The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-23
ny JOHN ELFuEru WATKINS.

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home. unless he be a victim of chroni,
lwander-lust and even then a rural es.
tate Is the place TO spend summer trim.
ends Countless billions of American
ldollars are to-day invested by city
Jewellers i'll country estates. occupied
during only a few months or often dur
f5ng but a few weeks OF the calendar
IA vast army OF thousands OF men Is
lcmployei to keep these manors in or
der, ana several magazines are devoted
exclusively to their construction and
maintenance. hundreds of architects
llavc made fortunes out OF this class Of
dwelling. To break ou- bare horizons
they are importing the best drchitec-
iIurc of the old World and reviving the
most picturesque of our colonial period.
'Everywhcrc tho grim, unsiehtly farm
house of generation ago is being re-
lplaccd by a structure that gladdcns the
ieyc Of the artist and whose surround
.inss reflect the genius of the skilled
Landscape gardener.
Practically all men of achievement
thnVe spent At least part OF each year
an the eloquent quictudc OF the country
;The President adheres TO this habit OF
his predecessors. lie will return this
lsunlmcr to tho Beverly shore OF Massa-
chusetts, where he recuperatcd In the
hot months OF the past two years. lie
will again occupy The dig Duth colonial
house. Parrametta, leased from the es-
tate of the late Henry w. Peabody. 1t
icrowns the crest OF hill. and its VIM
dows overlook the sea, a mile away. A
;screcn of trees hides its ample porches
from the highway. From here the
iPres!dent Will be in convenient motor
ling distance to and from his favorite
playground, the Myopia golf links. as
we'll as to and from the cottage colo
tnies at Manchester ana Magnoiis and
1.-THE ESSEX Country Club. social hub of
The old Bay states north shore"
Colonel Roosevelt is q country gen
S!e~mn the year ROAD. His Queen
Anne cottage was built upon Saga
more Hin, three miles from oyster
Bay. l. l., by his father, forty-seven
years ago. Upon the estate he has
his own bathing beach and boat
house, and the silt breeze cools his
brow when he sits on his broad piaz-
"a, overlooking the sound.
Champ Clarks Manor-Honeyshuck.
Another country gentleman is Speak
er Clark His manor house, Honey
shuck,' near Bowling Green, Mo-.
stands upon six acres, Including n rose
garden. kitchen garden and an am
sple lawn. The rocmy, rambling frame
ihouse is white with green trimmings.
and in the adjacent fields the Speaker
may be seen in summer giving per-
ssonal attention to his corn. In the
levenings he entertains his friends up
| on wide verandas almost hidden in
vines and rambler roses Almost
re-. Southern gentleman that he is.
, the Speaker keeps open house when
ever he is at Bowling Green.
The Vice Presidents summer home
at Utica. is a picturesque manor, built
upGS slope overlooking the Mohawk
Here he takes practical hand at
husbandry during the summer months.
pnrt of which he generally devotes
also TO camping i'll the nearby Adiron-
dacks or 10 angling in the St Law
renee. When in Utica his chief di
versions are motoring. golf and root
ing at the national game.
The premier of the Cabinet, Mr.
KNOX can boast OF OF. of the finest
Inanoral estates possessed by public
men. It. occupies the historic spot
at valley Forge, Pa, where Washing
Ton camped with his ragged patriots
hnd contains private bathing pool
and golf course besides the Score
tary's own stock farm. The house is
inc reproduction OF a rambling Eng
lish country home. one OF it's bright
est apartments is we Secretarys bill
lizard room-a long space with paneled
ceiling and large. inviting fireplace
Other Cabinet EstntcH.
kAolwood. tho summer home Of the
opulcNt Secretary OF uhe Treasury, Mr.
MacNeash. is near Dublin, ~ H.. and
oVeriooks 4o0 acres of forest rand
owned by LIS lord whose favorttc sum
/ 1ner diversion is TO gallop through
this tasmess, from one OF whose hill
crcsts he can view tho sh.Inn erlng
Writer'S OF Lake Monadnock, as well rs
the green slopes OF the mountain of
the same name.
A near !neishPOr.~of the sage OF
Rotary of War Stmson. Only a llutle
peninsula separates their coun,r,
homes that OF Mr. Stimson's being at
fCoid Spring Haroor, l.. /
Although a citizen Of St. Louis. the
Secretary Of Commerce and IstboD, Mr..
Mage. spends his Summers in s. roumv
| colonial house whch he purchased
some years back. near Marion. Mass.
III occupies nn ideal spot between an
arm Of BlH2ard's Bay-ihe angling
paradise OF President Cleveland.-and 4;
park OF virgin forest land. through
which the secretary enjoys many
horseback rides and rabies He has
his own bathing beach and ample boat
house upon the water from. and ten
ms court adorns ms Nell kept lawn
Attorney General Wick ersham's sum
rner seat. Marshheld, upon Jamaica
Bay. Long Island, llcs a couple Of miles
IN frorn Far Rockaway Upon this
peninsula tine CHIEF law officer OF the
nd7nt nd tratior1 gets the salt al, from
every direction save that OF the pre-
vatling winter winds. The Secretary
Of the Navy NJ. Meyer. Is a near
netghbor 81 the President during the
Fuln-ner months, HIS country seat IS
upon the MaSsachus exits north sro,.a -
nj Hamilton. within convenient motor
ing distance OF the summer CAPITAL and
the sea
Chief Jn.ticc's Historic Manor.
Near the old town OF 1'hibodeaux
upon the Bayou La Fourchc, Louisl-
ana. Chief Justice White has a his.
toric country estate acquired by his
paternai grandfather iu i7a9 before
Louisiana was purt hased from France
1t is vast sugar plantation work ed
Nv Hawaiians and Porto Ricars. ans