Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-12-11
| HOW AMY FERRIS
FOUND HER PLACE
Story Of a Young Woman Who
Has Become a Leading
Decorator.
VISITED HOMES or GREAT
Polite Request Gave Her Entrec 20
Houses Of Enslsnd's Mobility
Her Novel Ideas o. Decorating
Residences and Shops
an osaoRh MARsnALL.

~ oSbONN MAhSftaLt~.
(copynrht. 1915. By tic Mcclure Nowapa.
paper Byndicatei
When Amy Ferris wen to Europe C
study interior decoration she wanted
10 soc the real thing she was tirsi
OK studying books and looking At pho
tographs and ding ANA OF The insides
Of houseS She wanted 10 see With her
own eyes the rich and coatly Interiors
Of the famous mansions aud hiatOric
castles Of the old country. She want
ed TO know how the dukes and earis
and lords who owned those places &c
tually lived In them. 80 ale decided
10 visit them.
"But how can your her friends
asked when she told them her insen+
tion. You don't know a single tfKlad
person In Europe land won have na
millionaire friends IN America 10 81
troduce you to them
= am going 70 a1k pormlaaloa, abe
sad. aud that il just what ahe did
When abe arrived ia Londnu she
looked hi the various blue heoAa and
red books that tell 81 about the no
billly and their estates and found out
what castles and mansions she wanted
20 Inspect Tier iist included every
important earl and duke and lord Ot
The realm Then she sat down ana
wrote q petite letter % each og thee6
distinguished men ang told him thai
che vas an American eitf studying in
isrIof decorating and. would deem !, a
coBrtosy II ne would let her sea his
house. She postsd the lsliers and
waited.
With one single exception ahe re,
ceiyed enthuHiaslic letters IL reply.
bidding her come and Inspect tho
houses 70 her hearts desire rha
young American gin started out NJ
once alone and uninIfnduced 10 soc she
dukes and earls and lords Of England.
IN many eases these important poo
ole received her ns guest and en-.
tertnlued her cordially. In eshaf cases
they instructed their servants hutlera
and housakeeperf 20 receive hes md
AANN ANhN As4NAA HAtttthNtN w AAANfN ANAMAtEa
Al wersfsy Hail.
One u the great hotses Miss Ferris
wanted most TO see Nns old WorRley
hall, near Manchester II belonged 10
tbs carl OF EIie6mcra. sAo had AZ
part Of his household decorations tho
matchleEa art treasures collected By
the duke o. Ilrldgewater The earl an.
swered her request promptly and on
her arrival instructed hia head butter
20 treat her with eyery confederation
The butler showed her soIemnIy
through the house from one spacious
hail 70 another. telling her the atory
Of every tapestry and painting better
than tho earl could have done himself
Finally he showed her into the count
ess OF Ellesmera's boudolr.
win you please 70 remain hero ~
long as you wish. mnam,F he said
There may be several things that via
interest you. When yoU are through
inspecting them II you viii please
press the push button ! win return.
You viii perhaps feel freer 70 look
about u you are alone.
The butler withdrew and the young
American giri found herself sitting
alone and bewildered Ia the connteBs
II Elleamere's richly upholstered arm
chair. Before her wondering eyea
there hung q priceless Raphael. near
Il vandyke. a portrait 81 one Of the
earl'a ancestors. and there a Lawrence.
There we're rare prints and ancient
tapestries also hanging on the wall,
and the furniture Elizabethan chairs
and Jacobean tables that would have
made an American collector stagger.
And here she was. with permission
70 study It and enjoy Il 10 her hearts
content-iust because she had asked
This experience taught Miss Terrie
something that II often takes business
women a long time 70 learn. II taught