Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-31
The Royal Burial Place at Frogmore-
Loneliness OF the Queen After Her
Mothers Death.
Summit County Visitors Entertained at Lord
Swansea's Castle at Singleton Sketch by
Miss Clara B. Rtchie.

ment, at once stepped forward to NEE,
me. She chatted pleasantly for n few
minutes, and then said, did you wish
to see Mr. Gladstone? Look just be,
low you, to the left. That Is he--the
small man, with very thin hair" A
modest description of Englands Prime
Minister and her greatest man! Down
in the beautiful country of Wales,
near Swansea, is n charming country
seat called Singleton Here. sur
rounded by hundreds of acres, partly
in forest, and with lawn stretching
down to the bay, is the picturesque
castle Of the late Lord Swansea, at
whose home 1t was our good fortune
to be entertained. We went from Lon
don to Swansea, with no thought Of
social entertainment, intending to stop
at hotels, and taking nothing with us
but the travelling dresses we had on.
Lord Swansea, with whom my father
had some engagements, came to the no.
tel, and invited us to his home to
dinner. We We're obliged to decline
for etiquette would not permit of our
appearing at dinner in anything but
evening dress. Lord Swansea went
to the castle and shortly returned, say
ing, the dinner hour would be changed
to the lunch hour, and there would
be no dress suits, SO we rode back
with him in his English cart with foot
man. The company that had assem-
bled, was composed Of some of the
most distinguished men of England,
and the table was more beautiful than
any we saw IN Europe. A woman's
description would not be complete
without reference to the fine old din.
ing hall, hung with many family por-
traits, the exquisite service and the
menu, n part of which is recorded in
my notes. About twenty were seated
ut the table, laden with wonderful
sweet peas, which grow so luxuriantly
in that moist climate; rare old silver
and china handed down from many
generations, while huge sideboards
were covered with English roast beef,
chicken, brown potatoes, beans, cold
ham, lettuce and cucumber salad,
plum-pudding, jelly, unsalted butter
and crackers, ginger cookies, musk,
melons, peaches, apples, tarts, cakes,
and wines of many kinds. We were
quickly put at ease in spite of our plain
gowns, by the fiiendliness and affa-
bility of all the guests. was seated
between the Earl of Jersey and Lord
Morton, the former think to be the
Governor General OF the United Aus
tralian colonies. The conversation in.
cluded various subjects, with refer
ences to the history of our own coun.
try and of England Miss Maltby's
dong teacher In Tallmadge and now
of Columbus) familiarity with the his
tory of England, soon singled her out
for an object of special attention, and
she proved herself mistress of her sub
ject. After dinner Lord Swansea said
to my father, Pray tell me- who is the
wonderful woman with your daugh-
ter, who can tell us more of the history
of our own country than we know
ourselves? In the company, at the
table, there are five graduates of
Oxford, and she is quite the equal of
any of them, In the history and knowl.
edge of our country" The castle con-
tained many articles which had CEN
Iurles before been part of the furnish
ings Of Royal households. In the cham.
ber, then occupied by the Earl of Jer.
;ey was an immense hedstead formerly
belonging TO Queen Anne, ana upon
which lay velvet quilt embroidered