The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-13

Belongings
to Be Sold
Furnishin 5 of New York
Mansion Include Old
Drug Store.
By HELEN WORDEN
Times special Writer

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NEW YORK. March BIS it
~ true that a thirty thousand
dollar sable wrap was sold at your
galleries last wcek2r inquired Of
Anton Rudert yesterday
eyes. a New YORK woman owned
g." he said. "The wrap cost her
30 thousand. It went for 80 hun
dred. A girl from the South bought
it."
sable wraps and museum pieces
ar just so much stage property %
NJ Rudert. who has had charge o.
HTauging the exhibits az the Amer
Jean Art Galleries for the last II
years. This week he iuEgled the
Wauamaker estate into place.
Z was Up until Monday .l0rn-
ing putting the 18th century p ann
aCy in 0rderl' He spoke g-.-l leti-
ing In spite of his VIennese an
CCsrrv. Anton RuCc-C takes life on
the serious side. Thin. dark and
intense. he knows much and says
little.
The fine. old p nclIed pharmacy
room which he 50 painstakingly
p.cced together once contributed 10
the charm Of the stately early
American red brick mansion at u
Washington Square North. They
say members Of the DeianO family
were the original occupants Of the
house. IL Is built on Sailors Snug
HarbOr property. ROdman Wanna
maker. father Of John Wanamaker
Jr. and Fernando Wanamaker Mum
bought i- from the DelanOs. accord
ing 20 Edward O.. Steinert of the
Washington Square Association.
Mansion on Farm Site
Washington Square north from
Fith-ay east To- Universify-pl was
once the Randall farm. The owner.
Capt. Robert Richard Randall an
old sailor. left ID to a foundation
20 be run for the benefit of retired
srafarng men. Alexander Hamil-
ton drew up the viii. As Washing
ton square became fashionable.
people came along and took long
. leases on the land. which was never
N0 be sold A year from this May.
an the leases terminate.
John Wanamaker Jr. lived at u
Washington Square North for sew
eraI years after his father died
Until recently, his sister occupied
the house.
r+ -- A. rrr,r,-.r,-- L-av- T,fr,,-nTf
who collected the fascinating flow
cred china herb and drug jars. the
old brass scales. the bronze mortar
and pestles and the rare pink
Verona marble antique mantel
pieces as well as the ancient wood
interior OF the quaint seventeenth
century Italian drug store!
I wanted people who came to the
sale TO see the pharmacy in its
original state" explained Mr..
Rudert.
Heirs to Benefit
The Wanamaker sale. which in
Cludes not only the drug store but
also the furnishings of the home,
begins today and will last through
Saturday. 1t is held for the bene-
fit Of the heirs.
John Wanamaker and his wife
and sister. Mrs. Wanamaker Mum,
returned TO New York from France
IN the COnte di Savoi. the latter
fpart of September. They boarded
7 the boat al romantic Villee Franche.
r with 20 trunks weighing down the
ships little tender!
The Wanamaker table was the
IveIest in the dining salon. The
Countess Edith di FrassO added to
The gayety of the party.
I doubt if any members Of the
family viii be present at the sale
"I have no connection with it." said
Mrs. Mum yesterday. And I am
going out of town.
Perhaps for old times sake. a few
OF Mr.. Wanamaker's friends may
look in. Grover Whalen among them.
He has been TO many a party in
the washington Square home.