Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

Osbaldistone first met his uncle and
cousins, looks today precisely as it is
described in the story. 1t has an enOr-
nous fireplace, family portraits, a series
of corbels bearing shields charged with
the coat-of-armS of the different branches
of the family, and at each side of the
main entrance and the fireplace are rude
images of animals-a horse, a bull, a
fish and an eagle-standing on their hind
legs and the fish on it's tail, supporting
the battle standards of the Carlisle
family.
We were shown through the other state
apartments and the library, in which
Frank Osbaldistone and Die Vernon used
oak carvings and shelves bent beneath
the weight of the ponderous folios so dear
to the seventeenth century, We climb
ed to the top of a tower which is sacred
to the memory of Lord William Howard,
the guardian of the border" from 1924
to 1910 and the hero of the Lay of the
Last Minstrel" One of his rooms re-
mains a shrine, undoubtedly for historical
motives, because the present generation
are devoted to the Established Church.
There used to be a chapel attached to
the castle, but it was burned in 1914 and
has never been replaced
Her Ladyship a Terrible Teetotaler.
The coachman who drove us out to Ma
worth gossiped in an entertaining man
icI dDouI tIlc cHdTdcIeTlStlcS OF My
lord and My lady" and their kin. He
said her ladyship is terrible teetotaler,
while the earl likes a dram now and
then. She will not allow liquor in the cas-
tie. She never served wine at any of her
dinners, and the poor man never gets a
taste of anything except when he visits
neighbor.' She is suppressing the pub
lie houses (saloOns) in the neighbOrhood
as fast as she can. There used to be
will
the Carlisle estates, which," he said,
''Stretch far you can see in every
direction and much farther in some, but
now there are only fourteen. She buys
she has to buy the property, too. and has
them Cancelled, and before long 1t will
not be possible to get drink anywhere in
the neighborhood of Naworth."
The earl is about sixty-five years old
and very ordinary looking man. You
can never tell an earl or a duke by his
appearance. He is short and stocky,
with a big head, big nose and an ILL
trimmed beard. but he has a long pedi-
gree behind him. You can distinguish
high-bred cattle and horses by their looks.
but that rule does not apply to human
beings
Family Mixed in Politics.
The original Earl of Carlisle was Will
liam Howard, a son of the fourth Duke
OF Norfolk. lie was elevated to the peer
age in 1871, and married Elizabeth, a
daughter of Lord Dacre, and that is the
way Naworth Castle came into the fam
lily The father Of the present earl was
a great statesman, orator and writer. He
served in several cabinets and was once
lord lieutenant of Ireland
The present family is very much mixed
up in politics. The old gentleman is an I'M
compromising conservative, and SO Is Wis
count Morpeth, his eldest son and heir.
The rest of the family are liberals. Lady
Carlisle, who is a daughter Of Lord STAN
ley, has extremely radical views in poll
tics. being an active Irish home ruler an
advocate of old age pensions and liberal
labor laws, and she has a good many So
cialiStic ideas. The rest of the family
SympathiZe with her and against the earl
and the eldest son. The second son, HUI
bert, was killed in the Boer war. The
third son, Oliver Howard, is a thorough
liberal and private secretary to Winston
Churchill. He has seat in parliament
from this district. where his father and
elder brother opposed. while his mother
and sisters supported him for election.
The youngest son. Godfrey. is also a lib
eral, and has a seat in parliament. The
eldest daughter is the wife of Prof. Rob-
erts of Exeter College, Oxford. Another
daughter married DR.. Murray, professor
of Greek at Glasgow University Both of
the SOns-in-law have liberal views, so
they must have an entertaining time at
family reunions.