Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30

ing between the boards at the top
of a big packing cas- to catch
glimpses Of the head and torso Of
a white marble female figure which
has Just arrived from France. It will
have q 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 p~rofusion 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 a few minutes of thoughtful-
ness when n 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, a noble exam.
pie of the classical style. The exterior
Is of pure white Rutland marble and
Caen stone from Caen, France. Vari
u features of this house have long
been famous, as the grand portico
jutting forward, with it's monolith col
umns and roman corinthian capitals
and the metal gates protecting the
front doors, the product of a year O
labor and held to be excelled by none
in the world. The ornamentation o
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 a fine example of the Frencl
chateau. 1t represents the combina
ton of palace, manor and castle TO
which the chateaux stood in the mid
die ages. There are no meats o
outer walls, to be sure, and no huddl
of buildings without, but the centra
structure looks as if it might hav
been removed from France. TIL
architect was R. M. Hunt, the mate
rial is blue Indiana stone, and tn
whole effect is harmonious and beat
tiful. The gargoyles are a not,
worthy part of the ornamentation
There is a legion of these cottage,
each notable for what it is in itse
and deserving of an architectur;
eulogium, and each notable also fc
the social fame Of its owner or its 0,
cupant. There is Belcourt, which wa
the home of Mr.. o. H. P. Belmon
, who married Mrs. William K. Val
derbilt, and where Consuelo, the duel
ess of Marlborough, was entertaine
on more than n occasion. There
, the residence of Mrs. Richard Gan
, brill. nee the property of James !
! Keene, with its beautiful ground
i surrounded with a brick cemente
, wall whose white surfaces are divide
Z into rectangular panels framed