The Washington times., 1920-04-04
SUMMER CAPITAL IS
IN QUAINT COLONY
Beauty and SeoIusion Combined
In Cape Cod Where Presl-
dent Will Sojourn.
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condition, the house is In readiness
for instant occupancy and everything
so prepared that the President and
his official family could step Off the
train or the Presidential yacht May
flower and find comfort In five min
utes.
Place Of Natural eDoSty.
The spot President and Mrs. Wilson
have selected for the summer capital
is q place OF natural beauty combined
with absolute seclusion. The estate
OF Mr.. Crane, wealthy Chicagoan and
recently appointed minister to China,
covers the whole OF Juniper Point, the
very southwest tip OF Cape Cod. IL
has sea on both sides. being the di-
viding point between. Buzzards Bay
to the west, Nantucket Sound TO the
east and Vineyard Sound to the south.
There is a thick growth OF woods in
the rear. The Crane estate is one OF
the most completely Isolated along
this part OF the coast.
For the most part the estate, with
its groves OF native cedars on the
grounds and It's enormous boulders
on the sea front. has been left in it's
primitive condition. though the APP
proaches heve been beutified. A long
circling driveway passes through a
gate in a wall winds past a lodge.
and leads to the garage and house,
The house. or cottage" as IL Is
known here, Is a handsome three
story structure that was built half a
century ago and has undergone nu-
merous remodellings A Japanese
garden patterned after those In the
orient, a broad lawn, artticial ponds,
a tennis court, a private pier and
small bathing beach are the distinc-
tive features of the grounds immedi-
ately surrounding the cottage"
Lawn Faces Bosthouse.
Facing south is a large triangular
lawn, running down to the boat
house, another feature OF the place.
The boathouse is the coolest nook OF
the whole estate. and here the Pres
ident is expected to spend much of
his time. In this retreat are more
than 1000 books gathered from all
quarters OF the globe.
Onn one edge of the lawn near the
house Is a sunken rose garden. in the
center Of which a statue fountain is
located. Somewhat beyond this gar
dent Is the fagpole. with the Stars
and Stripes floating in the breeze
An especially interesting spot on
the grounds Is the toad stone, known
to Cape Codders as a trysting place
and lovers rendezvous. Sweethearts
of many generations. says village
gossip. have climbed UP the back of
the stone and, seated upon il, looked
over the islands sprinkled through
the Sound.
A short distance from the toad
stone is the greenhouse. presided over
by a Scotch gardener, Jimmie" Good
fellow. Near the greenhouse Is the
huge vegetable patch, from which the
President may have fresh vegetables
throughout the summer. Few now
ers grown in America are missing
from the big flower garden which
stands near the vegeable patch:
Tennis Courts ExeelIent.
On the two. tennis courts, one of
clay and the other turf, many IA
nous American court champions have
played. Miss Marion Fenno, second
in the last United States doubles
hampionship. and her brother.
Brooks Fenno, of the Harvard. 1919,
tennis team, are among those that
can vouch for the excellence Of the
courts.
President Wilson likes golf. About
a mile away from the estate is the
Woods Hole Golf Club. an eighteen
hole course swept in the summer by
the cool breezes from the Atlantic.
From the house which sets on the
peak of the vast estate there is a
commanding view of Vineyard Sound.
the spot where President Cleveland
fished: the duck hunting rendezvous
of Roosevelt, Martha's Vineyard; Nan
tucket Sound and the broad expanse
of sea that lies between the United
States and the rest of the League of
Nations.
At the top Of the house is a cupola
which 1t is believed will be chosen by
the President as his private den.
There Is no better view OF the sea
and the cape than up in this "crow's
nest"
Three Summer Houses.
For Mrs. wilson's own realm thcre
are three dainty summer houses scat
tered about the, estate. One over
looks Little Harbor to the east, an
other has Buzzards Bay for its ex-
panse OF view. while third is nss-
tied between the two on the bank of
a small pond.
The house itself Is characterized
as plain American architecture"
Each side OF the mousse mas porCnes.
The north side is used for dining
purposes on hot summer days. An
other porch has been used for after
noon teas. The main entrance is To-
Gated on the west side. At the imme-
diate left is a bed chamber with bath.
On the right, with a broad corridor
dividing, there is a large saloon The
corridor terminates in a great fire.
place. The second foor contains six
| bedrooms and corridor. On the
west side, of the third floor are the
maids quarters. The big tower Ia at
the southwest corner OF the shin.
gled roof. In addition, there are sew
eral small tower rooms from which
the lighthouses of the cape are Wis
ible.
No spot in New England offers bet
ter attractions for the most impor-
tant parsonage in the United States
There is ample mooring for the Presi-
Dental yacht and for any number OF
| destroyers. There is Government
station on either side of the ample
grounds. while wireless stretches
it's mast from a spot within a stones
throw of the house. There are excel.