Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-11

~ TAFFORD house, the flne old
mansion overlooking st. James
~ park and The Mall, which wa
~ for 90 many years the town
house Of the dukes Of Suther'
land. has been thrown open to the
public a. the London museum.
The lofty rooms are flooded with
light even on dull day. and they form
an admirable setting for the valuable
exhibits that have been assembled and
arranged under the, careful supervi.
sion Of Guy LAking, the director, and
his colleagues.
There are three great features Of the
new museum-the collection Of early
seventeenth century jewelry (buried.
perhaps, at the time Of the great IRE
or the plague. and found under Q Lon
don house At the time Of its demoli.
ton two years ago)s the greatest col.
lection Of Cromwellian relics ever -
sembled. and the equally important
collection Of costumes. chiefly Of the
Georgian period. which All two Of the
state rooms on the first floor.
Gold and silver Room.
One Of the principal attractions q
the gold and silver room. II contains
q unique survival Of the early part Of
the seventeenth century In the shape
OF q collection Of 5ewelry discovered
In the city. This treasure was found
buried In box and was part Of lev.
eler's stock. There are many dupli-
Gates and some Of the articles are In
an unfinished condition.
Altogether $40 pieces were discov-
cred. including rings. pendants. chains,
scent bottles. pomanders, and witches.
and part Of communion set In crys-
tai and gold. The delicacy and ele-
gance Of the designs and workman
ship are remarkable and In one or two
instances It IL curious to recognise
the resemblance Of the ornaments
fashioned in Jacobean times to the art
nouveau Of the day.
One Of the most interesting OF the
rescued relics n q cameo portrait Of
Queen Elizabeth, evidently carved By
the same hand ~ that which execut-
ed q precisely similar portrait pre-
served at Windsor castle.
Rich Ia PalsolIthle Implements.
The museum II rich In paleolithic
IMPLEMENTS wonderful celt WAS dis
covered within the last three weeks IN
Piccadilly circus-in neolithic imple
ments. and in weapons Of the bronze
age. Some admirable bronze swords
have. been found in Sion Reach, MIL
wall, and Wandsworth. and are here
displayed to indicate the civilization
which had been attained before the
advent Of the Romans, to whom the
visitor IL introduced BY . natural tran
sition.
The former dining room Of Stafford
house has been converted into Lon
dinium." Here are writing materials,
artistic tribes. toilet appliances, Per.
fume. and manicure boxes and toys.
From Roman London the itinerary
leads to the Saxon, Danish. ana Anglo
Saxon collections. whence one passes
to the advent Of the Normans. At the
end Of the corridor h . room contain
ing medieval relics dating from 1900
to 1900.
It II perhaps when the staircase 10
ascended and the time Of the Tudors
10 reached that the romance ana color
Of London In old times are most for.
chilly brought homo to the mind. The
arms Of Henry YIN. Edward vi. Mary,
and Elizabeth are effectively displayed.
and many Curious and illuminating sur.
vivals Of their reigns are to b seen.
Relics Of Sixteenth Century.
Here, for instance. u the elaborate
and handsome steelyard Of Sir Thorn
~ Gresham. Various domestic uten-
sis, examples Of metal work. . few
samples Of costumes. Examinations,
and landscapes help the visitor to vie.
ualise life In the sixteenth century.
The proclamation for the resumption