| Show OEOnCG VANDBRBILT3 IIOMn IU flSrr iii n btne nt tilt Nurlli tarolhA Mnunlllll leorgo Vanderbllts faxorlte cOlin try resldenec le I within n few mile of shellle N C on n pur of the hills fountain Ills new horn which has icon 1 building for four lOn or more is I now practically completed The house Is I nn Imposing ttolhlc strueture 01 Indiana sandstone It Is I the motl mpressUo and commanding of Iho nuny residence belonging to Ibo Vnll Inhllu Tho mansion Is not Ions and low end rambling as most southern dwel I Ings are Inutend It rises to Iho height 01 four stones not rounllng tile lower floor wluro UomMtle work is done or ho Story next to the roof Hut It Is broad ami long nnd ImpreMhe Mr Vnnderblll was hrgel hie own nrclil eel and too result would Indicate hot ho Is I not a bad one He has been courageous cour-ageous enough to borrow literally from othirs hut mainly from Hwltirrland for the houro as seen ftnli n distance resembles an Alpine chateau The massive mountains near h > add to thlo mprewlon The hails In It fro as wide and loft as those In the old housed In England There are no small rooms The dining halls are Immense There urn no less 1 than fifty guest chambers an Indication that Mr Vanderbilt does lot Intend to le I n hermit In his moon Din home There urn cvernl lnrg rooms evidently Intinded to bo recoil loniooms Call there Is I n lingo ballroom ball-room looking out upon mho mountains showing n most romantic memo by Ighl Tho baths arc of marble mined from Ibo mountain near by and tho whole Interior U I rich In appearance and arrangement Tho Mnblcfl at u dlu tanca nlono now finer lion many modern mod-ern houses and the kennels far them Is I yet gamo In theso mountains nro on n piano with Ibo other buildings WHlml there Is I nothing glaring or garish about all this Many modern house would look ridiculous In the mldit of time wild mountain scenery but Mr Vinderbllt has been fortunate enough lo brine nbniit barman and to make his iiplendld l homo appear a natural nat-ural part of Ibo scene presented No ono but Mr nmlerbllt himself known what all this has cost him Tho amount Is I small compared with what It would l ha min o been had tho estate been m-In the north lind In western North Carolina when Vnnderhllt purchased was ridiculously low Ro were nil sorts of ordinary labor for skilled 1 labor hnd to come from too north at northern I rates of nakm Hut too building material ma-terial was right nt hand to bo cut or mined nod nature herself had been the surcor and landscape gardener na well trollfrom his library window Mr Von derhllt can see the Illuo Ridge tho Allcehnnlcs nod their tributary mountain moun-tain ranges rising and stretching natty In limo distance Ho can see Mount Ill gah raising Its pineclad head moro than Onoo feet nbon the plateau Illack Dome Cllngmana Dome Mitchell Mitch-ell s feat and n corn or more of giants are near by tltlween these like slue threads run tile frcnch llroad Iho Hlnwaesco and near half a dozen other rivers Ho may see If ho wishes the spots oer In this Tennessee mountains that into been undo In n way famous by tile charming storlra of Charles Kgbert 1 Crnddock And here and thcro ho may HOO the cabins of the moonshiners who think straight and shoot the same way nnd are In no manner man-ner to bo regarded aa being like the leorgla cracker or Iho poor whlto of tho Ion land Mr Vandcrbllts dace contains about 29000 acres In Its Immediate grounds or park UevcrnI mile beyond ho own on Mount Ilsgah and In Its neighborhood neighbor-hood about 100000 ncres more Intended for use as a hunting and shooting pre nine Icorgo Vanderbllt Is I Iho student of Ilia family Ho Is an ardent lover of books and nature Is unmarried la 38 yours old and la I worth 1000000 for melt year of his life |
