The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-10-02

famous wit, gives itself over 10 ez
pense regardless Of pleasure. In n
way IS this displayed more than In th'
homes OF the aristocracy Of millions
In Newport the dictionaries have beer
corrected to read palace" as Z denni
tion for the word villa"
Bellevue avenue. from one end L
the other, is lined with the most ex
penslve homes in the world. These
now are witnessing the very ultimate
IN costly gayety. and along the supef1
drive a never ending line OF carriages
and automobiles carries from palace
TO palace the millionaire seekers after
pleasure.
The long stretch Of VILLAS" on the
cliffs Is the retiring place Of plutocracy
where wealthy New York can shift to
summer surroundings secure from the
intrusion Of the lower five.
Forty years ago the houses OF those
who spent the summer at Newport
were really cottages. bat the social
rlvalrles have transformed the archi'
lecture. To have one OF these wonder
full homes on the summit Of that ocean
swept abode OF aristocracy is almost
TO procure the open sesame to the en-
We'd portals Of society, hence there Is
little cause for wonderment that one
OF the first acts OF the newly grown
millionaire Is to buy tract Of land
and turn loose the best architect he
can buy with carte blanche to exceed
any structure on the cliff.
Whlms in Architecture.
In planning his home the plutocrat
consults his whim as to the archi'
lecture. If he has been in England
and learned 10 admire some famous
o.d structure there he models his
dwelling according to the style Of
Queen Elizabeth; another with French
tendencies elaborates on some chateau
that recalls Azay. the Loire and Chen
onceaux: a third builds a marble pal
ace like Trianon: another initiates the
exquisite summer mansions of the
Romans at Cupua, and still another
models his palace on purest Grecian
lines OF beauty.
Perhaps the most famous Of the
many palaces IN Newport are "The
Breakers" "Ochre Court" and the
Marble Palace.
The late Cornelius Vanderbilt built
the first named, and 1t Is said that he
put absolutely no restriction on his
architect. the talented Richard Morris
Hunt
Mr.. Hunt, now dead. was allowed to
carry out in detail the elaborate de-
sigr he conceived. It grew beyond his
original plans. for the army Of servants
necessary to conduct a mansion dur
ing the Newport season forced him to
find more room than he had first
schemed for, and a house meant for
two stories had to go up to four.
''The Breakers" fronts on the ocean.
II is built of limestone. and each of the
four elevations has its own distinctive
charm. In one it is the entrance
porch and driveway that appeals, in
another the rounded projection of the
drawing-room continued as a bay in
the second story, in the third the
double loggia filling out at the center
through two stories the recess be-
tween the projecting wings. on the
front the lightness of effect made by
the elaborate and massive lower open
ings contrasted with the simplicity Of
those above is the distinctive and at
tractfve feature.
Inside "The Breakers" carries
supntuopsness. to point to make the
average onlooker hold his breath in
arlazene1t fThS great hall. the won
defful dining-room. the splendid bill
liafd- foon and mite and gold draw
ingroorh 'afe an models of lavish
beauty yet In every ease the genius
Of "a great architect has always kept
thein within the limits Of good taste.
n has been truthfully said that the
erect Of all these wonderful homes
suffers a bit from their punching. Amy
one of3them is elegant enonghi'to' be
the show place OF shire. In making
the promenade, It is common expert
enee time and again to. think the limit
Of beauty has been attained only to
come suddenly upon another place
THAI quite outshines its predecessors.
Many OF There palaces have been
made to grow over night. q Flowers,
hedges aisles OF mighty trees come
suddenly where only a few months
ago was barren rock. On gateways
alone are expended money enough to
build the average business man a, fne
holne.
With The Breakers" is always
coupled ~Ochre Point" as the master.
piece OF Hunt, the best architect New.
port has known, and the art mind that
determined the form Of its show +
The breakers IS in a general way
typical Of the Renaissance, but .'0chre
Point Is 4 perfect sample Of the
French chateaha So determined was
Goelet not -iet-t1s= =nned-nf
room carry the, structure TO ench "a
size that K would lose hlI felatloh 10
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