The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-13

castle Each year the Earl OF Cawlor
l or his day assemblies his guests around
the old tree In the tower dungeon to
drink 10 the health OF the hawthorn;
In other words. to the Thane OF Caw-
dor
! Young Lord Cawdor will DO very
rich when he attains manhood For in
auuition to his extensive lands In Scot
iand. ne has great possessions in Wales.
! which produce u rental OF over $780,
ooo year. and comprise some OF tho
pest agricultural land In tho Counties
or Carmarthen and Pembroke
| They came TO tho Cawdors In a curl
Gus way. The last Vaughan Earl OF
Carbery, great-grandson OF that Lord
CarD.rS who gave protection to Jeremy
Z Iaylor at Golden Grove, bequeathcd all
his estates which had been in the pos
session OF the Vaughans from time I'M
memorial. to the Earl of Cawdor OF his
| day. He had lost them to the Earl OF
Cawdor In bet, but had been allowed
: by the winner to retain possession
thereof until his death
: Crewe House. the London homo OF
the Marquis of Crewe. Secretary of
State for India. and which has Just been
rented for term OF years by James
: 3. Duke, OF New York, the American
/ tobacco magnatc. and by Mrs. Duke, Is
a picturesque example OF the. Rus In
urbe." Formerly known rs Wharn-
! cliffe House. and dating from the reign
| OF George H.. before Mayfair became
! the centre Of the fashionable world. It
/ Is low pitched, widc-fronted mansion,
with Ionic columns. standing in the
midst OF spacious grounds. the velvety
lawns of which ara shaded by majestic
trees. and cut OFF from the busy traffic
! Of Curzon Street by brick wall front
/ ed by green hedge.
| Tho latter. In connection with the
! notwithstanding porter's lodge, all COW
cred with flowers and troopers, to tho
4 right OF the great gates, give the en-
I tire place rural aspect which con-
/ trasts In rather graceful fashion with
the huge carved stone palace OF the
| Duchess of Marlborough, known as
! Sunderland House, Just across the way.
| AS It's former name Indicated. Crewo
| House was for several generations the
| residence OF the Stuart Wortlcy family.
by which indeed, 1t was built, and
| which has q Representative on this side
of the water, In the person OF the Hon.
Ralph Stuart Wortley, younger brother
OF tho present Earl OF Wharncliffe, and
| married to n daughter OF tho late Ad-
miral Schley. He Is n member of tho
! New York Stock Exchange. after hav-
Ing formerly been ranch owner in
South Dakota
| In the nrst few decades of tho nine
3 teenth century IT was. as Wharncliffo
House, famous rendezvous OF the
English great world, and Its salons en-
joyed European celebrity. It's master
in those days was tho first Lord
Wharncliffe. Lord President OF the
/ Privy Council, In tho early years OF
Queen Victoria's reign, and to whom
tho world Is Indebted for the editing
and publication OF the letters and
diaries OF his great-grandmother, Lady
Mary Stuart Wortley Montagu, go ia
nous as a traveller In the Orient and on
the Continent at the beginning of the
eighteenth century. She was a daugh-
ter of Evelyn. Duke OF Kingston.
! Crewe House 10 an old fashioned
mansion, built nearly 200 years ago.
but which has been equipped by Lord
and Lady Crewe with every modern
comfort and luxury. regardless of cost.
II the Crewes arc letting 1t. 1t Is be-
cause Lady Crewe daughter of Lord
| Rosebcry. by his Rothschild wife). has
never quite recovered from tho shock
which she sustained when fire broke
out In the part OF the house In which
her private apartments were situated, a
| few days only after the birth OF her
little boy, the Earl of Madelcy an only
child that had not made its appearance
until twelve years after her marriage.
| Both she and her baby almost persisted
/ in the danes and were only rescued
f., with the utmost difficulty; and since
then she has never liked the place. and
has been anxious to get rid of II.
| 1t is n house OF odd passages and
! winding CORRIDORS, with much oak
paneling, and subducd light from
stained glass windows. Straight out
| In front is Il very large octagonal con-
servatory, with easy chairs carelessly
arranged around the fountain. and
quaint electric ailments dotted among
! the foliage. giving one of the prettlest
! light effects in town.
| Copyright, 1914. by tho Brentwood
Company