Evening star., 1909-07-08
RESORT OF THE CHILDREN
Invalid Soldiers Taken There After
the Spanish War.
FORMERLY PAULDING MANOR
Difficult to Find Any Place Where
So Much Is Done to Promote
Happiness of Mankind.
BY WILLIAM f. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald

Chicago Record Herald
IRVINGTON. \. Y. July T. 1909.
In some countries less civilized than
ours. places where good people have lived
and good deeds have been done are hall
lowed as shrineS and are visited by
those who appreciate benevolence and no.
biiity of character. If that amiable Gus
tom were to prevail in this country and
generation, q procession of pilgrims
would be passing to and from Lyndhurst
the country home of that noble woman.
Helen Gould 1t is, nevertheless, visited
by many pilgrims, who remain there as
the guests of its owner-aged women,
who are friendless and destitute, conva-
lescents from the hospitals of New York
who need bracing atmosphere to restore
their strength. And after the Cuban war
the castle was full of wounded soldiers,
and those who were just recovering from
typhoid fever. Every room was filled
with beds and the cooks were busy max
ing delicacies for those whose digestions
had been weakened by disease.
And every Saturday during the sum
mer months the park, which includes
about 800 acres, and is one of the largest
and loveiest private estates along the
Hudson, swarms with school children,
mostly from the missions of New York,
who are sent out in excursion trains by
the fresh air funds, to romp over Miss
Gould's lawns, to climb the trees in her
groves, to revel among her flower gar
dens and to drink the milk from a herd
of Jersey and HolStein cows which she
maintains for that purpose.
There are other good people in this
world, but it would be difficult to find
any one else who does SO much to pro-
mote the happiness and health of her fell
loW-being as Helen Gould, and Lynd-
hurst is one of her most effective instru
ments. On both sides of the great high
way that runs parallel with the Hudson
river are many beautiful places, and they
are enjoyed by many people. but none
contributes so much to the pleasure and
the welfare of the human race as Lynd-
hurst. The name means a grove of lin
den trees, and it is well applied. 1t was
formerly known "Pauldfng Manor,
and the castle, which is considered one
of the finest and purest specimens of the
pointed Tudor style of domestic architec-
ture in the United States, was built in
Sing Sing by Gen. William Paulding,
a nephew of one of the captors of Maj.
Andre. and a brother of James X. Pauld-
ing, the most intimate friend and literary
collaboration of Washington Irving. and
a cousin of Admiral Pauldng. 1t stands
upon a slightly knoll, from which it COM
mands splendid view of the Hudson.
Its picturesque gables, towers. and tur-
TetS may De seen from the passing steam
ers. The windows are handsomely deco
rated with mullions and tracery. There
is a broad piazza, porte-cochere and a
terrace enbellished with rhododendrons
laurel, azalea and other Towering plants.
The interiorharmoniZes with the exterior
in design, and the ceiling of all the prin-
cipal rooms are arched and groined in
the Tudor style There is no residence
in the United States more perfect in all
its appointments. although il is not so os!
a ND md
tensive as several others in it's neighbor-
hood; but they are kept with perfect care
and are laid out with exquisite skill
Miss Gould has a hundred men and wom-
en- on her pay roll to keep them in order
to attend to the dairy and to assist her
in caring for her grateful guests