The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-18
DEATH GIVES RELIEF
TO EMBARRASSMENT

sentiment against the latter. Lord wal
s.hEham mas no other children besides
THESE TWO girls. 10 whom lie will leave
All such property as Is not cntail.d.
= ne FANNY estates, however, and the
nelfiooins, viii 20 ia his brother IN.
4oih John de Grey, one OF the bost
Hho"n police magistrates of London
me estates include Merton Hall. in
.N''ioik' once owned by tho Babes I'm
the Wood" Of story book fame. and
oodiS enough. in the wood where thav
We're don" IL death, nearby, there nrc
even now always an exceptiunoll,
iarg" number OF robins The Babes
are supposed To- have been TN. children
- on Roger dc Grey, whose mother
isonei Maynard, was the owner Of Mer-
/ ION. me boys name was Thomas. that
81 inc htt!e girl IS not known. and the
wood III which they We're left to perish
ana TO be covered ~ the robins with i
mick pail Of leaves. IS like Merton Han
isclf, still haunted by their ghosts
walking hand in hand In Merton Fall
thcre Is u room which is known as Tho
babes Parlor, and every visitor To M.r
ION liaH mas Tor generations received
on departure a beautiful porcelain
robin nS a memento OF the part plaved
ny that bird in the Babes I'm the Wood
story.
Merton Hall was built in Tudor
times and among it's treasures is an
"id oak chest with II. r." and a crown
upon 1t, left there hy Henry VIlI ,vbn
made several stays nj the place There
Is also leather Jack" which belong
cd TO Queen Elizabeth, who likewise
So1ourned under its roof Merton II,ll
mas been In the possession OF tho De
Gray family. of which Lorl Walsinp-
nam Is The chief, since the fourteenth
century.
The hrst Lord Walsingham Was .
,.f
WAS raised 10 the peeragc for his SER
wees rs LORD CHIEF Justice OF England
bN George Ill But tho t!tle Of WnI-
singham had hccn borne much c,r,icr
IN me century. By Countess Molusina
Won der Schulenberg. one or the Ger
man SultanAs or George f. who was
created by him an English pecrcss. ~
countess of Walsingham, in her ov,
nsht' she subsequently, marryinr.
lhiHp Bonner, Earl OF Chestcrticl1
: mere IS. however no connection oib,,,
IMAM that Of II similarity Of titles 10
tween that woman and the head III the
house OF lie Grey
Lord Walsiugham. who j. Ii.,t
ara OF The University of Cambridge i
tfuste" OF the British Museum nnd
iaehtihcd with many English and for
cish scientific societies, is the greatest
authority in the world on beetles. hut
tcfhles moths and insects: and Inns 70
Of
The chronological Society. He spent
much time in Western and Eastern
AFRICA In an endeavor TO develop a silk
INDUSTRY by means of the silk -Drcduc-
ing caterpillar OF those regions Wniln
ne has succeeded in securing tho nro-
uucuon or u species OF Tussoro .fl;
from the caterpillarS, he ascrrtaincd
'hat IL would DO Impossible 10 devotion
me enterprise on any large scale. ovinp.
10 the fact that the c.ttcrpilInrs wer,,
y favoritc article OF food among Tho
blacks, and that 1t was, Therefore. i'm
possible 10 depend upon the only avail.
ahi" labor IN the Dark Continent 10 Pc
ram rom deNourin2 the SILK worms
'h"l iilcN We're supposed To cultiyatc
LORD Walsincham s name is i yarv
familiar one in the scientific circle. ~
inc United states and Canada, and ho
- renowned hero, as we'll as IN Euronr
as the creator Of tho largest ANA onst
valuable collection OF lepidotcra IN
existence, collection Which he has
~" presented 10 the Natural History
Museum, In London, together with !,
wonderful library OF every known worl,
on cntomology. gathered together M
enormous cost
Lord Walsingham is also celebrated
rs tho finest Shot in England, and. In
spite u his moro than thrcescorc
years and ten, his aim is still 50 aeon
~ -. - ""'' - Suoot WaSpS OH
the wing This requires Il marvellous
eye and tho stcad!cst OF hands. lie
used Tor the purpose Il miniature rifle
specially constructed. His famous bag
OF grouse, hS5 brace to his own gun I'm
ono day, has never been equaled
For Il time lie grew tobacco al Mar-
ton HAN, and prepared Ii for use 50
successfully that all those who were
permitted TO sample il were cnthusi-
aStic about its qualities However. tho
experiments In this direction attracted
tho attention Of the Chancellor OF tho
ENchequcr Of that period. tho late Lord
Goschon. who, forcseeinS n possible re-
duction of the revenue, nippcd the un-
dertaking In the bud. and refused per
mission Tor further experiments. So
fcarfui were the revenue authorities
that British grown tobacco might bc
como vogue that they sent inspectors