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Show ! Z SECTION TWO SATURDAY OCTOBER 13 1917 SALT UTAII CITY LAKE . i t ' EIGHT PAGES American Captain of Commerce Become s Occupant of Historic English Castle Where the Kaiser Spent His Last Visit to England Filled Also With Memories of Napoleon Present Tenant, H. Cor-do- n Self ridge. Merchant Prince and Formerly of Chicago, Sleeps in the Bed of the Famous Corsican House Was Built by a British Ambassador to Francs and Has Entertained Kings and Emperors Has Sun Parlor Where the Kaiser May Have Planned His Invasion of England Noio Decorated With His Arms in Stained Glass. (Special Correspondence). HR1STCI1UBCH, - - Hampshire, Ruler of Kings.' Thai Oct. 3, of a novetbj phrase, Gertrude Atherton, has been constantly recurring tojny mind "Its walls, it Is true7 are built of Portland stone, hut its doors and windows, towers, chapels, chimneys ffpd thp fearsome gcrgoyles atre.idy mentlnmci W.ata obtained by the enterprising I.ord Stuart de Rot sa y from a historic chateau or "mano,r near P.ouOn, and known there as La Grande Matron des li- the-titl- r ' during the. fee days just past. 4 have .been a guesfin one of the most beautiful, most stately homes in all Eng-bua mansion witirremnderful memories of ths magical figure in history, where king, queens and an emperor have been both entertainer and entertained, but that now is in American hands and ever which the Stars and Stripes floats.' Highehffe Castle. Does the name convey anytNovember-Decehing to yuf That and the date her; 1901 Possibly not, sine time slips away ee events have hapswiftly and such pened in the meantime. Hpi it was in those monthr that the German emperor, then a monarch whose "avowal of his' love of peace was fairly generally believed, and wrhoee reputation was.that of a really ruler, albeit one . versatile, brilliant, and obsessed with foolish devoured-hpaid his last visit ts ideas about divine right, England before the war, and lived with a suite of fifty here at beautiful, storied, wondrously embell- -' AAed "Highcliffe Castle' , This splendid Gothic pile stands, in the midst of a beautiful wood, on a cliff overlooking the sea, m three miles from the old world town of Christchurch. From file castle grounds, one looks over the English Channel. On the left hand, across the. Solent, is the Isle of Wight, terminating in the Jam- . set rocks known as the Needle which, with look like nothing so mnch as a camel squatting down to receive its load. On the right is Hengist- -' "iht Biftoi-ft- headland that Is khpwn as the -hsrf, becas, so says tradition, it was thewrthat Hengist, the chief of the Jutes, landed when, with hit fellow chief Horsa and their Saxon Frenchmen, they Mine to aasist the ancient Britons in their stilts against the invading Piets and Scots. Here, Avon and Stour too, sit the mouths' of the river when are caught the famous Christchurch salmon Close . by, Ey repute the finest in all England. - anew the bay; ia Sctrthmptlt;"lh post "from which nest of the fighting men leave on their way to ' Fisas. Highcliffe Castle, built for the most part out of wnsderful architectural relics transported bodily frm. France, and filled with furaitore "fromthe eourt ef Napoleon that was brought to England by U ambassador to France and ia estimated to be worth more than a million dollars, is the property ef the indent English family of of which its builder was a member. It is lused today, however, to Mr. H. Gordon Selfridge, die American business man who came to London from Chicago some ten years ago, and, with all the fortes of conservatism and prejudice toward s newcomer arrayed against him, made a success that is unique ia the business annals of the metropolis. d. ,( s, world-shaki- f it y e, -- Montague-Stuart-Wortle- v, HOME OF KINGS. to'dhes imagmatWSrfcmiTo? him delightfully American family dwelling In the Ihewhalls that knew a king of Nvarrf-i-n udit of priceless furnishings that bear Napoleons initial and insignia and that were used by him and hs Empress, Josephine, and by many other rulers of France. To think, too, of this western captain of industry nsing the same bedroom and sleeping is the same bed as did the Kaiser when here, and King Edward before him! And of his American vifo, best type of our Transatlantic women, using s cheval glass and strumming an ancient harpsichord Jhat belonged to Joaephine, and reposing by night in' bed that once belonged to Napoleon'S great fcsnhal other too, halls, Ney! In thee nTl personages of our own turns have been guests, Muding the Kaisers mother, when crown princess, Charlotte of Holland, the mother of the i Freest queen, and the King ef Sweden, who was laest here while on the visit which, as a young man, be pmd to England, under the guidance of the late Augaatin Hare, whose walksHn Loodorrand else-- " bcr so many Americans have taken. Of the daughter Bf the Casfle ltself," one became a march U i Appeal qnd big Qn - Vhrn the Croup Photo Taken at Highcliffe Kaiser (In the crater) t as Its Guest .OthHighriiffe Owie, Showing tne Magnuicmt Orir Window and Turrets ers Are Members of His Suite. Brought From France, and at left End the Famous Sun Parlor , Where the Kaiser Drew the Hohenxoilern Arm Afterward Placed H. Gordon Setfridge, Inner! Center - In the Windows. American Tenant of Highcliffe. by s rich canopy. The mirror before which the used to be rather proud of his royal windows. Now antique "Beauvais tapestry suites, eld Beauvais, hrushed up hie famous moustache he is ' equally ashamed of them, but not and Savonerie rugs made for Napoleon I with his from the Taillene of Napoleons day, and 'must enough to have them torn out and thrown onpetty N and- - laurel wreaths, besides the Empress Josethe often have mirrored the figyre of the Corsican, and rubbish heap. bedbedstead, cheval glass, dressing-tablphines juft beneath it is the Spinet that belonged to Joee-Curiously enough, the atmosphere of France is room Furniture and the empire harpsichord, snd The waiirof the bedroom are covered "With ' exceptionally strong in this room where the Kaiser several phmeregal empire suites in green and rose broChinese silk. sketched his arms. Besides the Louis XV table, there caded satin. " hangs on the wall a painting representing The THE KAISERS WINDOW. ! .. CORSICAN AND CHICAGOAN- - Disconsolate Family of Louis XVI and there is o Another Apartment of the eastle which was a a beautiful though modem statue representing of a special mention, too, are a couple of Worthy favorite of the Kaisers is the "sun parlor in the Joan of Arc aa a child. The chairs in the room are quaint old snuff chairs that belonged to the mi- wing which looks out upon the Elizaof the period of Charles II f England thnt hav in ttjLanni-- ot On !b jonpV bethan and the American garden fhe to contain snuff. .There are only designed . m colors, of plants cavity these,by" lMrayT la ao called because the beau- and flowers. These were made four of these chairs da existence, yet here we have by Lady Canning, tiful rhododendrons and azaleas which Are its chief the one of the two of them! Not only, moreover, can the visitor twp daughter of the house who tnm Virfrint- - ' Iff vicereine of IndiaT 7deprtient V,sies thaTwere here, with no great effort of the imagination, fancy this room, one day, the Kaiser sat down at a Iff fit viceregal gardens. the guest of Napoleon th Corsican, instead of Napoleon the Chicagoan, but as a visitor, too, if " u,,,68 . , wie nooie xatner or Lady , , SSTSi of herremarUble kter Lady Water- ehooees, to the great aide of the emperor who was- which now, reproduced hi stained glass, are fitted ford,' theeivtwhlle ambassador to the ciurt of shot after Napoleons fall. For the interiors of sev- pYtm!)t ?n e France, who bo.lt fins majestic mansion He was ewl of the state apartments were transferred en have the royal arms of Prussia, with-th- e right Lord Stuart de Rothsay, a wealthy aristocrat rad entier by the British Ambassador in Paris from the "d e nrroun1d tower of art, who was a grandson of of Marshal Ney, including, aa we have .Un,71 thThtrf Earl city mansion witit the of the Grand Eagle, 0f Bute. He was ambassador to Paris even his own bedstead. seen, from 1816 rad at the top are two banners with the famous to 1824 or Small wonder is it, too, that as one surveys Highduring the downfall of the First Em- Gott Mitt Uns stamped on the Iron Cross and the pire, and being thus, as it were, on the ground, was cliffe Castle from without, and notes its gargoyles, date, 1870. In a position, when the popular esteem of Napoleon its mediaeval entrance hall,' at the apex of which-- a The insignia on the other window embodies the was at its lowest ebb, to buy and bring to Highcliffe beautiful poised stag holds aloft a banner, the war lord's claim" to the throne of England, through many of the choicest furnishings of the fallen emquite evidently Gallic tracery of its beautiful stonehis mother, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria-deserted rooms at ths Palais des Tuilleries " perors work, rad the old Latin motto in letters of stone At the top of it is the ermine crown, below the two and of the Chateau de Fontainebleau. that ornaments the outer wall of its great dining of rad around eagles all is the ribbon of Germany, These treasures include, to mention only a few. wall, the suggestion is far more of a French chateau "qU'it! 17h ,and 18th ntry boisenes, ormulu than of the private palaee of a British nobleman, Soit Qul Mai Y Pens. The Kaieer, by the way, bronze crystal chandeliers, mirrors even of the best part of a century ago. For the has been deprived of his garter since the war. The rad Boucher paintings, brocaded satin wall panels castle, which was begun in the early days of the owner of the Castle, whb was decorated by the Kaieer made for Louis XV marquetry and parquetry comnineteenth century is essentially, even in its outer. with the order of the red eagle of the second class. modes jewel cabinets, boule tables and clock, structure, a piece. of ancient France. e, .each,--htile--fa- 22 a J. Thar!. s, &te&)ts$s$ssstsssseissGss$tso&5ss$ HorYou German Navy, Come Out and Fight! Challenge to the Kaiser Fleet to Own Squarely to Grips With English Seamanship Come Out and Settle Once for All the Sarcastic Invitation to Repeat the Jutland Victory Mastery of the Seas Confession of Amusing Casualty on the Big .New Zealand Are Germans Really Now So Anxious for The Day? Can Have It Any Time. OftenLLetter to ihe derman Fleet ay Rn Oir Inhn jonn ' Gntlenn "" of the German Hlh TT"7" ' ' ' Sea Montague-Stuart-Wortle- and- - Tn day have launches waiting for them at ????!,"ac i y, "All-Highe- st - tw stately-lookin- 1 roster - r - Too remember that in the Jutland fight, when so many of you limped house, there was a British empire vessel, the New Zealand. You hit her. Indeed you knocked off a chunk of her armor plate, because I saw the chunk lying amidships And when I asked what casualties there were, the answer by a smoothfaced lieutenant was Only one, sir. You see oss of our officers looked out, and then one of "our big guns ssa fired, and It blew hla trousers right off that's all that haptAned. The New Zealand did splendidly at Jutland. The chief thing the men talk about la how one of the officer lost his trousers. Many of your countryman thought that when th war came along the Dominions would break from old England. Now you know they are tighter bound than ever. The people of New Zealand, beside paying for the ship, tiki that la a Maori gave - It a green stone which brings good luck " Whenever the New Zealand la out looking for you, th commander wears th Itlkl" but I must say It does not bring good luck In finding you. But Ives you have the Bailors heard how superstitious English seafaring men ere belter In that rtlkf as much as they believe you shirk a fight. . Three Tears Walt for Fight. Let ms Inform you, gentlemen of the high eea fleet, that you are abso- lutely wrong la your conviction that at Jutlsnd you put under the War- aplte. Why. Ive been on her. Ive talked with men who were el through th Jutland bu sines. Oh, . toad a British fleet I noticed they never said anything nasty against youlndirid- natty; Englishmen sr not in the , habit of underestimating their oppo- was nenta. But they were scornful about thorn who have the direction of your hm rough time, especially for l minutes, when, four of jour hipy yen cvnrntratfng fir on h&r-- . W got 26 dlrert hits, said an of- - fleer, bis rigarettes. MIt aanlor suckln n al r,0-- -!: ""wetT Te!d-I-d wasf.u "rattfinc od. And they ehewed me one of your ahetle. It came through her armor. Tou will right be pleased to hear the pieces are kept as mementoes, nicely polished, and there Is a little brass plate attached, telling Its history. All ths crew sre anxloos to sdd to the collection. When you read this, th Waraplte will very likely be at aea looking for you and grouelng at not . r finding you. Somewhere I have read about the enthusiasm of the British navy. Lot me give you a secret. Our navy Is a bit bored. It getting Is also bit envious of the British army getting such a show tn France and Flanders. The navy has been waiting for three years for you to come out in your strength o It mey have a whack at you. It has cleared the wide aeaa of all your ships until there Is not a German cobble-boafloat. But. So' doubt, there ere many Gef-Pwho believe .thelr 8ea Fleet la constantly roaming High the sea and that It Is the Grand Fleet, that . shtaka. Funny. Isnt It! This common-oa- r has been In several "scraps, when yon- - were caught unaware or when you thought you had a tremendous superiority In numbers. And when he had knocked one of your destroyers to bits, and rescued its commander, he said. I shewed th German over my ship. But he chiefly -wanted to know whether In my opinion he had fought well, whether he hpd managed his ehlp all right, what mistake he had made In handling her! I told him he had put tfp a Jolly good fight." When conversing with men of the 62remarJca a j l at -- -- - The Day, any of you who are eager. It must be galling to know that your high admirals have more d iso re tlori than courage. It must he distressing (o some of you, after years of preparation snd building a big fleet, to be told by your chiefs It must not be put to a derisive test' You know the German people are being bluffed. It bat kind of stories do you tell them when they ask when were you last at I. At the head of the staircase, a strange note ie, struck, for here there hangs a curious flag which - It expedi-himw- major-genera- lf l, :eaF four-foote- tojest. pa-oun- r' TT- two-legg- - SURPRISE LEGACY. The Marchioness of Waterford) ' .mrecnVdto'i.eS Flrsl Tou flash with the one word really ought to rive these, latest K an opportunity of clam submarine crawled and r HighciifTa Castle and its priceless contents, died childless. The present owner of The castle, was no nearer kmto her than When the marcha cousin four ti'niea removed. ioness was in her declining days, however, the general Journeyed to Northumberland, where she then was meTtoworkthe and the ship around! the water How Jntereetinff tt wi to top by the " to whom her father, lacking a male heir, bequeathed 6 ! ; cr,. Stuart-Wortle- of the day foundation and consequently the disintegration of the cliff becomes a serious and constant danger, which has been averted only by wise dram-- " age and dense planting of trees. These trees, whirl? comp r ire the prerent wood iff the midst of which the Castle stradsi rad which are ilex, or, os we say in America, live oak, were one rad ail planted by Lady de Rothsay and her two daughters, who originally booghff hem as siips at ninepence apiece! And even to this day the trees are known to the folk about as the ninepennies." In the midst of them there is an interesting cemetery of "animal pets of the family, where well beloved d and horses, dogs and other friends of Stuart-W- o rtleys hare been laid tenderly if there are - he removed indeed- from the'NspoieoTiiC "per1odr is the flag of the MaHdi and was captured by the present owner of the castle, (now once more in khaki) whose many campaigns include the Soudan expedition of 1897, as well as the two Nile tions, the Egyptian war of 1882, several Afghan wars, and the struggle against the Boers of 1899-h- e 1906- :- hr aft these he gained brilTIant d7stmctibnsr" the D. S.' O., mention m dispatches, medals and clasps galore, not to mention continuous promotions. Today, with the rank of he is in command of a British division somewhere. And now a few words about the interesting and distinguished family of the builder of Highcliffe Castle. Lord Stuart de Rothsay's wife, who, before her marriage was Lady Elizabeth Margaret York (daughter of the third Earl of Hardwicke) appears to have combined both good looks rad talents with shrewd business head, (she placed a useful check of her upon certain mediated lord) with much sweetness of character, and her" two daughters, the ladies Louise and Charlotte were th worthy children of their parents. Beauties both, and well fitted' for the sta-- ; tions of marchioness and vicereine which respectively became theirs, they were also, among other things, artists of real gifts. The paintings of Lady Canning have already been alluded to, while the water-colo- r ketches that were made by "her sister. Lady Waterford, almost up to the time of her death, are still prized by connoisseurs. AH over Highcliffe Castle apd throughout ths es-tate of some 1,000 acres in which it stands, one finds the intelligent and reverent handiwork of Lady Stuart de Roth say and her gifted daughters. It ia thanks to their foresight, indeed, that there ie ray castle there; that beautiful Highcliffe, like an residence that was built on the cliff, in , the early eighteenth century, by the Third Karl of Bute, has not been completely destroyed by the grad- uat dismtegration-o- f thcsotl upon which it stands. For the highcliffe itself consists of gravel, (80 feet deep), over a base of soft clay. The percolation of surface water, plus a few hidden springs, through to reach The Germans seem to have gone nap on submarines," said a British officer to me. Wo also have submarines. But they cannot be used In sinking your mercantile marine because you have not got a single old -potato barge afloat. But our eubma- rlnea are wonderful as you may find out one of these days If your fleet of inquisitiveness, show I had never been down In a submarine And our Grand Fleet 1 visited till led. Its commanwhan a chubby-face- d der. took me down I was indeed It was of tiie latest pattern-- , and the only thing ! am going to let! you about tt Is that It is machinery, machinery that la th machinery, only way I can describe the Interior, How bright and smooth th torpe- - I eon sl-s- south-weste- A One gets a strange thrill when, alighting from the car of the American tenant of the castle, one finds oneself in what is evidently a mediaeval chapel. This is a beautiful example of the Gothic period. It hat a glorious old fifteenth century stained glass altar window, and beautifully carved oak pannelhng, old and rare, representing all the principal episodes in the life of Christ. To add to the religious effect, there is an ancient Bible and "Stand," of "date 1637, the period of James Ila reign,' and also an old canons chair. On the walls are ancient Gobelin tapestries. They originally hung in the palace of the Knights of Malta at Malta, and were among the eastern treasures carried back to Pans by Napol- - am . hafftra th an invariable toast to The Day.: You r talented vicereines of India. And yet, there above were proud of your navy, and yon Warn tower of the stately pile, with its oriel were supposed to he palpitating with udow through whose stained gloss the sun shone ' eagerness for' 'IBs time when you BP in death battle, king of France wounded unto to able smash he British the wopld b,th starry banner of our free land the glorious nny- - What is your toast today we redeem of the conquering New World. have few means of finding out, but w It was at the direct request of the late King Edbare an idea it ia: The Dgy may it uard that the present owner of Highcliffe, the Hon. , long be delayed! ward Janies a younger Of course, you are anxious to know -twMher of the Earl of Whamcliffe, and A major- - "Whatever you" can about our navy. You Treeral in the army with a brilliant record of fight-to- g have your paid spies who ferret out to his credit, consented to place the castle ht the what they can. and very likely a lot comes your way. But epol of the Kaiser for the last two months of of Informationcannot be reliable, and " year 1907. The you know it was then su naturally, wonder what our aatl- ring from an acute throat trouble and the German -- you, to. are ora really up urt physicians prescribed a complete change of Now, t have been on a visit to the to- So Wilhelm, with a suite of Grand Fleet, have been with British the to cam fifty, a battle squadron, talked to admiral He. It was while residing there that th war lord on. their flag ahips. been over fv to The London Daily Telegraph the famous inspected oor latest interview which was of the battle type and of the quoted and discussed - the world cruisers, on ahipe that went been wr. light type, Jutland fight, even one through tho d High-3In at thinking Is at the Edently the Kaiser, during his stay that you persist on a destroybeen accord-toeea, of the g bottom hit best to please and to fascinate, er lust in from a patrol along your to his habit, rad there is many Hampshire shallow sandy coast, and been In ths y today who coiAd tell of the treat for the belly of our latest type of submarine. dtodren of the district that were given iff the Whmt Spies Dont Know, Founds, and of lavish scatterings of pennies when may tell you I did not see all our I -Bar lord took his drives, or his walks, abroad. grand fleet. Much of It was away tn the North sea, looking for an enemy Die Kaiser bedroom, with hla study and boudoir, .which cannot bo found.. But I saw of the castle! - The bed mnch of It. "yPT the south-eas- t wing tototo lie occupied, and in which the American ma- - , But now I g tojLflf the place now sleeps, is a big, splefars not urhlhet-pal- d T Wio an ornamental headpiece that is of rare to aiacovvr, because, you under- 3 Porto aland, th British admiralty doss nqf guese workmraship, and nhich is overhung er - The chapel of this i bateau, pecked with his- tory, forms the impressive entrance hail of the castle. And when, after ascending a few Rights of stairs, we stand behind the beautiful oriel window with its wonderful ornamentation and statuettes without, and its pnceles'vf ifteenth century etamed-glasand look out upon the Channel, we are Standing m the actuiTtofim m which died, as the text is French on (be gilded walls reminds us, Antoyne de Burbon, King of Navarre, far back in the year 7 1562. This king, the father of Hcnrv IV of b ranee, was faiaMyareunded (whether m battle or at a tournament is not certain)' and was brought to the Chateau of Andeleys where he breathed, his last, he manufacture of-tstained" glass which forms the1 window of the room is now virtually a lost art. It is a quarter of an inch m thickness, and in this quarter of an inch there 'afe no less than 17 layers of eolor, including, to make the wonderful mauve hues, one layer of pure gold! CHAPEL' ENTRANCE" HALL'' Major-Gener- " ,or h!th .fk relative hit venerable and greatly dittinguished When they had talked for a while, the marehtonesf denl, told him that her tolic.tor would hare something to say to him. That something proved to be that she had left him Highcliffe Castle in her ,n(ji upon' hr death, soon afterward, it came into the gallant eoldiers possession. . -- - TT |