New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-16

alike. May ask DID your mother ever live In
Parish"
No. sire but my father did" was Lord Stairs
pointed retort and the King had nothing moro
to say.
THE LAST DUO DE COIGNY.
The present Lord Stairs mother was the only
daughter OF the late French Due de Coigny and
there Is no ooHbt that If France to-day We're
ruled ny monarchy instead of A republic Lord
Stair would, in accordance with tho custom that
has prevailed in the past in France have his
er@ioialier historic dukeddm revived in his
1aVor- Ills grandfather. the last duke was a
grea' character IN his way. and, having married
Miss Hamilton, heiress of the ancient Scotch
house Of Bargany, in Ayrshire settled down 70 the
IRE pr Scotch laird He used 10 amaze the
Pe"pie however up In Scotland by his essentially
foreign ideas on the subject Of sport Thus ont
covert shooting he would invariably don a green
NeVet hunting suit, with big French hunting
norm siung over his shoulder and a susotted car
rage dog called Ponto his heels Ponto was
IteHuel-uy IN the way on these occasions, and
tiie ouke temper was hot; and 1t is still remem-
oered how, when hendsh din was once heard at
a corner OF the covert, the other sportsmen hur-
red up, found Ponto yeIpinC Justify while b,s
mfurlated master hurled at him shot belt powder
mask. hunting horn and all the other parapher-
mana OF the chase. Indignantly crying out: "Ponto
you devil dog, devil dog / viii knock Won
potlom over top The dukes father was one Of
the most famous courtiers at Versailles during tho
reign OF the Ill fated King Louis XVI and Queen
Marie Antoinette
TOWER OF LONDON UNDER NEW CONTROL,
Every American tourist who has ever visited the
lower or London will be interested to learn that
Ihe transfer of the control of this historic pile
from the War Department TO that of the govern
ment Department of Public Works has been fol-
lowed by substitution Of antiduarian archaeology
cal and architectural considerations for those OF
purely nntllitarian character. A number of IN
signify military barracks and storehouses of indie
scrlbable ugHness. erected some fifty or seventy
years ago for the use Of the troops then stationed
there. have been torn down, thus giving far bet
ter view OF the true proportions Of this ancient
stronghold than it had been possible to enjoy until
thei The intels Of dungeons upon which dstin-
guished prisoners of oden days have inscribed their
names on the eve of their execution on Tower Hin
nave been protected by oak easements and some
painted glass of the best period Of medieval art
which for hundreds Of years has been stored In
one Of the crypts. has been placed in position in the
White Tower. Moreover. in all parts of the Tower
grounds excavations are in progress under expert
antlquarians' direction, which have already fur
nshed most interesting results. and iikey 70
yield still further discoveries
All this, taken in conjunction with the rearrange-
ment of the collection Of medieval armor under
the superintendent of Lord Dillon, the president
OF the Royal Society OF Antiquaries. and Of Guy
laking. the Keeper of the Kings Armory, viii
contribute to transform this ancient abode of
the kings of England and their principal stronghold
in the centuries prior the discovery Of America
by Christopher Columbus into a wonderfully inter
estng and instructive rational institution, of real
antiquarian value. instead of being merely show
place, without intelligent arrangement direction.
This is but Of the many reforms that have been
quietly brought about by King Edward whose
ubiquity Of interest and action seems to be on a
par with that Of his nephew, the German Kaiser
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.