Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1913 — ONCE HOUSED QUEEN’S MAIDS [ARTICLE]

ONCE HOUSED QUEEN’S MAIDS

Gumley Cottage, Near London, With Its Quaint Rooms, Is for Sale. London- —A delightful and ancient cottage just outside London is for sale. This is Gumley cottage on Kew Green. Once it was the residence of Queen Charlotte’s maids of honor; and one may be today in its quaint rambling rooms a medallion of Queen Anne over the drawing room chimney piece, a beautiful old carved celling and a powder closet where many a dame powdered her hair in the days of George 111. It is an antique little treasure house of white paneling, with a cellar that was used as a hoarding place for smugglers in times long gone by.