New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-12

Il situated At the Albert Ca.
Park and which u one Of the chow Mae. :,
LONDON sno a pef!ec. palace, requires an income
Of at least $4,000 to $4,000 70 keen =, =, n-o,s,
style. Lady Naylor Leyland no. ~ - 49,.
particular favorite OF King Edward ard ~ Queen
Alexandra, more so than any other An.r,c.n
woman. being. indeed. according 70 tha ty,ro ora
OF the very few Of them whom he has n.yer
heard say an III na'ured thing about her country
women or about her country The ,a,s Cir usr
bert Naylor Leyand was 60 ,s,,,- -.
popular man. but his entire life was hrshtsd h,,
the fact that when a young fellow of eighteen
he had the misfortune to kiln his father bv an
accidental oiscnafse OF mis- gun while out shoot
ing with him. believe somewhere on the coast
of Syria During the closing years Of his life
he became somewhat morose-was NOT himself
indeed-and never condescended TO take anv one
into his confidence as to the reasons which led
him to make so startlingly sudden q change from
the Tory to the Liberal party One Of his sisters
by the by. is the wife of Val Prinsep the famous
painter and Royal Acadamician Among other
nieces OF property which have come into the nos
session Of young Sir Albert Nayor Leyland
through his grandmothcr's death is Nantclwyd
Hall which is probably the most beautiful and
magnificent country seat In the whole of North
Wales situated in the lovely vale of the Clwyd.
and II is there that the widowed Lady Leyland
and her boys viii from now or make their prIn-
cipai home.
A number OF newspapers have published pho
tographs showing the ceiling of the Sistne Chapel
at the Vatican with the glorious frescos of Michael
Angelo all scanned with cracks. as demonstrating
the alarming condition Of the ceiling of the chapel
and the very urgent necessity of repair.
While ii is quite true that the latter needed.
the seams shown in the photographs have nothing
whatsoever TO do with II. They not real. but
onlv anparent and constitute sort of artistic
,oke on the part of the world famed painter. who.
when he completed his frescos. scared them all
over with painted cracks, which look terribly real
from a distance. The story goes that the architect
was so given to boasting that the roof which he
had built for the sistne Chapel would defy time
that Michael Angelo painted the fictitious assures
In order TO humble the pride Of the unfortunate
man.
Rotten Row. the celebrated ride IN Hyde Park
which for so many generations has been the tryst-
ing place of London society at certain hours of the
day, is by means the only road or track known
nv that name in the United Kingdom. There are
scores of Rotten Rows. indeed south of the Tweed,
particularly In Yorkshire. and hundreds Of them
in Scotland Among the most notable is the one at
Glasgow. which may be described as one OF the
sleepiest and most commonplace thcroughfares or
that CITY, but which has been known by that name
ever since the year 1898 when 1t was described in
the contemporary records "Ratonraw." while at
the time Of the Reformation five of the canons OF
Glasgow Cathedral occupied "ludgings" IN the
street called the "Rotton Row."
The Rotten Row of Glasgow. as well as tnose III
the ancient burghs of Montross Dunfermine. Alb
crdeeu and elsewhere in Scotland, all OF them de-
rived their name from the fact that they mao
originally constituted the mastering ground for the
soldiers The old word "roteran' C'to mus
tern still survives to-day in the form OF roster.
and in the Middle Ages file of six or twelve SOL
diers was known as a rot" Scotch antiquarians
are agreed that the Rotten Rows now in existence
north of the Tweed owe their name to their having
been used as the muster ground OF the riots. or
squads Of city and town sodiery. and. as Rotten
Row in Hyde Park was put to an analogous use IN
the DAYS of Oliver Cromwell. who ordained that
nine .rots' of pixies and twelve ''rots of muskets
should constitute one company. II is evident that
the famous ride is indebted for its name to the
same derivation as the Rotten Rows in Scotland,
and that no further account must be taken OF tho
legend according 20 which the Rotten Row IN the
British metropolis is indebted for Its name to an
English corruption of the French words route ou
roi" or roadway of the king"
Popular belief in this mythical derivation has
been to a great extent confirmed by the fact that
since the DAYS of the Stuart kings one has been
allowed to drive down Rotten Row In Hyde Park
except the sovereign and the Duke of st. Adams,
as hereditary Lord High Falconer Meme of the
dukes of st. Adams, far as can recall. have
ever made of the privilege. But Queen Vic
toria whenever she traversed Hyde Park her
way between Buckingham Palace and the great
Western Railroad terminus where she took the
train for Windsor. would always make a point Of
driving down Rotten Row, which Is otherwise
verely restricted to equestrians.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.