1674-91 Carl Fisher � -
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i. �``e Shadows' Ia Falling, With Its Former Mistress There To See Sad Finish
C.�Y,,,�%f"• { '� ..Jane Fiaher'a mansioiViyn Sielda'!o wrecking rreu+at foot of Lincoln Rood
;. Flainboyant Bench House Falls
f. By JOHNCNDERWOOD
Herald aLe*row -' tk P
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aSr�''1 Fisher nt five million e J a '' irh :k r .
4o�S-w nave Miami Beach ' �' ft
/mama tram the ma
agr'ovet
eta then spent$125,000 to build i s.F, a h - $.
t house—a"fantastic, fabu-
loua house" — on the y - C
White apron of the beach .. .,�
In its tmcontested-megnifl- r'*�`` - t
:terse, the tease stood three `l-�i, t L
tall,and gloated at the . f
aiea t a r vd
On the!root porch was writ- '
ten the charter of )liana{ 1e.4s I - ,r•. ��
Deafb.Coder the rose garden, �ill . 't ! - ' d._ I '"r i '
near the )torch. Carl Fisher "y - - k
stashed his supply of probibi- t •- tpid ~ .. -4.
% .
Once,In an uncommon show , ^•:ate, 4"4, •- .."t'
:of fear,he ordered the liquor iEa., �1�.
`ung up and'in the black of t e $125,000 Fisher House Id Its Heyday, Circa 1915
night transferred to a secret 1 ..later becameI
ding place offshore, at the gt . gambler,' beach club, then restaurant
tom of-the Alientie It was house 55 like that, SFe aha was built hi
!so secret that Fisher was un- glorious. ff the hinter of buddy the collie and gpot the
able to find it again. 11913-I4 It fronted 300 feet on bulldog.
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the tideocean and the inside in-
cluded"ISMER was the first built-in Sunt bathmm, a Their stream of guests 1n-
wife of( rl Cl,Fisher.She was pipe organ and three eluded Harvey Fi;,toe and
O\21E,►RSf DAY in 1915.or huge fireplaces ("Gail's ani u- Warren Cl. Harding,the presi-
tlhereabouts, & titre-3mrd 611x- d k o bis daring—he used i talion was that he had to be dent.
.'dyed girl lolled on the beach- b din on a bicycle from able m nand u et.each o[
grout in a one-piece battling building h18/ding in Indian- than.He kept one Miming all
tit,the bikini of her time.She polis ,and theywere
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e mar- �time,winter or eh
as one In a I tied in 1 when she w'ao 15. summer.") Fisher c
droved, and she Jane went to Grad Ra AFTERNOON Mr.
out.A photographer out- Cart dim sued for breach of ids for a meek and spent$3,000 me and said he was
d her. promise:;While they were en on the furnishings, bringing a half guestnhome for wip-
E l The nest day a M;arrd paper their heseymoon.His favorite i They called it---The Shad- per in an hourirde Milo;
mowed Jane Fsher. wife of endearment for Jane veva "f eves."Freer Sunda Strong,the millionaire develop-:'
Carl Fisher, father of Maim I was°�° er of Cat Cay,
wouldnY trade you [or t w a house. Lemonade was served
ash,in all her elegant sym- ak°�a•" and entertainment was prime. .I scs... around and with
They were dhv.,.ed after 11 Once Jaecha Hetet&played the the swath good meal, to come.
ockin !cea.-s• but. sayspipe organ eo Lvhtg Berlin's up with a meal At dinner
g:" said s pmdo' she, "I never piano in a duet time, with our guests waiting
Dent bfio=minter,sad de-;re'eeni his second marriage In the living room,Mr.Fisher
doted a sermon to the impro- and he never remgiized mine. Every Christmas there was a was nowhereto he found.
rty of hared akin, We saw each other almost ev_ parade around the tree for "Finally, at eight o'clock, I
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are,in;ears,came ery day,"Fisher died in 1938 the benefit at their adopted asked our butler. Galloway, if
running Jane later wrote n book shout sue. Jahn Wayne, Johnson. he had-
to Carl.At first!haslire-
her
e, The parade was a menagerie Fisher was. idea where Mr.I
her husband wasi of family consoling — A! + * * pets — Rosie the "'Why yes m'am.•said Gal-
elephant, Caesar the great loway'• 'Mist
f i n e shape THE kOtSE at 2 Lincoln Rd. dane, Flambeau the atrdeie, went to Fisher done;
+ought& be —+t—Fwd •,•shown," he said
soothingly-Then -
he stood'back.
`-practically knee
deep in the sea-
- that carpet
that stretched
'IN'DERWOOD from wall to wall
and room to room•and rhyth-
mically began slapping his
"I have it!"he boomed.'Tm
\ a get 12 of the prettiest
s I can find, and put 'em
12 of the tightest bathing
is I can find.and send their''
tures everywhere with t h e
;tures
'This is Miami Beads,'"
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"SO YOU SEE.I ant practi-
ly the forerunner of Miami
ch cheescake." said Jane
\ "fisher the other afternoon.She
--_\ Was standing out front as an
Impassive wrecking crew slam.
ted away at her memories.
The house at 2 Lincoln Rd.
Is being overtaken by prog_
gess In the form of a parking
lot
She stood and watched the
execution for a moment, with
blue eyes that are still high
In candle power,and sighed au-
dibly.
"Dear. dear. dear, you poor
Old thing,"she said,talking to
"Do you believe.' she said,
ruing, "that a house can be
animate object.with a per-
elity of its own'I do.This
ill
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