294 ''^IIl'^ I'ALACE STAIIM'; OF 1). EDGAR GROUSE. 



Sofas and chairs of easy and comfortable shapes are well 

 distributed in the office parlor, beside a mantel and etegere 

 extending- to the ceiling, showing off the rare and exquisite 

 shade of pure San Domingo mahogany ; a large fire-place for 

 wood exists, which gives a warmth to the situation. Corner 

 cabinets, side stands, &c. &c., make this room not wanting in 

 other requirements. 



In the passageway is a Sedan chair for the waiter to oc- 

 cupy. An Otis elevator with tile flooring, crystal chandelier, 

 &c. &c., conveys you to the floor above. 



FRONT OFFIGE, 



Rosewood woodwork is the feature of richness in this 

 room ; the same Byzantine glass mosaic in the side-wall 

 panels. A large mantel exists here also, varying from the 

 office parlor, but full of elegance combined with simplicity. 

 Rosewood desk, table, chairs, sofa, corner stands, &c. &c., 

 complete this room sufficiently to make one forget that a 

 quarter of a million worth of blood horses were feasting not 

 an hundred feet away under the same roof. 



The elevator conveys us to the second floor, where we are 

 left, to appearances in a fairy land, or an Oriental palace, 

 where rich draperies hang in graceful folds, showing their em- 

 bellishments in embroidery not often surpassed. Mahogany 

 woodwork exists on this floor throughout, not a particle of 

 plastering to be seen. Ceilings carved with side-walls to cor- 

 respond. 



Surrounding the chandelier is a four-feet square panel 

 of "papier mache,'' finished in bronzed green, to match the 

 transoms above the doors in similar finish. Gas fixtures in 

 anticjue brass prevail throughout the rooms with but one ex- 

 ception. 



A massive round-cornered mantel in Imperial design 

 is prominent, with its heads of carving ecjual to the sculptor's 

 chisel. This rises to the frieze, which is also elegantly carved, 

 extending around the room. 



Stained-glass transoms above each window admit ra)-s of 



