The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-09-17
m aRRnN spRrNa vALLnY.
The Hospitable Home Of the Stewards in
the Valley-It is Known as
"Cliffholme."

~ nungent. Sometimes the master and mis-
tress Of such an establishment belong to the
younger regime. on account of their active par
uelpation in social life. Especially is this true
~ the country adjacent to New York, where
the "smart set'' of the Metropolis have summer
homes. But in Maryland and Virginia it
would seem-and no one could tell why-con-
sditions are different. There is sentiment at
sached to the old regime. OF all the country
neehborhoods around Baltimore none is con-
sidered more desirable or more delightful than
the Green Spring Valley. Its residents who
Come to town always bring a healthy glow
with them. Its water is the purest that flows.
Elh scenery is unsurpassed; its hospitality I'M
exoelled, and its society natural and charming.
III 0iRholme lie the ''big house in Green Spring
valley. is there anyone who would dispute
4 {nn statement? There are other residences
i more modern and, perhaps, more elaborate, but
Their owners themselves would be the first to
\ acknowledge, and not unwillingly, that the
i home of the Stewards is the social mecca.
i while sentiment and tradition are often fast
friends, they are not inseparable. and can reach
i PARTING Of the ways, as they frequently do.
Ciikholne does not merely hold an enviable
Position because its former master, the late
CHARLES Morton Stewart, loved to see his friends
and.kneW how to make them welcome. It re-
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+ alley. people because the standard set by the
Husband and father has been maintained by
I the widow and sons and daughters.
Il, From the time the late Mr.. Stewart bought
ffhe estate until his death. about four years
/ ago he took a great interest in it and in his
Eneieifbors This interest has been continued
i ~ Mfs: Stewart and her children. Most Of
Il tAe.sOns, all etalwaft feli0Wss VINO love. iUx-
hpntipg and other out-ofdoor sports, have
Married. but their farms" are nearby, and the
.ksl1 0riu
nallyshe property contained over 200 acres, but
] q slicewas cut off as each son became bene-
1 dict and decided to build. Mr.. Charles Morton
i Stewart sJr., Mr. Gustav L. Stewart and the
late MrsJohn Stewart, Jraw were given portions
Of the hme tract, Mr.. Redmond G. Stewart
4 and MrsW Plunket Stewart the last two sons
to wed psrchased sites in theimmediate neigh
i borhooda N. There are two or three younger
"boys, Z bit every one in the Valley naturally
Elsnpposes that they, too. will settle nearby.
! The mansion at Cliffholme occupies COM
4 smanding POSITION on q high hill and looks
down on the picturesque Green Spring Valley
;sfQr miles around. ChAttOlanee Springs Hotel
is on an seninence of apparently the same
height halfa mile southwark as the crow flies.
| OF in the distance are Brooklandwood the
! late George Browns estate, now owned by his
son. Col. b. Carroll Brown; Nacirema, the
| home of Gen. Felix Agnus; Margaret Mead
oWs; thu abode of Mr.. Thomas Janney,
and other famous places in the valley. The
| Of ground, 1t has great many rooms, for It
needed them for the young Stewards that have
| been growing up for the last 20 years and their
/, friends AZ the boys and girls came along in
1 the family the requirements for more room in
/ creased, and the house was added to from time
to time. For this reason it is Of no pronounc-
| ed type of architecture. The construction is OF
stone, with . slate roof. There are porches
nearly the entire distance around the exterior,
and flowers and trailing vines find their way
up the pillars of the verandas Several mag
nifcent beech trees are at one side of the lawn,
and nearby is . group Of seven oaks. Hick-
cries and other forest trees as well as those OF
the ornamental variety, are seen at random
over the grounds.
| "A feature at Clifholme that appeals to visi-
tors especially those of artistic temperaments,
is the art room, long apartment at one endol
the mansion. 1t contains paintings by noted
mastersand beautiful statuary collected by the
late Mr.. Charles Morton Stewart. Chairs are
scattered over the polished floor, and there are
cushioned seats in q circular window. Lead
ing into this room and connected with it by q
corridor ia q side gallery, filed with smaller
paintings Among the most noteworthy works
10 the Stewart collection is THE Praying
Monk" and companion. piece by Muraton,
berger, and q bronze piece '.The Race Horse
Gladiateur," by Isidor Bonheur; brother Of
Rosa Bonheur. The dining-room, connected by
the small gallery with the art room, is another
great long apartment filed with old mahoga-
ny furniture, family plate and delicate china.
There is a sideboard OF liberal dimensions.
carved mantel to one side, and big fireplace
with brass andirons. Thewalls are hungwith
family portraits, and the unusually long table
denotes hospitabe board.
Mrs. Stewart has two double dfaWjng-rooms
on the southern side Of the house, but during
theAsnMmeE months she often has hfternoon
covered verandas that are supplied with wick
err chairs and settees, hamm0cks and cushion
ed coxy corners. The library is in dark leath-
or, and there is q little "red' reception-room
and another charming morning.room on
the right side Of the main entrance. In the
basement, which, due to the graduating lay Of
the land really opens on the lawn at one end
of The house, there is the s'schoOlroom" and
the dancing-room." What Clifholme has
been in bygone years it promises to be for
some time to come-the gatheringplace for
ladies and gentlemen in the Green Spring
Valley.
Importance OF vaccination.-This week
thesaCounty Commissioners received q letter
from DR.. John s. Fulton, secretary of the
State Board of Health, in which he declares
that 1t has become necessary to again remind
the Commissioners that the people OF Mary
land are in need of a complete defense against
smallpox by means of vaccination. During
the last Ave years. says DR.. Fulton, smallpox
has prevailed on one or another border OF
Maryland and the State has been invaded many
times, but the disease has not made Roadway
iniany of the counties where the existing vac
cihation laws were effectively enforced. In
three counties many children of schoOlg0ing
age were attacked in 1908, some of them dying.
There were in all IA deaths from the disease
last year. The cost Of suppressing the scourge
I'M 1903 fell heavily upon two counties. being
upward Of $4,000. Practically all this large ex-
penditure would have been avoided, DR.. Full
ton asserts if 300 persons had been vaccinated.
tits the duty of the School Boards, the let
ter continues, to see that children attending
schools are vaccinated, and 1t is the duty of the
County Commissioners to provide means for
furnishing this protection. Several instances
came to the knowledge of the State Board of
fraudulent certificates of vaccination.
4 With hearty cooperation between the coun-
tyI Boards Of Health and the School Boards the
State, DR.. Fulton declares, can be kept clear of
smallpox at little cost. II preparations are
postponed until the disease appears the. cost is
bound to be heavy.
In one county an ignorant man proposed to
sell the public substitute for vaccination to
be taken inwardly. THERE'S no substitute, DR..
Fdlton declares.
The Potato Race Made Much Fun.-The
|, Hbpwood potato race that took place on Friday
| pfllast week at the Timonium fair furnished
ndlittle amusement to the spectators. Twenty
| five potatoes were placed in each of IL rows,
| and the first boy to pick up one potato at q
/ time and place all Is safely in bucket at the
end of the rOwswon the race. The contestants,
| who were between IL and 16 years Of age, were
aslfollows: J. ALFRED Phipps, Walter r: Davis,
| Stephen @. Cockey, Eugene Burke, sJr., w.
/ Harry Jessop, John e. Scarborough, Harry B.
| C. Green. Paul B. Wolf. James A.. Reese. Will
/ liam ). Marfyman, Edward L. Marshall, Ed
| mund Prince and Walter N. Hammarstrom.
\ The winners were J. Alfred Phipps LIST prize,
| { wafeh; Walter r. Davis, I'd, pair Of spurs;
IsBteplqh c. Cockey, Sd, cat rife. The boys
I who were .sleft" were treated to ice-cream.
Thejudges were Col. Henry NJ. Warfeld. Dr.
| H. Burton Stevenson and Messrs. Edward A.
| Cokkey, James s. Nussear, Charles e. Burton
anf William G. Watkins.
Heptasoph's VIII Celebrate. Mount
Carmel Conclave, No. %, Improved Order Of
Heptasophs, will hold a celebration In the
| grove 1t ut. Carmel, 9TH district. on next Sat-
| urday afternoon and evening, September 18th.
| Congressman j. Fred. c. Talbot and Mr..
| Robert Garrett, the Republican candidate for
Congress in the Second district, are expected
| to sbe present and deliver addresses. Grand
| Scribe John A. Graham will also deliver an
| address. The committee of arrangements is
composed of Messrs. John T. Thompson, Geo.
4 NJ Price, John Peregoy, @. l. Brooks, George
/ pafooov rohr, Miller and w Turn haUOh-