The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-20


upholstery In appropriate cOlOrings OF
silk brOcades and antique velvet.
Portleres a the entrance of the rO-
tunda and cOncealing the entrance TO
the lOunging room and cloak rooms are
rich tapestries, the designs thereon pOr-
traying scenes from the siege of Troy,
IN cOlOrs or scepla, shades OF red and
sort green. The fixtures for the por-
there's are i'm Pompeiian green.
Opening off the rOtunda to the west
is the mems Longing room. which Oc-
cuples the entire northeast corner OF
the main floor. A panelled Wainscot-
ing, ten feet high. is of mahogany fin
lshed in the natural color in pleasing
. harmony with the furniture and dra-
peerless of the room. All furniture in
this room is of mahogany, the uphOl-
STEERING harmOniZing with the imported
velvet carpets and the Louis XIV win
dow hangings.
Chandeliers in the Longing room are
OF FURNISHED gold finish, of special de-
sign, and IN the panels in the WainscOt
specially designed cluster lights are
bracketed, arranged for both gas aud
| electricity, as are ali the lighting fix
lures IN the working parts Of the
] building.
Small alcoves open off the Iounging
room IN which are arranged individual
writing desks. Other rooms opening
off the rOtunda are telephone booths
and spacious and well equipped cloak
and check room, which extends behind
the stair about 40 feet in length and
10 feet wide.
The buffet. on the main floor, is dis
I tlnctlVe In its atJracIiVeuess. The floor
ana walls are or ornamental brick of
dun buff finish. The bar is built uD
mahogany with an unfinished mahOg-
any bar rail six inches i'm diameter In
/ the panels of the brick wainscOt, orna-
mental Ties with mandarlns and gOT-
gOyles contribute sufficient relief for
the duh finish of the remaining fea-
lures OF the room The Spanish mosaic
ceiling is supported by huge arches and
square pillars OF the same material.
| Tables and chairs of hand-Tubbed. un-
/ finished oak complete the equipment
of the grill or buffet.
Marble Stairway.
The grand marble stairway rises in
a wide circular sweep from the west
side OF the rOtunda, following the cir
cumterence OF the rOtunda from the
first landing. Flanking either side of
the stair on the main floor are huge
built-in mahogany seats, upholstered in
green leather.
Opposite the head of the stairs is the
entrance 10 the main banquet hall. The
decorative scheme in this room is Span
lsh renaissance. 1t is two stories in
height and is surrounded by private
dining rooms on the mezzanine floor,
from which private banquet parties
may look down at the crowds making
merry IN the main banquet hail be-
low.
In this main hail. 500 persons can be
"a
description OF the cOlorings utilized
might leave an impression of gaudi-
ness, the harmony with which these
eolorings have been arranged banishes
such an appearance. Description can
not do justice TO this feature of the
clubs new home, and IL must be seen
10 be fully appreciated.
The ceiling is beamed and cross
beamed. the beams being of white
edged with gold beading Paneling
between the beams is in blue silk. with
a gold design. White pilasters support
the beams, and the side walls paneled
by these, are done in rich red brOcade
each of these red panels containing a
cluster light on wrought bronze
bracket. Five cut-glass globes sur
mount each bracket, which is wrought
after the design of the clubs crest, the
torch.
Cut-GIass Chandeliers.
From the ceiling panels suspend the
chandeliers, eight in all. The lights
of the chandeliers are entirely enclosed
IN covering of cut-glasS beads linked
together and these chains of beads are
arranged so closely together that the
whole gives the impression of an inn
mense ball Of cut-glass, elongated at
the top. The pendants with which they
are hung are wrapped in red of the
same shade as the panels from which
they are suspended.
Two immense imported red velvet
rugs cover the entire floor of the ban
quet han, in color the same as the bro
NAut HdilCA0 VI the sue Walls. l4lEnL
from the windows is subdued by sheer
white hangings and over these are
heavy silk hangings of a dark red de-
sign in relief over background of old
rose. The higher windows of the hall
are covered with a shirred silk shade
which can be drawn when occasion |
necessitates more light
A low. silver gray wainscOt sur
rounds the hall and the furniture is in |
silver gray enamel, The chairs are
light Of bent wood and done in the EN- |
press design. These are imported.
One other beautiful feature of the /
building is the gold room. opening off /
the banquet hall through folding doors /
It is finished in the same silver gray 1
as the wainscot. The hangings TO these |
doors are in perfect harmony with both
banquet hall and gold room
This room takes its name from the
wall covering Of gold silk. The window
hangings are Of old rose. with dark
red relief design, harnonizing with the
furniture. All chairs are up
hOlstered in red. A ffieZe bordering
the top Of the side walls contains the /
emblems OF industry such as the bee
hive, square and compass and the mono
gram Of the Commercial club. Lights |
are OF cuts glass from the ceiling, while |.