The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
Brightening Up the House.

Last summer when Mrs. Alien was here with MT. Lorillard she began tt suggest various improveffehts ah f6 brighten up the place." as she termed it, and to restore 1t to It's former spfck- and-span grandeur. She4V had the en-houses rebuilt the speeding track put in shape so that guests might en- joy it. Lawn chairs were grouped about to take the place of the grand stand. Electric lights were put in the mansion, though they are nowhere else in the village, and new furniture was put in the rooms of the spacious home stead. Most of 1t came from New York, and some from abroad, in pack ing cases addressed to Mrs. Alien. She saw to its unpacking and arrange ment. Among other things was a large full-length portrait of Mrs. Alien. IL does not at all compare with the news paper pictures that have been pub lished of the heir to Rancocas. The painting shows her as the persons hereabouts know her, and say she Is a fall. thin-faced woman, not preppssess- ing. and weighing about l2O pounds' instead of the heavy-looking woman represented in the newspapers.
 'Mr. Lorillard always showed her the greatest attention and insisted on everybody else about the farm doing the same thing. Anybody anxious to please him must strive to please Mrs. Alien. The Rancocas mansion Is made beautiful only by its surroundings Inn zine it transplanted to the Old fork road or to any of the modern avenues in West Philadelphia and 1t would De a very commonplacs dwelling or the old -fashioned type. It has roomy plazas and lots of queer gables that suggest hot sleeping rooms under the caves. But 1t faces superD lawn fronting oi the lovely Monmouth road that runs from Camden to Freehold. It is shaded by magnificent elm and spruce trees-things of beauty tn them- selves. '"
 "The farm runs for nearly two miles on each side of this road, The man. sion and every other building on the property. even to the dog kennels, are painted yellow ochre. positively ugly lii their present faded condition. But the roads. fences and everything eise4 on which the multi millionaire race horse breeder spent SO much money have re- fused to grow ugly even by. neglect. Rancocas is still one of the handsom- est farms on the eastern part of this continent Few estates, even among the state homes of England. can com pare with 1t.
 The Value of the Stock. F.
 'It is difficult to even approximately value the stock at Rancocas unless IL comes under the hand of the apprais-. CTS. pr. Carter has had a free hand in this. and no matter what else was allowed to deteriorate.e the stock was kept, so far as possible. up to the standard that sent Iroquois to Eng land to win the Derby. Dr. Carter is said to have drawn more than a Con rressman's salary. and he has beau tiful home to boot. only few yards from the LoriIlard mansion. None could enter or leave the premises With out passing his gate. Several promis- ing horses have been sent to the Loril- lard stables In England this spring, but there are still forty or more left on the farm. Their value can be told only by racing men. Dr. Carter re- fused to place a value on them today. In fact he declined to talk at all about the unexpected conditions brought ahout by the Lorillard will.
 N"There are fully. 500 of the finest bred cattle in this country on the farm. be- sides deer and game in the shooting preserves. What is to become of them is at present only a matter of conjee-'