The Washington herald., 1913-10-19
Edward H, Everett, the bot
tie King, Putting up Man
sion on Edge Of High
Cliff Overlooking
Rock Greek.

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ton that viii be like the White House, |
yet unlike IL; that will be more beauti- !
full. more magnificent and expensive. and
more impressively situated"
In making this remark. the bottle king
(for It was none other). had In mind a
task which nobody else seems ever TO
have thought OF undertaking During
the last twenty years the city Of WASH
ington has become the Mecca OF the
millionaires. of whom many have built
for themselves magnificent residences.
But none Of the latter up to now has
attempted to rival or copy the historic
mansion on Pennsylvania Avenue which
has been the home Of all save one OF
our Presidents.
IL must be owned that the bottle king
has at least measurably accomplished
his ambition. His dwelling. now ap-
preaching completion, which stands on
Sheridan Circle and overiooks Rock
Creek, will cost $500. .ooo-six times the
amount Of money spent in the original
construction Of the White House. 1t Is
built Of beautiful white limestone. quar-
ried at Bowling Green, In the State OF
Kentucky, which has much the same ap-
pearance as marble, but is more lasting
The White House (standing on low
ground) u Of brown Virginia sandstone.
a rather friable material, painted white
There Is no great difference between the
two in point of size, but the bottle
kings mansion, perched on the imnne-
dIate edge Of a precipitous bluf seventy
five feet in height, is clearly in view from
several points Of the compass at a dis
tance Of miles.
The present front door OF the White
House Is on the north side. "A century
ago It was on the south side, which Is oy
far the more beautiful face OF the man.
sion, as anybody who visits Washington
may see for himself. II the days OF
jovial and hospltable Dolly Madison,
Pennsylvania Avenue ran straight from
the Capitol past the main entrances
road of so primitive a description that In
wet weather guests, even those who ar
rived in carriages, had trouble TO make
their way through the deep mud 1t was
not until Andrew Jackson's time that
the erection OF the Treasury Building
made IL necessary for the Avenue 10
divert itself into a zigzag, one result OF
the change being that the north side OF
the White House became the 'front.'
Repreduces south Front.
The main facade Of the bottle kings
residence reproduces. with a few modtn-
cations, the south front OF the White
House. II gives to some extent notion
of what the white House looked nke
when the principal entrance was on that
side
one naturally asks. who is the bottle
king? The answer is that his name Is
Edward H. Everett. and that he Is the
head of the Bottle Trust. Most people
have never heard Of this Industrial Or
ganization, yet 1t Is a big AFFAIR. One
reason why so little is known about II Is
that it modestly avoids seit-adveruse-
ment. While timidly engaged In hiding
its light under q bushel. SO 70 SPEAK. u
has already absorbed most of the bottle
factories IN this country. and with rea-
sonabIe luck II expects eventually to
swallow them all. Everybody who uses
things that come out Of bottles should be
interested In the Bottle Trust and the
dolngs of the bottle king.
Before the bottle king went into the
bottle business. he struck oil in Texas.
II was q ten-strike at that. Coal Oh
Johnny in his palmiest days never dream
"a OF such money as Edward II. Everett
took out of the ground in the Lone Star
State. Unlike his protatype, he held on
To what he made, used Ii to buy mora
land. and then some, keep
ing up the performance until he had ac-
cumulated an enormous fortune. But all
Of this, mind you. with the same quiet
refraining from self-advertisement that
is exhibited by the Bottle Trust under
his prudent and unostentatious manage
ment-
Is Comparatively Unknown.
Thus 1t comes about that Dust as is
the case with the Bottle TrusO comparo-
lively few persons have ever met Ed
ward H. Everett, or know anything ABOUT
him For some years past while unoo-
trusively engaged in bottling-or. more
accurately speaking, in furnishing the
means whereby others might bottle-he
has divided his time between New York
and the small but attractive town OF
Veyey, in Switzerland. Vevey Is dis
tinctiyely associated in the popular mind
with chocolates; and Is entirely within
the bounds of possibility, or even ike
lihood, that Mr.. Everett Is doing some
thing at present In the chocolate hne, II
he were, he would certainly say nothing
about II, and so the matter may be left
to discreet surmise.
One thing quite certain, however, Is
that he is much interested in the breed
ing Of horses. Another special fad Of his
Is scientific agriculture, and at the pres
ent time he Is preparing to spend great
deal Of money on experiments or the kind
in the neighborhood Of Bennington. Vt,
where he has purchased q vast tract Of
land, mostly abandoned farms. He pro-
poses to show, with the assistance OF ex-
perts who have made a study Of the prob
lem. how Il Is possible to restore the pro-
ductiveness OF such farms and to make
money out Of them.
At Bennington he is building another
wonderful house Of white limestone, the
material for which Is being taken directly
out of the mountainside within a few
yards of the dwelling. Some OF this
stone has been used for a mantelplece
in the billiard room OF the Washington
mansion.
Fine Entrance Hall.
When one enters the bottle kings
washington house. one finds himself In
spacious and lofty hall, nearly square
in shape, and fioored with white marble
On either side Is row Of marble col
umns. The, hall opens on the right into
the billiard room aforementioned. which
looks out upon Sheridan Circle. On the
left, and occupying all the rest Of this
floor, is magnificent suite OF rooms set
aside for the use of a married daughter
and her husband. who I've In Italy. They
may occupy II for week or two occa-
sionally when they come to America
The name Of the son-in-law Is Senior
beautiful dwelling Of his own at Florence,
called the Villa Salvati.
In the basement, Immediately beneath
the billiard room, Is a huge swimming
pool lined with white tiles Arounl. II
are small dressing closets for bathers
Beneath the TURF suite are the kitchen
and servants quarters The hoor Of the
kitchen Is Of sheet cork.
Ascending the broad marble staircase
that leads to the second floor. the visitor
faces. when half way up. the music