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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-04-05

exquisitely furnished little bedroom
where, they tell, champagne was
poured for those whom the king of this
palace of art most delighted to honor
with ruin.
Few Knew of the Place.
Very few persons ever dreamed of
the existence of this Twenty-fourth
street studio Some of these were
workmen, who constructed it under
the architects own direction; others,
those in his service, who from time to
time would carry there his choicest
art treasures. One at least, a we'll
known fire insurance man, must have
known it-for the house and it's con-
tents were insured for thousands of
dollars.
Others who entered there were club
men, like himself, Apostles of the I'm
usual, ever seeking a new sensation;
young women of pleasure fattereds by
the notice of one in the front ranks of
wealth and fashion; little country
MICE" like 16-year-old Evelyn Nesbit,
whose fresh beauty gratified him in
| the splendid setting provided and
whose senses were Immediately dazed
by the unwonted, oriental luxury. Most
of the visits there were made at night.
Many of the guests would have been
unable afterward to find their way
there. Enough, it was Stanford
! Whites domain, held beneath the spell
of his genius. How he first conceived
it, bought it, built 1t, threw his thick
mantle of secrecy over it, nobody
knew.
Just why the house came to be dis
mantled, and when, remains a mys-
terry. Dinners were given there up to
within very few weeks before the
night of June rs. Perhaps some rumor
reached the owner-who knows? Sc
crecy is ever on it's guard; to be 'in-
vestigated" most trying to the artistic
nature. Whatever the motives, dis
mantled it now is. The great mirrors
rudely torn from their fixtures, the
priceless Bokhara rugs bundled up in
hurry and smuggled away. The oc-
cupants OF the adjoining houses con-
tinue to go and come on their daily
rounds, with little thought of the grew
some house in their rear. What Is
likely to become of it is hard to pre-.
dict. Stanford White is dead; and the
veil of secrecy he drew over this, his
pet haunt, has been rent from end to
end. But the house is still there and
still his. lso other occupant seems
!. likely to hold 1t. 1t remains monu
ment to the Genius, Art evd Ruthless
ness of one man.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-04-05

STABILITY of such method is believed
to more than outweigh the difficulties
involved in it's execution.
Mr.. Stone will treat of the condition
of laboring classes during the Amer
lean colonial period-the introduction
of negro slavery into America as an
economic factor. He will also investi-
gate the efforts to utilize slave labor
in manufacturing and other industrial
enterprises. His work will constitute
an exceedingly important and novel
feature in American economic history.
He will also treat of the negro as a
free man, the result and development
of the negro industrial school, their
effect with reference to local economic
conditions, the negro land owner and
all such topics as will bring out clearly
and fully the whole Industrial relation
of the negro to economic conditions.
This investigation will be compre-
hensive in its scope, and it will be at
least a year before such progress has
been made as will justify report on
this important subject.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-04-05

A LTHOUGH nearly 10 years have
"A elapsed since the project for a
statue to Gen. Philip Fl. Sheridan In
the national capital was proposed by
the Army of the Cumberland, the
statue is as far away as ever. The
statue committee has rejected the
work of j. Q. A. Ward, Cancelled it's
contract with him and will begin all
over again.
This action was taken by the COM
mittee some time ago, but did not be-
come public until recently. Mr.. Ward
has been at work on the statue for
nearly is of the 10 years, and has
made models, none of which has been
approved by both the artist and the
committee. A similar fact about 1t Is
that he did make one model which sat
isfied the committee and was approved
by them, but Mr.. Ward himself did
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-04-05
STUDY OF THE NEGRO
AS SLAVE AND FREEMAN

A n important investigation of the
"A negro in slavery and freedom is
now being made by the department of
economics and sociology of the Car
negie Institution of Washington, which
was founded by Andrew Carnegie.
This investigation will be of great i'm
portance to the negro as we'll as the
white race, as it will show what the
negro has done and what he is capable
of doing. The work is being con-
Quoted by Alfred Holt Stone, an edu-
Gated business man from Mississippi,
who is a thorough, impartial and can
did student of the economic develop
ment growing out of negro slavery
and the work of the negro under con-
ditions of freedom.
Mr.. Stone has outlined treatment,
which is reasonably exhaustive, relat-
ing to the economic life of the Ameri-
can negro, without trespassing on
either the political or social aspects of
the topics. He recognizes the diff
Guilty of treating the one as separated
from the other two topics, but the de-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-04-05

mutt Of Twenty-third street, with It's
indolent or hurrying shoppers and
their restless humors of the cheapjack
toys along the sidewalk, easily reaches
the ear. On the Twenty-fourth street
side the eye sees only an everyday
row OF monotonous looking houses, no
uglier or shabbier than a hundred
rows exactly like them from which the
bright tide of fashion has drifted away
forever. If an artist wished to por.
tray thoroughly commonplace
street, without a hint of romance or
touch to fire the Imagination, he
could find no better scene. And it was
just this setting of almost ostentatious
responsibility, of the staidest and least
inviting propriety, that Stanford
White chose to use as a curtain be-
stage as he willed, could intoxicate
himself with a riotous luxury of SEN
sual beauty and extravagant display
and teach their sorry parts to the pup
pets he introduced there without fear
of interruption or discovery There
vice, decked in her bravest purple and
crimson, Knocked at the prim gray form
of virtues gray gown that sheltered
her and let her live. It was as If a
dancing hall from Paris should be
found hidden among the elms in the
churchyard of some little New Eng
land village.
Entrance to the GiIded Den.
Here is Evelyn Thaw's description
of her first visit to the place:
1--WE stopped at dingy lodging
house and, as we passed inside, the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-04-05

long as members of the judiciary
committee of the senate. Both are
great lawyers and both were states
men of the first class.
Statistics applied to present condi-
tions are not dull. In fact, they are
filled with interest. Out of the SO
congresses to date there have been
but five in which there were no resig-
nations of senators. These were at a
comparatively early age. The rule of
these designations was that the sena-
tors needed more money than the
government pays, or that they might
accept some Office with a larger sal
airy and greater distinction.
In the first so years of the senate's
history there were 124 designations.
In the next so years but AZ re-
signed. Since the end of the 100
years of senate history, emitting the
southern senators. retiring to join the
secession movement, there have been
"a senators to lay aside their togas.
OF these Withdrawals Is were to en-
able the resigning senator to accept
other office.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-04-05
Washington Day by Day
News Gathered Here and There
at the National Capital
QUITTING THE SENATE
NOT A POPULAR HABIT

WI WASHINGTON.-Peopled do die in
w public office, of course, but resig-
nations are so rare that the retire
ment of Senator John C. Spooner of
Wisconsin continues to be topic of
interest where the politicians gather.
The old-timers have brought to mind
the fact that voluntary leaving the
senate in late years is far more in
frequent than it was in the earlier
history of our country.
The last resignation from the SEN
ate of a member who retired to go
into business was that of George F.
Edmunds of Vermont, who in 1891 re-
signed to practice law. He is still at
it in the city of Philadelphia. Mr..
Edmunds had served continuously in
the senate for little over % years
and retired to seek his fortune at the
age of 63.
Mr.. Spooner retires for the same
reason, declaring that he goes into
private life Swithout engagement as
counsel for any person or corpora
ton. He and Mr.. Edmunds served
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-04-05
STATESMEN SEEM FOND
OF JUVENILE READING

ing sea tales, including The Frozen
Pirate
Mr.. Aldrich, the tactical leader OF
the Republicans, has been mixing Old
Sleuth with Dottie Dimple stories and
tales of Indian adventure.
Uncle Joe" Cannon, the speaker Of
the house, evidently is fond of detec-
tive stories, having called for THE
Clique of Gold' and several Of
Gaboriaus works.
1t would appear from circumstan-
tial evidence that nearly every men,
ber of both houses of congress and
most of the learned judges Of the SUI
preme court are confirmed readers of
juvenile literature, but such in real
ity is not the case. The pages and
messengers are the ones who read
this class of books. They get SEN
ator or member to sign an order and
then fill it out for the book tSeY want.
An official record is kept, however.
of all books drawn out of the con-
gressional library and some future
historian, it was pointed out, might
obtain queer notions of the class os
reading matter that found most favor
with the statesmen of the present
day.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-04-05

I TUST off the rotunda of the capitol
a is a little nook that is an espe-
cial object of interest to visiting tour
lists when congress is in session. 1t
Is the capitol terminus of the under
ground railway to the congressional
library. Books are constantly arriv-
ing over this subway line for sena-
tors, representatives and supreme
court judges. They are delivered on
their written order
One would get a rather startling
impression of the class of books the
statesmen on Capitol hill are partial
to from a casual inspection of the list
Of books that are drawn out in their
names. For instance, the scholarly
Henry Cabot Lodge of the old bay
state, according to the record, recent.
ly took out such instructive and
thrilling productions as Jimmy the
Bootblack," THE Boy Captain" and
Little Joe," by James Otis. Mr..
Foraker of Ohio is charged with sew
eral volumes by "Old Sleuth" and
"The Starry Flag" by Oliver Optic.
Mr.. Tillman, if the card tells the
truth, has been perusing Thomas
Bailey Aldrich's "Story of a Bad Boy
and some of w. Clark Russell's thrill
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-04-05
Carefully Hidden Studio in New York
Where Stanford White Entertained
Men of His Stripe in Ways That
RiuaLed Days of FabLed Eastern
Luxury.
Was House Within a House Where
the Light of Day NeUer Was AL
loDed to Penetrate---Onl by Sc
cret Passages Could Entrance Be
Gained.

other men he would find no hint to
lead him to that of Stanford White.
That gilded temple of the senses
stands apart. house almost within
house, inclosed within two rows of
other houses with blank walls on all
sides to shut it off from all view and
observation. 1t was a place used only
in the night time and, with no need
for the light Of day, ordinary windows
and their outlook had no place in the
designers plan. Only a secret pas
sage. cunningly walled off in the main
house fronting on Twenty-fourth
street, could it be reached, and only
through a secret door which slid open
at the touch of hidden spring could
friend or visitor enter that passage.
Belongs to Other Days.
The studio is situated in the small
open court that lies between the rears
of the houses on Twenty third and
Twenty-fourth streets. AS it stands
to-day, dismantled and untenanted, 1t
would make an ideal haunt for kid
napers or counterfeiters, or any Of the
other desperate plotters who figure so
largely in romantic novels, and for
this reason, even in it's present, its
most commonplace aspect, it seems to
belong to medieval days, an age
younger by centuries than busy, prac-
| tical, modern New York. But as it
i was when Stanford White was the pre-.
siding genius there, lavishing all the
brilliancy Of his perverted fancy on
nightly entertainments so bizarre that
no roue was so jaded that he did not
eagerly seek an invitation to attend
it belonged to the days of tabled east
ern luxury and splendor, the days OF
the Arabian Nights, with all their wiz
ardry Of imprisoned genii, enchanted
palaces and young girls beautiful as
the dawn.
And the site for this lordly pleasure
house, this secret haunt where the
master might hold his visitor prisoner
for hours or days, this dream house oi
art and abandon. of refinement and
revelry, was chosen, as If in deliberate
joy in the contrast, in the heart of the
most respectable and commonplace
surroundings.
! Il sat up in the bed and started tc
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SCULPTOR'S WORK OF Is
YEARS is REJECTED

not consider it good and destroyed it.
Meanwhile the statues Of Hancock
and Logan, provided for in 1891, are
standing here in public squares. Both
were completed years ago. Sheridan
died in 1883. In 1889 congress author
lied statue, appropriated $4,000 and
created commission to take charge.
in March, 1891, congress made
further appropriation Of $4,000 for the
statue, making the total $4,000. The
Army of the Cumberland raised about
$4,000. In April, 1892. the commission
contracted with Mr., Ward to make the
statue for $4,000, making an advance
payment Of $4,000.
Two of Mr.. Wards statues already
ornament the city. They are those OF
Garfield and Thomas and are generally
regarded as among the finest OF the
many statues of the nations heroes in
the capital c..
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-04-05

New York. Ever since Eve
1yn Nesbit Thaw told her story
on the witness stand so that
all men might judge whether it's tell
ing were not enough to turn a husband
mad-even before that, ever since the
pistol shot that killed Stanford White
last June let loose on the ears of men
countless stories of revel and debauch
until only legions of shameful ghosts
seemed left to guard the memory of
the dead architect. curiosity has been
drawn irresistibly to Whites Twenty
fourth street studio. 1t is the place
which, if half the stories told were
true, White had dedicated to that part
of his life which ultimately led him to
his death-the place where he played
Hyde with few depraved companions
while to all the rest of the world he
was distinguished and an envied
.Jekyll; place which was heaven of
beauty, and also. according to report,
a hell of sin.
No other spot In New York has so
stirred the imaginations of thousands.
No other spot has been at once such
a commonplace of gossip and yet so
utterly unknown, such a closed mys-
terry to all. And to-day, stripped Of
much of its mystery and of all the
glamour and lure of its wonderful
treasures of art, with only the dull
.-outer walls left to give mute testi-
mony to the reality of the wild scenes
they once sheltered it remains with
out parallel in the history of this or
any other modern city.
Truly Well Concealed.
1t is not just a suite of rooms or
one or more floors of house cleverly
protected from the observation or in.
trusion of other tenants. Still less is
1t an ordinary house, the windows OF
which, however thickly curtained
and screened, must still look down on
passers-by in the street below and be
exposed in turn to the curious gaze
of any and all who cared to raise their
heads.
You may have trouble to find this
place." wrote Harry Thaw when he
first appealed to Anthony Comstock
and the Society for the Suppression OF
Vice to put a stop to the infamous
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-04-05

worked with the architect for a solid
week on the fairy-tale scheme. at
cannot be DONE" was his own appalled,
objection when the plan first was un-
folded. I'VE will do It," said Stanford
White; and no conception proved too
novel, no price too high, for his fancy
and genius to overcome. 1t was in
this room that the great white bear
skin was spread on which Evelyn Mes
bit posed for some of her best known
pictures, and here were gorgeous rose
Du Barry portieres. curiously carved
pieces of teakwood and Japanese
furniture, rare lace curtains, screens
lnlaid with ivory, and huge old cedar
chests carved deep with elephants
heads, with ivory tusks set in. Price
less rugs were on the floor from
Khorassan and Serrebend, from Box
hara and Tabriz, and on the walls
were paintings by Rubens and Gerome
and Millais and Bourgiono.
Whites Most Private Studio.
On the floor above was a smaller
studio fitted up with the same royal
magnificence. This was the room with
the red velvet swing and the big Japa-
nese umbrella in the ceiling through
which the feet of the swinger crashed
when strong arms pushed her high.
Here White had his ordinary living
rooms, bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
On the floor above, reached by a tiny
back stairway, of which few indeed
knew the secret, was studio-almost
boudoir-smaller and daintier still.
Back of this, separated by curtains of
heavy gold-crusted tapestries, was the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-04-05

practices which he said were carried
on within its walls; you may have
trouble to find this place, for it is well
concealed"
Well concealed 1t is, for though a
man knew street and number he might
search all day and never find 1t, going
on his way at last satisfied the address
he had was wrong. No stranger in
the street ever saw the windows of
Stanford Whites studio; man might
pass through the outer door of the
house and wander all through the
building, and though he would find
easy access to the studios or rooms of
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-04-05

door opened. No one touched it, but
it opened of itself We went through
that door and along a passage and up
some steps, and then another door
opened in the same way. We went
up some more steps and when we
were half way up l stopped and asked
where we were going, and voice
called down, but l could not see who
it was. Then another voice called, a
mans and we went on up the stairs
till we came into a room magnificently
with all kinds of beautiful things
standing around and paintings on the
walls and interesting cabinets and
bronze and marble statuettes and
shaded lights"
There are three floors to the studio,
not including a kind of basement,
which was given over entirely to the
kitchens, pantries and servants quar-
ters, and a peculiar feature of the
whole building is the fact that instead
of one main staircase running straight
up through the house, the different
of separate staircases, each of which
gives access only to one particular
floor or set of rooms. Thus Whites
friends passed up a staircase which
gave them no hint that there were any
rooms on the basement floor at all,
and, by closing a door here and open
ing another there-all the doors being
operated by a system of secret springs,
which could be worked from key.
boards on each floor known practically
to White alone-the visitor could be
led straight to any part OF the house
White wished without being taken
through any other part. But for gen
eral purposes it was the first floor
the one above the basement-that was
used as the main reception room and
for the big supper parties, like that in
which 'the Pie Girl" figured.
Here Luxury Unrestralned.
Here the artist was in his own king
dom; here was luxury unrestrained
There were glowing antiques in bronze
and marble; tapestries In wonderful
subdued tones, softened by centuries
one White had pillaged himself from
an Italian shrine by paying an enor
nous bribe to the gray-haired prizes
who burned candles before 1t. Jewelet
chandeliers hung from the painted
ceiling-a wild riot of color BLENDED
with consummate art--and electrlca
devices that startled and enchanted
and charmed the eye. The electrician
who furniehed the house tells how HI
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-04-05

scream" said Evelyn Thaw before the
court, as she told of her waking in the
room of the mirrors. Then scream
ed and screamed and screamed, and
he came over and asked me to please
keep quiet. Then l began to scream
more than ever" All this between
Broadway and Sixth avenue, within a
stones throw of the humdrum shop
ping district of Twenty-third street!
Commonplace Surroundings.
One wall of the studio backs ON the
Eden Musee, the delight OF children
aud simple country visitor. The tu-
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Return of Secretary Metcalf.

Secretary Metcalf returned to the city
last evening after a weeks visit to Mr..
Vanderbilt at Biltmore, near Asheville,
n. c. The train on which he travelled was
about nine hours behind its schedule, due
1t In said. to some of the cars leaving the
track. So far as known no one was in
jured.
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