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Show HOUSE 0FM1RR0RS Western Farmer's Home Dazzlc3 with Bevel Plate Glass. Structure lo Outward Appr. Only Ordinary Dwelling In Pretty Country Town Once Inside Everything I Changed. ppoknne. Wash Among the Strang els houses on recotd. perhnps. In Ihe fulled States Is that of Alexander Stuart of Wnltslmrg, a onellme farmer farm-er lie has spent Ibe best part of two tears In personally supervising Ihe 1 (instruction of bis residence, which, when completed, will be one nf lbs llnesl examples of Interior finishing In the northwest, resplendent In mosaic 1 tloois of oak. mahogany nml maple, shining with 30 plnle glass mirrors, ithlch wcliih nearly half a Ion. nnd clotting with the dark red of llr. fin-bin fin-bin d In Imitation of ninhngnny. To oiitwnrd appearance Ihe bouse Is nn ordinary !4 slory residence of the heller type on an ordinary slreel. In nn ordinary but pretly country town. The first thing to ailrnct alien Hon Is the ynrd. which, except for a thin strip for roses nnd a strip nf Inwn some ten feet wide on Ihe oilier Ide. Is plastered over with cement In this cement ynrd there are two laree circular openings to the soil, which will be ntlllreil by shrubbery. itherwisn Ihe exterior la harsh and grny. Once within, however, Ihe eyes are itaili d with the elegnnen which, even In tbe unfinished state, la everywhere apparent. The ibsira are of rnro parquetry par-quetry design, with tho elegant "rug llnlsh." This design run through living liv-ing room, dining room, hall and pnr-lor. pnr-lor. though no two room are floored In the same design. The baseboards, door facings, etc., are of curly fir, with the grnln brought nut rlenrly In deep red ninhngnny stain. Fine pressed beadwnrk adorn all the rnrnera. giving a aense nf riot-mis riot-mis richness. The walla are In hard white plnster. Ihelr lmpllrlty contrasting con-trasting sharply with the gorgeousnes nf the wnod finishing The sliding doors between hall and dining room are nf plate glass panels nf the finest grinding and polish, nnd this scheme haa been carried mil In all the Important doors both upstairs and down. Itetwean dining room and kitchen the door la merely of plain glass, and transparent. The windows, even In the bark kitchen, are of enormously enor-mously heavy French beveled glass, an clear thai one la hardly conscious of their nresenre. Al every turn Ihe visitor will he met by hi own Image, advancing nr retreating, or elilllng away from him al an angle. From nno point In Ihe pnrlot person Vnn stand nM see all the persons and objects In the dining room and even Into Ihe kitchen. f pslalra aeteral hedrooma are finished fin-ished In the pnrquet Mooring and stained Imitation of mnhognny a he low. A Masonic design nn a liny Unlit 1 placed In the flout gable will also peep down al the passerby from Its I high nest Tin re Is a special switch In 1 bo attic for lurnlnt on uml off Ihlp ! ml. I. llr.lit j In the luiseineiit heavy glass donn I si'iMiraie Ihe aparimenla, which are I wi ll Me I. bed In cement floors and J while, hard plastered walls Thrnogh out Ihu basetiieul tho hinges, disir j Ituohs. etc., nre of brass ns good aa It usually found on front doors of or dlliaiy houses - Spokane HpokcsiuiiD. I lrtlfW. |