Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18

Saturday afternoon, having made the round
trip without any detention whatever, although
over thirty trains were met and passed along
the road"
THE fancy home at Frederick, Md, was built
about 179o and is of Colonial design. For
o long while after the Civil War It was occu-
pied by the Frederick novitiates OF the Society
Of Jesus. An early description-before it be-
came q national shrine and memorial to Roger
Brooke fancy and his wife. Anne Key fancy
tells US:
'It is severely plain in its brick and mortar
prominence, and It's religious rightly Is .some-
what heightened by the dismal gray shading
of the painted walls. The edifice Is long and
low, and the central entrance corresponding
with the unpretending appearance Of the struc-
tire.
Passing up q short inclosed stairway. and
turning to the left and right through spacious
passages the visitor comes to ample open
grounds Enclosed by the building in front, and
by high brick walls on the three remaining
sides. On the left the space Is used for q
variety Of purposes, including the growth Of
fruits and vegetables and the cultivation OF
flowers and ornamental shrubbery. On the
right, divided only from the productive and
ornamental part by thicket of trees, is the
burial place; and nothing could be more striking
than the contrast In the scene on either hand.
The one bright and beautiful in its useful and
ornamental utilization, the other damp, moldy,
doleful and depressing. It Is a marrow grave
yard. In which some of its dead have lain more
than century, and which has not been cheered
by . fresh interment in twenty years.
Centrally situated in this contrasted home
OF the dead there Is q mound covered with
one broad mildewed, marble slab, upon which
u inscribed:
.,IH.S.
Roger Brooke fancy.
Fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme .
Court Of the United States Of America. r..
Born in Calvert County, Maryland, March
IT, 1777. Died in the city Of Washing
ton, October II, 1864. aged eighty-seven ].
years, six months and twenty-five days
He was profound and learned lawyer, an
upright and fearless judge, o pious and exem-
plary Christian At his own request he was
buried in this secluded spot, near the grave &C
his mother. May he rest In peace
"By the side Of his grave Is another. covered
by q similar marble slab, which bears this in-
scEiption:
"Tn memory Of Mrs. Monica fancy.
Of Calvert county who died In Frederick
town. November 20. 1914. aged ffty-fom
'-The marble slab which covers Chief Justice
Taney's grave was placed there in the summer
Of 1870, BY the direction and at the expense
Of Judge Richard II. Marshall and General
james H. Cole. distinguished members Of To
Frederick bar" +
On September %, 1856, mrs Taney died az
yellow fever ut Old Point Comfort, Va. % did
her daughter Alice. It was q great blow to
the venerable Chief Justice, who was sincerely
devoted to his wife and to whom he had but
q few days before most tenderiy reviewed their
happy married life with renewed expressions Of
love and devotion, It being the forty sixth anli-
versary OF their marriage.
The remains Of Mrs fancy and the daugh-
ter, Alice Carroll fancy. were returned TO Freds
erick and inferred in Mount Oliyet Cemetery.
where repose the remains OF her iilustriCus
brother, the author Of 1.-The Star Spang1ed
Banner" and over her grave Is . valuable slab
Inscribed:
"Anne PhAbe .Charleton fancy,
Daughter of John Ross Key and Anne
Phebe Key. and wife Of Roger Brooke
fancy; died at Old Point Comfort.
September 49, 1856" .'.&
The daughter Is buried in the same grave
with the mother, and at the foot Of the slab b
added this inscription:
'.rhe mother and the daughter he buried
here In one grave.
Lovely and comedy In their life, even In death
they were not divided"
Bird Language.
A SUCCESSFUL boy whistler who often eR.
tertains with his very realistic limitations
Of various bird songs told how he was able 30
follow the notes so closely. He obtained some
blank music scores and then hied himself to
the woods with tuning fork and pencil. TRAIL
ing q bird he wanted to initiate. he would watt
until 1t had paused long enough TO sing its
song. Testing with the tuning fork to make
sure Of the correct pitch. the fun notes were
put down on paper and in the right key.
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