The Washington times., 1920-05-10


We made a charming trip up the
broad, eonee-colored James TO the
island that was the real landing
place OF John Smith. On the site OF
the little settlement were some an
Client graves. and the tower OF the
chapel where Pocshontas and Rolfe
were harried. A small red-brick
church was under construction, and,
In It's hslf-finished condition, look
ed by moonlight as II IL might
really be the ruins OF the original.
Within n lay a tablet In memory
OF one OF LIS ancestors. Richard
Clough.
II was our good fortune to visit
jamestown Island at the same time
that Allison Armour landed there
with his yachting party. which in
cIuded Thomas Nelson Page, later
ambassador TO Italy, and General
Leuwenfelt, at that time one OF the
most important men In Germany.
He had been sent to this country
bs the Kaiser to represent him at
the opening OF the Carnegie lnsti-
tute at Pittsburgh and the unveil-
ing of the statute OF Frederick at
the War College In Washington.
Mr.. Pages address gave vivid
sense OF the mingled pathos ana
romance OF Virginian history.
Afterward we stood in the silent
church and Joined in reciting the
Lords Prayer.
No one with a boat at ms COM
mand could resist the temptation
10 continue his trip farther up the
beautiful river to the fascinating
old colonial mansions along it's
banks. Lower Brandon. the home
Of the Hsrrisons. was indeed
treat: the grounds were beautifully
laid out: towering dogwood and
peach trees In blossom. AMI lovely
green. grassy paths from the river
to the house boarded with cowsIips
on either side. The mansion had
exquislteIy carved woodwork, raro
old furniture filled the spacious
chambers, and quaint family silver
CLEANED In cabinets in the dining
room.
Hospitality Of the South.
The delightful Southern people
who lived there, made US feel at
home and entertained us with the
history OF the family portraits upon
the walls. The bullet holes in
i front of the house were q sad re-
I hinder OF the Civil War-or. as
I, they prefer to call II. the war be-
tween the States.
Upper Brandon, tumbledown and
overgrown as II then was, had
real charm because IL had been
left quite in its original condi-
ton; It. too. contained some finely
I carved woodwork. Still farther up
was one OF the most interesting of
III N txf. mir
Wcstovcr. This had been beau
tirully preserved-the main house
with it's wings. its white steps and
columns. its outbuildings and round
dove-cotes, were all In repair and
complete. Huge pin oaks shaded
the house; there were fine old gatos
of wrought iron work. garden
with tall box hedges. and the. tomb
of the famous Colonel Byrd, AS one
approaches Richmond the couppcr-
colored river gets narrower and
narrower.
The widest trousc tu' the state
is Shirley, the Carter place.
with its fine portrait of George
Washington done from life by
Peel Each house has a quality
quite its own, and Tuckahoe
the last we visited, fascinated
us quite as much as the others with
it's strange story of ghostly shadows
that appear from time to time upon
the walls. the story told by the lady
of the house who had often seen
the anparitions herself. But really
one had only to read the pages of
Nirginian annals to people all these
mansions with the shadows OF
their former occupants, men and
women who made the greatness of
their native State.
o., Before leaving the exposition we
invited the Duke of the AbruZzi TO
dine with us in Washington, and ii
was at our house that he met Miss
lC,kins, beginning an acquaintance
which caused much discussion.
Later when We went back to Brook
line he stayed with US at Weld"
Aboard Dukes Vessel
On the morning that the Italian
ship Varcse came In, l.. motored
into Boston to pick up the Italian
consul, then went over to the navy
yard and from there sailed down
the harbor to meet the huge dun
colorcd vessels. The Duke appear
ed on deck and called them aboard.
so i. negotiated a perilous bit of
plank and sat for while in the
Dukes cabin. trying to see what
his plans might be. There was the
matter of a degree that Harvard
was to give him. and several other
things which he seemed to rely on
l.. to arrange.
That noon the Duke motored out
to weld" where we gathered IN
the Italian garden and had luncheon
in the marble pergoia by the trick
ling fountain. The day was most
fortunate-summery but pear,y with
mist; all around the wide horizon
the sky was beautiful with yoliow3
and blues and grays, ana tho Vie"
~ the CITY below aud the harbor