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Lord Charles Beresford At Home
LORD CHARLES BERESFORD AT HOME
( From the WORLD . ) BULLDOGS—that is to say , a brace of grand preserved heads of that peculiar breed nurtured by " Charley " Bercsford—look askant at the visitors as he enters thafc pleasantest of houses situate ancl being No . 100 Eaton-square ; but the aspect of theso noble animals is all that he meets with of repellent in the cosy abode that the
care of his wife has fashioned for the typical sailor of his family . Lord Charles himself is discovered in a morning-room furnished with that taste which pervades the entire establishment . It is not an aesthetic house . Thero is no pretension to artistic display , although real artistic feeling is displayed in every nook and corner of it . Hugo Japanese bronzes face the master as ho sits afc his desk busied
with matters Mnsonic , — for it is no secret thafc ho is tho Worshipful Master of tlio Princo Edward of Saxc-Weimar Lodgo . Lord Charles is an enthusiast in Freemasonry as in other things . Ho ia no halfhearted brother , bufc a genuine worker in tho Craffc . lie loves Freemasonry , " beciiuse , like hunting , ifc brings classes together . " He is above all things , except his duty as a good officer , a popular man .
Ho is a member of a family having ' prescriptive right to do things forbidden to other men—to say anything they like , to get into scrapes and fall out of them and upon their feet afc lasfc . Lord Charles Berosford , although a young man , is qualified to an . count himself an old sailor , for he can reckon to his credit twenty-one years of service , nearly the whole of which has been spent afloat . Ifc
was in his early youth thought well to keep him always at sea . He had given a tasto of his quality at old Mr . Beynean's school afc Bayford , where he was the leading spirit of the young sprouts of aristocracy , among whom figured Lord Eosebery , Lord George Hamilton , Lord Wnrcestei * , Lord Newport , with Lord Waterford , aud Lords William and Marcus Beresford , his brothers . From Bayford Lord
Charles went to Stubbington , under the care of that eminent private tutor , Mr . Foster . In 1859 , being then thirteen years old , he went to sea , aud until his marriage lived entirely in and for the Service . Ho has been round tho world again and again , has visited all the English possessions , and has sailed every sea except the Black Sea . On tho wall of his morning-room hangs a chart showing his chief
cruises , with tho course actually followed from noon to noon each day by the Galatea , tho Tribune , the Clio , the Sutlej , and tho Serapis on the Prince of Wales ' s voyage to India , as well as his track ashore during that memorable visit . Little " Charley " Beresford came first under the command of Sir Houston Stewart in H . M . S . Marlborough , one of the " auxiliary" screw ships of the line . On board of the
Marlborough and other of the Queen's ships he learned all the mysteries of " seamanship . " He took kindly to the instruction readily vouchsafed to a willing pupil , and , thanks to his education afloat , is at this moment , perhaps , tbe handiest gentleman in London . Like tho Whitehead torpedo , which he described in the House of Commons as being able to do everything bnt talk , it is difficult to set him a
task beyond his powers . Breaking a horse and building a honse are not twin occupations , but Lord Charles is at home in either . He can , of , course , build a boat , and as the greater includes the less , turn out a very creditable table or chair . He can sew exceedingly well , and is a dead hand at cutting out a "jumper" or a pair of trowers seamless on tho outer side . With oil the good-nature imaginable , he
is ever ready to demonstrate the true principles on which a "jumper or short working jacket should be constructed . With a sheet of paper or a pocket-handkerchief he shows every step by which the square piece of canvas or flannel grows into shape . He is also n turner , and has a regular workshop fitted up on the ground-floor of his house , as well as attending when ashore the Society of Ornamental Turners ,
who meet in the Adelphi . From the Marlborough the young sailor cruised in the Defence ironclad , under Captain Phillimore , and the Clic , Captain Turner , and tho Tribune , picking up his seamanship as he went , for he never was in a sailing-ship proper in his life . From Lord Gilford's ship he was transferred to the Sutlej , thence to the Research , under
Captain Morrell , aud again to the Eoyal yacht Victoria and Albert , commanded by Prince Leiningen . Then came the second cruise of the Galatea with the Duke of Edinburgh , a total run of 66 , 000 miles round tho world , every detail of which can be easily followed on Lord Charles Beresford's chart . Then he was commander on the Goshawk , flag-lieutenant to that most kindly and delightful of good old salts ,
Sir Harry Keppel ; and in the West Indies on board the Bellerophon with Captain Wells . After these various cruises six months on halfpay came not amiss , and the Indian trip in the Serapis as naval aide-de-camp to the Prince of Wales aa a most agreeable diversion , however it may have been appreciated by Sir Bartle Frere and Canon Duckworth . Active service was resumed as commander of the
famous ironclad Thunderer , under Captain Wilson . Then came moro half-pay , a happy marriage , and tho command of the Royal yacht Osborne . Few of the Princo of Wales ' s friends have received more frequent aud graceful tokens of his favour than Lord Charles Beresford . " The Prince is too generous , " he will say ; " he is always giving me
things . " The handsome clock on the dining-room mantelpiece , and another on board tho Osborne , are gifts of the Prince ; and when Lord Charles married the beautiful Miss Gardner the Princess of Wales gave him a superb gold tankard , and the bride the appropriate gift of a set of golden spoons of rare workmanship . Tho last-named treasures are in places of honour in the charmingly original drawingroom . Thero are , just now that the rago for decorative skill is at its
height , maugre Mr . Du Maurier , Mr . Burnand , and Mr . Gilbert , many drawing-rooms in England remarkable for artistic feeling . They are Queen Anne , or Renaissance , or Oriental in style , as the taste of the chatelaine or the balance at her banker ' s may decide ; but for quaint originality and prettiness none can compare with that of Lady Charles Beresford . Ifc is a region of palms and Japanese umbrellas , in which one is always round tho corner . Here is a veiled statuo by
Lord Charles Beresford At Home
Belzoni , there a bnsfc of tho master by Taylor , and of Lady Charles by Count Gloichen . Carious old silver lies scattered about , and among other curios is the jadestone bracelet worn by ' Tom Fat ' until that fraudulent' heathen Chinee' was detected . In the dim but not severely religions , light of the hinder limb of this luxurious apartment one plumps upon blackamoors holding gigantic Fans and
screens , on inviting sofas draped in rich Moorish stuff , on tall Oriental vases and tid-bits of Dresden and Chelsea , on soothing settees and nooks which invito flirtation , on tho brass of Benares and the filigree , work of Kashmir . In the evening the effect is delightful in its cun . ning carelessness and graceful oddity . The crowning charm of this wonderful drawing-room is thafc it never looks as though ifc were
arranged . By day sofas and settees , armchairs and lounges , suggest thafc somebody who is very careless , very much iu love , aud very indif . feronfc to tho shins of elderly and purblind people who ought . to be dead , has just got ; up and gone out . By night the rich stuffs from India , Mauritania , and Turkey aro thrown into contrast with bri ght toilettes , among which that of tho hostess is sure not to be lacking in
taste and originality . Even in morning costume , so much more narrow in its margin than full dress , Lady Charles Beresford can find originality and richness . Without appearing in the least overdressed , she can go ont afc noon in a frock apparently made of molten gold . Lady Charles is a skilled artist in making her home pretty , and never imagined a better thing than thafc balcony or verandah from
which one looks over Eaton-square with arms comfortably imbedded and incushioned in the protective padding , thoughtfully placed on the balustrade . This outside drawing-room is useful for smokers , and after dinner ifc is the scene of many a merry gossip . For the hostess , who is nofc only imaginative , bufc conscientious , makes her guests very happy . What is astonishing is , that she ia not happy herself- ^ in one
particular ! Having designed with her own hand , painted , decorated , and arranged everything in fche prettiest of all possible houses , she , like a new Alexander , languishes for other worlds to conquer—for other drawing-rooms to decorate . It ia all done afc No . 100 Eatonsquare , and the artistic mind sighs over the fair fabric of exhausted achievement . Ifc is nofc the possession of a beautiful home which
affords pleasure . It is the organisation of ifc , the intellectual activity involved in its arrangement . The master of the house , fond as he is of the pretty drawing-room , is , as becomes a host of his genial nature , nearly as much interested in his dining-room . His dining table is fearfully and wonderfully organised . Years ago thero used to be gruesome combinations of
silver and glass , which simulated a river or lake in the midst of a dinner table , with frosted silver swans and sham water lilies . They were a great success , as such ghastly shams usually are ; and they died antl passed away , -were melted , aud went with gold and silver and the like . Lord Charles Beresford , who haa no love for fche TJnveracities , has the real thing—a genuine tank table or dinner
table , the whole middle of which is occupied by a lake containing several rocky islands , and a quantity of gold and silver fish . Around the lake aro broad banks of dark green lycopodium . From the islands spring ferns and palms and innumerable fountains and jets of water . There is just enough table surface left for the plates and wine glasses of the gnests , the remainder being given up
to miniature landscape gardening of the mosfc tasteful kind . The grandes earns are only turned on when the dinner party exceeds six in number . Afc other times dinner is served in a charming room on a level with the drawing-room , and one of the mosfc seductive snuggeries , with its painted ceilings , stained glass windows and doors , and doorposts , window-sills , and all angular bodies covered
with rich silk-plush of a dark fawn colour . On the staircase hang the portraits of all the ships in which Lord Charles Beresford haa served , and some assegais and knobkerries brought home the other day by Lord William Beresford from Ulnndi with the Victoria Cross so gallantly won . Beyond the ships lurks , if an object of such gigantic size can be said to lnrk , an instrument which is viewed by various
guests with mixed feelings . It is of the organ species , and is played during dinner as an accompaniment to the lights , the fountains and the gold fish , not to speak of the ancient music of knife and fork , and the still more delightful murmur of laughter rippling from red lips . The master is greatly attached to this organ-like construction , and , indeed , to music of any kind , from a penny whistle ,
on which he is a skilful performer , to a violin . Most compact and convenient of town houses , from the portrait of Lord Marcus which hanga in the dressing-room aloft to the bulldogs ' heads in the hall , No . 100 Eaton-square has also capital stables , containing a four-in-hand team of " tits" who " will spank" if they get the opportunity , the Snip and other carriage horses aa well-known in Paris as in London , a smart pony or two , and some clever hunters .
In fact , the hunters have to take their turn at fche drag in a manner nob common to thafc pampered class of animal . Bnt Lord Charles Beresford , who knows a horse nearly as well as he does a ship , takes great pleasure in bunting hia roadsters or driving his hunters , as the reader pleases . As becomes a thorough sailor , he likes an animal to be good " all round , " as a man ought to be , a condition which Lord Charles himself certainly fulfils .
We have pleasure m announcing that the usual Summer Entertainment to the inmates of the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution , at Croydon , will take place on Wednesday next , on which occasion we hope a pleasant
afternoon will be spent , both by the Old Folks ancl their visitors . As usual Bro . Terry , the Secretary of the Institution , has made every arrangement for the comfort of those concerned , ancl we feel sure it will not be his fault if all does not go well .
Wc arc informed that tho Consecration of the Shadwell Gierke Lodge , No . 1910 , is again unavoidably postponed .
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Lord Charles Beresford At Home
LORD CHARLES BERESFORD AT HOME
( From the WORLD . ) BULLDOGS—that is to say , a brace of grand preserved heads of that peculiar breed nurtured by " Charley " Bercsford—look askant at the visitors as he enters thafc pleasantest of houses situate ancl being No . 100 Eaton-square ; but the aspect of theso noble animals is all that he meets with of repellent in the cosy abode that the
care of his wife has fashioned for the typical sailor of his family . Lord Charles himself is discovered in a morning-room furnished with that taste which pervades the entire establishment . It is not an aesthetic house . Thero is no pretension to artistic display , although real artistic feeling is displayed in every nook and corner of it . Hugo Japanese bronzes face the master as ho sits afc his desk busied
with matters Mnsonic , — for it is no secret thafc ho is tho Worshipful Master of tlio Princo Edward of Saxc-Weimar Lodgo . Lord Charles is an enthusiast in Freemasonry as in other things . Ho ia no halfhearted brother , bufc a genuine worker in tho Craffc . lie loves Freemasonry , " beciiuse , like hunting , ifc brings classes together . " He is above all things , except his duty as a good officer , a popular man .
Ho is a member of a family having ' prescriptive right to do things forbidden to other men—to say anything they like , to get into scrapes and fall out of them and upon their feet afc lasfc . Lord Charles Berosford , although a young man , is qualified to an . count himself an old sailor , for he can reckon to his credit twenty-one years of service , nearly the whole of which has been spent afloat . Ifc
was in his early youth thought well to keep him always at sea . He had given a tasto of his quality at old Mr . Beynean's school afc Bayford , where he was the leading spirit of the young sprouts of aristocracy , among whom figured Lord Eosebery , Lord George Hamilton , Lord Wnrcestei * , Lord Newport , with Lord Waterford , aud Lords William and Marcus Beresford , his brothers . From Bayford Lord
Charles went to Stubbington , under the care of that eminent private tutor , Mr . Foster . In 1859 , being then thirteen years old , he went to sea , aud until his marriage lived entirely in and for the Service . Ho has been round tho world again and again , has visited all the English possessions , and has sailed every sea except the Black Sea . On tho wall of his morning-room hangs a chart showing his chief
cruises , with tho course actually followed from noon to noon each day by the Galatea , tho Tribune , the Clio , the Sutlej , and tho Serapis on the Prince of Wales ' s voyage to India , as well as his track ashore during that memorable visit . Little " Charley " Beresford came first under the command of Sir Houston Stewart in H . M . S . Marlborough , one of the " auxiliary" screw ships of the line . On board of the
Marlborough and other of the Queen's ships he learned all the mysteries of " seamanship . " He took kindly to the instruction readily vouchsafed to a willing pupil , and , thanks to his education afloat , is at this moment , perhaps , tbe handiest gentleman in London . Like tho Whitehead torpedo , which he described in the House of Commons as being able to do everything bnt talk , it is difficult to set him a
task beyond his powers . Breaking a horse and building a honse are not twin occupations , but Lord Charles is at home in either . He can , of , course , build a boat , and as the greater includes the less , turn out a very creditable table or chair . He can sew exceedingly well , and is a dead hand at cutting out a "jumper" or a pair of trowers seamless on tho outer side . With oil the good-nature imaginable , he
is ever ready to demonstrate the true principles on which a "jumper or short working jacket should be constructed . With a sheet of paper or a pocket-handkerchief he shows every step by which the square piece of canvas or flannel grows into shape . He is also n turner , and has a regular workshop fitted up on the ground-floor of his house , as well as attending when ashore the Society of Ornamental Turners ,
who meet in the Adelphi . From the Marlborough the young sailor cruised in the Defence ironclad , under Captain Phillimore , and the Clic , Captain Turner , and tho Tribune , picking up his seamanship as he went , for he never was in a sailing-ship proper in his life . From Lord Gilford's ship he was transferred to the Sutlej , thence to the Research , under
Captain Morrell , aud again to the Eoyal yacht Victoria and Albert , commanded by Prince Leiningen . Then came the second cruise of the Galatea with the Duke of Edinburgh , a total run of 66 , 000 miles round tho world , every detail of which can be easily followed on Lord Charles Beresford's chart . Then he was commander on the Goshawk , flag-lieutenant to that most kindly and delightful of good old salts ,
Sir Harry Keppel ; and in the West Indies on board the Bellerophon with Captain Wells . After these various cruises six months on halfpay came not amiss , and the Indian trip in the Serapis as naval aide-de-camp to the Prince of Wales aa a most agreeable diversion , however it may have been appreciated by Sir Bartle Frere and Canon Duckworth . Active service was resumed as commander of the
famous ironclad Thunderer , under Captain Wilson . Then came moro half-pay , a happy marriage , and tho command of the Royal yacht Osborne . Few of the Princo of Wales ' s friends have received more frequent aud graceful tokens of his favour than Lord Charles Beresford . " The Prince is too generous , " he will say ; " he is always giving me
things . " The handsome clock on the dining-room mantelpiece , and another on board tho Osborne , are gifts of the Prince ; and when Lord Charles married the beautiful Miss Gardner the Princess of Wales gave him a superb gold tankard , and the bride the appropriate gift of a set of golden spoons of rare workmanship . Tho last-named treasures are in places of honour in the charmingly original drawingroom . Thero are , just now that the rago for decorative skill is at its
height , maugre Mr . Du Maurier , Mr . Burnand , and Mr . Gilbert , many drawing-rooms in England remarkable for artistic feeling . They are Queen Anne , or Renaissance , or Oriental in style , as the taste of the chatelaine or the balance at her banker ' s may decide ; but for quaint originality and prettiness none can compare with that of Lady Charles Beresford . Ifc is a region of palms and Japanese umbrellas , in which one is always round tho corner . Here is a veiled statuo by
Lord Charles Beresford At Home
Belzoni , there a bnsfc of tho master by Taylor , and of Lady Charles by Count Gloichen . Carious old silver lies scattered about , and among other curios is the jadestone bracelet worn by ' Tom Fat ' until that fraudulent' heathen Chinee' was detected . In the dim but not severely religions , light of the hinder limb of this luxurious apartment one plumps upon blackamoors holding gigantic Fans and
screens , on inviting sofas draped in rich Moorish stuff , on tall Oriental vases and tid-bits of Dresden and Chelsea , on soothing settees and nooks which invito flirtation , on tho brass of Benares and the filigree , work of Kashmir . In the evening the effect is delightful in its cun . ning carelessness and graceful oddity . The crowning charm of this wonderful drawing-room is thafc it never looks as though ifc were
arranged . By day sofas and settees , armchairs and lounges , suggest thafc somebody who is very careless , very much iu love , aud very indif . feronfc to tho shins of elderly and purblind people who ought . to be dead , has just got ; up and gone out . By night the rich stuffs from India , Mauritania , and Turkey aro thrown into contrast with bri ght toilettes , among which that of tho hostess is sure not to be lacking in
taste and originality . Even in morning costume , so much more narrow in its margin than full dress , Lady Charles Beresford can find originality and richness . Without appearing in the least overdressed , she can go ont afc noon in a frock apparently made of molten gold . Lady Charles is a skilled artist in making her home pretty , and never imagined a better thing than thafc balcony or verandah from
which one looks over Eaton-square with arms comfortably imbedded and incushioned in the protective padding , thoughtfully placed on the balustrade . This outside drawing-room is useful for smokers , and after dinner ifc is the scene of many a merry gossip . For the hostess , who is nofc only imaginative , bufc conscientious , makes her guests very happy . What is astonishing is , that she ia not happy herself- ^ in one
particular ! Having designed with her own hand , painted , decorated , and arranged everything in fche prettiest of all possible houses , she , like a new Alexander , languishes for other worlds to conquer—for other drawing-rooms to decorate . It ia all done afc No . 100 Eatonsquare , and the artistic mind sighs over the fair fabric of exhausted achievement . Ifc is nofc the possession of a beautiful home which
affords pleasure . It is the organisation of ifc , the intellectual activity involved in its arrangement . The master of the house , fond as he is of the pretty drawing-room , is , as becomes a host of his genial nature , nearly as much interested in his dining-room . His dining table is fearfully and wonderfully organised . Years ago thero used to be gruesome combinations of
silver and glass , which simulated a river or lake in the midst of a dinner table , with frosted silver swans and sham water lilies . They were a great success , as such ghastly shams usually are ; and they died antl passed away , -were melted , aud went with gold and silver and the like . Lord Charles Beresford , who haa no love for fche TJnveracities , has the real thing—a genuine tank table or dinner
table , the whole middle of which is occupied by a lake containing several rocky islands , and a quantity of gold and silver fish . Around the lake aro broad banks of dark green lycopodium . From the islands spring ferns and palms and innumerable fountains and jets of water . There is just enough table surface left for the plates and wine glasses of the gnests , the remainder being given up
to miniature landscape gardening of the mosfc tasteful kind . The grandes earns are only turned on when the dinner party exceeds six in number . Afc other times dinner is served in a charming room on a level with the drawing-room , and one of the mosfc seductive snuggeries , with its painted ceilings , stained glass windows and doors , and doorposts , window-sills , and all angular bodies covered
with rich silk-plush of a dark fawn colour . On the staircase hang the portraits of all the ships in which Lord Charles Beresford haa served , and some assegais and knobkerries brought home the other day by Lord William Beresford from Ulnndi with the Victoria Cross so gallantly won . Beyond the ships lurks , if an object of such gigantic size can be said to lnrk , an instrument which is viewed by various
guests with mixed feelings . It is of the organ species , and is played during dinner as an accompaniment to the lights , the fountains and the gold fish , not to speak of the ancient music of knife and fork , and the still more delightful murmur of laughter rippling from red lips . The master is greatly attached to this organ-like construction , and , indeed , to music of any kind , from a penny whistle ,
on which he is a skilful performer , to a violin . Most compact and convenient of town houses , from the portrait of Lord Marcus which hanga in the dressing-room aloft to the bulldogs ' heads in the hall , No . 100 Eaton-square has also capital stables , containing a four-in-hand team of " tits" who " will spank" if they get the opportunity , the Snip and other carriage horses aa well-known in Paris as in London , a smart pony or two , and some clever hunters .
In fact , the hunters have to take their turn at fche drag in a manner nob common to thafc pampered class of animal . Bnt Lord Charles Beresford , who knows a horse nearly as well as he does a ship , takes great pleasure in bunting hia roadsters or driving his hunters , as the reader pleases . As becomes a thorough sailor , he likes an animal to be good " all round , " as a man ought to be , a condition which Lord Charles himself certainly fulfils .
We have pleasure m announcing that the usual Summer Entertainment to the inmates of the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution , at Croydon , will take place on Wednesday next , on which occasion we hope a pleasant
afternoon will be spent , both by the Old Folks ancl their visitors . As usual Bro . Terry , the Secretary of the Institution , has made every arrangement for the comfort of those concerned , ancl we feel sure it will not be his fault if all does not go well .
Wc arc informed that tho Consecration of the Shadwell Gierke Lodge , No . 1910 , is again unavoidably postponed .