The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-08-05
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Waax Private Mansions Csuid hank
~. Museuns Elsewhere
The men who built the great man
slons OF London which endure 70 this
day prepared them for the reception
wear after year Of the most beautiful
objects. 70 that now hardly anything
remains 70 add TO them There are q
hundred great houses in London Of
which the least important could be
taken 10 any other great town and
proclaimed a wonderful museum.
Dorchester House. the present home
OF the American ambassador Bridge
water HOUSE: Chesterfield House.
built By the great author Of polite
leitef Nrlsing: Apsiey House, the
nome Of the DEze o. Wellington;
Deyonshire House: Grosvenor House.
the custodian OF vast treasure In pic
lures. manuscripts and sculpture:
TAnsdown House. with its great gal
lery Of busts and statues. Stafford
House. whose great staircase alone Is
worth a hngs ransom wimborne
House-these are only a few OF the
number There are many other houses
OF minor importance which would be
starred Ia the first line II they were
anywhere else.
There. for Instance. In Airing street.
q small. narrow thorouRhfare close be-
hind the Ritz Hotel. where wimborne
House casts its great. shadow. are
dozen mansions which contain treas
ures almost beyond belief The Mar
quls OF Salisbury lives there In mag
nifcent palace magnificent as 10 in
terror, insignificant as to exterior.
Sir Alexander Henderson. great
railway magnate. hides the nobility OF
his possessions behind modest street
frontage. Al No. IL. a house built $50
years ago by Lord carteret and now
owned b. Lord Marlborough. lives II.
Gordon selfridge. late OF Chicago. Il
Is a simple-looking London residence.
but the vast Interior. spreading out as
you progress. Is perfect storehouse
OF beautiful objects Of antiquity.
Here are the most wonderful Van
Dycls. Greuzes. ReEnbrandts. Reyn-
oldses. Lelys and Gainsboroughs: gal
lery after gallery. room after room
filled with them; books OF great rari-
~. bindings that would make the GU
rators OF most museums giddy with
delight and furniture that one only
finds usually surrounded by chains to
keep OF the curious public; and this
ia only one OF the dozens upon dozens
OF old London houses.
Az matter OF fact this does not
apply 70 London alone All over the
country, north. east, west and south.
there are strewn country houses dat
ing back 10 other centuries where
great treasures are stored and ieal-
ousy guarded. There IL no other coun-
try In the world which contains 80
many
The French chateaux suffered too
much during the troublesome times Of
the revolution. They we're burned and
sacked and hacked about and their
treasures scattered to the four winds.
Germany never had many. Tho !
italian works OF art were kept mostly |
In cities like Venice. Florence. Verona
and Genoa and in it's numerous mon.
asteries But in England, where the
country houses have hardly been dis
turbed since the time OF Cromwell. the
work OF collecting has gone on unmo- |
Tested. generation after generation.
There are still many undiscovered |
nnds scattered about here and there
In spite OF the cry that nothing more
Ia to be purchased.