The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-04
WORK OF EUROPEAN ARTISANS PROMINENT
AMONG ELABORATE K. OF C. FURNISHINGS

Hand carved mahogany wood work.
brought over from Europe So years
ago. and the best modern furnishings
that money can buy, are to be seen by
the public in the new Knights of Co
lumbus clubhouse which will be open
ed to the public Sunday afternoon and
evening. open House." will be held
from to o'clock in the afternoon
and from to o'clock in the evening.
The house was purchased from DAN
lei G. Reid of New York. last fall, and
has since been fitted up by the local
council of the order as a clubhouse.
The building, which was erected by
William G.. Scott, was said to have
cost 100000 at the time it was built.
The two front rooms of the resi-
dence, downstairs, have been fitted up
as reading room, on the left, and a
music room on the right, of the hall.
The music room is especially attrac-
tive with its hand painted walls and
ceiling, and mahogany woodwork.
Fireplace and Mantlepiece
At one end of the room is a fire
place fitted up with an imported
manletpiece of bronze. The piece was
made in Paris and shows the flight
of time, the fleeing pleasures of life
and the fact that death is ever near.
in series Of beautiful symbols. At
the top. extending across the piece the
figure of time, with wings outstretch-
ed, indicates the flight of time. Hori-
zontal lines of the figure bring out the
great speed at which time is passing.
An outstretched arm ahead of the fig
ure holds an hourglass from which
the hours are being cut by an angel
with a sword.
The fleeing pleasures of life are
seen in the figure of an alligator on
each side of the fireplace, going down
to surfeit on the dead porpoises at
the base, thus reminding the beholder
that the pleasures of life are passing
and death is ever near
Surrounding the bronze mantlepiece
is a rare collection of Greecian and
oriental onyx
Belgium BeveIed Mirrors.
Beveled mirrors, made in Belgium,
are located above the fireplace. Hand
carved mahogany is used for all the
woodwork
Chandeliers on the lower floor are
of the Chateau Salon type and on the
upper floor may be found two made
beaten brass are also used.
The floor downstairs is of white and
olive green marble, and the K of C.
Heraldic emblems are to be seen on
the hearth in the music room and in
the hall and reading room downstairs
Panel lace hangings and green vel
our tapestry are used in the windows.
All woodwork in the halls and stair
ic
cealed. Three Tiffany windows are
to be seen in the stairway easements.
Decorations Handpainted.
All wall and ceiling decorations up-
stairs are handpainted A different
system of decoration is used in each
room upstairs. Two objects of unusual
interest in the upper part of the
building are the washbasins brought
over from Amsterdam The basins
carry blue and. gold ornamental de-
signs which have been stamped into
the material, giving the effect of
painting.
One room upstairs has been fitted
up as poolroom, and an especially
interesting collection of tiles sur
rounds the fireplace at the end of this
room The tiles were imported from
Holland, and show pictures repre-
senting characters in the "Idylls OF
the King" Sets of this kind are
highly valued in this country.
Paintings In Rooms
Paintings by Girardin, G. Van Hogue
and Mrs. w. G. Cooke are to be seen
on the walls of the music and reading
rooms. The three rooms used up
stairs and the pool room, the billiard