Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-06
DUCHESS To- RETURN
Marlborough Wife to Reside in
This Country.
IN A WoMARs HOTEL
She Will Live at the Martha Wash.
ington in Gotham.
QUARTERS BEING REFRIGERATED
Furniture and Pictures for the Apart
ments to Be Sent From
Europe.

NEW YORK, March 6.-The Duchess of
Marlborough, who was Miss Consuelo Van
derbilt, and who recently separated from
the duke in England. is coming to this
country early in April. While this news in
itself was not very surprising to society
here, the greatest interest was aroused by
the intimation that while here she will live
for while, at least, at the Martha Wash
ington, the hotel for women only, in West
3Oth street between 4th and Madison ave-
nues.
Arrangements were made yesterday for a
ten-room suite of rooms for the duchess in
the hotel representative Of the Wander
bilts inspected them and arranged for hav-
ing Their, redecorated for the arrival of the
duchess. about April 13. She will send in
advance her own furniture and pictures.
How long she will stay there has not been
decided.
Notice of the decision of the duchess to
stay at the hotel was received by letter
yesterday by Arthur w. Eager, who recent
ly leased the Martha Washington for ten
years. In writing, the duchess made no
special stipulation in regard to the rooms
except that there should be ten-room
suite and that it should be decorated In
quiet tones for her use. Four rooms she
wished done in old rose and two In blue.
and the rest of the suite finished in quiet
tones which would harmonize with these.
No Large Suites.
There are no large suites in the Martha
Washington, which was originally intended
for women of small incomes, but there are
small. suites which can be readily extended
and rooms not hitherto connected thrown
together.
The seventh floor has been selected for
the duchess, that being well above the
roots of adjoining buildings. 1t also affords
free view, with plenty of light and air.
The apartments already decorated belong
to suite of four rooms at the southwest
corner of the hotel. This looks out on 10Th
street at the front and up over the western
part of the city at the side. There Is an en-
trance hall large enough to be furnished as
of the entrance door is bath room, and on
either side are doors opening into large,
light rooms. These, as sleeping rooms,
would any of them accommodate full
sized bed and other bedroom furniture.
Old-Rose Rooms.
They are the four oldrose rooms. The
entrance hall wall is covered with plain
rose paper, and the first room on the right
Is finished in the same manner. The second
room on the right has watered paper In a
deeper tone Oh the walls, and it is paneled
with borders of roses. The two rooms on
the left at the front of the house have the
borders in the form of festoons of roses. A
soft heavy carpet in rose tone to match,
without figures, covers all the floors The
draperies at the windows are of white with
an over drapery In figured rose madras.
The rooms have been newly furnished FOR
the present with simple and very attractive
sets Of bird's-eye maple.
On the opposite corner Of the building.
the southeast. there is two-room suite
with one large and smaller room which
could be used for a dining room if desired,
as 1t was stipulated in the letter that the
Marlborough party would take their meals
In their own apartments. Between the two
suites are separate rooms which can be
thrown together by means of doors cut
through the partitions.
An additional corner suite Of two rooms
on the 3Oth street side of the building with
windows which get the fun east sun is also
being redecorated for the duchess use if
she desires it. There are several bath
rooms in the suite and large clothes presses
lighted by electricity in the different
rooms. The woodwork is all in white
enamel to suit the colonial style of the
house.