What to see in New York . t?-ench Salon in the House Palatial THE HOUSE PALATIAL. The House Palatial or the Home Beautiful, anappellation given it by hundreds of persons who havebeen charmed with its splendors, consists of twenty-four rooms designed in correct period or modernstyle, and every room in the house obviously differentin character, although all help make up a harmoniouswhole. It represents the very acme of the housedesigning, furnishing and decorative arts. A library, music-room, bed-rooms, play-room,nursery, dining-room, rooms for college girls andboys, bridal-chamber, guest-room,
What to see in New York . t?-ench Salon in the House Palatial THE HOUSE PALATIAL. The House Palatial or the Home Beautiful, anappellation given it by hundreds of persons who havebeen charmed with its splendors, consists of twenty-four rooms designed in correct period or modernstyle, and every room in the house obviously differentin character, although all help make up a harmoniouswhole. It represents the very acme of the housedesigning, furnishing and decorative arts. A library, music-room, bed-rooms, play-room,nursery, dining-room, rooms for college girls andboys, bridal-chamber, guest-room, parlors, living-rooms, kitchen, bath-room and Italian garden areshown completely furnished in every AUDITORIUM. The magnificent Auditorium—the great music hall—is located on the first gallery of the New occupies a space of 80x100 feet, and extendsthrough three floors of the building. Chairs on themain floor and balcony provide accommodations for1,500. The entire inside area of the Auditorium is free ofsupporting pillars. The arch, which supports the tenstories above, is one of the largest and heaviestpieces of steel construction ever put into a building. The mural decorations were done by Frederick , of the Societe Nationale des Beaux Artsof Paris, who ranks among the foremost of muralpainters, as the decorations attest. The wonderful Austin Organ in the Auditoriumhas sixty-four speaking stops, as well as swells, coup-lers, etc., and four banks of keys. Controlled by thestops are two chimes of bells, a snare drum, kettledrums, cymbals and triangle. The organ has a self-playing attachment—the largest organ so controlledin the world—and can be played by m
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