Show II 0 o 0 g o o MILLIONAIRES AT nOME g o o o o o o 0 NOTABLE FEATURES OF OP GREAT AMERICAN A PIECES THE TEE T LARGEST ST PRIVATE PR V ATE RIDING BIDING ACADEMY nr IN THE THE WORLD AT MISS HELEN BILEN GOULDS ROOF GARDEN A ROCKEFELLER GARDENS SPORT SPORTING J ING ma APARTMENTS CHIMNEYS WHICH MIGHT STIR A STONE STO WORSHIPPER TO ENTHUSIASM Although the country homes of the tho sail mil millionaires of this country bear a striking each to the other in one ene re ro respect respect that the one legend may be in inscribed inscribed scribed upon each built regardless of there are marked features which each Individually For example ample the most costly and com corn completely completely equipped private academy in the world Is one of ot the notable features of the George Gould place at Lakewood It t was but recently r completed at a cost coat co fl of a quarter of a million and when look 1001 ing lug about for tor something well ell known with I which to compare It you Ou Say Sa v and quite wIthin wK n the bounds of veracIty that it is U as largo large as Madison Square Garden G that t is ta the ring Here the sixty line fine horses polo ponies included are exercised the Gould children take their daily dall lessons in riding and the bachelor guests su are lodged there being n beautifully eal appointed al ln apart apartments apartments ments e S for tuen There e are swimming I pools billiard card and smoking rooms and a loggia or gallery overlooking the polo grounds where a vast number of ot spectators may watch the games g ibes of or polo which whirls now is the game par lar excellence of the smart set s t The features of ot Furlough Lodge Mr Goulds mountain home in the Cats Catskills Catskills Catskills kills are the tho pigeon warren and the I the tho fin in the world Then there thero art are ar immense e deer parks and a small herd of ot buffalo and foxes run wild tl UIS 8 i year r und The whole establishment is kept up in the good old English style and ami probably no one on earth spends so 50 much I on a shooting box botO Hudson Budzon River lUver Palaces I Among the many charms of Lyndhurst Miss Helen Goulds palace at Tarrytown I the root roof garden d most attracts t It is the roof f of her new w mM bowling in alley I which by 01 means of awnings soft of t divans rare plants and singing birds has been converted into a roof garden where the I cup of tea is dispensed of an afternoon and music of ot a moonlight night Another Hudson river palace is Mr John D Rockefellers on Hill I I Tarrytown Its expensive and attractive I I feature is the big which Is 15 equal to the famous one on the Thames I and in the gardens of ot the Luxembourg i iA A pond Dond was constructed at a cost of About birds now occupy the I Another feature worthy of I Ire note is the small house e on the h estate i where re Major I r John Andre passed p e the night it prior prier to his capture This house is to be preserved for its historical interest A Astone Astone Astone stone slab has been inserted in the old chimney bearing this inscription S ROOKERY This M house is 15 supposed to have hae haebe been be m built about the tho year ear 1760 1750 Ma Major Major jor Andre lodged here the night be before beI before I fore his capture I Also i included i i d d I in th the R Rockefeller k ii estate tt I Is the old Landrine house where h Andre ll rr halted for refreshment e The very step I is still preserved where he sat while eating his frugal meal of bread and milk his captors meanwhile standing guard over him The Rockefeller mansion is the French classic style st le with a Greek finish It may be mentioned that the weekly pay payroll payroll payroll roll of the men employed ed in landscaping he Rockefeller grounds averaged from 2000 to Outdoor statuary and landscape decora decorations decorations decorations representing many hundred thou thousands thousands thousands sands if It not a million dollars claim first attention at the John Jacob Astor place The greenhouses r too are aro noteworthy and roses are car oar r fr ried rind into the house hou every day in III bushel c baskets to be distributed in every nook t and Sd corner where they can be placed The J library is also to be reckoned with not to mention the rugs russ of which one is said s ld to t be the finest In is the tSie world and ea 00 It th tb the l most mTh The Ogden O en Mills done mansion at t tJ t of white brick I s a if built with particular care as to fire are ex tx J precautions having been taken in ia this respect The walls are aro three feet J f thick and the floors doors of iron covered with marble in some i parts MU and mosaic in others i r t With Vanderbilt Millions r I f Mrs Margaret Louise Vanderbilt Shep f ard has her country seat at 1 Hudson which is famous for many reas yeas ii ons one primarily because of its beautiful t a gardens d which are quito quite un like any att other tt gardens d cl in Ia America For 1 Mr Frederick new bouse house at it Hyde H de part of Napoleons t I chateau at Malmaison on n has lisa been b n brought Draught f over the price t well up in the millions 1 t for the finished I mansion m lo i it A specially fitted up suite of smarting t apartments is a feature of Dr Seward jr i Webbs princely establishment at Shel f t burne Falls Vt His farmhouse cost 1 not less than a penny and of broad f a acres s r t he has E 00 more or less Jess Before build I ing lag Dr Webb visited scores Cores of castles ensUes and i beautiful homes abroad abr ad collecting photo photographs f t t graphs phs With these for aids Dr Webb j I followed the architects plans step by f c step a a large corps of skilled draughtsmen being kept busy bus for tw two o years working out the plans The suits of sporting apart apartments apartments f tic ments would delight the keenest o of Eng Bag j ft lists lish sportsmen with its gun bUn room a room r where implements of or every sport known knon to man may be found from the inoffensive I t croquet set to the boomerang of or the wild Indians Although born a Vanderbilt is la h not written after Dr Webbs name th the legend l nd is married a Vanderbilt which i Is 15 Just as lucky luchy la Ophir Farm Fann Plains New York t the residence of the Whitelaw Reids Reid Is famous for Its rose gardens ens where it roses of all colors qualities and species specie wafting waiting their odors from the lodge gate to tt the veranda The entrance hall at Ophir is s another feature which has a reputation r j it is very ver very long and Uld very very wie t the exact figures ire re of ot no consequence r with a marble wainscoting feet high 1 and a frieze of wonderful mosaics i t ji jiA A marked feature of the thu exterior of Mr H II noih O 0 vISa villa near Stem Stam Stamford 1 ri rid i ford d on n the as Sound are e the m six S massive r chimneys with quaint projections at ther tha th corners that simulate dragons and tar pr boYles Each chimney built o of rough rou h il native stone n is a pile ot to stir a 5 geologist I or a stone worshiper o to enthusiasm n sf The me dining room is patterned after an art old Dutch picture from Its massive fireplace 6 p to its floor door of ot tiles A window occupies i I the whole of one side of the room and just outside the window is an open air all din dining dinIng ing room in summer and a a glass enclosed t dining room In Ia winter A Venetian town Is ke 1 I y 4 being planned by Mr Havemeyer the site to consist of at acres on the Great South fl 4 i bay To clear the site S will wUl be spent f 1 this includes the making of the canals t ii The distinguishing characteristic of oC Mr Po ti 1 Trenor Parks house at Rye en on i i Long Island sound Is Its electric plant tV t which is the most costly and elaborate i ever built for a private residence There fj Is an electric burglar alarm which illum Ilium illuminates i ia mates the whole house if a window Is Q e raised at a night I The whole I house b u is light lipit lighted di died I Iad ed ad by pressing preying a button and every door eeoc t i i opens by bv simply touching a button Here i ione one lives the life of a Sybarite electricity t 1 bearing all the burdens of existence i ELEANOR ELE LEXINGTON 1 I |