Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-23
JOURNEYS
Have Made Him Popular
With the Masses.
VISIT TO SCOTLAND
DALKEITH PALACE ONE OF THE
MODEST RESIDENCES.
Some of the Historical Places That
Will Meet the Gaze of Eng
lands King.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special CORRESPONDENCE of The Evening Star.
LONDON, May 10, 1908.
No sooner is the king home from his con-
tinental tour than he makes pilgrimage to
his faithful subjects in Scotland. Ireland
comes next, as he does not forget that he is
not merely King of England. but of Great
Britain and Lord of the Isles. Nothing
makes the king more popular than these
journeys about his kingdom The people in
London are familiar with the presence of
royalty, but in the provinces royalty is a
rare and welcome sight
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, who
are the host and hostess to the king and
queen in Scotland possess in addition to
their lovely place at Dalkeith a town house
and three other residences. Drumlanrig
Castle was brought into the Scott family by
the marriage of Lady Jane Douglass
daughter of the second Duke of Queensber-
~. 1t was built in 1859 by the first Duke
of Queensberry, but received somewhat
rough treatment at the hands of the Scot
tish rebels in 1745. The late Duke of Buc-
cleuch restored it at great cost.
Dalkeith palace, where the king and
queen are staying, is one of the noblest
residences in Scotland, and was built from
designs by the celebrated Sir John Van
brugh, after the style of the Palace of Leo,
in the Netherlands. The building is of su-
peru proportions, commanding from its
windows splendid views.
Within the grounds the remains of the
old castle of Dalkeith, where Froissart
stayed for fifteen days while he was in
Scotland. 1t was at Dalkeith, too, that
James " met Queen Margaret of Scotland
whom he afterward made his queen
Another famous occupant of the place in
bygone days was the redoubtabIe General
Monk, who leased it for five years. while
Prince Charles Edward slept two nights I'M
ole i,,fa
palace, and loved to sit on the terrace fac
ing the stone bridge which crosses the oft
times Drawing Esk. Queen Victoria and
Prince Albert likewise stayed at Dalkeith
on their first visit to Scotland In 1912.
Palace of Hollywood.
The Palace of Holyrood, which King Ed
ward will visit at Edinburgh is the ancient
residence of the Scottish Kings in their
capital, Linlithgow (Which Lord Rosebery
proposed to have restoreO Icing their
country house. Holyrood, which is visited
by shoals of Americans every year, was
founded by David in the twelfth century
as an abbey for oanons of st. Augustine.
Part Of the ruined nave still stands. In
the time Of James ~ and V the royal pal
ace was built and the Stuarts made it their
home. 1t was in one of the rooms still
standing that David Rizzio was murdered
in Mary's presence, and the veracious guide
Will to this day point out a spot marked
with the veritable blood. Stormy times did
not leave Holyrood unscathed
1t was sacked and burned by the Earl of
HEREFORD in 1914. and three years later
English invaders worked more destruction
When Cromwells soldiers lodged there fire
swept ruin through it once more. but the
protectorate began the work Of restora-
ton, which was completed with filial fidel-
fty when another Stuart, Charles H.
reigned again.
The last Stuart to make it's halls ring
with kingly revelry was Bonnie Prince
Charles" who dreamed dreams in the home
of his fathers in 1745. During the first
French revolution, the Comte D'Artois, who
became Charles x. found refuge for him
self and his suite. in Holyrood and when
he was driven from the throne of France in
1851 he was received back into its hos
pitable shelter. George " stayed there and
Queen Victoria did likewise.
One light touch relieves the gloom of a
visit to Holyrood. 1t has a picture gallery
which visitors are expected duly to adj
mire-a fearful and wonderful picture gal
iery. Here hang one hundred and eleven
portraits of Scottish kings" from the days
of the mythical Fergus downward
There are few pieces of fifteenth CEN
fury work worth attention, and a fine four
fold Flemish altarpiece. But as for these
Royal portraits" WELL their history will
be better than a criticism A consuming
zeal for the science and art of genealogy
mas always been mark of the real Scot
and at the restoration of the buildings
from the ravageS of fire in the seventeenth
century. 1t was determined that the royal
palace should not be lacking in this respect
The whole series of a hundred and eleven
were collected in pursuance of whole
sale order by a Dutchman named De Witt
and kings whose portraits he could not get
hold of by the usual means he painted ION
his own" guided by no rule but that of his
own fancy.
The artistic value of these canvases is
| indicated w
Walter Scott was fond of relating. A Per-
sian envoy was inspecting the palace. Ad-
dressing the housekeeper, who was acting
as guide, he asked:
you paint them yourself?"
And on her profession of inability, he re-
marked
You no able? You try; and you paint
BETTER
Cost of Royal Tours.
1t Is not easy to estimate the cost Of
royal tours, because part of the expense
is borne by the privy purse, and the great
er expense of decoration and reception is
spread over a number of individuals and
public bodies. The visit of a sovereign to
private mansion as to Dalkeith Palace,
| involves a large amount: of refurnishing,
and an expenditure on entertainment such
as only great mobiles can afford
What the kings Mediterranean and con-
tinental tour will have cost altogether can
only be guessed by comparing 1t with 9TH
ers The last visit of Queen Victoria to
Ireland was computed toseost f120;oOO. One
firm in Dublin spent f10,Q0O on decara tions
and several other large ncontracts for H.
Nominations amounted to EOS, 600. Splendid
new furniture had to be introduced into the
viceregal lodge, the castle and Trinity Col
lege; then there were the balls, receptions
and a review.
When the car visited Paris for FIVE days,
the French government spent f2O0, 600 and
private persons spent as much on decora-
st. Petersburg. put EGO. 600 in his pocket as
travelling expenses Queen Victoria's quiet
continental holiday onces year used to
cost f15,OOO. including special trains and
apartments. These lodgings. by the way,
were charged at the rateSof ESQ per week.
For lavish expenditure. the cnrnoraf ton