The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-13
A VISIT TO HAwARDEN CASTLE.
Mrs. Gladstone Discusses the Woman
Movement in England.
(C3Dari1bt 1887

the wife Of Englaud's foremost statesman,
was n years OF age on Jan. 9th, and the an
niverssrY was celebrated in the castle at
Hawarden where she was born. Her faith
err Sill Stephen G}ynne, was the eighth
baronet Of Hawarlen Castle, and after the
death Of her mother, Mrs. Gladstone be-
came the p0ssessor Of her childbood's home.
Her married life has been spont in it for the
most part, and there her seven children
were born. Last July all but one Of thoIn-
a son wrO is living III India, ere at home
TO celebrate the fif5ieth anniversary of the
marriage Of their parents, together with
the several grandchildren, and other rela-
tives . he youngest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Gladstone, Miss Helei, is President IF
Newham College at Cambridge is 0 e
Of the most cultivated women il England
One daughter and one son are married ana
reside not far from the castle. This son /,
the Vicar Of Hawardel church, and very
often his great father occupies the pulpit
and reads the Ies sOns Of tho day to the as
sembled parishiOne,s.
OF late years Mir. and Mrs Gladstone
have no kept up the large London house at
Carlton House Terrace, which they Occu-
pied for some years when he was out Of
ONCE. DurinG the many years Of
his tenure of Office he lived in Downing
! the
metropolis, was made at Lady Frederick
Caveudis Is, a neice Of Mrs Gladstone's.
HaWardeu is convenient TO London and
the family love 10 50 much more than they
do the city, that they go from it but little
while each year. 1t is reached from Lon
don by tue northwestern railway, and the
old town, which was a town in the time of
William the COnquerer, has many quaint
features well WORTH visit. It is no great dis
4r.Vgo fhn- TOR Z To Nr.-- r4 Ill
that part Of England Is beautiful and al
Turing. IN the old-fasnioned village are
several Od-fashiCned hotels or inns, the
best Of which is the Glynne Arms. so-called
after the family Of Mrs Gladstone. From
this i'm one eau walk directly to the old castle
Of hawGrden, which stands in the grounds
near the new castle and present dwell
ing place Of the GladstOnes. The latter was
built q hundred years ago and i new com
pared to the ruined old castle which iscarel
for as a picturesque fea ure of the land
scape, and in summer IS crowned with
mass Of ivy and trumpet vines.
The present castlesis splendid home, with
Its battlements and towers and stone walls
grown with ivy. The surroundings are
very lovely, the quaint village ana church
OF HaWardea on one side, deep woods on
the other aud the flower
garden fun Of lovely old favorites,
such rs hyacinths, jonquils, pansies, roses,
honeysuc6es, fOuT-o'clOcl1s. daffodils and
lilies about the castle. In the opposite di-
reclon from tine woods, and below the
church stands the old dover house of the
Glyaue family, kept in perfect condition
by the former who has the supervision Of
the estate.
The autumn has bsen particularly beau
thu IN England, and two days l spent al
ElWardgn delighted me in every way. The
weather was unexpectedly good, 50 the
wife u the inn keeper said, ana the walks
about the country We're pleasant beyond de-
scslpI3n. had brought a letter of intro
dlctlou from q friend Of Mrs adstone's
and had sent it to the castle shortly after
my arrival, 50 ing to her in my note that |
would wait upon her at her convenience.
There we're guests at the castle who were
70 dtpsrt the dey after reached the village
and Mrs. Gladstone sent a mes. enger to
tell me that she would answer my letter the
following morning. Their carriages were
esrly before the castle door the next ~,
ana they passed down the main street of
Inc village filed with ladies and gentlemen,
accompanied by the. Rev. Mr. Gladstone,
VINO saw them OFT al the station.
shortly after their departure, liveried
servant appeared with an invitation to come
az eleven, as Mr.. Gladstone was To receive
Hdepajaton tr IN some reform association
Zone, and expected her assistance.
crossed the castle groand as the clock
SlfUcA eleven, and was admitted to the re-
cepnon room, where Mrs. Gladstone almost
Immediately joined me.
aLe is an odd woman as we in America
F'u al women who are past sixty, but
eHe La7 not the look Of age or the signs of
ne'peas ess which stout women show even
eaiAef iaau thin ones Of medium stotur
9us -S MOI large frame, but is strong and
wen Shiti and the glow on her face is ruddy
MS q rNHHN| .Nrs
zap lAnd English women wear such
Lo"'e'E enesl she would be as striking in
glt'a' auce-ln hCr way--8s her husband
- ." 44s' Her black silk dress was made in
fuIo "'He, moving way, like a combination
W '71 gown and morning robe, and her
I'm "a arranged on a loose, natural +yle
III. 7t 'A cenler Of the head aud put
ssr uaier her cap-or, perhaps l should
tdy-lH.d-d ess.
o. o1e cHatted IN a gracious. cheerful way
o,. .'7 ou'y ME; It's manifold but easy ca es,
.' every other sentence MADE some refer
H.. w. L'r husband. Twas 80 impressed WI h
I '-e'Iu uN strong aud enthusiastic
T. . INN taat / was led to say, "You
sr, ~. apie 20 DO go much in educational
a. .'''di..hIoplc wcrE, because you are SO
t'',' 'naly haupy, Mrs Gladstone Isnot
tonN J0U' eNolsy anu sAoI-
a.. DE- looked m me with smile on her face
1 I-' wen Simply said: 81 think So. bappi-
' great nsprer aud charmer, and [
in IT," ..,'e UT oeea otherwise In my relations
of t appearance indicates the entire truth
a-'' remark. She has a noble bro,y
'af cut feaigres, and a sweet evnre.sio,,
~. lu' mouth which -ofteus tue other
f,-. 'ns aId severe intellectually II the
nt. '.'o perfectly a. home with her
io.1' i'" moments, and said 1 would like