Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-03-09

ginia can be visited if those desiring
to do so are properly introduced.
Close to Washington there is none
which possesses more historic inter-
| the lower Potomac and residence of
/ Zen edfct Calvert who was the son
OF Charles, fifth baron of Baltimore,
and who was one of the last lords
manor house was built in 1888 on
land which Leonard Calvert had held
apart for the personal use of the
barons. But it had, not been used
continuously, nor as it is today. with
great wings of brick and stone al
most swallowing the original house.
1t is the work of Benedict Calvert
and dates from 1851. 1t was here
that George Parke Custis came WOO
ing Eleanor. daughter of Benedict, and
George Washington and his wife
Martha and of the older Calverts,
| the young couple were married The
bridegroom was barely nineteen and
the bride just turned sixteen. The
residents Of Mount Vernon were on
the friendliest terms with the lord
of Mount Airy and visits were con-
stantly exchanged, and the only OBJ
! lection to the marriage was the ex-
IRENE youth of the contracting
parties. Mount Airy is of the Geor-
gian style of architecture and has
been perfectly preserved, both as tu
exterior and the interior equipment.
That house at Riverdale, Md, known
as the Calvert mansion. was erected
in 1902 by George Calvert, son of
! historic associations of Mount Airy,
since the Calverts had at the time
,of building lost their political prestige
and much of their fortune.
The Duke of Sutherland, who came
to this country on what seems a pri-
vate mission from the expiring Bald
win ministry, passed through Wash
| ington and then took brief survey
| of the wonders of Georgia and Flori-
da. He has on his Scotch estates, the
fsh Isles, mostly red deer and the
| largest kinds of elk. The duke and
duchess, the latter, Lady Eileen But
Ter, daughter of the Earl of Lanes
borough. are among the richest. yet
the most unpretentious members of
the ducal circle. The duke intends to
! return to this side of the world posi-
| bly, in August and inspect the gov
ernment-owned game preserves of
this country and of Canada Recent
laws have made it impossible to hold
| his vast acreage in forest and game
hauntS, so that he intends to present
| a goodly portion of it to the govern
ment and to open the remainder for
small farms. which the present ten
| ants can buy. The duke has no chill
dren and his title and enormous for
tune will go to his brother Lord
| Alastair Leveson-Gower. SO we'll
known here and in New York.
Washington's tribute to the first
Secretary Of the Treasury, Alexander
| Hamilton. the unwilling of whose
statue on the south portico of the
| Treasury was one of the last public
| functions in which President Harding
appeared. has awakened tardy inter
| est in his first burial place in the
| graveyard of old St. Paurs in New
| York. y definite movement is now
! progressing towards erecting hand
some monument in this sacred in
| closure. though some of the descend
ants of the great financial and friend
monument at the old Hamilton home,
| The Grange, but now the rectory of
the Episcopal church on West 14Sth
street. 1t was to The Grange, a hand
some mansion for those days, though
of frame and of primitive interior
that young Hamilton brought his
wife. Elizabeth Schuyler. and here all
of their large family was born. In
this home, The Grange, Mrs. Hamil-
ton lived out the sad years after the
tragedy and retained good health and
full vigor until she mad passed her
lnlnety-second year. st. Paul's crowds
the old graveyard at Trinity very
closely and in that older burial place
| DIS eTeCleu the SDitIlulu lOIup
which Alexander Hamilton now rests.
The we'll known physician of New
| York, DIR. Allan McLane Hamilton, is
| the grandson four times removed of
! the eminent soldier-statesman and is
| endeavoring to turn the tide of favor
| from st. Paufs to The Grange, where
so many tender memories of Hamil-
! ton and his beloved wife are conferred.
Another fine estate on the Hudson
| -
| try club to be transformed into an
| eighteen hole golf course, with aquat-
ic events possible on the river. This
| is the home which the late William
Rockefeller built some thirty years
| ago and called lockwood Hall. 1t is
| built entirely of stone and SO commo-
| dious that it needs but few accessor-
! les to convert it into the ideal country
club house, while the facilities for
winter sports are many and include a
| sunken lake where skiing and jump