White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-01

possessed him. The estate remains,
however, a wonderful stretch of
woodland. Near H%arlakenden hall are
the homes of many painters, sculp-
tors, writer's and others who APP
~preciate the joys of homes in one of
the most picturesque parts of the
eastern United States.
Hall is Modern and Comfortable.
The hall itself is a brick, two story
building, of colonial design, fitted
with every comfort that the taste and
skill of a master architect could sug-
gest. 1t is a new house, about twelve
years old, and was built by Mr.. Chur-
chill for his own use. There he wrote
some of the novels which brought
him fame and money. There, too. he
has entertained some of the great
and wise and skillful of the earth. 1t
is a roomy, airy house, eminently
fitted for the exercise of hearty hos
pitality. There are thirty rooms.
Sixteen of them are bed chambers.
The finest outlook of the house is to-
ward the south, where the beholder
may follow the line of the Connect
cut for many miles. In the other four
directions the views is not so ex-
t%ensive, being cut off by hills, but
there is sufficient space in all direc-
tions to give a fair impression of ex-
clusiveness.
Harlakenden Hall lies in the midst
of a summer colony" of artistic
folks, but for %neighbors it has also a
fine native population of farmers of
long American ancestry. For the
most part, the natives agree well with
the city people being wise enough to
know that the presence of the latter
is a compliment to the region and a
source of revenue.
Opinion of "a Native"
But one does not have to wander
very far aheld from H~arlakenden
Hall to find specimens of the men
who look down, or who affect to look
down, on their temporary n~eighbors.
Not long ago one of them was asked
for his opinion about the recent in
iux of city residents and their GUS
toms. He replied:
well, l don't know about these
21lAr that IRs.r1 80, h@h 4aaI@I
horses and pinch their pants down
front and eat their breakfast in bed"
He was wrong of course, in his char
aeterization, but something may be
forgiven to a man whose great
grandfather fought in the Revolution,
whose grandfather carried a musket
in the war of 1912 and who himself
answered Lincoln's call for volun-
teers in 1861.
Seven years ago the late William
E. Curtis wrote thus of his impress
sions of Harlankenden Hall:
winston Churchill has a beauti-
full residence, similar in architecture
to Lower Brandon. the famous seat
of the Harrison family on the James
river, in Virginia. 1t is a colonial
house with a colonial view and 500
acres of the loveliest kind of land
seape around it. The place would
make a distinct impression upon the
retina of a blind man."
Harlankenden Hall is built of
plum colored and black brick. with a
wide white mortar line TO tighten the
effect. Shrubbery hides the base of
the house. and the walls are partly
concealed by vine covered trellises.
The visitor to the house enters a
large oak paneled hall, Jacobean in
style, with Italian tables of the same
period in the middle. Adjoining is
the reception room, with a ceiling of
heavy rough hewn timbers, and at
the end is a big fireplace, with a man
tel that supports broad panels reach
ing to the ceiling.
Some Of the Beautiful Rooms.
The other rooms on the first floor
include a handsome living room with
timbered ceiling and fireplace. a sun
ny morning room with a staircase
balcony, a Georgian dining room
and a long. broad music room. The
music Don is constructed in the style
of a French chateau room, with deco
rated ceiling beams, dark panels and
carved high backed settees merging
into the panels. On one side wall of
the room Is a splendid piece of tapes
try.
In the wing with and beyond the
muscle room are the billiard room
and the study in which Mr.. Churchill
did much of his writing. These two