The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

I physics. Lord Salisbury carss iftf1s TO
mental work. The burdens Of state havO
weighed heavily upon him and he a0umed
them only at the earnest solicitation Of tn
late Queen Victoria
Kin Henry VII coveted RatdAd Hc>
which was really q palaral reE1d@cA and
when Thomas Goodrich became Bishop oe
Ely. Henry. IN characteristic fashicn n.
sisted or the Bishop exchanging Hatoel0
FOR some tracts Of land In the north Of En-.
land
Thus dd Hatfield become uuvn hand.
Here Princess Elizabeth was seucafsd.
studying under Sir Robert Ascham Mfms
beth lived at Hatfield IN close secfusaou un.
I'll the death of her sister. Mary.
Elizabeth was standing under tn "a ~
uee- to-day shown near Hatfield HuunA
When the announcement was ma6a To -
tnat she was Queen OF England. IN, trvo
IS much venerated IN England ana y W
Eizaoeths oak" At Hatfield Hou,s IA.
cay one may see under a glass 80 -
this occasion
Hatfield House came into tn p-
or me Cecils IN this manner:
"hen James / was En- route rum -
Iahd 10 London he stopped n Tia counfT
sSSoate OF Sir Robert Cecil At TheoAnEas
he admired the estate no ma,rA -. -
offered to exchange Hataeaa- @or2
Ior the Cecil estate 1t TheobaldR ~ ~
am was made. and from thas a. .. -
the great Hatfield estate h.s - :. -.
Cecil family.
While Queen n,.aAseA ~ irvanr NJ
NED she csused her family tn. - -
pared II Is shown TO-DAY NJ 1.so.N 80
long scroll OF parchment whanh -. -
handles for unrollfng. In th1s str.n-s-sS
gree Elizabeth traces her dsecmt dfrS,S9~.
rom Adam and Eve. Helen Of rfvv. wvtNs1
ca AIns Arthur and other weird chsr.on
In n room m N. > -
Rouse one may see the cradle N vAs-s.
queen Elizabeth was rocked whom n 49,
Inc cradle has on II the fnftfalp "A 20
Shich stand for Anne Regina ms
queen was Anne Boleyn. ons Of Hnr
Wits unfortunate wives.
one OF the most Interesting restur~s a
Hatfield House Is tn armory rnss 4. -
the ground floor, entered from <he s,,ssS
SIDE. A hall 30 feet wide BY soma ~ -
long extends the entire length Of tbs .pnth,
ern exposure. Here one may 80 many
coats-of-mail and the famous colory q ~.
brated knights.
The hall Is walled m By trrnh WA a
ground 20 the second STORY. makfnr -.S
sun parlor" for the children to nav ~
On a balcony over the musactanS ssand N
the great banquetfng hall one may pee a.
colors which Napoleon had prepared foR
ms own troops. but which were taken iron
farfs ny the Duke OF Wellington In INA
Almost all the famous KinRs ana oue~ns
OF England have At times stopped af HsA,
heid House There are rooms In the dwsu.
Ing named after distinguished guestAI For
instance. there Is King Jamess room. tn
walls hung in crimson damAsk: ne -Quesn
and Prince Consort' room, after the late
Queen. who visited Hatfield With the Primo
Consort In 1875: the Queen Anne room. u
omw ROOM. the Wellington room. ana
the rooms OF Queen Charlotte, oeorRp M
and others The hal OF Persia ana IT,
German Emperor have been tho guesep ce
the house OF Cecil. though no reoms arO
ame after them
BESIDES the rooms occupied b. ruyplty.
there are apartments which have - -
cupieo at one time or another By the eatso.
men VINO have been at the head Of the 0uv.
eminent for hundreds Of yesrA