Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-05

pont circle has been selected by Pres
home during the several months the
| White House will be undergoing extern
sive interior repairs.
This handsome dwelling is the prop
erty of Mrs. Elmer Schlesinger, whose
husband is a New York stock broker.
1t was built by Mrs. Schlesinger's
father, Robert w. Patterson Of Chi
| cago, about 20 years ago. While not
| so pretentious or as large as some OF
the homes in Washington, 1t is gener-
| ally looked upon as one of the most
attractive.
The old Patterson home is one of
| the finest of the many mansions to
| be found in the Dupont Circle sec
ton of Washington. Stately in archi-
lecture, of Italian influence, from the
outside. it is even more gorgeous in
side. 1t contains 80 rooms, all of
them large and comfortable and 10
baths. An elevator runs from base
ment to top floor.
The house has four floors and is
| built of white stone and was designed
by the late Stanford White. 1t is COM
pletely detached. This feature is un-
derstood to have had considerable in
| f1uence in causing this house to be
picked by the President for the tenn
porary White House. They wanted a
home that had plenty of light. There
were other houses that appealed but
were not selected because they are
not detached and because their. con-
struction did not permit sufficient day
| light to enter the rooms.
Will Take Few Furnishings.
! In making the announcement re-
garding the selection of the Patterson
House the President indicated that he
and Mrs. Coolidge will not occupy 1t
| before the adjournment of Congress
March 4,
President Coolidge does not think it
will be necessary to move anything
from the White House other than the
| linen and table silver, because the
Patterson House is completely fur
nished.
A sufficient number of servants
will be taken from the White House to
work in the temporary home. A
| dozen or so policemen, members of the
White House force, will be detailed to
serve as guards both inside and out
side. However, not more than five
policemen will be on duty at one
time.
The old Patterson home has been
called by many interior decorators
probably the best kept up house in
town" Furnished with all of the
| luxurious comfort the combined arts
! Of the interior decorator and unlim-
tied wealth can command, it viii
offer to it's new distinguished guests
a sharp change from the colonial
simplicity of the White House.
Expert Describes House.
Miss GenevieVe Hendricks. who
writes a weekly article on interior
decorating for The S. has been
doing over the decoratina of the house
| for Mrs. iSchlesinger for two years.
rushing the work for the past two
| months to prepare for the arrival
OF the President and Mrs. Coolidge.
Miss Hendricks gave The Star a
minute description of the house
| today.
Through a vestibule of carefully
| selected Italian marble the visitor
steps into a magnificent hallway of
the same stone. Before him a gorge
Gus marble stairway, studied in it's
formallty, rises to a landing midway
| to the second floor, where it divides
and turns to complete the rise in two
directions. On the landing an ex-
ceptlonal statue of Diana, goddess
of the hunt, stands guard.
The entire wall of the entrance hall.
way is covered with an old Flemish
tapestry. Another wall is adorned by
a gorgeous mantelpiece of delicate
yellowish pink marble. Up the stair
way are hung the trophies of Mrs.
schlesinger's many hunting expedi-
tons into the Rocky Mountains of
the United States and Canada. Mrs.
Sehiesinger was noted as a crack shot
to which the trophies bear mute
witness.
Reception Room French.
To the left of the reception hall
is a small reception room and informal
library, papered and furnished In soft
nlue-green shades. On the floor is n
costly Aubusson rug of soft pastel
shades. The furniture il of French
origin. painted green. An outstand-
Ing piece Is a beautiful desk, old
French in origin but strikingly like
Duncan Phyfe in design. An entire
wall is covered with books, from floor
to ceiling.
Across the hall is another reception
room, the walls of pale gray panels.
me SOFT rose of the Aubusson rug
| IS repeated in the over curtains and
SILK lamp shades. Outstanding of
the pieces Of furniture are two con-
| sole tables dating back to the Louis
AVi period. The remainder of the
| lower floor is devoted to servants
quarters, the kitchen and service
rooms.
Upon mounting the stairs, the first
thing that catches the visitors eve
Is wonderful Persian carpet, excep-
tional In size and almost priceless
| in value. The hall is sternly formal,
the furniture being Italian of the
eighteenth century. The curtains
are of old brocaded silk, in creamy
yellow with designs in pastel shades.
The draw curtains are of peach COL
ored taffeta.
Dining Room I'm Hepplewhite.
To one side is the dining room, its
walls covered with heavy red bro.
cade above creamy white panels. The
furniture is Hepplewhite, upholstered
in red leather to match the wall color.
| A marvlous example of Chinese art is
found in the big screen that shields
the entrance to the buffers pantry
from view. 1t is said that so persons
can be seated comfortably in this big
room.
The library, across the wall, is fur
nished in the French empire style.
Many OF the pieces are exquisite ma
hogany with ormolu mounts of brass.
The walls are lined with books to a
| height of feet, the shelves of light
colored, highly polished walnut. From
the shelves to the ceiling the walls
| are covered with heavy green bro
| cade in typical empire designs. The
| mantelpiece is of beautiful onxy-col.
| ored Italian marble. The floor is COM
pletely hidden by a heavy, plain rug
Of eggplant color.
The curtains are of green velvet.
Some of the furniture is upholstered
to match the curtains and others in
prune color to tone in with the rug.
Two large sofas are upholstered in