The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-13

IAN on the south front there IS this in
scriptior:
Il &c so wish there was not one unhap-
~ creature IN the world. for have no
Idalice nor, indeed, any great ambition
but that Of being at quiet with you, my
lovely Dtohcss."
HrR Nrw HOME.
Under such auspices as this was H'"r.
helm built, nearly two hundred T'6x1a
ago. with the money that Queen Anime
granted the great Luke for i.ls scis.Ota
in war: Il build this house Tor InOiiu-
ment 20 our posterity." wrote the Duke
To bis wife. "and IT must be great
enough and strong enough for US ali TO
all time"
IL is to such home as this that Con-
Great stone walls. ten feet thick at their
thirncst, shut her IN from the world,
and when she walks around the house
she will ave passed around square
which is an eighth of a mile in length
on each side. In the centre is a large
court in which an airing horseback could
easily be taken, and from the LOFTY tow
ers a view over the whole country can
be had. Blenheim cost many "A fortune,
and within It's walls have been pcnned
ami spoken many line famous In his
tory. Its ladies have been remarkable
for wealth and beauty from the first
DIX" until to-day.
The rooms OF the new Duchess are the
ones occupied for 900 years by success
eve 1'ifl4t~N'~ Oh AtlAbDlbuhls AnfN
face the east and south and occtpy the
s'.tire turret upon this corner stairs
lead UP above 10 other apartments for
the use OF the Duchess maids. and be-
low there H. the small diniug-room, so
that the Duchess need never stir beyond
the tower IN which she lives while she
s. at Blenhe.m.
The top OF This tower is singularly ornW
mented. IL has four piles OF cannon
balls. with a corOret upon the top OF
each. This fantastic decoration extends
along the sido of the house beyond the
tower. and is done In smaller design over
the nursery windows. for Blenheim would
not be complete II arrangements Were not
made for the successor to the title.
The small Marlborough has by right the
title OF the Marquis OF Rlandford, and I'm
these nursery rooms. with cannon balls
and coronet above. have played and
grown mp into manhood many genera
tons OF dukes.
rooms. and she uses them all. The
great library OF the Duke Is too inn
mense for her use. and one OF her suite
has tidy bookcases and settles for COM
Portable reading.
A dining-room Is of the boudoir and
there Is n parlor and q very small plant
room" and suite OF three lounging-
rooms opening one into another. These
ish, Indian. and JapaeSe rooms. as she
had a special fad for the American way
OF fashioning little rooms after the diff
ferent countries.
SUCH BIG HOUSE.
Some Idea OF the size OF Blenheim's
rooms can De formed from the fact that
the library Is 200 feet long, or about the
length OF 4 small city block. and that,
along one side OF II. stand statues. heroic
siye. OF all the sovereigns OF England and
the Dukes OF Marlborough from the
building OF Blenheim 10 the present day.
In speaking OF the house itself, the young
duke SAYS he never saw "a building 80
large. 40 homely, 30 irregular, and SO
little imposing II IL lot of stone.
with walls az many feet thick as an Or
binary house IL IN ohes.
young duchess may have plaf 20
play and place for home love. But she
IL eds also q place to pray. None in a
frore trying position than che. And I'm
this the Duke has not neglected his COM
Ing bride Before he left Blenheim-fcr
this engagement In said not 20 be a thing
OF such very recent date-he fitted up a
IS n sunny. rosy. corner. with warm light J
falling through ruby gasr and long |
eeat cushioned with rich velvet. At tx |
sidc hang religious tapestries. 1t Is a
small prize deu adjoining the regular |
chapel. and to reach II the Duchess need |
not travel through the big stony room |
which n the chapel proper OF Rlerheim. |
ON Sundays and church days tho chapel |
n thrown open. IL In IA the north wing. |
The chime Of bells rings ont melodies |
and the servants Of Blenheim and the |
townhpeopie VI Woodstock attend. The |
chapel n exQueitely furnished. and IN. II |
there are the tombs. magnificent marble |
SliuctpreA Of tina dead md Soma A''sAs