The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-10-21

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OF q big packing caes to catch
rlimpses Of the head and torso Of
4 white marble female figure which
has Just arrived from France. It 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 Il 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 IL one Of bal
anced unity. % carefully have all
the details been designed and
wrought out.
A simple unostentatious wooden
house in Narragansett avenue 10 oc-
cupied by the Tifianys. swanhurst
In Bellevue avenue IL 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 IL the former home Of
Levi p. Morton. The touch Of tragedy
which seems to intrude everywhere
induces q 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. M.
Hunt for William X. 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, noble exam
pie Of the classical style. The exterior
Is Of pure white Rutland marble and
Caen stone from Caen, France. Vari
GUS features Of this house have Ions
been famous. az the grand portico
jutting forward, with its monolith col
umns and roman corinthian capitals
and the metal gates protecting thu
front doors. the product Of year o
labor and held to be excelled by nom
in the world. The ornamentation o
the exterior is in the renaissanc
style; bits of sculpture, mythologica
divinities, pilasters. delicate traceries
abound upon facade. cornice and bal
ustrade.
Ochre court. the Ogden Goelet col
tege. is a fine example of the Frenc
chateau. It represents the combine
ton OF palace, manor and castle fo
which the chateaux stood In the mid
die ages. There are no meats Q
outer walls, to be sure, and no huddl
of buildings without. but the centr'
/ structure looks as If 1t might hav
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architect was r. M. Hunt. the mat
rial Is blue Indiana stone. and Il
whole effect is harmonious and bea
tiful. The gargoyles are not
worthy part of the ornamentation.
There is legion of these cottage
: each notable for what 1t is in itse
and deserving of an architectur
o eulogium, and each notable also +
+ the social fame of its owner or its {
cupant. There is Belcourt. which W
the home of Mr.. o. H. P. Belmol
q who married Mrs. William X. Va
|. derbilt, and where Consuelo. the duo
n sss of Marlborough, was entertain
y On more than one occasion. There
q the residence of Mrs. Richard Ga
II brill, once the property of James
" Keene, with It's beautiful groun
n surrounded with brick cement
"a wall whose white surfaces are divid
= into rectangular panels framed