The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-13
It AN0KE MEMORY
Copy of English Paper Brings
BOyhOOj Back to Capt Harris
SALE OF THE OLD CASTLE
Where He Used TO Dance "Sir
Roger De CaverIy,"


dent of the city park. received one day
this week a late issue of "The Surrey
Times" his old home paper published
at Guudford, England. under date Of De-
cemoer 2st. In this issue. among other
many interesting items TO Mr.. Harris
was column article telling all about
the recent sale by auction Of sutton
/ Place, one of those rare old picturesue
teudal castles. one of the most ancient
IN Great Britain and among the most
unique and beautiful in architecture. SUIT
ton Place is very close 10 Guudford, Mr.
Harris birthplace and where he spent
those halcyon days Of youth, when care
free and full of the exuberant freshness
Of Doyish enthusiasm he roamed the
spacious old park about this hoary edi-
nee and dreamed of castle barons and
medieval heroic scenes. Sutton Place was
built In 1921 and is one of the most beau-
tiful old houses in the home counties. and
is one of the now few remaining mans
sions Of the EHzabataan type of delight
ful architecture, around which there is no
terraced gardening.
With the copy Of the Times" Mr.
Harris also brought to the Eagle Office
a volume of Ro5insou's English Flower
Gardening in which is picture of this
ancient landmark The recent auction
sale of this property. winch by the way
was bid in 10y the wei known journalist
Mr.. Alfred Harmsw0rth. who lately cd
tied one issue of the New York World,
naturally awakens most tender and thrill
ling memories to Mr.. Harris, who counts
among his happiest days those spent
around the old pile and around which
are clustered for him memories most dear
and tender recolecUOns which cling to
the heart like the ivy tendrils TO the
grey and hoary walls He was born and
raised within a mile of the place, and
many and many Christmas eve has he
danced the night away within the mas
s.ve old han of the place. merrily chas-
ing the feeting hours to the thrilling
and Inspiring music Of Money Musk"
-Four Hands Around 'ROger de Cow
erley." and the cid fashioned minuets.
which our forcfathers walked with state
ly dignity through. and called # fun. It
was the custom for many generations.
and during Captain Harris days for the
nobility and gentry of the neighb0rhOod
Years eve in the big hail of Sutton Place
and young Harris never missed being in
vited to these stately functions. Down
in the private family chapel for over four
hundred years mass has been sung reg
ularly on prominent feast days and spec
ial church celebra atoms and the boy
Harris used often to attend these solemn
services. especially on Palm Sunday and
Easter Sunday. I'm his day too the
church and state of the kingdom were
united and there used to be an ANIMAL tax
We'd to support the established church
of England To the early sixties this was
epeal=d hy parliament. 1Ir. Harris
father was a large merchant tailor in
those days those DAYS and one speciality
of his trade was the making of the iv-
cries for the servants Of the gentry which
were very costly and of the very finest
material. Each of the mobility and gen
Try families had from ten to fifteen liv-
erred servants and each was required to
have two suits year. The senior Har-
rs also was the 0utdtter and tailor for
the masters as well and the great heads
of landed estates Sutton Park sur
rounding the lovely castle hau IS a de-
Hghtful garden Captain Harris says. and
he has taken many features from its gem
eral Landscape arrangement 10 use as
models iu his work as superintendent in
Identifying Wichita's city park. In SUIT
ton park there are many magnificent
trees. ages old andamong them are many
varieties OF the nut bearing trees. such
as fl5erts. wanuts and chesmuts The
latter are grand old trees. he SAYS. ana
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