Show 0 outlet tot her argles ua tat io on the the 4 shows abi coal I 1 t of 11 first girat 14 tory more 4 our ur po to lives ilk arbu I 1 wa tory ry this TM 7 tot ment front the try to the city 4 lit tj 44 going on ta much ch eitl vexed tot ww 14 t ion of the firm W bc ea largely 14 died by 1 the p h 0 n 1 antous alid radio 0 bir e oun t ry life las bru bon she you aa voi are tro the MIN the 4 go 4 aaa 40 he tat tos ca no A sh an 0 1 ab fedj ch my I 1 jev ll 11 J ko ho ter 00 to it m IA qu pu to Is life in 11 C america next on in the program th in ou c by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN S AMERICAN society going back to the soil Is 13 there to be a it new kind of country life la in america and will the landed aristocracy of the future be able to make the farm pay PRY financially these interesting questions and stid others that naturally suggest themselves are raised by mrs edith stuyvesant lander bilt of bew york bar harbor and biltmore when hen she the says I 1 im am going to live alv at Blit biltmore more many women in america are tiring of 0 the empty round of mere social affair affairs before long we may pee a country life in america similar to that we now see ee in england and when this interest Us c omen go gentral ric rat I 1 can think of no more moris remarkable country for home ex lene than america there would not bo so 0 o much unrest and nm if it people took a real interest in life and I 1 know of nothing more in ter resting than developing a herd of blooded eow cows to the highest degree of perfection the mrs lander bilt who says these things has been described as amer icae most interesting widow george W lander bilt who died about ten years ago was her husband he ile was a grandson of if commodore cornell ua us vanderbilt 1877 the founder of the family and the accumulator of the first of its many millions george W was born in I 1 he ile didn dian t have to work for a living and devoted much time to travel and study ills na name me will be remembered in hew new york city for several benefactions chos who before his death concluded his autobiography thus purchased acres of moun tain land on french broad river near asheville N C and laid it out as a vast park erected mansion and tables stables blocked stocked this estate and spends much of bis his time in superintending its improvement BlIt biltmore more one of the finest country estates in the orld Is in the appalachian highlands of western korth north carolina the land of the sky long fo famous for 11 its beauty and climate the farm fam consorts jot of about acres on tho the french broad man nas as not satisfied with nature hills bills were moved a lake dug and forests planted the mansion Is modeled after the historic orleans chateau of blois possibly the tile most beautiful in france the architecture Is french renaissance Ite nals the banquet brinquet hall Is 80 by CO 00 feet with a R 70 foot ceiling A tapestry gallery 75 feet long contains the finest private collection in the world this opens onto a library 02 by 40 feet in front of the mansion Is a three acre esplanade from it a ramp leads to the piazza of the tile main building in the case of the cecil vanderbilt marriage it is understood that the united states enin gain a citizen Ina instead of bf losing an heiress it Is stated that mrs cecil inherits under a proviso in her fathers hlll ill that the he must retain her american citizenship this most interesting widow looks absurdly youn young for the mother of a married daughter of at twenty tour four and retains her striking physical charms it has long been social gossip that there are many suitors for her hand she married in IM her father was cot george warren dresser and on her mothers side she belongs to the ta ts and fishes last spring mrs daugh ter cornelia stuyvesant vanderbilt was married with much pomp and find ceremony at BlIt more to uon ilon franci francl amherst cecil former secretary of the british embassy at IN washington ashington her mother thereupon departed for a long trip in europe and it was confidently its asserted rented that upon her return she yield to some one of her many suitors well mrs vanderbilt came from europe the other day declared herself to the customs officials as a plain farm woman aal an proc proceeded Wed for the first time on record to talk about her personal pers onil affairs for icat tion and here are some of the things she said after intimating that matri mony had no place in her ber program I 1 urn am having a little hour house built for myself on our estate down in north carolina and the mansion goe goes to my daughter and her burband bui hus band bandL they are alo also going to forsake what li Is called society life and aid ald me in operating my dairy my biltmore home has ha been boom really an on immense dairy farm bof ome some time tim now I 1 have head bead of blooded cow cows and I 1 am going to take a per portal interest in these to the highest degre degres of perfection in developing my farm arm I 1 am not only getting a great deal of pleasure out of 0 life but I 1 also feel that I 1 am doing something tor for my country the life of a society clety eo woman is I 1 a hard bard one it consumes a tait vast amount 4 of f efterpy and what dos does it give 1 in return nothing but dalr dairying yint brim brings in a handsome han diome profit and you sea something om ething tangible as a a result of your effort t I 1 have noar cared tor for locaty I 1 have alway always been interested in I 1 doing hints that I 1 thought amounted to something something om ething we are born with the creative spirit and if we don dont t do something om ething worth while with 14 it it li is quite apt to become destructive this writer will not here iry try to the raised either dt dl erectly or indirectly by mrs vander blit obviously several large volumes would be necessary if the questions can be answered at alt all general observations ions which are naturally rog sug would seem to include these most americans doubtless doubt lees would think her lacking in common sense it if had decided for society and against biltmore especially ae as ehe can easily combine the best 0 of both city and country life she la Is wise to build herself a little house the mansion Is pre pose roua as its a country home bome no doubt the dairy herd can be made a paying investment it will not however pay for the upkeep of 0 biltmore thia this lady bountiful 1 can of course accomplish wonders onders for the community and her sentiments do her credit reports in the american and british press would seem to indicate that the old time english country estate esta te life Is rapidly breaking br cakin up owing to heavy taxation and financial difficulties in this country however a popular trend toward life in the open both la in recreation and residence Is a R sign of the tim times in it the cities it I 1 Is noted too that many omen of wealth and social position are seeking in business an art M MIS trao been 0 broa be h held prospect of large fl nand pi frag according to present standards big BlIt biltmore more as an object lesson la it tut i ing country life pay iti its way ll 11 of to be t practical alue almost Is of I 1 possible with a vanderbilt income all 19 G until country life as mra mrs ta conceive conceives it it la Is made to pay iti its ua the it Is not likely to be the rule of 0 mon land MR the vicinity of all our ibro detsil 1 la Is dotted with costly couney country ra n ate dences that only the few can da no to occupy and with country efaw ply that none can make pay The bein not the real thing they are merell th T transplantation of city life in the COO tad try D its the surest kind of a lure sure tha spin that the country estate which daysh a iti me own way means work for sob so b of there therell 11 be waving grain but teri ore delights the eye somebody alc to t know just exactly why provident provided him with eye eyebrow brOWL hie dad are fresh Tege vegetables tables and nd also vea wea abo there are fresh eggs bat the ie sir rl will lay where you cant find tia tm tt less somebody watches out golden goldea cream but the lowing to kill you must be milked agricultural 10 f Is scarce and high priced ai and ld nelam skilled nor permanent here pas the independent income bulk bulks 1091 there are city people who fer fear 01 bate hate the country they are to the th bete ha sh aad and apartment born they are crest crettia of the crowd and the social vw t ch have their being in terms of jan 1 W I 1 moving pictures to the ca ln american our twentieth century ye in the big cities Is neither wither th nor even sane and it teem seem that in some way the doc a kilat of ge population to the cities murt must be b P by a return to the goo w bu if the prosperity and ot W tu nation is to continue AmerIC 11 and yet t to many a good 46 wa perhaps to le the average overage arne acan th 11 on the land seems the ablbert bl bert T best of callina he ile cannot VM see ta it should not be responsive to law into B gence and eull skill it holds forth too to to W 0 visions of health happiness caal independence and find a real now boa s |