Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-02-04
BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr.,
Travel Editor.

A Confederate pageant and ball,
re-enacting the glamour of the days
when Dixie dreamed of an empire
in itself, will be held the evenings
of March Is, 81. 20, 80 and April /,
3, S and 6. Visitors to Natchez are
welcome there, too. Other enter
tainments, including the singing of
Negro spirituals in an old-fashioned
church, also have been arranged.
Two days are required to see all
the mansions that will be open.
Tour arrangements follow:
Morning Tour.
March "a, rs, % and 30; April !,
3, S and 7.
Windy Hill Manor-Built soon
after the Revolution by Benijah
Osmun, Revolutionary officer. There
Aaron Burr awaited his trial for
treason.
Melrose-A perfect example of the
State mansions Of the Old South,
with furniture, draperies and
grounds practically unchanged since
1845.
Inglewood-An interesting Mis-
sissippi version of Virginia Colonial
architecture. Built in 1882 by DR..
Gustavus Calhoun, whom fashion,
able gentlemen called to treat their
duel wounds.
Elmscourt (the house of a thou
sand candles)-Built in 1910 and
famed for more than a century for
the beauty Of its entertainments.
Hawthorne-Built prior to 1920.
Unusual architectural features. La
Fayette was entertained there in
1925.
Afternoon Tour.
March "a, 26, % and 30: April l,
3, and T.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in the 1790s.
Owned for several generations and
still occupied by the family Of the
Texas heroine. Jane Long, famed in
history as The Mother of Texas"
Jefferson College (optionaD-One
of the oldest colleges in the United
States and famous for its historic
associations.
The Briers-Erected in 1912. Birth
place of Varina Howell. There THE
Rose of Mississippi" was welded in
1845 to Jefferson Davis, future Pres
ident of the Confederacy.
Connelly's Taven, on Ellicott Hill
Where Aaron Burr and Blenner-
hassett held secret conclaves in 1907.
This ancient inn on the Natchez
trace, built prior to 1795, has been
restored by the Natchez Garden
Club Here Andrew Ellicott, trusted
friend of George Washington, in de-
fiance of Spanish authority in 1897
raised the American Flag for the
first time in the Lower Mississippi
Valley.
Cottage Gardens-Erected in the
1790s by Don Jose Vidal. acting gov
ernor of Natchez territory at the
time of the Spanish evacuation in
1898. Noted for its unique swinging
stairway.
Magnolia Vale-Whose gardens
terraced to the rivers edge dur
ing the steamboat era were IA
nous the entire length OF the Mis-
S1SSlppl. Built In 1881.
Morning Tour.
March Is, n and 20, April 2, 4 and 6.
misunderstanding version of
ante -bellum town house. Occupied
by Federal troops during the War
Between the States. Built in the
1885,
Mount Repose-A perfect example
of an early plantation house. Built
in 1924 by William Bisland on lands
granted his father by the Spanish
crown in 1786. Still occupied by
descendants of the original owner.
Edgewood-Built in the 1865.
Still occupied by descendants of the
original family. Charming survival
of plantation life.
Observation-Disclosures nearly all
the grand mansions of Natchez and
its story is interviewer with terri
torial history. Erected between
1872, 1915. Interesting architectural
ly as a typical Irish manor house.
Pleasant Hill-Erected in 1903. A
quaint survival of the day when
moccasined Indians and adventur-
Gus trappers trekked through the
primeval wilderness over the an
cient Natchez trace. Still occupied
by descendants of the original
owners.
Afternoon Tour.
March rs, n and 20, April 2, 4 and 6
Oakland-Built in 1888 and still
ooo,,r;ad bx, tho doccordorotc of noy,
Estevan Minor, eighth governor OF
the Natchez district under the Span
ish regime.
The Parsonage-Built in 1850 by
Peter B. Little, owner of Rosalie
in order that his devout young wife
Eliza, might entertain the visiting
Methodist ministers.
TRAVEL.