Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-09

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Philadelphia
and indeed many valuable trappings reminiscent
OF the happy years spent before he obliged to
return to England, but not without the tears and
unspeakable lamentations of his dear flock
Herein Colonial Danes serve as most responsible
keepers of this historic museum though originally
was purchased by the State for eight y-fve hundred
dollars when it about to succumb to the devas-
tation of two and half centuries and in turn in
trusted to nine trustees consisting largely of Colonial
Danes, who legally responsible for its care.
These women contributed toward its purchase,
added twenty-five hundred dollars to the recon-
struction fund.- and presented most of the od-time
furnishings; SO they properly may be credited
custodians of whitfield House., distinguished as
the oldest colonial house in all New England.
Then Van Cortlandt Manor in New-York CITY:
Does not this colonial mansion wherein " PATRON"
Frederick Van Cortlandt lived like lord remind
on the other hand, of merrymak1ng days? Picture
the PATRON holding high carnival for fair ladies
quaint Shortwaisted gowns and courtly gentlemen
in knee breeches, while in the nerude of quadrilles
the guests wandered in the great flower-garden at
the back of the manor. This estate, acquired by
MIR. Van Cortlandt in 74S and the old homestead
of many aristocratic descendant, ultimately be-
came the property of New-York city. Thereupon
but the New-York division of the National Society
of Colonial Danes Of neutrality-suspicious. the
city fathers for its and it passed into their
patriotic keeping for thirty years.
On account of its accessibility from the
metropolis, Van Cortlandt Manor ranks as
one of the popular meccas for the American
/ patriot. Though an entrance fee is charged
r to pay for the ravages of time, no less than
one hundred thousand sight-seers have passed
: through its doors in single year The
house itself is perfectly appointed, with its
: portraits of colonial dignitaries its Sheffield
plate which tempts every connoisseur of
Il ceramics, and the curious old embroideries
and textile hangings. And the old Dutch
garden of PATRON Van Cortlandt's day, with
fifteen thousand dollars appropriated by the
city, has been reproduced in all its picturesque
ness. At every turn stretch -bordered
w. fower-beds filled with fragrant old-fashioned
VII flowers, while a sun-dal accommodatingly
NIL points to the time of day, and quaint water
= canal or the water-basin full of lilies suggests
q the Dutch gardens across the sea.
One of the latest acquisitions of Colonial
Danes is Cley Mansion at Exeter New
Hampshire seek to rechristen it Colonial
Manor-which serves as clubhouse for the patrcian
sisterhood of that State. This spacious house with
fine wood-carving undoubtedly seemed pretentious
in its day, 1880, when it built by one Zebulon
Giddings a wedding gift for his son. In course
of time Joseph Longfelow Cilley, descendant of
Colonel Joseph Cilley of Revolutionary renown
carried it's latch-key, which, following patriotic
opportunities of Colonial Danes passed into their
official pocket. Think of five old-fashioned rooms,
each with open fireplace to invite cosy con-
versaton! And think for another minute of each
room, finished with white woodwork in striking
contrast to dark tapestried walls and furnished with
spinde-legged chairs unearthed from cob-webbed
garrets and end of other priceless trappingsl
Already the pOSSeSSOrS of a COLONY of historic