Through storyland to sunset seas : what four people saw on a journey through the Southwest to the Pacific coast . entlemen and A IARIINC; LOOK AT THE CRESCENT CITY. 13 saloon and toilets for ladies. The bodies of the cars were in vermilionwood and fawn-colored plush ; the drawing-rooms in red plush with whitemahogany wood work. Last of all was the dining car in quartered oak,with individual chairs at the mahogany tables, potted plants in artisticalcoves, and a sheen of snowy linen, glistening silver and cut-glass every-where. This train, said the Girl, with a little gasp of delight as she sett
Through storyland to sunset seas : what four people saw on a journey through the Southwest to the Pacific coast . entlemen and A IARIINC; LOOK AT THE CRESCENT CITY. 13 saloon and toilets for ladies. The bodies of the cars were in vermilionwood and fawn-colored plush ; the drawing-rooms in red plush with whitemahogany wood work. Last of all was the dining car in quartered oak,with individual chairs at the mahogany tables, potted plants in artisticalcoves, and a sheen of snowy linen, glistening silver and cut-glass every-where. This train, said the Girl, with a little gasp of delight as she settled Theciri speaks her herself, is certainly the exemplification of all that is the outgrowth of mind about themodern luxury. The Wilton carpets one treads, the artistic folds of the train,draperies, the satiny finish of rare woods, the polish of the brass and silver,the bevel of the plate glass windows—all the little things that satisfy onesesthetic sense as well as the greater that minister to ones comfort—from theharmony of color that i:)leases the eye to the menu that satisfies the palate. Ki^iLiii^^.
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