New Britain herald., 1928-05-18
FRENCH, ENGLISH
 VACATION HOMES
Officials There Have Summer
 White Houses"

Washington. D. c. May 1e.- While President Coolidge con- siders his summer home, each or the executives Of at leas, three European countries looks forward 10 a summer season at . an official country residence allotted . to him.
 Premier Baldwin will run up to Chequers in the Chiltern Hills; Pres f ident Doumergue Of France will go . 10 the Chateau Of Rambouillet. and . President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia . will summer at Lany, near Prague. |
 Tn Germany the press has been . urging that President Hindenburg is emitted 10 a better country residence . than the little block house near Ser f lin which served as hunting lodge . of the former Kaiser.
 Gift to Government
 Chequers, where Lloyd George, as . the first official resident, made . World War diplomatic history, came 70 the English government in 1917 ' by gift from Lord and Lady Lee.
 The familiar game, has no link ! with the estates name which II owes to the pride an early owner took in his appointment by Henry II to the Exchequer. The accident Of nomen- clature Is not without appropriate 1 ness since a frequent step 10 premiership In England is from the secretaryship of the treasury: that is from the Exchequer to CheGuers.
 It's location only ss miles north V est of London on the main line to busy Birmingham puts CheQuers within easy reach of the metropoli- tan White House" at 10 Downing street. In an hour Premier Baldwin can escape from the heat and noise of the city to the modest heights of the Chiltern Hills where his garden terraces command a view over the peaceful. green countryside sloping down to the Thames river.
 Bailiff Dates from Bandit Days
 In the days when these old hills were not 90 peaceful, parliament regularly assigned a bailiff 10 the Chiltern Hundreds to put down the bandits and outlaws. The office still figures prominently in the proceed ings of parliament. although the outlaws have vanished. An appoint ment as bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds, an office with no duties and. until modern times. a salary of but 20 shillings (about S2.50 per year) permits 8 member to resign with honor on the plea that. holding an office of trust from the crown, he cannot remain in parliament as a representative of his constituency.
 Chequers' associations are chiefly with Cromwell. although he never entered the halls. Frances Cromwell. daughter of the Protector married John Russel Of Chequers and brought to the manor mementos of her famous father. Of these historic treasures the most important IS the mask of Cromwell found few years ago in a neglected corner
 A Million Dollar Home
 Thirty miles southwest of Paris and halfway to Chartres is the Chateau of Rambouillet in the forest Of Yveline, vast wood which spreads over nearly 5000 acres. A recent government inventory values the estate reserved for the President of France at 31,200,000.
 Rambouillet has long been in the national domain. Francis hunted in the 18th century through the same xiades where President Doumergue follows the hounds today. Louis XIV and Madame de Maintenon came to Rambouillet as did Louis XIV and the Countess de Toulouse. Napoleon flew into . temper when he saw medallions of the women of the royal family looking down at him as he was about to bathe in the Sale de Bains.
 Then in the middle of the last century the estate was rented to man who converted the palace into roadhouse but the government soon repossessed the property for national residence. Today the Chateau of Rambouillet offers its regal luxury in the service Of demo- cratic France.
 Some of the gardens at Ram bouillet are laid out in the English style. By remarkable coincidence, which ex-Premier Herriot Of France probably did not overlook when he visited ex-Premier Mcdonald at Chequers, the garden plans at the rn0itNh iy style.
 Louisiana Cypress Trees
 Ramboullet has more interest for most Americans than Choppers One Of the Elories of the French estate Is great alley Of Louisiana cypress trees brought over when France commanded the mouth Of the Mississippi. Rambouiliet sheep. a breed highly estimated in the United States, take their royal pedigrees from the French summer White House because Louis XVI brought to the estate q flock of merino sheep from Spain. The splendid agricultural tradition of Rambouillet has been continued by the Ecole de Bergers which main tains on the grounds one Of the largest sheepfods in France.
 At the same time he esta ab1ished the sheepfold, Louis XVI built the Laiterie de Ia Reine, q model dairy house. in appearance quite similar 10 the royal play farmhouse at Versailles. The Queens Creamery is tiny sand stone temple decorated inside with white marble Cheese and butter were made on While marble tables still to bn snen.
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