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XUESTS HOUSED IN GARRET
ltr. John Ward Proridei for All in
i Hr Unfinished Home.
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So Rararlao la l.4on Over Eitt
meat of Karl at Granard
Bad "Tfca Macalareat
Beatrice."
IXXNDON. Jan. 2.f (Special.) It wa
1 rase of either letting the magnificent sport
i en the Chilton eitate go thla season or
arriving at some decision wherehjr sports-
mn could be housed under difficulties, me
Ifon. Mrs. John Ward, nee Jean Reld
tackled the problem and msnagd to put up
i her frlenda In the story under the roof at
' her newly acquired home. For the beauti
i ful "lodge" Is In the hands of the builders
I and decorators, notwithstanding the fact
that the lata tenant had Just spent $75,000
' upon it.
.'The guests, who Included the duke of
Roxburghe, Mr. Ward s s ster, Lady Wol-
verton and her husband, said they never
enjoyed a visit more and made very light
of the Inconveniences which were naturally
attendant on the condition of the establish
ment. Although they were housed In the
garrets, the rooms were comfortable, the
chief drawback being that they had to use
the servanta' stairs, the front ones being
full of the scaffolding of the workmen.
Chilton has been bought outrght and
some fix the price paid for It at 1500,000. It
is a wedding gift from Mrs. Ward s parents,
he having had the choice of either a coun
try or a town house, the shooting on the
I estate Is some of the finest in England.
I -J Immense Mansion.
t ' It Is an Immense house with scores of
I bedrooms, so that when the mans. on Is
1 In laV...l Mr W rA mi 11 I liav. tw.r hp&rt'i
,1 1 1 1 D 1 1 . L , .A I . . V. .. . . . 1 '
. desire, namely, be able to entertain big
parties of her friends at one time. It is
built In Georgian style, a period when
architects had such a capacity for getting
atmosphere and space Into their work to
gether with a solid comfort which ha never
been equaled in the more artistic periods
since. There Is a splendid picture gallery
1 at Chilton which will, in time, no doubt be
filled with works of art. It has precious
and priceless stained glass windows and Is
panelled In beautiful old mahogany.
.No 'one expressed . the least surprise at
the announcement of the engagement of
Lord Qranard and Beatrice Mills, "the
magnificent Beatrice;11, as we all call her
here, save a few noted Irish belles who, in
spite of definite knowledge to the effect
that Oranard Intended to hang up his hat
at the home of the Ogden Mills, Insisted
that he would yet marry a girl of his own
country. "Beatrice Is over-dressed,11 said
the Irish belles. "Beatrice looks as if she
was advertising a Jeweler's shop. Granard,
like every man hates and detests an over
dressed woman." So on and so on.
Miss Mills has certainly been the most
sumptuously attired young girt who has
ever appeared at Dorchester house bans
and that Is saying a lot. Many a time she
has cut out even American ducheases in
the glory of her Jewels. It was aald that
Lord Oranard once remonstrated with her
on her love for Jewelry, but that she
laughed him to scorn and. in a ladylike
way, said something which spelt ','mlnd
your own business." Probably the knowing
young minx realised that this was about
the best way she could go about bringing
Mm up to the point. He Is one of the men,
for, of course, he Is a grest parti, who has
been satiated with attentions from all smes.
A man in his position could practically
mirrr anyone! It was Beatrice's "cheeKy
mAnnen and independence which did the
trick. Like every other American belle
who has married Into the Brltiah arlstoc
r.cv she refused him at first, realising that
thi. would for a dead "cert" make him
II the more determined to get her.
Religion Mar Cause Troable.
"But what religion Is she? There's the rub
If " my memory serves me rightly she Is
not a Roman Catholic and there will be
ructions In Ireland, as well as In other
quarters if Lord Granard wife is not.
As the wife of a lord-ln-waitlng to the
king, the future Lady Oranard will have
two magnificent royal carriages at her
disposal, with servants who are privileged
to wear the royal livery. On state occa
sions, such aa courts and balls, the carri
age of the lord-ln-walting has the right
to take precedence of all others after
those of royalty.
Mr. and Mrs. McCormlik Ooodhsrt are
spending the holidays st Boughton, their
beautiful seat In the "Garden of England,"
as we like to cell Kent, which many peo
ple consider the lovelist county In Eng
land. The McCormlck Goodharts recently
celebrated their golden wedding at their
town house In Eaton Equare, with true
American generosity, snd now the event Is
to be observed with far more eclat at their
country seat, all the poor people and their
chl.dren, as well as the county families,
having been Invited to come and make
merry In honor of the occasion. Mrs. Mc
Cormlck Goodhart Is one of the I-arty
Bountiful of Kent and she and her hus
band are Immensely popular ail around
Boughton, although they are but compar
atively new people In the neighborhood.
The Vounty families are very anxloua that
they should buy the place, for although
the Goodharts are by no means young peo
pla they nevertheless have made the whole
district lively and have scattered money
right royally. Boughton Is an exquisite
spot, with prim old-world gardens, the
house being quaintly picturesque and com
manding lovely views.
Back to Lovely Fota.
Lady Barry more, Mrs. Adair's sister, re
mains far from well. She spent, by her
doctor's orders, several weeks lately In
Brighton. It was the medico's wish that
she should stay at "London-by-the-Sea" for
the entire winter, but she dashed over the
traces and said, evsn if she died she would
go home to her lovely Fota, in Ireland, to
hich she Is most passionately devoted.
Fota is, aa most people know, an Island
of which Lord and Lady Barrymore are
"king" and "queen." Unlike her popular
slater, Mrs. Adair, Lady Barrymore cares
pracloualy little for society, a peculiarity.
no doubt, she has acquired from her hue
band, who hates it and usually flies to re
mote parts. If possible, on the rare occa
slons when his wife does a little entertain
ing In Iyondon. Nellie Post, Lady Barry-
more's daughter of her flrat marriage.
spends most of her time with her lively
and charming aunt, Mra. Adair, for It la
not surprising to know that the girl gets
bored to death on the Irish island, beau
tiful though it may be.
All Mrs. James McDonnell's friends here
have been greatly grieved to hear of her
serloiia Illness in Paris. She has had to
have her eyes operated upon, I hear, and
has had a most trying time. This coming
on' the top of her husband's long illness,
makes matters worse. Mrs. McDonnell
has been saying that "money is such
poor thing If you are very 111," and that
"It won1! buy health." The McDonnells
have truly proof positive of this, for James
McDonnell has searched the world almost
to recover his, and, though somewhat bet
ter, never expects to be strong.
Jolly London Parties.
Borne of the Jolllest parties in London
are given by' Mrs. James McDonnell at
her lovely house in Cadogan Square. It
she who first Introduced us to "hen
luncheons" and the season before last they
were quite a feature, and smart English
women, as well as American, fought to be
invited In fact. If you could nut say you
had been to one of these gatherings you
were regarded as a nobody. Last season
she did practically nothing owing to her
husband's ill health. It is feared It will
be many a day before the McDonnells' hos
pitable house in London is again opened.
Meanwhile the blinds are all drawn. It
is one of the houses which are never let
to strangers, the McDonnells considering
their beautiful things far too sacred and
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Nicholas Tchaykovsky Tells the Story - of His Imprisonment
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NEW BUST OF WASHINGTON
Americas Bidders Lose Opportunity
to Get Geaalne Relic of
Father of Country.
Nicholas Tchaykovsky, the Russian pa-
trlnt 1 nroll rAmomtiArAft In nmnhlL where
precious to be delivered Into the hands he ,ectured a tUe over ft ago. He
01 sirsngers Accorains; to present ar- WM arre,ted and cast lnto prison several
rangements the McDonnells are not ex- month, 0 on charges preferred by the
pected back In London until the late spring, Ru88lan government, and has but recently
xar. Aicuonneu s neajin 01 law precluding y.ea reieased on ball of 60.000 roubles. His
case has excited the greatest Interest In
both England and America, and leading
men . and women of both countries have
petitioned the cxar's government to either
give him a trial or liberate him. Ills bail
was raised largely In London and New
York. The following story of his life In
prison was written for the New Tork In
dependent:
It Is only natural that my personal
friends In America, aa well as the friends
LONDON, Jan. 2. (Special.) Collectors 0f my country generally, are eager to hear
will be Interested In . the recent discovery t least a few words front me, and I feel
In London of a remarkable bust of George bound to respond. I thoroughly understand
Washington. It is very doubtful If there the state of their minds. They are like
exists a similar work, taken at the same j friendly bystanders standing on the tea
time of life, and experts consider the COat watching a terrible storm which has
find" as throwing a new light on an In- seized a frail boat with Its single-handed
tereatlng period of the career of the I rower. Bo many valuable lives, so many
Father of His Country." ,jear ,0uls, have already perished on this
Most of the statues made of Washington I fatal spot their gaxe is riveted on the
show him at an advanced age, when fame misty foam where the conflict between an
had crowned him with military and civic individual human spirit and the blind forces
glory, but this new work depicts him In 0f tne elements is waging. At last the
the formative" stage of life a young man oriels is over, the boat, as if by magic, is
Just entering on his career. .,. wnile the rower embraces his friends
This bust was put up for sale recently on tha COast. for the elements had so me
at Sotheby's auction rooms and sold for now. gnded over him and the shell-like boat
$50. American buyers did not attend the wtthout injuring either. The miracle, how
sale In large numbers, as they were more everj ne, not the saving, but far deeper.
Interested, apparently, in the sale of Lord The 'critical moment of facing the terrible
Amnerst great imrary. itie consequence dan(er instead of disabling the rower has
was that an English dealer-Rochelle only .trengthened him. The overfilled
Thomas-acqulrea a treasure which should hart redv to overflow. But first as to
nave Deen Dougni oy Americans wno go in I jjts
for collecting Washington relics. Mr. A ' r and a haif Bg0 I left the British
Thomas considers the bust a very fine spe- .w f. n,i. eravin to learn, to see
cimen of French bronse work, the artist's nd to hear wUh my own eyes and ears
name being Fournler. It seems quite prob- .,, .i,,inn. So Incredlb e. so Du r
able that the work was done In America,
tnougn how It came to mi rope is not, at
present, known. Washington is shown In
the uniform of a general, and the work rep.
resents him at a period corresponding with
the second year of his leadership of the
plexlng seemed the news which came
through the press and through arriving
eye witnesses, neither supplying any Intel
ligible key to the puxzle, that the wave or
faith snd of courage was evidently retreat
nut m-li v Wrb It because
American army. The uniform Is so mod- wetnMl. of m,ry brPW'd destruction
elled as to Indicate active wear; while the I A.,j tne frightened tnonarchs came back
top button of his slngle-breaated vest Is
characteristically open. The expression on
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the face Is one of calm mastery. One of 19uT, and decided to make a tour through
the curious features connected with this I the esstern and northeastern provinces.
work Is that Washington Is shown wearing I which were the least known to me, for the
a "pigtail" that Is. the braided wig of the I purpose of learning and observation. I
period. knew only too well that my plans were
Quite a number of relics of Washington, bound to be frustrated by my arreat had
Franklin, William Penn and other Amer can I apiared at the frontier under my own
history makers have recently found their name. Therefore I had provided myself
way to English auction rooms. These have with an assumed name and a false Russian
doubtless come from old members of the
respective families who have died and
whose estates have been disposed of,
The ancestors of Washington and Frank
lin lived near the little village of Sulgrave.
in the Midlands of England. The earliest
branch of the Washington family lived It
Durham, about 1183. It Is a little known
fact that the Washlngtons first went under
the name of "liertbiirn," but William de
Kertburn exchanged his village of Hert
burn for the manor and vlllagi of Wesyn
ton, and the family took the name of the
estate from that time rnward, calling them
selves at flrse De Wessynton, wh'ch u'l-
mately became change) Into Washington
All through the Midland districts of Eng
land you come upon relics of the Washing
ton family, who were among the largest
landowners of the district. Mattered
throughout this country are doubtless hun
dreds of other relics similar to the recently
discovered bust, and It might pay an Amer
ican antiquarian to make a pilgrimage to
some Of the American shrines in England.
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passport and safely went through those
provinces by rail, by boat and by horse!
chaise. I saw, heard and learnt what I
wanted; ail went well, with ma until the
very eve of my Ueparture from the capital
for England. On that last day I ha?t un
fortunately caught what they call here ' a
tall," probably through merely the acciden
tal coincidence of having entered a house
where someone clue was being watched,
consequently as soon as I entered the rail
way station the following noon I was sig
nificantly touched on the shoulder by a
gendarme and arrested by order. When
BBked for my name and passport In the
gendarmerie room of the railway station I
produced my false document, acknowledg
ing that although I had been residing un
der that name It was not my own passport.
1 1 moreover declined to reveal my Identity
I until a formal accusation and the reason of
my arrest were declared, men an my pa
pers, packets and luggage were ransacked,
catalogued (although not without omissions
and disappearances), sealed and together
with me sent under a strong escort to a
preliminary prison. There I had to live for
three days in an empty and dirty room tem
porarily converted Into a prison cell, at night
sleeping without undressing on a bare and
hard oil cloth couch, using my fur coat
as a pilow and my overcoat as a blanket.
When two days later the legal situation
was explained to me I disclosed my real
name and received permission to write
letters my family In England and In
form them of what had happened to me
I learned afterward that theae first letters
never reached there destination. For
tunately I had provided myself with a
good sandwich for the -Journey before
starling, for no food of any kind was
given me during my first eighteen hours
In this dirty prison. An atmosphere of
sulky sunp clm and hatred, veneered with
military deception, surrounded me here,
although my own siiper-politenes, aided
to my gray liuim and decent clothing,
preserved me from actual rudeness.
On November 14, 1907, we were taken
over to the fortress In two double-horse
carriages with dark curtains, one for my
self und threa armtd gendarmes, and the
other for my lufyase and further esc rt.
The formalities of handing me over to the
fortress authorities, the passing through
the formidable Iron rail ng, by which the
TrubeUkol Bastion la guurded, after the
arrival of a special key keeper, the sight
of a whole detachnv nt of soldiers, with
rifles, f.rmed the details of the transfer.
I was then m irehed b -tween two gendarme (
up a stone stal.caae, almg a corridor, with
a mysterious looking row of wooden doors
on the one slJe and of windows, over
looking the square of the bastion, on the
other, until we reached a door wide open
as If eager to receive me In its cold embrace.
I found myself in a spacious vaulted cell,
with wh teaashed walls and a yellow
painted floor, scantily lighted by one nar
row window, far above my reach In the
thick wall. Here I was ordered to strip
by ir.y guards, while they stood In front
of me eagerly scrutinising every motion.
A prison garb had to be donned Instead.
rough linen, a thick loosu and long coat of
woolen cloth and a pair of loose leather
slippers, rough pieces of the same linen
for a handkerchief, a napkin and a towel
completed my new wardrobe. This cere
mony over, my own th njs were removed
and I was M'. In the empty cell In the
position of an unw.liing Dlagones, alone
with my thoughts.
My cell appeared to measure about 90x
10x10 feet and allowed at least a good
walking space, ten paces one way and five
tha other. The, entire furniture consisted
or a rough iron table bracketed to the
wall, an iron bedstead, close to the table,
also fixed to the wall and floor and always
open; an electric lamp covered with a
convex jtas over the table in the wall;
a porcelain basin fixed to the wall under
a water tap In one of the corners and, last,
but not lease, an ordinary water closet
without any lid or screen. The bedstead
had a thin mattress, so that the Iron trellis
underneath could be destlnctly felt; a sheet
a blanket (or two Is necessary) and a
decent pillow; a small copy of the New
Testament In Russian and a quart mug
on the table; such were my surroundings.
Plenclng the wall 2Hx3 feet thick, was
the window, about 2x3 feet, with dauble
glass framed In Iron and wired to prevent
doves from outside visiting the cell through
the ventilators. This window admitted a
very limited amount of llght principally
due to another external wall of the firtress
of the same hlght as the Trubetskol Bas
tion Itself, arising at a distance of ten to
fifteen feet from the windows of the cells
of both floors; consequently only a very
narrow strip of sky could be seen from the
upper cell and none at all from the lower
ones, as I learnt subsequently, being tem
porally placed In one of these lower cells.
The dark brick external wall reflecting very
little sunlight through the windows leaves
them half dark even on bright sunny days.
Moreover these lower cells are positively
damp, and this together with the dark
ness, must act terribly upon the nerves
and the health of those who are unlucky
enought to be Incarcerated therein for any
period over a year. (Solitary confinement
in the fortress even for two years Is not a
rare occurrence.) Fortunately for me, I was
placed on the upper floor, and in order to
escape rheumatics asked the authorities at
the very beginlng to allow me the use of
my own woolen underclothing, to which
I had been accustomed for the last thirty
years of my life in England. This request
of mine was granted, I was Informed, out
of regard for my age. A few months later
I was even transferred Into what was said
to be the best and lightest coiner cell in
the whole bastion where the externul wall
retreats from the window and leaves an
open space for the southwest sun rays.
When I entered the Trubetzkol Bastion
the food allowed by the prison consisted
of hot water and black rye bread In the
morning, two courses of meat for dinner
at noon and a pudding or stew of some
kind with hot wat;r for supper at six. All
additions to this, such as tea and sugar,
milk, white bread, fruits, sweets, tobacco (I
did not smoke), etc., had to be ordered
once a week at the prisoner's expense
from shops outside. I had no reason to
complain of the diet, especially as I had
money and could buy all the extras that
I wanted; materials were fresh and the
supply auffieient, although the cooking
was somewhat Indifferent.
There Is a smull, but select, library of
books left by previous Inmates, for many
many years. Each prisoner may borrow
through warders two' books at the time,
three times a week, having not more than
five books altogether In the cell. It Is a
curious statement to make, but a good
many young Russians, especlaly artisans,
owe whatever higher education they have,
such as knowledge of lanauaKes. uhllo.
sophkal works, nc, to prison libraries.
As to myself, I wrote once to my daugh
ter from the fortress ' that I was there
passing through a supplementary course
of higher education, aa I read and studied
In the course of eleven months over 100
volumes of different works. My wife and
daughter supplied me through the au
thorities, with books wanting in the library
and when I left the fortress I left about
twenty volumes.
Letters re allowed to be written from
the fortress twice a week to near rela
tions only. All such letters undergo the
Inspection not only of the fortress author
ities, but are also forwarded to the min
istry for the strictest censorship of pro
curators and examiners. No currant poll
tics or social topic are allowed tv bf dis
cussed, no complaints or criticisms of any
authorities, no literary productions; in
fact In order to express one's opinion on
any subjects of general Interest beyond
merely personal wanta one ought to learn
the special Russian art of writing between
the lines. And it must be admitted one
attains a considerable proficiency In this
art under the circumstances.
Visiting prisoners In the fortress Is per
mitted only to the nearest relations, usu
ally through two small windows, separated
by a space of four by five feet where an
officer has to sit; only in exceptional cases
Is visiting in an ordinary room allowed.
Endless limitations are prescribed for these
visits. In my own case I received permis
sion to be vlelted by my wife and son
about the same time as the American and
English addresses reached here. Soon after
that my wife received permission to visit
me regularly in an ordinary room, and
when she left the capital my daughter,
Mrs. L. V. Breesey, visited me In the same
way twice a week. These visits were to ms
like flashes of fresh air and light to one
buried alive. I used to live from one
visit to another and often counted the
days and even hours left till the next meet
ing. It was not because one feels merely
lonely, I had always plenty of imljr'nary
personages and thoughts of my own to
keep me company, but while staying all
the time and dealing with one's self one
begins to lose the sense of reality and Is
apt to identify one's own phantoms and
abstractions with real things, which makes
one feel curiously uneasy and to lose con
fidence and Interest In one's own thoughts
a most disheartening sensation.
FreBh air exercises were allowed In the
Trubetzkol Bastion dally (except one
Saturday In each fortnight devoted to go
ing to the Russian hot bath), from fifteen
to thirty minutes in the square of the
Bastion, where a few trees at) 'J bushes are
growing. Such a narrow limit of time was
explained by want of space for exercising
more than one prisoner at a time, the
whole bastion being capable of admitting
nearly seventy inmates when the cells of
both stories sre filled. Prisoners use their
own clothes when walking In the square.
Generally speaking I could not complain
of the regime In the fortress as applied
to myself. But . I had good reason to
ascribe the comparative leniency of the
authorities . to myself much more to the
expression of public sympathy and Inter
est in my case in England, the United
States and France than to anything else.
For the last eleven days of my Im
prisonment before liberation I was trans
ferred to the so-called Cross prison or St.
Petersburg prison, where the regime is
supposed to be much milder than in the
fortress. But I found some of the prison
conditions, such as sanitation fcr Instance,
far Inferior to that of the fortress, while
me cubic space -of each cell In the latter
Is about 2,000 cubic feet, in the "Cross
it is only about 700 cubic feet, which Is
hardly sufficient for one inmate, even
without the traditional Russian "par
ashka," 1. e., a pall for human . refuse,
present there and polluting the air of tho
cell every time it is opened. Consequently
the atmosphere of the cells, especially In
winter time, which prisoners have to
breathe twenty-three hours out of tho
twenty-four Is simply insufferable.
As to my esse of law I had seen no ex
amtner nor were any questions asked of
me for the first month and a half. And
then It appeared that the accusation made
against me consisted of two main points:
(1) Participation In a criminal conspi
racy against the state, 1. e., under article
102 of the criminal code; and (2) agitation
abroad the former accusation baaed on so
fantastic and inaccurate a statement of
facts that it was not difficult for me to
knock the bottom out of It. As to the
second part of the indictment I never
made any secret of my sympathy with the
whole liberal and revolutionary movement :
In Russia, neither my readiness to supply '
the public opinion of the world with re
liable information aa to the truth and the
whole truth of the situation In Russia.
Moreover I am ready at any time to bear
tho responsibility for doing so It this is a '
crime according to the present interpreta
tion of the Russian law.
My present position is as follows: A
golden thread has taken the place of the
Iron fetters which formerly held me. A
Tolden thread of 60,000 rubles. At first It
was officially stated that on receipt of
this sum the government was willing to
let me out on ball. The conditions of this
temporary freedom were crouched In terms
which were apparently misunderstood both,
by the lawyer anil my daughter, as they
informed me that I would be free to live
abroad or In Russia until recalled for my
trial.
Thla was, however, later proved to be
a false hope, as now It turns out that I
am tied by law to the town in which my
case is proceeding. There was even a
doubt whether I should be allowed to make
flying visit to Kasan to aee my dying
mother, who for thirty years has yearned
to see her youngest born;, she Is now
88. stricken In health and fast passing to
her last rest. This latter doubt has, how
ever, been dispersed and I am on the
point of departing to Kasan via Moscow.
While in prison I was not Idle. I read
a good deal and hope to publish some of
t ie work, which I sketched there. I have
also compiled a booklet on the new Amer-,
ran method of cultivating the arid soil, '
fie so-called ' "dry system."' by II. W.
Campbell, and hope to see It soon In print
and of some use to the mass of Russia's
rgriculturlsts. As soon as I have time to
he working again I shall prepare some of
ny "Letters from the Fortress" for print
ji England and Russia. .
St. Petersburg, Russia.
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