Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1896 — Unique Home Decoration. [ARTICLE]

Unique Home Decoration.

The home of the late Henry C. BoWen, editor of the Independent, In Brooklyn, is peculiar in its decorations. As one enters the hall, says the Fort Wayne Daily Gazette, he finds himself surrounded by birds of every variety. On the colling there is a representation of a congress of birds to settle the question which was the best bird. The library table, the chairs, bookcases, piano, curtain, and all the other articles of furniture and decoration were made at his order. In ordering the carpet his idea was one giving the impression of a handful of roses strewn carelessly about the floor. When the decorators came to the ceiling, they proposed to put Ideal pictures In the comers, but Mr. Bowen desirM to have the faces of his wife and three daughters ever before him. The dresses are ideal, but the faces arc* real. From the ceiling of the. parlor the faces of Mr. Bowen’s fourteen grand children look down upon the visitor. On the floor above. In one of the rooms, are the heads of the father and his seven sons carved In the furniture. The historical chamber has groups representing the landing of Columbus. Washington at Valley Forge, Miles Standlsh, and Lincoln signing the Proclamation of Emancipation, while in the comers are the portraits of Standish, Washington, Columbus and Lincoln.