Evening star., 1927-09-25

arcade which entirely surrounds the
space and which has been cleverly
designed SO that only Fascinating bits
of StecpleS appear and the most com
monplace building divided into parts
does not offend. Almost three hun.
dred feet are used in bungalow and
gardens. Except for the several pools
, of water plants, the flowers and
! shrubs are all tubbed. the most charm
! ing giant vases from the Orient and
Italy being used to contain oleanders
| lilac bushes and many kinds of flower
! ing fruit trees imported from Japan.
| BY means of boxes a perennial border
! which rivals the best on Long Island
! has been arranged on the south and
! west sides. There are low dwarf pines
/ and CedarS and even some of the
quaint little dogwood rarely seen out
side Of herbariumS. Jalousies afford
both shade and privacy. but do not
cut off the breezes. which blow strong
at all hours all through the Summer.
Mr.. Henry Ford in restoring historic
inns notably the Wayside Inn at Sud
bury. Mass. and the old tavern called
the Ten-Mile House, that distance from
Detroit. has followed an example which
has prevailed for some years III many
parts of the 13 original States. Short
ly after the Spanish American War
the New Hampshire Historical Society
acquired the famous Boars Head. the
picturesque hostelry which hangs
precariouSly on a rock about q mile
from Hampton Beach. 1t was from
time immemorial a resort of fisher.
men. and the inn gradually obtained
a wide vogue for the fine way lobster
was cooked and for the excellent
mackerel. But it was because Whit.
taker, Longfellow and other literary
masters were wont to gather there
including many of those who after
ward founded the Brook Farm-Emer-
son. Charles Dana and others, who
were accustomed to fish in the arms
of the ocean thereabout. and. after a
days tramp and a good meal of fish,
would sit up half the night before the
blazing driftwood fire and discuss
their transcendental philosophy. that
the New Hampshire Society acquired
this property. 1t had previously taken
over as headquarters the old inn at
Portsmouth. \ H.. where John Paul
Jones boarded during his eventful
sojourn on the coast of that State
The Historical Society has dedicated
the Boar's Head as a literary shrine,
and many of its members spend de-
lighftul vacations within it's dark.
timbered walls.
But Mr.. Henry Ford and the AS
sistant Postmaster General, Mr.. John
II. Bartlett, president of the New
Hampshire society, have never at
tempted to discover inns which date
their origin prior TO the War of the
Revolution. although in some instances
such hostelries exist. But few of
these have enjoyed n continual exist
ence. Faunce's Tavern in New York
City, where Washington baae farewell
TO the officers of his army. is now a
civic museum. and the old inn at
which the members of the Cont
mental Congress would gather in the
evening and refresh themselves is
part of the group of houses about In
dependence Square in Philadelphia, set
aside by the city for the preservation
of all relating to the proceedings of
July 4. 1916. But there is at the juno
ton Of the Baltimore pike and the
Edgemont road. in Delaware, an
inn which was chartered in 1877, and
has been in continual activity ever
since. This is the well known Black
Horse Inn, still furnished in the
primitive way of the half century
before the independence, where re-
freshment for man and beast was to
be procured day andsfighf All the
best in the countryside No doubt
many of those who logged along the
old Baltimore post road leading to
Philadelphia stopped at this old house
and enjoyed its hospitality. The first
proprietor was William Noblitt, who
lived in Philadelphia, and moved
farther South for the wider oppor-
tunity. On walls blackened by time
hangs the license granted by the royal
governor in 1897 and affixed is the
application Of 100 citizens of Delaware
County declaring Noblitt to be the
proper sort of man to conduct a pub
lie house. Down the centuries are the
licenses and title deeds of other pro-
prietors, to the present owner, in an
unbroken chain.
Former Representative and Mrs.
Ira Clifton Copley of Illinois have
been spending the Summer near
New York City and practically, liv-
ing on their beautiful new yacht,
Happy Days. and have been receiving
hearty congratulations on the archi-
lecture of their craft. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Copley gave much thought to their
yacht, as they propose to make it
their home almost the entire year,
| cruising in Northern waters in Sum-