HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1910-04-28, Page 7THE KiNG'S NEIGHBORS!
IIIOsE 111111 LIVE NEAR
1% '1'111: ('O1'\TR1.
the Neighborhood ,found
Sandringham i. 14'r)
select.
England has forty counties, and
!n only one has the King a country
house at which he resides.; for ex-
cept on state occasions, Windsor
Cattle is out of the reckoning. It
is small wonder therefore that Nur-
f4•lk people pride themselves on
their importance.
But where big estates are the rule
the number of great houses is apt
t•, be limited, says the Gentlewo-
n. n, so no one can pretend that cri'iun when Queen Alexandra was
4 there iv a good neighborhood ! driving past the house of a family
around Sandringham. with whom she had always been on
Nearest at hand—in fact, in the cordial terms she noticed that the
garden stands York cottage, Owl flag which usually tlew from the
abode of the Prince and the Prin_ tower was now at half mast.
The Queen, fearing that, this
might betoken trouble, turned
aside to make inquiries. On the
way to the front door it struck her
that if the family bad had really
bad news it would be better that
site should not intrude upon their
grief. Luter on the mistress of the
house was much astonished to hear
that the Queen had called at a side
entrance to inquire if all was well,
and on being reassured had gone
quietly away with neither word nor
message.
an 1 Mrs. Neumann, prior to which
it was tenanted for several years
by Mrs. Lawson Johnstone. It has
a well authenticated ghost story.
11 111 heti hill, near King's Lynn, be -
h ng; to Sir Edward Green, who
alst, has a place in Yorkshire. Hun -
Stanton Ila,), on the sea coast, has
been owned by the Lee Strange
About family for countless ceuturies. It
ha., a glorious old garden, with
grass walks, clipped edges and
herbaceous borders. Its owners
have always held a place in courtly
circles, and Mrs. Roland Le
Strange is an aunt of the. present
L( rd ,Hastings. C;oughanh House
belongs to the Elwes family, who
may also be reckoned among our
untitled nobility.
Many stories go the rounds which
s}.uw the kindly consideration of the
King and Queen fur their neigh-
bors near Sandringham. On one oc-
ecus of Wales. This is a small plain
lot king house which has had many
additions. "New baby, new room,"
was the remark of a local octugen-
atian.
Appleton, which stili belongs to
the King and Queen of Norway, lies
about a mile off, and is really a
glut ifred farmhouse, with a charm-
ing garden designed on the lines of
that, of Mr. Austin, the poet lau-
reate, at Swinford Manor, in Kent.
CASTLE RISING.
One of the King's nearest neigh -
b( rs is Lord Farquhar, at Castle
Rising, which he and Lady Farqu-
har rent. Lurd Farquhar is a roan
whom fortune seems to have taken
under his special protection. He
began life as a rich banker, and
when plain Mr. Horace Farquhar Lady Salisbury's success with
had the unprecedented honor for a eggs and hens recalls to mind that
commoner of being best man at a poultry keeping is one of the crazes
royal wedding, that of the then of the moment. Queen Alexandra
Duke and Duchess of Fife. shows the way and her Silkier have
He is a tnan of parts, witty, a won many prizes at the poultry
clever talker and a good musician; i shows, says the Gentlewoman.
h; is fond of early rising and of ex- Then Lady Derby owns some of
ercises, and keeps a small organ in the costliest birds in existence and
the library of his house in Grosve- a pair of her Black Orpingtons wero
nor Square, playing on it for an sold for £100 at the Crystal Pal-
honi or so after dinner. The hall, axe. Lady Craven is another prom -
Castle Rising, is a. charming old' inent exhibitor and her American
Souse. and the village has a Nor- \Vyandottes are of much beauty
mai: church and the ruins of a Nor- and value.
man castle, also quaint almshouses Lady Chesterfield is yet another
where the inmates wear the long fancier and so are Lady Aylesford,
elcaks and high peaked hats of for- t Lady Kathleen Pilkington, Lady
mer years' Burton and Lady Tichborne. And
Not far from Castle Rising is in the old days Evelyn Lady Aling-
Hillington, the grand Gothic house ton had the finest store of bantams
that In lungs to Sir 1Viiliam and in the world at Crichel in Dorset.
Lady Ffolkes. This place has fine In Scotland Lady Home has sumo
shooting, and Sir William's pre- good poultry, as also Lord Rose -
serves have often been shot over! berg, who wins prizes with his Mi-
roreas, and the story goes that his
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WOMEN KEEPING POULTRY.Craze of the Moment With Titled
Ladies of England.
by the King, the Prince of Wales
and the German Emperor. Natur-tutu poultry man once in a melting
aliy the owners are and have been!:rood admitted: "Those birds wilt
on terms of friendship with royal,
personages. ('onglinni Lodge,
which is about a mile away, also
belongs to the Ffolkes family, and
the late Dowager Lady Ffolkes
used to make it her residence.
make your Lordship's name famous
one of these days."
NOBLE HO'T'EL KEEPERS.
QUEEN ALEXANDRA. Lerels and Ladies in England Who
erten called on her and one day on Have Taken It Up.arriving in a ponycart, she was Hotel keeping is a fancy of the
asked by the butler—a new servant' moment. Besides Lord Leitrim rev -
"What name, please 1" The. ora! well known people have gond
Queen was, of course, itnnlensrlyl111)0 business in this (Iirection.'
amused at this naive question. Then Lady Aberdeen is president of the
the story goes that some years agol(;reen lady Hotel at hittlehnmp-
a party of young people from the ton, Sussex. This is arranged for
Hall. Castle Rising, were walkin : 1P(>rkers, who are charged ten shil-
along the deist toward Hillingten . 1,tugs a week for board and lodging,
They saw a carriage approach and; `:tys the Gentlewoman.
Lady Burton has built. and fitted
our, a splendid hotel at Aviemore,
which commands a fine clew Of the
8n( hear they saw to their horror 1 ('r(Irugor►n i(ange in Inverness -
that they had barred the pa•cagei shire, and the widowed• Lady Au-
lt no less august a personage than
the late Queen Victoria.
Houghton ,fall, which belongs to
Lent ('holnondele,', the Lord (;rent
concerted the idea of standing in
a row to stop it on its way. They
accordingly did so, and wben it
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CLERICAL LIFE HUMORS
it on in the pulpit rind again rernov- tion with which one meets occa-
ing it at the end of the sermon. �sionally. There were some dear old
lies little piece of ritual he duly ladies who lived in a large house in
pc donned, but its meaning Was a certain
STORIES TOLD By BEV. STEW. wholly lost on nthy congregation. A moafish. Thyy were very
a first F. 1.. dl:RNAFS.
servant bring asked on her return totheir mind savoredrofltheworr
,11I'1' the world;
gusto Orr Ewing ling started
rate torr, with good why the service had been to short•
golf links at .� write that the preacher seas in a filthe thought even or "patience"
i)unsk.y, her home near Stran,-Her hurry to catch his train, as he had h('tteter,th heard that, the
They had,
hl 1ViKtown.�h;,e.
Odd interpretation of the Preach- begunurundressingoi train he left the lions they td that, the curate, to
i'n:(mherlaln, is a splendid .place 1 Lord Durtslii n has built a hotel fee Remarks and Church bulp t. much attached
Staafs! present rented by Cora l,adf for golfers close to Reiser Manor. :1 woman in a parish where I,iced ewas a astern when he wasr. On one 00-
i;f.raff"rd and her ]husband Mr. phi, place in Limerick, and Lord In- Services. lunching with
f rel She i I ,t husband
married.'rhirluin is the Owner of a hotel at The compliments that our meets ler the ❑Evil each day to prepare herself them they asked hien to show them
!1;Tat/more, Ifilltott,i Malley, al- with are sometimes as strangely i'►R her worst.
day /my the extreme sums of his tricks. He readily can-
pceres�. in the ':nuc .),e fame "icr
to London ns Mr;. t'olg:(te. A ti,lllI'" in Ireland. Then Lord ('land phrased as they are generally little tidiness of the house even in the seated. And in t. e extreme i packno-
American willow, and was distinglr I Hamilton. rite is chairman of the deserved. Oti my leavinga curacy of ea of his Wart, asked for a bad
1 :rent Eastern Ilailwav eptly morning. 'aye I she "aid. "1 of clink of
I•hrd by ale ass wearing a tall white takes a a,. old friend of mine said: "Welt, always likes to 'ave my bedrooms"11'e have never a
aigrette in her hair in the even. 1'" n interest in the Sandril(ghaln I be sorry you're oin for I did (kite henrly. for, As I silos tier., you pack of cauls in the house for
i'►g the most nwgnifirrnt die.- 1i' 'ef at ifnnstantim in Xorfelk, 'opt. yon would 'eve died 'ere"- - never knows uhat may 'appen ; 'ow c my years!" his hostess i;ed her
ieg and tlh Wei she ina)f ee Lord, 111,41 1lunklas Ta,lleillaelle, great %%lieh was certainly more than I moon one of the children may be 1 • ( s ileo, feelingaShe owed lim
!+t'i.il ,rd, '11^. a scat later Inst! ri'`'le (o Lord Tuflcr ache, is of
did, writes the Rev. Stewart F. L. bet ught 'eine in i► fit or with a ht,1_ guest some reparation. risked tiler
eith a tragic eath. se Hr. Marisa I-, iix steal in the welfare of the Bernays in the corn/till Magazine. I leg,and, as I alias se?, it. }ether visiting cards would rte. as
ken
Kennard i4 her third husband. Ft lix !fold. 1'r•lix•tour. which ons 'tut in the nay of testintenials the don't mutter whet. 'appens, so lu roti, '
a )•uilt alter the dr itttt of }(cluing- our whish f prize the most was re- n9 You've R 1 ani sure that a speaker, who
Houghton hears silent wilily,- to ),nn: hall. Lord T41)emachr', Ilaee cciccd from a certain Bishop, }(e info." 11'hrthrrclhrtnNuotlut 'rin tl.er he is preaching or making a
Its old time gambling proprll•itir,. 1 mould have, political spree,,, never realizes how
it:e•re is a blank space where the
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Ful)oll, wets fitments for the infelicitous way taken gnifc so calmly the actual nr
rents) flight of 117111 /lour steps • he had r,f pilling things 1 KI'4.(e rival Ufa child In a fit I rennet say. little his long wordy or rounded
sh•u d:1 he intend. The place wan to tell hien i un, lensing the die- for her fair. of life was never put )'tease~ are trolly understood by
twee awned by it L•,ld ,,fiord. and
i'l.A1x Ft it )D FoIf T11F. III('11 repos and to thank him for hie kind- to the test. some in his nudienrr. A clergy
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r • ..{ his feats tins tt. gamble "ay NU Il but tasty dishes are now to tires to me. His reply ins short I one^ altende.l a mayoral ban- ensu, at do close of Sallie continue -
the: snee:a) flight of step,. The, be sen at luncheon, in some of our n► tl, I eras(, not to the point : qtu t inn provincial 14 un At which jogtima elac:es which be had bre!) Riv-
the: r carried there steps.
Aud they , bI•: stie een Kuhr:,, says 1ho Quern. i ,'Dear sir : I ata sorry von are tray- ( the virile, oho had newly arrived, (,1.1 into village of our of our north -
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never -ince been replacer,. O! these are Scotch broth 1 i ; irg un, diocese, for I have aster was prr�rnt 11 1! t towns, proceeded to ask his
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ioften 'e says peradventure—and
yeti knows what David says ahem/
sr•(}; like --•if 1 shall say peradveii-
turn, t110 darkness shall cover
Inc.' "
The armies proposed by parents
for their unhappy children are
'sometimes particularly weird. 1
w'is called to privately baptize a
child the day after peace was de-
elared at the close of the Hoer ,war.
llt.v request "Name this child"
produced a Tong speech horn the
mother: '-We want. to rommrmor-
at.; the war noel the peau, so we
want to call tier. 'Robert, Pax.' "
The unfortunate' child, whose stir -
name was Snaith, diel not long sur-
vive diet n sante. On oris orca`iol
a mein gave his da:ightcr's nam. as
Venus. Rightly or wrongly, the
elergcnln11 vigorously 'rots • ted
against the name as that of a i ea-
thcn goddess, to which the father
pertinently replied, "What about'
yc 111 own Diana 1"
S.MOli1NG Tifftl►l-GET Hi':.11).
During the S. rrth African \Sar,
'ays a wtiter iu the March Strand
Magazine, a Boer ',either named
►. nr h heard anything against yen. Yuma Put u , to 1 a erman wi14 candidates a few questions in order F:'ank Brown wn' shot in the tore -
n., ii foie place ii Bulkllum. ' stem, freed' herring, calf's head, ; „ R t I l'r•il' '^ his health And 1 I +hr awl with a rill, huller. Strangely
a!le r•• Lord and l.ndt Leicester at. �hrr ,'. trotters.heitrd ae, ---. This at least, we we., very anXi.•ns toto find out how fur he had made
lie braised jarn, role -pay A well de-hinlarlf clear. The n►►Qwcr to )+i„Jrnr'ttah it did not :,iii him and stiff
;o r�ceite rtn•al uur•t• during the p..i3, pancakes, suet• pudding sen-- a negative kind t.f testimonial which a'rtr,d compliment to the the; (cur hr, :^cured employment on
al.<.e Lug season. this is a ;eel with treacle, And vier and sagore.ght he useful to some of tis. . , , Jftrvc question rather estonishcrljune of the trunk .1tlantic tenrnert;.
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puddings. fly tirnr was ,cueing at the same F. 1V \ lt':1lt'ti port t'f..1(i!I'1'. }►im -' IVhat is Frier . Promptly \Shen !ally a (ear bad passed, he
VAST 1'a1.L.\Iif.tN EDIFICE. q Cheese in various forms time. and I was ncvin at the
him end this Rai itut•. reply cum^.
i4 in high fetor, and Welsh rabbit r i R his manner of doing !eta, pfaiucd of trouble in his hem 1,
which Ytanda irl a park as flat as a ultra) appears Asa •at•,ry. 'filen o his new parish. He fared little it: ' Mr. Mayor. our new vicar hast otottlth examines h
.':1Li, Nt.IN N F:R OF F:\T.' leant! after a th
pancake. It has it white n.arblc 1,; nn bread i4 eaten. nl8o oatmeal better at his Bishop's hands. not i,een long in making himself 'fh answerer had had plenty •,t cx the: Snrge,n 4'? the ship decided t•
hall and staircase of much nhagni ci;kes Rud plain luncheon bisenits. 'ell, --- you and I have not, al- liked by all of us. As 1 was remark. 1 eiterire of it as kitehenlnaid and
the, huller, which had never been ..
licence. some line statuary And a: suet the 41, vert often Consist. 0( ways seen (•,'e to eye, but I might Isla the other day to some frl•rnds, t
vast hiltsrv, uhieh rontains the; }•ears, apples and oranges. resin wcl, get a worse man." So, with It's a good thing our vicar has not
roost talii!1•le i,he ki /'(,ileCt j, of f•, rl IQ no doubt good for health this epi,rtrpal blessing, w•e rnigrat- R',t the face of an Adonis, Or WO
f01111i'•ripl% III the kingttom. H"11. ; :,r, 1 French chefs in Mayfair can ea to another diocese should have to look
herr i4 ,:o.i to he the nettles( 1,. ,,it ,,.,,,
of land in England to the e1,oir• •,i (his tarnd►on•e fare into most
It o,},ting ro•ue6tibir4. Hint much
1)ct`n,ark. :+,...i+,•) is drunk at lnnchenn•, and
hn,,ilium. the. .,:.1 le i,,.• .,f i.. rel, Si, .1 elle, an unfermented wine,
T(,vtusbcnd, is Guts it e) 1,7 Mt i .re ies to be a fancy of the moment.
(•r 111:1ps -grace' 19 not Alfogr'i}her mr•te(1. ►,Inst he, (*XI railed, Ti -,
ul.like in sound to"grease.''t`ns d,•n^, and aft.:rward: for the
AIII 1,'r'mlrnt I.
That remindg me of the Pt.,ry of 1 his friends, ih.
nn out for out I an old soman oho on being a'ketl e,, 1)''rlrit 5"I(rier plaeraf a lighted
, SHORT SERVICE. wives and daughters.'' it was reef, ply the had such a rooted objr.•ti. n `' .its lir in the hole from which the
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meant, but one felt of course that to the new ►, .' • t was e,•,tra, ted and drew rho
friend of mine came to preaeh the Pxpre•%inn of the sentiment could 1 'alp it, when 'eeties Qm'1h
, ,, kr .e rough his 0051,.
for Inc At rice harvest festival. The could have been improver) upon. hal words In the pulpit " 'LA,' - + —
"use" at his church %4 TO for the Writing of humor reminds me of what had words 1" she was ar'. •• :. '!'nr :a neer alit t,rari,the ►osier 11
plcacher to carry bis stele, putting,the lack of it --an unhappy condi- "Just think," was hat reply, "',,,a ;,+,..;, tiut Iasi: a