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it   sees   its   marble   neighbors   rearing   their   vast   facades   among   trees。   The 

trees�察�too�察�are an innovation�察�for when the de Rham cottage was built and 

Mrs。 Cleveland opened her new house at the extreme end of Rough Point 

��the second summer residence in the place�� it is doubtful if a single tree 

broke   the   rocky   monotony   of   the   landscape   from   the   Ocean   House   to 

Bateman's Point。 

     Governor Lawrence�察�having sold one acre of his Ochre Point farm to 



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Mr。 Pendleton for the price he himself had paid for the whole�察�proceeded 

to build a stone wall between the two properties down to the water's edge。 

The   population   of   Newport   had   been   accustomed   to   take   their   Sunday 

airings     and    moonlight       rambles     along    ;the    cliffs�察─  �and    viewed     this 

obstruction of their favorite walk with dismay。 So strong was their feeling 

that   when   the   wall   was   completed   the   young   men   of   the   town   repaired 

there in the night and tore it down。 It was rebuilt�察�the mortar being mixed 

with   broken   glass。   This   infuriated   the   people   to   such   an   extent   that   the 

whole populace�察�in broad daylight�察�accompanied by the summer visitors�察�

destroyed the wall and threw the materials into the sea。 Lawrence�察�bent on 

maintaining what he considered his rights�察�called the law to his aid。 It was 

then discovered that an immemorial riverain right gave the fishermen and 

the   public   generally�察  �access   to   the   shore   for   fishing�察  �and   also   to   collect 

seaweed�察 � a right of way that no one could obstruct。 

     This was the beginning of the long struggle between the cliff´ dwellers 

and the townspeople�察�each new property´owner�察�disgusted at the idea that 

all the world can stroll at will across his well´kept lawns�察�has in turn tried 

his hand   at suppressing the   now  famous   ;walk。;   Not only  do   the   public 

claim the liberty to walk there�察�but also the right to cross any property to 

get to the shore。 At this moment the city fathers and the committee of the 

new   buildings   at   Bailey's   Beach   are   wrangling   as   gayly   as   in   Governor 

Lawrence's   day   over   a   bit   of   wall   lately   constructed   across   the   end   of 

Bellevue   Avenue。   A   new   expedient   has   been   hit   upon   by   some   of   the 

would´be exclusive owners of the cliffs�察�they have lowered the ;walk; out 

of sight�察�thus insuring their own privacy and in no way interfering with the 

rights of the public。 

     Among        the   gentlemen       who    settled    in   Newport      about    Governor 

Lawrence's   time   was   Lord   Baltimore   ��Mr。   Calvert�察  �he   preferred   to   call 

himself���察�who remained there until his death。 He was shy of referring to 

his   English   peerage�察  �but   would   willingly  talk   of   his   descent   through   his 

mother   from   Peter   Paul   Rubens�察  �from   whom   had   come   down   to   him   a 

chateau in Holland and several splendid paintings。 The latter hung in the 

parlor   of   the   modest   little   dwelling�察  �where   I   was   taken   to   see   them   and 

their owner many years ago。 My introducer on this occasion was herself a 



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lady of no ordinary birth�察�being the daughter of Stuart�察�our greatest portrait 

painter。 I have passed many quiet hours in the quaint studio ��the same her 

father  had   used���察�hearing   her prattle   ´  as   she  loved   to   do   if she   found   a 

sympathetic listener ´ of her father�察�of Washington and his pompous ways�察�

and the many celebrities who had in turn posed before Stuart's easel。 She 

had been her father's companion and aid�察�present at the sittings�察�preparing 

his brushes and colors�察�and painting in backgrounds and accessories�察�and 

would willingly show his palette and explain his methods and theories of 

color�察  �his   predilection   for   scrumbling   shadows   thinly   in   black   and   then 

painting boldly in with body color。 Her lessons had not profited much to 

the gentle�察�kindly old lady�察�for the productions of her own brush were far 

from resembling her great parent's work。 She�察�however�察�painted cheerfully 

on to life's close�察�surrounded by her many friends�察�foremost among whom 

was   Charlotte   Cushman�察  �who   also   passed   the   last   years   of   her   life   in 

Newport。   Miss   Stuart   was   over   eighty   when   I   last   saw   her�察  �still   full   of 

spirit   and   vigor�察  �beginning   the   portrait   of   a   famous   beauty   of   that   day�察�

since the wife and mother of dukes。 

     Miss Stuart's death seems to close one of the chapters in the history of 

this   city�察  �and   to   break   the   last   connecting   link   with   its   past。   The   world 

moves   so   quickly   that   the   simple   days   and   modest   amusements   of   our 

fathers and grandfathers have already receded into misty remoteness。 We 

look at their portraits and wonder vaguely at their graceless costumes。 We 

know they trod these same streets�察�and laughed and flirted and married as 

we     are   doing    to´day�察   �but   they   seem     to  us   strangely     far   away�察   �like 

inhabitants of another sphere� �

     It   is   humiliating   to   think   how   soon   we�察  �too�察  �shall   have   become   the 

ancestors   of   a   new   and   careless   generation�察  �fresh   faces   will   replace   our 

faded ones�察�young voices will laugh as they look at our portraits hanging 

in dark corners�察�wondering who we were�察�and ��criticising the apparel we 

think so artistic and appropriate�� how we could ever have made such guys 

of ourselves。 



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            CHAPTER 38 ´ A Conquest of 

                                     Europe 



       THE   most   important   event   in   modern   history   is   the   discovery   of 

Europe by  the Americans。  Before  it�察 �the  peoples of   the  Old World lived 

happy   and   contented      in   their  own   countries�察   �practising   the   patriarchal 

virtues handed down to them from generations of forebears�察�ignoring alike 

the vices and benefits of modern civilization�察�as understood on this side of 

the Atlantic。   The   simple´minded   Europeans   remained   at   home�察  �satisfied 

with the rank in life where they had been born�察�and innocent of the ways 

of the new world。 

     These peoples were�察�on the whole�察�not so much to be pitied�察�for they 

had   many   pleasing   crafts   and   arts   unknown   to   the   invaders�察  �which   had 

enabled them to decorate their capitals with taste in a rude way�察�nothing 

really    great   like  the   lofty   buildings    and   elevated    railway    structures�察�

executed in American cities�察�but interesting as showing what an ingenious 

race�察�deprived of the secrets of modern science�察�could accomplish。 

     The   more   aesthetic   of   the   newcomers   even   affected   to   admire   the 

antiquated places of worship and residences they visited abroad�察�pointing 

out to their compatriots that in many cases marble�察�bronze and other old´ 

fashioned materials had been so cleverly treated as to look almost like the 

superior cast´iron employed at home�察�and that some of the old paintings�察�

preserved   with   veneration   in   the   museums�察  �had   nearly   the   brilliancy   of 

modern      chromos。     As   their   authors   had�察  �however�察    �neglected     to  use   a 

process   lending   itself   to   rapid   reproduction�察  �they   were   of   no   practical 

value。 In other ways�察�the continental races�察�when discovered�察�were sadly 

behind   th

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