e bought the house not for
speculation, but for a home, and she intends to remain there as long as
she lives.

"Her residence is the most magnificently furnished of any establishment
on Fifth avenue. It is finished and furnished like a palace. Each
window consists of but two enormous panes of plate glass. There are
fifty-two windows, hung with satin and French lace curtains. Her office
is in the basement, where she receives her callers. On the first floor
are the grand hall of tessellated marble, lined with mirrors; the three
immense dining-rooms, furnished in bronze and gold, with yellow satin
hangings, an enormous French mirror in mosaic gilding at every panel;
ceilings in medallions and cornices; more parlors and reception-rooms;
butler's pantry, lined with solid silver services; dining-room with all
imported furniture. Other parlors on the floor above; a guest-chamber in
blue brocade satin, with gold-and-ebony bedstead elegantly covered;
boudoir for dressing in every room; madam and husband's own room,
granddaughter's room, news-room, study. Fourth floor--servants' rooms in
mahogany and Brussels carpet, and circular picture-gallery; the fifth
floor contains a magnificent billiard-room, dancing-hall, with pictures,
piano, etc., and commands a fine view of Fifth avenue. The whole house
is filled with statuettes, paintings, rare bronzes, ornamental and
valuable clocks, candelabras, silver globes and articles of _vertu_,
chosen with unexceptionable taste.

"Madam --- is a married woman, her husband being Mr. ---, a Frenchman.
He is in the same business as herself, practising it under an assumed
name, having an office in the lower part of the city, and his
advertisements are next to madam's in the daily papers. The interesting
couple have a daughter, aged about fifteen, a blonde and beautiful girl,
who looks too pure and good to live in such a magnificent den of infamy
which is called her home.

"Madam --- keeps seven servants and four fast horses. In winter she
drives in tandem, with large ermine sleigh-robes. On every afternoon in
the summer she may be seen out alone driving in the Central Park. Her
carriage is noted for its extraordinary showiness. There are various
statements given as to how she came to adopt her profession. One is,
that she was once a servant-girl in a large boarding-house. A couple
left one day, and in cleaning up their room the girl, who was afterward
to take the name of Madam --