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Show is above and around everything and the rich, feminine, artistic and beantiful. predominate, except where the pipes peep out in the cozy corner. Now York Tribune. BIG ACW ROOMS. Snuggeries of Booth and Barrett at the Players' Club The Booth "Slumber Pillow." A VEST PECULIAR. LOOKING BED It Looks Like the Man who Sleeps in It A Man's Boom with the Brooding of a Feminine Spirit in It. f The suites of Messrs. Booth and Barrett Bar-rett occupy the third floor of the Players' club at (Jrainercy park. An unpretentious unpre-tentious canopied bed is in Mr. Barrett's room. It is not large enough for a restless rest-less sleeper to toss about in, but who Could imagine the dignified, scholarly, Self contained Barrett as a restless sleeper? He would not lose his even poise even in a dream, and the plain, simple bed seems to partake of the individuality in-dividuality of the man. On a stand at the head of his bed is a picture of Mr. Booth, and Mr. Booth's prompter's book In "The Fool's Rerenge." In this parlor Is a bronze bust of the groat actor and Innumerable pictures of him. Pictures Df his daughter and his grandchildren Ornament the mantel and shelves. A large bookcase contains his favorite books. They have a homelike air, as if often used and appreciated. A pipe with a stem as long as a tall mau's cane hangs on the bookcase. It has a curiously wrought silver bowl, with a lid like that of a sirup jug. It did nofneed the pipe to emphasize the impression that the observer ob-server was in a man's room. It would comfort any tired man's soul and make a woman ache to pin a dainty tidy on the big easy chair or choke with a bow the bronze neck of 6omeof the handsome hand-some statuettes just to give it a suggestion sugges-tion of femininity, for it is distinctively masculine, from the shoe bag to the pipe. LIKE A PRETTY WOMAN'S BOUDOTO, But Booth's room is as elegant as a pretty woman's boudoir. The man part of it peeps heroically out in one cozy corner. There is the plain table for cards, perhaps on it the pipes, a half dozen or more of good useable ones, beside be-side wbieh is the canister of tobacco. the match box, the ash tray, the comfortable com-fortable chair the case above. Everywhere Every-where else in the rooms artistic feminine fingers have wrought rich, dainty and beautiful things for every day use and holiday show. A crazy qujlt made of elegant materials and exquisite colors has his monogram in letters of gold in the center of it A pillow sham of Irish point lact and the handsome canopy of the finely wrought brass bedstead, together with the quilt, suggest an ideal couch of luxurious ease. A delicately painted picture of his first wife hangs to the right of his bed. On his chiffonier is a picture of his beloved daughter and three grandchildren, also one of his newest new-est grandson, photographed by himself. He is a handsome bit of a boy, and Booth is said to be proudly fond of him. On a lonnge in his parlor is an artistio slumber pillow made of chamois skin, delicately tinted with pink. It is finished fin-ished with rich red-brown plush. Etched npon it is the following somnolent sentiment: senti-ment: , O slumber, gentle as the summer air. Knit up the raveled sleeve of care, r . Unloose the knotted coil of thought Whene'er this pillowed couch is sought. An ardent admirer of Booth is going lo make some just like it, and doubtless "Booth slumber pillows" will be the rage among the devotees that worship his genius. A CLEVER CARICATURE. Over the lounge is a mirth provoking sketch of Irving and Booth drawn by a clever caricaturist They have immense heads and small spindle shanked little bodies. Irving is represented with an lir of gracious condescension, not unmixed un-mixed with a bit of patronage, extending extend-ing his hand to Booth, exclaiming, "Thy name is great we welcome thee." Booth receives this salutation with a most modest mod-est mien, and looks as if he heard the fact for the first tinio. The artist has cunningly caught the Individuality of each of the great actors, and there is a piquancy in the drawing that pleases. An oil painting of his daughter hangs In a conspicuous place over the mantel. It is exquisitely colored and represents a beautiful woman with a rare combination combina-tion of sweetness and character in her face. Souvenirs from many people in many lands, brio-a-brac and rare sketches cburm the observer on every side. It is the room of an artistic man and exhales an atmosphere of elegance and refinement refine-ment The firm imprints of man's admiring ad-miring hands are somewhat visible, but the delicate tracery of woman's fingers |