observation by tall bars
protected with copper netting The
flooring and walls are of concrete. on
the back wall about ten feet from the
ground is built "a commodious chicken
coop. where the fowls for the table were
kept and fattened. The late owner en-
tertained a particular penchant fOI
guinea fowls, which were frequently
served on his table. AT one corner Ol
the court was built an enormous re
frigerator, which amounted 10 a colo
storage plant. 1t is capable OF holding
several hundred pounds of ice
In Touch With Outside World.
The washing done in the laundry wa
brought into the court and raised TO tn,
roof by means OF "a block and tackle
where g. was hung on copper wirt
S clothes lines. Compete telephone serv
e ice connected the solitary habiJatiOI
RI with the busy world outside. All thO
l. water used was distilled at the Massa