The Washington times., 1904-09-25
A Stairway Effect With Stained Glass window.

style. The court is a mass OF foliage |
and flowers. A running stream covered |
by a rustic bridge. half hidden with /
tropical blooms is hanked with numer- 7
Gus fountains At night Tnyriads Of ]
electric lights OF rich red green and
blue cast their soft Snulgence over the /
scene To complete it all. there is dur
ing the season a full orchestra to fur
nish music in the warm evenings Of a
Florida winter
Toledo's Gate of the Sun.
The Cordova does not follow the Span
ish renaissance architecture. The sug-
gestions for the heavy walls and battle
mented tow ers were found in the strong
castles and town defenses OF Spain; 1t
recalls those ARCHITECTURAL monuments OF
the warning ages Of the Past-vast piles
/ Of masonry. which grew with the mere
ments Of hundreds OF years, amid the
[ conflicts Of Roman and Goth and Moor
and Christian. Thus the archway on
/ the north facade, was an adaptati0 of
/ the Puerto del Sol, or Gate of the Sun.
| Of Toledo. one Of the famous remains
/ OF the Moorish dominion in Spain. The
/ balconies Of the lower range CT windows
are the "kneeling balconies" Of Seville.
so called because the protruding base
was devised by Michael Angelo to per
nit the faithful to kneel at the passing
Of religious festivals.
In Philadelphia there viii be flung
/ open to the public in a few days mag
nidcent eight mnlion-dollar hotel 49, the
J Bellevue Stratf0rd. at the corner Of
Broad and Walnut Streets. the second
largest hotel I'm the world. It is an
I .r -,
style Of architecture, without elabora-
ton of treatment. save in the stone
/ balconies which spring out here and
there and relieve the Darkness Of the
walls and add to the dignity and beauty
Of the whole. Ornate gables rise from
the sixteenth story, and these enhance
the strictness of the French renaissance
and throw into high relief the few ex-
ternal embellishments.
Beautiful as are the furnishings and
settings Of the Bellevue. it is the equip
meut and the amount of material re-
CURED to run the enormous hotel that
startle one most when the figures are
learned.
Forty-six Miles Of Carpet.
If all of the floors were spread upon
the ground side by side they would
cover twelve acres Of land. To carpet
this expanse of flooring $1,000 yards
| nearly fOrty-six uiles--of carpet are re-
/ quired. not to mention the numerous
rugs. There are two and one-half miles
Of corridors alone TO be fitted with rug
ging.
The multitude of rooms IN the big
house swallow up 1900 pieces Of fur
nltuTc. while the adornmeut Of the walls
calls for 500 pictures-not prints OF
chromos. but oil paintings, water colors
etchiuEs. and engravinEs. The pictures
in a few rooms cost less than 500; in
many apartments the cost ran as high
as a thousand dollars for each room.
There are 200 windows nearly all o
them with shades lace curtains. and
portieres, while 400 doors had to b,
htted with locks and hinges. and hung
And IN every bedroom there is built ar
individual safe deposit vault for tn,
deposit of money jewelry, or valuable.
Of any kind 1t is no longer necessary
to leave your valuables with the clerk
] The safes have combination locks, which
2 may be set to any fancy. While thu
guest occupies the room no one els,
! can get into the little vault.
Guests at the hotel will not be re
} ouired to depend upon the City Hal
y timeuiece for the hour of day or night
y as 100 clocks are scattered about TN
r. building. Besides keeping the patrons
posted they viii keep the clock tende
e busy.