Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-07-09

ing between the boards at the top
of big packing case to catch
glimpses of the head and torso of
a white marble female figure which
has just arrived from France. 1t will
have a place upon the balustrade
which runs around the roof of the
mansion fencing the promenade.
One of the distinctive features of
this cottage is the large number of
bronze and marble groups scattered
about the terraces. There are two
busts, also, which came from the
Pompadour palace itself, looking out
upon the lawns from the level of the
second-story windows of the, garden
front. With all the profusion of orna-
ment the whole effect is one of bal
anced unity, so carefully have all
the details been designed and
wrought out.
A simple transformations wooden
house in Narragansett avenue is oc-
cupied by the Tiffanys. Swanhurst
in Bellevue avenue is the residence
of Dr. George Lockhart Rives where
the finest rhododendrons in the city
are to be seen. The greatest col
lection of trees in the resort are to
be found upon the wide lawns of the
estate of Senator George Peabody
Wetmore, who will entertain Presi-
dent Taft in September. The house
is of stone, plain and substantial,
and recalls somewhat the old man.
sard style of architecture Across
Marine avenue is the former home of
Levi P. Morton. The touch of tragedy
which seems to intrude everywhere
induces few minutes of thoughtful
ness when one looks at the house
which was occupied by Charles Bar
ney until his suicide a couple of
years ago.
Famous Marble House.
But after all has been said no house
looms larger in the memory of any
visitor to Newport than the marble
house designed by the Late R. NJ.
Hunt for William K. Vanderbilt, and
now the property of Mrs. Belmont,
divorced wife of Mr. Vanderbilt and
widow of Oliver Hazard Perry Bel
mont. The house is really an archi-
tectural achievement, a noble exam
pie of the classical style. The exterior
is of pure white Rutland marble and
Caen stone from Caen, France. Varf-
Gus features of this house have long
been famous, as the grand portico,
umns and roman corinthian capitals,
and the metal gates protecting the
front doors, the product of a year of
labor and held to be excelled by none
in the world. The ornamentation of
the exterior is in the renaissance
style; bits of sculpture, NEUROLOGICAL
divinities, pilasters, delicate traceries,
abound upon facade, cornice and bal
ustrade.
Ochre court, the Ogden Goelet cot
tage, is fine example of the French
chateau. 1t represents the combina-
ton of palace manor and castle for
which the chateaux stood in the mid
die ages. There are no meats or
outer walls, to be sure, and no hu1dle
of buildings without, but the central
structure looks as if it might have
been removed from France. The
architect was R. NJ. Hunt, the mate
rial is blue Indiana stone, and the
whole effect is harmonious and beau
tiful. The gargoyles are a note
worthy part of the ornamentation.
There is a legion of these cottages,
each notable for what it is in itself
and deserving of an architectural
eulogium, and each notable also for
! the social fame of its owner or its oc-
| cupant. There is Belcourt, which was
| the home of Mr.. o. H. P Belmont,
who married Mrs. William K Van
| derbilt, and where Consuelo, the Ouch
| ess of Marlborough, was entertained
on more than one occasion. There is
| the residence of Mrs. Richard Gam
brill, once the property of James R.
| keene, with its beautiful grounds,
| surrounded with a brick cemented
wall whose white surfaces are divided
| into rectangular panels framed in