The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-27
ghs a0Githa Daily Eagle Sunday a1oio JANUARY 27 1901
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THE AMERICAN CHATELA|NE y ]
~ % OF EASTON LODGE PARK. /

THE recent failure of a London com
| ! pany in which many of the English
| / nobility had funds invested viii
not be likely to hamper particularly
! the Countess Of Warwick She has the
| immense rent from EastOn Lodge, &C.
cupied by the family of the American
northumberland. Mr.. Henry King. The
lodge, with it's great park of 2S,00C
| acres, is considered one Of the most
magnificent country seats in Great
Britain. 1t is the personal property OF
! the Countess of Warwick, who was
Miss Frances Evelyn Maynard, the
daughter of Colonel the Honorable c. H
Maynard and of Blanche. afterward
Countess of Rosslyn. She was a great
heiress. Very few Americans have any
idea of the number of their country
men who are occupying distinguished
positions abroad and who are supposed
by the world at large to be natives of
the countries in which they reside.
The Kings are an example of this.
Mrs. King, a beautiful woman Of per-
haps 50 years of age, is a VirgiRian by
birth She was married when quite
young and accompanied Mr.. King to
South Africa, where he made an i'm
itGAlSE 1Oi LOllC III tie diAAAGEes % many
others did at that time When they had
acquired wealth of Monte-Christo-like
proportions, the family returned to
England and Immediately assumed a
leading place in English high society.
They have a town house at 1873 Picca-
dilly, near Hyde park. and here during
the London season Mrs. King enter
tains very handsomely the coterie
Her town house contains many art
treasures. Among her most valued pos
sessions is a service of china of historic
value taken from an old palace and be-
lieved to be one of the Oldest specimens
of china in Europe. An enthusiast Of
fered Mrs. King s250.0O0 for the set.
The decorations of the dining room
are unique These consist of ornaments
of rich, dull gilt secured by the deco
rator in some out of the way corner of
Europe It is a quality impossible for
the gilt workers of the present day to
duplicate. The London house is con-
stantly supplied with a full staff of
servants and is conducted exactly as if
the family were there during the entire
year. Even cut flowers for decorations
are sent up daily from Easton Lodge,
Tor members or the IdIuliy often WISH
to run up to town for shopping or BUSH
ness.
Easton Lodge, the country seat, is To-
Gated an hour and a half's ride out of
London. It is a great, old fashioned
mansion built in the Georgian fashion.
It was the home of Lady Warwick s
father, the son of Viscount Maynard,
whose title is now extinct. He made it
his residence, and here the part of the
girlhood of Lady Warwick was spent.
over the main entrance is carved the
Maynard coat of arms, and inside the
walls are covered with portraits of rep
resentatives of the Maynard line.
Among these is a superb painting of
Lady Warwick, a regal creature with
dark hair and violet blue eyes.
Inside the house everything is just
as Lady Warwick left it when she
rented the house to the Kings She
herself is a frequent and welcome guest
at the lodge, for she is fond of sport
and is a capital horsewoman. There is
no better hunting in England than that
about Easton Lodge and no better