Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-26

hand. She wears gown of yellow
satin, cut low at the bosom-Eneller
delighted to paint beautiful throats
and shoulders-and as one looks into
that willful, voluptuous, beautiful face,
he does not wonder that Pope fell i.
victim to its charm. Another exquisite
portrait from Kneller's brush is one OF
Daniel Parke, whose daughter married
6 GUSTS of Arlington. over on the Po-
tomac (?) and so became the progenitor
of Martha Washington's first husband
and of Mrs. Robert e. Lee. Parke
came to an untimely end, for he was
appointed Governor OF Antigua and so
oppressed the unhappy residents of
that island that they finally stirred up
an insurrection and murdered him.
Another of his daughters married Col
onel Byrd, and She 1t was who was ar
rested by the Virginia Wings. Colonel
Byrd, while he was in England, gath
cred together n great number of por-
traits of famous men and beautiful
women, and most of them are hanging
here.
Just around the turn of the river
from Brandon. is Weyanoke. which the
readers of Miss Johnston's novel, ITO
Have and to Hold" will look at with
more than passing interest. Sherwood
Forest, the home of President JOHN
two-story house, in the midst of a
grove of stately trees. 1t is peculiarly
built for though it is eight rooms in
length 1T is only one In depth, and all
of the rooms open upon the lawn. The
estate is still in the Tyler family.
JAMESTOWN SITE DISAPPEAR
ING.
A low-lying island. scare rising above
the waters edge. is Jamestown, and
to the student of history there is no
place on the continent of greater in
crest. The river has cut off the site
Sh nd
made an island of 1t, and even this is
being rapidly eaten away by the water,
so that in time no trace of the site of
the first English settlement in America
will remain. There are a few dilapi-
dated gravestones and portion of an
old church tower still standing on the
island. There has always been much
misrepresentation about this church
tower. for it has been religiously ad,
vertised as q remnant of the original
church built on the island, when Rolfe
and PocahontaS We're married. The
mistake has crept into many histories.
and tourists have gazed at it with
reverent eyes. 1t is pretty old, of
course, but Rolfe- and Pocahontas both
had been dust for half Il century be-
fore it was built. Bishop Meade gives
the correct history OF 1t. The original
church, /; rude log structure, was built
about 1905. and was damaged by fire a
year later. 1t was repaired. but Cap
tain John Smiths swash- bucklerS
were not of church-going sort, and
when Lord De-la-War arrived in 1910,
he found the log cabin ruined and
unfrequented." y few years later the
people built church OF hewn timber,
fifty feet in length by twenty in width.
and here in July, 1912 the first Legis-
lature assembly in North America
convened.
No such edifice of any kind was built
at jamestown until 16i0 and the
church of which the ivy-clad ruin still
standing was n part was not built until
about 1858. Insomuch as Pocahontas
died in 1917, the fact that she could
not have been married in this church
is evident enough. In fact, it is merely
supposition that she was married ut
Jamestown at ALL Lady Frances Berk-
eley is buried in the graveyard near
by. Almost all the grave stones have
been clipped by relic hunters. At the
| edge OF the river, scarcely visible above
the waters edge, are few brick and
masonry, all that remains of the old
powder magazine. Remnants of
number of the foundations of the old
houses may still be seen outcroppng
from the ground but these are all that
remain of the old town.
| Just below the island the river
widens suddenly into mere estuary of
| the sea, and four hours later the
smoking chimneys of Newport Eews.
| Norfolk and Portsmouth are seen
|
| from the seventeenth century to the
| cineteenth; from visions of powdered
| ladies and hcribboned courtiers. doing
their best to mirror the life and man
ners of the gay court across the sea.
| to the practical and intense CONNER
| cia,ism of to-day.
One word more to the stranger who
| visits this section of the country for
the first time: Every one of these old
homes preserve that generous and cor
| dial hospitality which has always been
characteristic of Virginia. The visitor
IS Welcomed to the grounds, and for
the asking may inspect the art collcc-
| tons AT Brandon is this especially
true. There the magnificent. grounds
are always open. even to picnic parties.
In fact. such parties are regularly or
canned in the neighboring towns to Z,
spend a day at the place. And 1t is
difficult to imagine any way In which
u gay could be spent more delightfully."-.
Round Trip Rates Via G. g. o. R.'y
$1,000 to $500
Chicago, ILL.,, Account G. A. r.
Encampment.