Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1930, Page 37

\ WOMAN’S PAGE. THE EVENING Famous Gardens of Virginia By Nancy F. Munce " look at it. ENTRANCE TO MONTPELIER, ONCE THE HOME OF PRESIDENT MADISON. THE HOUSE IS OPEN TO VISITORS DURING HISTORIC GARDEN WEEK. ALONG THE ROAD SOUTH. HIS is Historic Garden week in Virginia, and motorists are of- fered the privilege of visiting those wonderful gardens so_in- timately connected with Vir- ginia’s past and present history, which are opened to the public through the courtesy of the owners to assist the Garden Clubs of Virginia in the res- toration of the Stratford garden. Starting at Rippon Lodge, about 20 miles from Washington, drive down a long road to the house itself. This house is a splendid example of Geor- gian architecture, with beautifully pan- eled rooms, and one room in it is called the Washington room. The writer en- joyed going with the owners, Mr, and Mrs. Wade Ellis, and reading the names and dates on the tombstones in the old Blackburn Cemetery on the place. Three young ladies went from this home to be mistresses of Mount Vernon, and to the present owners we are indebted for the Testoration. Leaving Rippon Lodge, the next place is Fredericksburg, and the historic places there which may be interesting are open to the public at all times— such places being the law office of President Monroe, Kenmore, the house in which John Paul Jones lived, the old apothecary shop and many others. Going east out of Fredericksburg, on the road down the Northern Neck of Virginia, the first shrine on this road is Wakefleld, where George Washington was born. The house an gardens have been destroyed, but are now bfll:f Te- stored by the Wakefleld Memorial As- sociation. Home of the Lees. Just_beyond Wakefleld, or 46 miles from Fredericksburg, is Stratford, the home of the Lees and where Gen. Rob- ert E. Lee was born. This house is be- ing restored by the Stratford Memorial Association, but the garden here has almost disappeared, as there are only a few of the most hardy of shrubs left and some pieces of the marble railing which outlined the garden. The house was built by Thomas Lee, acting gov- ernor of Virginia, about 1730. The pan- eling in this house is very interesting, particularly in the library, and on some of the panes of glass in the bookcase «doors are ¢ut the names of some of the Lees, presumably with a diamond. The doors in the house are all made with what is known as the double-cross, a form of paneling which in olden times was supposed to keep the spooks away. The firebacks in the fireplaces are splendid examples of ironwork, the one in the nursery being quite unusual, as it has heads of angels with wings on it and, according to superstitions, was made that way to guard the babies sleeping in the nursery. This nursery adjoins the room in which Gen. Robert E. Lee was born. The outdoor kitchen, with its large fireplace and crane, is in almost perfect condition. It has a brick floor, and many of the utensils used long ago in this kitchen are to be seen there today. The stables, outhouses and mansion itself are all made of brick, which in all probability were made on_the place. About 16 miles from Stratford is Sa- bine Hall, and when you come to the entrance to this place drive through the woods for 1 mile before reaching the house. This was built by King Carter in 1730 for his son Landon. There is a wonderful view of the Rap- ahannock from the house, although it E at least a mile away. The house is of brick, of ‘Georgian architecture; the walls are massive, and the partition walls all through the house are brick from cellar to attic. In the hall is a belumuur hand-carved staircase, and almost all the rooms are wainscoted from the floor to the ceiling. In this house one will find many fine old por- traits of the Cl!‘uél r::d one of the few rtraits of King Carter. wAs to the garden, It is made in five terraces, beginning at the top of the hill and extending to the flields below. The first and second terraces are used e:.-lusively for flowers and one finds the flowers so dear to the ladies of long 2go. On the second terrace is a high box hedge dividing the flower garden from the vegetable garden, as the three Jower terraces are used exclusively for vegetables. The house as well as the garden is open to visitors. A few miles down the road is War- saw, and from Warsaw_we cross the Rappahannock River to Tappahannock, going on down the old post road which ran between Fredericksburg and York- town and what is now known as the Tidewater Trail, when about a quarter of a mile from Gloucester we come to the old Long Bridge Ordinary, which was built in 1730 and used by travel- ers. ‘This place has been acquired by the Woman's Club of Gloucester and 1s used as a club house. In this immediate vicinity will be found many places of interest, among them being Goshen, which contains many finely paneled rooms and very unusual slave quarters. Here the old garden is being restored. Many Fine Old Homes. ‘There is also on this road White Marsh, which was built before 1764 and which is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Baruch of New York, who have done much toward restoring it. In a walnut grove on the road toward Gloucester Court House stands Abing- don Church, which was bullt in 1750, replacing a church which had stood there for at least 100 years. In the graveyard are many old tombstones, and it is mul’esllng to note that among the congregation of early days was Mil- dred Warner, who married Lawrence W n and who was the grand- mother of George Washington. Crossing the ferry at Gloucester Point, we arrive at Yorktown, which was made & town in 1631 and made famous when Cornwallis surrendered tt the Continental troops there in 178 Three-quarters of a mile out of town 1s the Moore house, where the terms of surrender were drawn up and signed. The house is well worth seeing. In Yorktown proper we find the first custom house, or the oldest custom house in America; also the Nelson house, or York Hall, as it is now called. This house Was bullt in 1740, with jts walled garden made presumably at the same time. When Cornwallis took Yorktown he selected the Nelson house as his headquarters and at the request of the owner the Continental troops under Gen. Lafayette fired on the Nel- son house while Gen. Nelson looked calmly on. Imbedded in the brick wall one sees even today an old cannon ball, ;V grim reminder of the Revolutionary ar. From Yorktown one should drive to Norfolk and from there go out to the several interesting old places and gar- dens in that vicinity. In Norfolk proper some interesting points are St. Paul's Church and the old Colonial House, on the corner of Bank and Freemason streets, built in 1791. This is a perfect specimen of Georgian ar- chitecture, filled with the original fur- niture. If the walls of this house could talk they would be able to repeat many interesting conversations by such fa- velt and the Honorable James Bryce. A garden open this year to visitors in this vicinity, while not a historic one, is one of the most interesting mod- emn gardens anywhere in this country. ‘The owner and maker of this five-acre garden, at Holly Lodge, has spent many years and untold energy to make it what it is today, and when the writer was in the garden early in March she could hardly believe the camelias were in Virginia and not in South Carolina. The bushes were covered with blooms and the azaleas were all out. The box bushes, large and small and yvery hand- some, seemed to have always lived there and many of them are over 100 years old. Here one also finds many tropical trees, as well as the native live oaks and yaupon., The rose garden, even in March, looked as if it, t00, would be in bloom in May. To miss garden is to miss one of the loveliest spots in this section. On_the road to Virginia Beach we find Poplar Hall, a charming old Colo- nial home which was built in 1645, and which even today contains much of the old furniture which was brought over from England by the builder. Another interesting uun“:boue this house is that it has not n out of the family for eight generations. The garden con- tains many old-fashioned flowers, such l:c spirea, hyacinths, lily of the valley, ete. Continuing on this road you will come to Lawson Hall, and here we find the oldest formal garden in this section, having been laid out in the latter part of the seventeenth century. The owner of the garden brought fine boxwood from England to his new home in his own ships. There are many handsome trees and many varieties of flowers in this old garden. In this same neighborhood is the Adam Thoroughgood house at Lynn- haven, which was built by Mr. Thor- oughgood between 1636 and 1640. It is believed to be the first brick house built in America and the oldest dwelling now standing in Virginia. It has recently been restored under the supervision of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is furnished with early American furni- ture, It is, indeed, worth a trip to see this old house and its furnishings. ‘When the writer used to go to this house as a little girl it was not nearly £0_famous &s now. Not far from the Thoroug! house is Sea Breeze Farm, on which there i{s an unusually attractive garden and one in which, even in Winter, as many as 35 varietles of flowers are in bloom. While in this section it would be in- teresting to drive to Cape Henry and see there the first light house built in America, which is being repaired so that tourists may go in it. For years it has been closed to the public. On the shores of Cape Henry the first permanent English settlers first landed, April 26, 1607, just 13 years before the Pilgrims came Plymouth. Here it was that the little box given these Cavaliers by King James of England was opened, and where the first religious ceremony of the English Church in America was held. Several days after this the Cava- liers set sail and went up the James River to what is now Jamestown, Apples Delicious. Bring to boiling one pint of sweetened ape juice in a shallow pan. If the juice is not very sweet, add more sugar. Cover the bottom of the with quar- tered apples and cook until tender. Re- move carefully to a glass serving dish and cook another layer of apples until the desired amount is cooked, adding more juice if necessary. Boil down the nmflmn‘ juice until quite thick, and when cool, pour over the apples. Chill and serve either as a relish with meats or with cream as a dessert. A plece of stick cinnamon may be cooked with the sirup if the flavor is liked. 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Ex= tremely light in texture, it adheres lastingly, keeps the skin soft and fine-textured and en- hances the beauty of your complexion. FACE POWDER. e VOOSY g Plowgly, Jnc. New YORK: MEMPHIS SAN FRANCISCO | Moceasin Flower, |called. Peter squealed right out with STAR, WASHINGTON, BEDTIME STORIE The zest of life it dath enhance To'find a secret out by chance. Peter Rabbit is like & lot of other people—full of curiosity. If any one has & secret, Peter does his best to find it out. He cannot seem to be happy un- less he is poking that wabbly little nose of his into the affairs of other folk. So when Peter had reason to think | that Sammy Jay and Mrs. Jay had built a nest, he wanted to know where it was. He knew it was quite useless to ask Sammy. He knew that Sammy Jay would probably tell him that-it was no business of his. So Peter went looking for it. ang‘ when he doesn't want to be seen, Sammy Jay is wonderfully clever in keeping out of sight. He keeps that nolsy tongue of his still and he quietly slips around without attracting any at- tention whatsoever. Mrs. Jay may have a nest close by and you never suspect it. So Peter had no success at all in his hunt for that nest c: Sammy Jay's. Nevertheless, he couldn't keep it out of his mind. On this particular morning Peter was over in the Green Forest. He was hop- ping along down the crooked little path where it winds between the pine trees. It was some time since Peter had been over here. The last time there had been nothing special to see. So it was with surprise and then with delight that Peter discovered just off to one side of the path one of the loveliest of all the Spring flowers—the Lady's Slipper, or as it is sometimes leasure and hopped over for a close i p.xsm‘;e from between two large, rather thick, pointed oval leaves, which seemed to be growing opposite each other right out of the ground, was a slender stem, at the top of which | hung one of the quaintest, most inter- | esting and most beautiful of all Spring | flowers. One petal of a delicate pink and covered with little lines of darker pink was in the shape of a dainty bag with a slit nearly the whole length on the up) side. The edges of this folded K:r Some folks think it looks like an Indian’s moccasin and this is why it is called the moccasin flower. The other petals did not look in the least like this one. “I wonder if Lady Bumblebee is any- where around,” thought Peter. “She certainly has to work for the sweets she gets out of these flowers; but she seems to think it is worth all it costs. Hello! Here she comes.” “Bz-z-z-z-2," said Lady Bumblebee, as she passed one of Peter's long ears. “B-g-g-z-z-2.” And she alighted right on that beautiful pink flower. Then she disappeared from sight. Ves, sir, D. C., WEDNESDAY, BY THORNTON W. BURGESS she disappeared right inside that flower, so that Peter could see nothing of her. But he knew that she was busy inside, for the flower nodded strangely on its long stem. Then in a moment or two Lady Bumblebee came out, but not by the way she had entered. She came out of a little opening in the neck of that pink bag. You see, it was the only way she could get out. Peter chuckled as he saw that her head and back were covered with pollen. He knew that the next flower she went into would receive some of that pollen and that that was why Old Mcther Nature had made the “BZ-Z-Z-2Z-Z!" SAID LADY BUM- BLEBEE, AS SHE PASSED ONE OF PETER'S LONG EARS. Lady's Slipper so that Lady Bumblebee must come out the way she did. It was while Peter was watching Lady Bumblebee flying to another of those flowers not far away that he caught just | a glimpse of blue disappearing in a pine tree. Straight over to that pine tree went Peter, lipperty-lipperty-lip. Then he sat down and looked up in the tree. | There was a nest up there. Peter chuckled. He knew that he had discov- ered Sammy Jay's secret. (Copyright, 1930.) Cheese-Apple Salad. Season some cottage cheese with salad dressing. Mold it into small balls some- what smaller than an English walnut. Arrange three balls on a nest of crisp lettuce. Pare and quarter an apple, then cut quarters in fourths. Place be- tween each of the cheese balls a slice of apple, arranging the pieces to radiate outward from the center. Put some salad dressing in the center and sprinkle with paprika. It may also have ground or whole nuts added if desired. APRIL 30, 1930. Today -in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. April 30, 1865.—Secretary of State Seward, who was wounded by the knife of one of the conspirators on the night that President Lincoln was shot to death by Booth, continues to improve. There is every prospect that he will soon be able to resume his official duties. Frederick Seward, son of the Secre- tary of State, barely escaped death in defending his father. The son suffered a hemorrhage from his wound yester- day and another seemed probable today. Although Mrs. Lincoln is still seri- ously indisposed, she is able to sit up her room in the White House for a few moments each day. Dr. Stone, the family physician, visits her regu- larly, and she is attended by numerous close personal friends. President Johnson has issued a proc- lamation, under date of April 29, pub- lished in today's newspapers, in which he begins by saying that he is de- sirous of relieving all loyal citizens and well disposed persons residing in in- surrectionary States from unnecessary commercial resgrictions and encourag- ing them to return to peace pursuits. He adds: “That all restrictions from internal, domestic and coastwise com- mercial intercourse be discontinued in such parts of the States of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro- lina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis- sissippi and as much of Louisiana as lies east of the Mississippl River, as shall be embraced within the lines of the national military occupation”—with the exception of certain restrictions prescribed by Congress and the Secre- tary of the Treasury, and except in articles useful in war. Prof. N. F. D. Browne, principal of the Charlotte Hall (St. Marys County, Md.) Academy, has written to the Washington newspapers, correcting the erroneous statement made here that young Herold, one of Booth's accom- plices, was educated at Charlotte Hall. “He was never a student at this school or known in this neighborhood,” writes Prof. Browne. Col. Mosby is reported to be “har- bored” in the neighborhood of Warren- ton, Va., according to the latest ad: vices from that section. It is said thal his former command is no longer with him. Four hundred of his gallant Vir- nia_cavalrymen have been paroled at port. They are all understood to have been picked cavalrymen from the Con- federate Army in the Shenandoah Valley. — Cocoanut Cream Pie. Break two eggs into a mixing bowl; tablespoonful That New Cereal with delicious flavor, and FEATUR inchester, Va., according to one re-|then beat them until they are separated, but not beaten to smooth consistency. 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