Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-26
HOME OF GLADSTONE
HaWarden Castle Where He
Lived for Sixty Years.
MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY
Knew the Villagers All by Their
First Names.
HIS HOSPITALITY WAS SIMPLE
His Tomb in the Village Church.
Old st. Deniol's and It's
Graveyard.
HIS HOSPITALITY WAS SIMPI
By WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.

| Special Correspondence of The Star and the
| Chicago Record Herald.
lHAWARDEN, Wales, october 10, 1908.
| Hawarden Castle. for sixty years the
| residence of William Ewart Gladstone,
| belonged to his wife. who inherited 1t
| from her father, Sir Stephen Glynne,
who died in 1874. The property came
| into the family by purchase century
and half ago and passes from the
| Glynne family into the Gladstone family
| in the person of young William Glynne
| Gladstone, grandson of the atesman,
now a student at Oxford University.
There are perhaps 500 people in the vii
lage of Hawarden, dwelling closely
around the old churchyard and the gate
to the castle park, which is about four
miles square. 1t is a mixture of wild
and pastoral beauty and is noted for it's
many noble oak and beech trees
Present Castle Built in 1852.
The present castle was built in 1852
and has been enlarged from time to time
to meet the growth of the family. 1t
is not notable in any respect except for
it's associations The walls are of brick,
veneered with stone and castillated. The
interior is homelike, comfortable and
convenient. Almost every man eminent In
war and peace and letters has been guest
under it's roof. for its late owner loved
company and offered simple unpreten-
tious hospitality to his friends. One of
the wings, called the Temple of Peace"
was added in 1860, to contain his in
creasing library. 1t is one large enor-
the terrace, where Mr.. Gladstone sat so
often in afternoon to chat with his
friends and sip his tea and read and
think will always have the greatest his
toric interest.
In the park are the ruins of an ancient
castle. built by Edward 1 about 1880, or
perhaps a little earlier The walls are
twelve feet thick and every part of the
ruins gives an impression of great
strength. A beech tree is growing on
the one part of the wall, it's roots in
some mysterious manner finding nour-
ishment among the ecrumbling bricks.
From the tower may be had one of the
finest views in the kingdom, embracing
seven different counties of England and
Wales on clear day and, although it
is quite climb. Mr.. Gladstone went
there nearly every day until his last
brief Illness. Through the center of the
park runs brook known as Red
stream" with two small but picturesque
waterfalls. By one of them stood a
mill for several centuries. part of it's
walls is still standing and one Of the
stones bears this inscription:
Trust in God for bread
To the king for justice,
Protection and peace.
The second cascade is called the
"Lady's Fall" because several genera
tions ago a visitor to Hawarden Castle
was thrown from her horse near there
and killed while hunting.
Unique Dog Graveyard.
In a beautifully sheltered nook behind
the old castle is the burial ground of Mr.
Gadstones gods, each having head
stone, giving it's name, the date of its
death and some little tribute from its
famous owner.
Within the main gates is charming
cottage which has been occupied for
many years by Miss Glynne daughter of
of Mrs. Gladstone.
Miss Helen Gladstone has recently built
pretty Queen Anne cottage in the vii
lage, just outside the gates. Miss Helen
was for many years her fathers constant
companion and often acted as his secre-
tary She is woman of unusual intel
lectual capacity. and was, therefore. capa-
BILE of giving him the companionship he,
craved.
She might be as what We might call
maiden lady; that is, she's never married
but | dare say it is not her fault" said
one of the good wives of the village with
But there's no one like Miss Helen
She's her fathers daughter. and the
smartest of the family
Dorothy Drew. a granddaughter. was
another of Mr.. Gladstone's constant COM
panions, and perhaps his favorite among
al his grandchildren. Her father. Canon
Drew, is now rector at Hawarden and