Evening star., 1920-01-25
The Rambler Writes of Attractive Louise Home

the first 1nIOfmatloH that MI CorcorAh
had had of the children of his early
hostess for many years He promptly
sent for them to come to Washington.
Mrs. Hook died at the Louise Home
a number Of years ago.
Two tall iron lamps nank the Mas.
saehusetts avenue entrance to the
home. You climb three flights of
steps leading up the terraces and on
the way pass the tall iron picket
fence with heavy panel posts OF Sem
eca sandstone. Then you stand un-
der big portico supported by three
taIl a. ches OF the Potomac red-brown
sandstone once so popular in WASH
ington. Within the portico are two
heavy doors OF black walnut and then
a vestibule tiled with square blocks
of white marble and dark slate. Then
two doors, glass paneied. These doors
open into the reception hall. On the
right is the reception room and on
the left is the library connecting with
the parlor, which extends along the
east side Of the first story and opens
out on the circlar porch which is a
conspicuous object on the east side
of the building. Cross the reception
hall in a south line and you enter
the central court of the building, it's
length being east and west. Three
tiers OF balconies extending around
the four sides OF the home look down
into the court. Miss MOrdecai told the
Rambler that little boy on entering
the court and looking up at the
three stories Of balconies said: This
is the first house ! ever saw with
the porches on the inside" In the
center of the court is marble bust
Of w. w. Corcoran chiseled by Will
liam H. Rinehard at Rome in 1874.
Near the east end of the court is u
grand piano. The flooring Of the
court is dark stained wood.
On the walls OF the reception room,
parlor, library and court are many
paintings from the Corcoran collec-
tion, and a good many of them were
once admired objects in the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art. On the south wall Of
the parlor is an oil portrait Of Mrs.
Corcoran. She was mere girl 1t Is
fine face. The features are regular
and the expression serene. The eyes
are large, expressive and blue. The
hair is parted in the middle and comb
ed closely down over the sides of the
head, as was the fashion in her day.
Her headdress Is white lace cap and
her. gown Is of white lace, trimmed
with blue ribbon. On the north wall
Is a portrait aDf Louise Corcoran-Eu-
CHn Ss, fnt, srtr ~ vxytt I,
features, so it seemed to the Rambler,
more those of Mr.. Corcoran than of
her mother, There Is a fine painting
of Mr.. Corcoran, and near 1t Is the
upholstered chair which one sees
in Elliott's portrait of Mr.. CorcoraA In
ly fine portrait of Mrs Benjamin Ogle
Tayloe, and one of the ladies with the
Rambler said: Very often The Star
mentions the Benjamin Ogle Tayloe
house as the Cameron house-but
don't you write it that way: 1 know
of Mr.. Corcorans books. In one Of
the chambers upstairs is a framed let
ter Of Mr.. Corceran. which the RAM
bier will write of at another time. and
In another chamber Is a wonderful
scrap book, filed with things relating
to old Washington. And that will
come out at another time.
The Rambler's time was not all
spent In looking at things relating to
Mr.. Corcoran. Miss Mary Williams
and the Rambler talked Of their fond
ness for horses and other noble ami.
mails, and with another lady the talk
turned on prohibition. She lamented
the unhappy turn Of events and said.
II have just one glass Of wine left"
Then, turning her merry brown eyes
on the Rambler, she said: II am saw.
Ing that for owen Wister when he
comes again to see u.s."