The Washington herald., 1911-06-30
WALTER WINANS'
ENGLISH HOME


Among the many beautiful old English
houses which have passed from their an
cestral occupants into the hands Of men
of wealth, is Surrender Park, Kent.
where for centuries, the ancient race OF
the Derings, the Baronets of Surrender
Dering, had been seated. The mansion
now is the property Of Mr.. Walter
Winans, the well-known American mil
lionaire, who has settled in England.
Mr.. Winahs has been naturalized
Briton for many years, and as he IL a
first rate shot and as he has the true
instinct Of sportman, he is one OF the
most welcome Americans in that country.
In London, II is at the annual horse
show at Olympia that Mr.. Winans is
chiefly in evidence, and the superb man
ner in which his splendid stud of horses
are stabbed Is one of the sights OF that
great show.
This year the Cxar and the Kaiser sent
several representatives from their caval-
ry forces, and Mr.. winans was prompt
in offering the hospitality Of Surrender
Park, with stabling facilities for their
mounts. In fact Mr.. winans has a num-
Der Of Muskovite associations. His father
was the late Mr.. William Louis Winans,
Vassih Rossovitch, as he was familiarly
called at St Petersburg), for years a
high offlcial OF the Cars government at
the Nikolaiefski Telesnie Daroga, in Alex
androfsky, where "VassiIitch" (Walter)
was born during the Crimean war.
Mr., Winans is an artist Of no mean
ability whose hippo as well as female
statuettes have been shown at the Royal
Academy, in London, also at Paris. At
present he is exhibiting a striking bronze
statuette of Sitting Bull" the famous
Sioux chief, at the art exhibition in Rome.
There Is also ''Trotteur Attele,' very
unique statuette, sculptured by the MIL
lionaire.
Mr.. winans has some pretty and
charming things in the way OF horse
flesh and vehicles, and one Of the finest
was seen at the Reigate Horse Show the
other day. It was a tiny trotting ma
chine, with pneumatic tired wheels, and
1t was harnessed to a knowing little
Shetland pony. "Deeside Midget" which
took part in the competition for Shet-
lands. II was driven by little Miss Kohn
Speyer, ,long-halred maid in white
socks and a hat fastened under her chin
with elastic.
At the horse show at Olympia in 1909.
Mr.. winans took loo guineas in prizes,
which is a record even for Olympia. At
this years show Mr.. Winans provided
excitement by driving a pair Of Russian
horses IN harness with a galloper on
loose rein running alongside. This is q
novelty, and never before has been tried
in England, though well known on the
Russian turf.
The decoration at the cornation gala
performance at Covent Garden Royal
Opera last Monday, June rs, truly were
elaborate. The entire scheme was ex-
ecuted in roses arranged in a perfectly
natural manner, exclusive OF any drapery
with the exception of the royal box. This
was draped with very rich crimson plush,
bordered with gold, with a frieze of pale
mauve, white and gold orchids, and rare
foliage. The border Of that box was
decorated with pink carnations, the
Queens favorite flower.
over the front of the box was the i'm
perial crown, and underneath the Star
Of the Garter" worked in flowers. The
color scheme comprised the colonies and
India The medallion for India, with the
star OF India depending from It. was
hung over the royal box on the tier above.
On the proscenium curtain, was
trophy OF the rose, Shamrock and Thistle, |
also of the harp of Wales, tied together |
with true lovers knot" on either side |
Of which was a medallion with the royal
monogram "G'' inscribed on the left side |
and an M on the right. Immediately |
above this the Union Jack was draped
and the whole surmounted by an i'm |
periaI crown.
Each tier was outlined with a frieze |
Of deep pink roses. The ground floor was
with broad trellis worked in
green silk, with large specimen pale pink |
roses clustered over It. The design for
the tier above this was arranged in mes
daIlions, composed of deep pink roses. |
each being connected with festoons of
pale pink roses, and the whole backed
by trellis work.
The tier Immediately above this which |
will be the grand tier on a level with the
royal box was decorated with large me-
dallions worked in deep pink roses, with
the names Of the oversea dominions
worked in gold flowers. Alternately with
the medallions there were large gold
baskets, both being connect
ed with festoons OF pale pink roses. The
coloring Of the roses in the cornucopias
was crimson.
The proscenium was outlined with a
broad band Of deep crimson roses, with
a frieze Of the same flower over the
top. Inside this was trelliswork running
round the proscenium. From this point
the house was shaded from pale cream
rambler to deepest pink, finishing up at
the royal box. The ramblers were ar
ranged to appear as growing from the
ground, clustering up the columns from
tier to tier, finally reaching the veranda
Cthe top tier), so that the whole house,
from floor to top, presented the effect
of ramblers growing, as before described, !
shaded from the palest cream to deepest
pink. More than 100000 roses were used
N the decorations.
Sir w. s. Gilbert, whose death de-
prived England of one Of her finest wits
and humorists, set out on his dramatic
career with the resolve not only that no
nan In his plays should wear a woman's
lress, and no woman a mans, but that
10 woman should be asked to wear
iress that any other woman should be
to wear at her own tea party.
And he amused the public so much that
we'll, the fgure-to which they had been
.ainly had censorship in his own mind
Itricter than any Of the lesser wits COM
,lain of, and it never hampered him.
Gilbert not only endowed his heroes
nd heroines with delightful topsy-
urviness, but was fond also OF doing
opsy-turvy things himself. Most per-
ons. in writing for periodical, address
heir efforts to the editor. Gilbert be-
AN his connection with Fun by sending
lis contributions to the proprietor, a
fleet street picture dealer, who recog-
lied their merits and insisted upon their
,rompt acceptance. That is why Gilbert
'ecame a steady contributor to Fun and
lof "a Punch which uaada the rnistakeI