Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-11-11


ing from Greenwich by water,F III
"Barges freshly furnished with Ban
ners and Streamers of Silke, recheiy
beaton and bagges of their Crafts.
At these times the barges of the ORA
pers company were declled with cioth
of blue or red, and their trumPeters
were resplendent In crimson hats,
while their floating banners were
adorned with silken fringe "beaten with
gold"
OF their land professions, prODaDiy
the grandest was that in honor OF their
mayor, Sir Robert Clayton. in 1879,
which included a moving stage and
was "dignified with divers delightful
varieties of Presenters, with speeches.,
songs and actions, properly and pune
tually described, all set forth at the
proper cost and charges of the wor-
shipful Company of Diapers"
Catastrophe of 1866.
The ancient hall of the diapers was
in ST. Swithins Lane, but in 1911 the
company ended its negotiations with
Henry VIII for Cromwell House, the
site of the present hall, which had
come to the crown through the at
tainder of Cromwell, earl of Essex.
The great fire of 1866 stopped its
northward fury at Diapers hall, but
great damage was done to the build
ings, and the unfortunate clerk or
those days, whose house had been
demolished, had to take refuge In the
Garden house, which, until the fire,
had been the house of Mr.. Miners, the
beadle
AS it remains today, the Diapers
hall displays all the tempered rich
ness of an English country house; and
the magnificent suites of rooms, two OF
which are adorned with perfectly pre-
served pieces of Gobein tapestry, and
whose walls are hung with splendid |
pictures, betoken the hospitality of this
ancient company. But the feature |
which fingers most in memory is the |
quiet and ancient garden, with its
trees, including aged null
berries-from one of which dish or
fruit can still be plucked-its bright
hued flower beds, and its leaden tanks
filed with flowers. And though In the
very midst of the city's greatest tur-
nOil, 1t still looks so reposeful that IT
S easy to remember those other days
when my Lord Ambassador from
France" walked the plaisaunce In the
September of 1852, or when one Rob
,rt Ratford, the gardener, complained
o the court that by drying of naperye
clothes in the Diapers garden, the
,nolls and borders of erbys therein are
which resulted in prompt .
measures being taken to suppress the
ractice.
BenevoIences.
Today the Diapers company Is
ctively engaged in administering It's
rusts, and in promoting education and
haritable work in many different :
-ays, by means of its corporate funds.
mOng the various benefactlons may q
e mentioned its annual scholarships {
nd exhibitions of students in the five a
tltl VI tilC ttAllfC
leir respective districts, and its an
nal grant of $1,000 toward the
lair of agriculture at the University
Cambridge. But the most interest
g of its activities is the East Lon
IN college, with which it is most init
ately associated, and which is uni
,rsity college, giving a full course in
Itural science, engineering, or art,
r the small sum Of f10 los.
The students, both men and women,
e mainly drawn from the working
asses. The company has expended
lily f250,000 upon this college, and
attributes a large sum annually
ward its maintenance. Its work In
injection with both the college and
e Peoples palace" is marked by
'st enthusiastic and personal inter
{, and the diapers are justly proud
1t this college is the only one In the
itish isles where an aeronautical
Dartment has been established.