Evening star., 1920-02-15
Old Photographs and Letter Written by W. W. Corcoan Shortly
Before His Death-Arother Visit to the Home
The Passing of a Guest.

the reception room whose Walls are
hung with paintings that were in Mr..
Corcorans collection and that once
rpon time were among the exhibits
in the Corcoran Gallery Of Art. Not
only is the reception room ornamented
with paintings which were in the Cor
coran mansion on II street and which
later served in the art gallery, but
pictures with that history hang in
the library, the parlor and In the In
terror court Of the home. 1t was
very pleasant little party that assem-
bled in the reception room. First came
Miss Mildred Chancellor, one of the
graduate nurses. Her home Is in LOU
doun county and her name recalls to
the Rambler the old Virginia family
which gave its name to one Of the
mighty struggles of the civil war
charlottesville AS the Rambler re-
members, the Chancellor house stood
on the Fredericksburg and Orange
Court House road, about ten miles
southwest OF Fredericksburg, in big
clearing in the wilderness, and that
about mile west Of the Chancellor
house aud close by the side of the
road Is the spot where Stonewall
Jackson received his death wound.
Several years ago the Rambler walked
through that country, passing on his
way the battlefield Of Salem Church.
with the old war-marked church still
standing, several Union monuments
nearby and lines of entrenchments
still visible. Miles further on through
the wilderness he came to the Chan
cellor house, which had been rebuilt
on a smaller scale after the war. and
had again become almost a ruin. Then
he walked on to a monument en-
circled by an iron picket fence and
encompassed by the woods of the
wilderness-the monument marking
where Stonewall Jackson fell. Then
he followed the road over which the
wounded man was carried to little
frame house beside the tracks Of the
Washington, Fredericksburg and
Richmond railroad close to Guinea
station. The house in which the great
probably still is.
After Miss Chancellor entered the re-
ception room came Mrs. Mary Powers,
assistant matron. As the rambler re-
members. this lady came from Hagers-
town and Is related to all the families
southern Maryland and the eastern sho'.
Then came Mrs. Charles Steel Arnall of
Georgia, Miss Clarke Of North Caro-
lima. Miss Dade Of Virginia, Mrs. Reid
Of South Carolina and others. Conyer-
sation went on ,nerrily, but under
promise from the Rambler that he would
not make any notes and that he would
not attempt to repeat any Of the good
stories told him. In vain did no urge
that 1t 10 the modern fashion TO rush
into print and that a person who shuns
publicity is hopelessly out Of date He
assured them that women of fashion to-
day can no more get along without
printers ink than without rouge, but
they stood firm or sat tight against
getting into print.
One OF the things we talked about.
and which the Rambler is at liberty to
mention, had TO do with famous women
who lived at the home before they
passed on to the realm of light and
peace. One OF these notable women was
Miss Lewis who died in 1915. She was
great-grandniece of George WASH
ington, having been the granddaughter
OF George Washington's sister Betty and
her husband, Fielding Lewis. Tho old
home Of Betty Washington and Field.
Ing Lewis is still standing in Fredericks-
burg In splendid state Of upkeep and
Is owned and dwelt In by charming
people.
The Rambler has photographed the
old home, which is called Kenmore.
and has wandered through the big
park around it and which occupies an
entire square OF ground In the city
OF Fredericksburg. In other days the
grounds Of Kenmore were more ex-
tensive than they are now. and It was in
the garden Of Kenmore that Mary,
mother of Washington, was buried.
When Kenmore passed out of tho DOS.
session Of the Lewis family the park
about the house was contracted and
the grave Of Mary Washington was
left outside Of the grounds as recon.
stituted. That 10 why tho grave and
monument OF WashinGton's mother