The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-06-15
PUSH BUTTON, GET sun
MRS. LETTER ERECTS REVOLV.
ING COTTAGE FOR GUESTS.
Unique Luxury Built by Chicago Mil.
lionaire's Widow for Pleasure of
Summer Guests.

lionaire's Widow for Pleasure Of
Summer Guests.
Standing out prominently on a
slight elevation of land, close by the
water and commanding a view of
nearly every point of interests along
the coast of Massachusetts, Bay, is
the new revolving sun house of Mrs.
Levi 2. Letter, of Chicago, the latest
innovation among the marvels of the
north shore. s
In a months tour Of the nusner-
GUS magnificent summer estates Of
America it would be difficult for one
to find anything among the thousands
of luxuries Of wealth which would
quite eclipse this new and novel
miniature toy which has been built
at an enormous expense for the use
of Mrs. Letter and her guests dur
ing their stay in Beverly.
her OWu !HVcHtlOH.
It is said to be the invention of
Mrs. Letter, who, after the compile
| tion of her s500,000 palace in this
city, was desirous of securing some
moved addition which would make her
summer estate one justly worthy Of
her pride. She has without doubt,
accomplished this end, with the aid
of expert workmen, in the construc-
tion of the revolving sun house.
It's operation is very simple, re-
quiring merely the touching of but
ton or the moving of a lever. These
buttons and levers are partly con-
cealed on the side of the building.
When in operation not the slightest
tremor or instability are noticeable.
Merry. Round and Turntable.
Briefly, it is combination mer-
ry-go-round and sun parlor, accom-
modating six persons comfortably.
It revolves as noiselessly and gently
as it would II commanded by COM
pany of fairies.
BY simply touching button it
will be possible for the occupant to
shut of the cool ocean breezes and
bask in the warm sunlight.
With the exception Of the roof and
lower part of the exterior, whirA are
of rustic wood, its construction is
entirely OF polished glass. It re-
wolves on the most delicate kind of
bearings, which are incased in an
alright inclosure to prevent the
dust from reaching them. These
are set in deep hole which has a
concrete foundation. The floor Is Of
heavy steel. It will move in either
direction.
This novel house stands on ter
race overlooking the sea on three
sides, and is at the end of several
small sunken gardens, within SO
feet of the palace.
Heavy polished glass is set on
three sides Of the house, while on
| the fourth there is the entrance.
There are curtains Of the finest
material as protection against the
glaring rays of the sun on the hot
test days. The steel floor is cover
ed with an artistic display of i'm
ported rugs, while the furnishings
consist of several comfortable loung-
ing chairs and dainty little tables.
Mrs. Letter sent special plans to
the contractors for the construction
of this novel house. In order to &C
complish her wishes it was necessary
to adopt the turntable idea used in
many garages.
Unless one is acquainted with the
house and it's queer movements, It
would be impossible to detect any
strangeness about it or to distin-
!, guish it from any ordinary summer
house.
Many wonderful things have been
accomplished about the Letter es-
tate since the Chicago woman first
purchased the property. Her orders
to the contractors that her 100000
palace should be constructed In six
| months was carried out. The land
on which the mansion is built was
purchased at the enormous cost of
$150,000 for three acres.
After the construction of the
house followed the stables, garages,
and other buildings in quick success
| sion. In fact the building Of the en-
tire estate appears to be the work OF
some magic power.-New York
! World.
Not to Indict Fielder.