Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-01
Distinguished Taste in crocker

Home.
Honolulu will be more than Ord.naT-
ily interested in the following lauda-
tory comment from San Francisco
paper upon the Charles Templeton
Crackers art treasureTs, because in
the first place, Mrs. rocker is now
visiting here and in the second place
the comment is suggestive OF what
Americans Of taste and refinement
in their buying can do 10 preserve
many splendid examples of art:
During the past four years young
couple Of native-SCTn Californians has
been travelling in Europe every year,
visiting the t-taughty, chill palaces
Of the cid world. choosing a doorway
here. a bit OF mural decoration there.
q wonderful piece Of marble carving
in another place. or probably if they
had good luck. an entire mantel and
so On. assembling these parts as a
home. =
Happily, they possessed that rare
good judgment and sense OF artistic
proportion that enabled them TO har-
lndnize all this into an eNquisitely
lalanced whole With these art
treasures as models, local craftsmen
and wOrkmen worked cut the detail.
The result Is q palace that fulfills
ones ideal of kingly grandeur prob
ably far more than the originals. The
house itself is set amid grounds sucn
rs q poet might use to illustrate his
verses. 4 .
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ed, and its owners, Mr.. and Mrs,
+ Charles Templeton Crocker, after
their several years OF collecting, put
into II the treasures they had secured
in their travels. The house itself, de-
signed by Willis Polk after Mrs.
Crocl1er's4 choice of an Italian villa.
is a wonderful example of classical
architecture. II is situated in the up
lands Of San Mateo, amid vast
parked garden that will enhance in
beauty as the years go on. j.. ~. j..
Most OF the furniture is antique.
AS the sun floods the beautiful rooms
for Mrs Croker believes one can
never be so fastidious about ones
furnishings that one must exclude the
sun--the most wonderful colors are
revealed, all mellowed and blended
, softly. $780,
Only the very best workmanship
endures times scrutiny SO placidly.
The arelled door to the dining room,
for instance. came intact from en- old
French chateau. 1t is Of carved wood
in a flower and fruit design, enam-
eled dull blue, rose. yellow and green,
with considerable Furnished gilt
showing blackish. bringing the colors
into greater relief.
The vide frieze arourd the room
was made here. matching the mold
ing about the door perfectly So was
California's skill given an Inspiration
through The good Judgment of Mr..
and Mrs. Croker The walls from
top to bottom are of beautiful Ital.
ian marble, of grayish-blue veined
kind that has lot of orange and
yellow, in irregular strata, probably
some iron metallic substance perco-
lating through the marble. This gives
a lovely sunny warmth to the room.
the frieze and the doorway. as well
as the molding. about the windows,
introducing exquisite blue. rose, vel
low that dIC again CiupudSlLCu al III
Della Robia porcelains-original
ones-that adorn the mantel" H..
In like appreciative manner the
article describes other features of
the dining room, including the table
and chairs, once the property of the
late king of Portugal; the reception
hall. drawing room and other apart
ments. ......s
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Mr.. Donald 1. Ross to Wed
Berkeley Girl.
Announcement has been made on
the coast of the engagement of Mr..
Donald L. Ross of Honolulu and San
Francisco to 'Aiiss Elizabeth Erskine
Ferrier Of Berkeley. i
San Francisco paper says:
"Of interest to all their friends is
the engagement of Miss Elizabeth Err
skine Ferrier and Donald Lishman
Ross, which was announced yester-
day. The bride-elect is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Ferrier OF
Berkeley and is sister of Mrs. Or