American homes and gardens . paneled throughout in ivory white, withgilded moldings and ornaments. There are richly interlacedgilded panels over the doorways with paintings insertedwithin them. The mantel is of mottled purple and whitemarble, and has a built-in mirror above it. The richly gilt nounced to be unnoticed. Everything that could possibly beimagined for convenience in serving is here in more thanample abundance. The pantry is almost as large as manyNew York apartments, with a counter and wash bowls be-neath the window and great rows of glazed closets aroundthe other walls. The kitche


American homes and gardens . paneled throughout in ivory white, withgilded moldings and ornaments. There are richly interlacedgilded panels over the doorways with paintings insertedwithin them. The mantel is of mottled purple and whitemarble, and has a built-in mirror above it. The richly gilt nounced to be unnoticed. Everything that could possibly beimagined for convenience in serving is here in more thanample abundance. The pantry is almost as large as manyNew York apartments, with a counter and wash bowls be-neath the window and great rows of glazed closets aroundthe other walls. The kitchen and serving-room, the refrig-erator and ice box, the various rooms for various distinctpurposes, the servants dining-room—all these and manyother rooms are here, with an ampleness almost overwhelm-ing and with fittings that leave nothing to be desired. Yet the rooms of this great first floor are not breakfast room is green and white, the woodworkpainted white, the walls covered with Nile green cloth. There. i ! i ? i J ? a a i a a i a 1 a a a


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