Marjorie Merriweather Post. (Hillwood Museum & Gardens).

Hillwood Museum and Gardens in northwest Washington, D. C., was once the twenty-five-acre estate of Marjorie Merriweather Post (P1. I), the only child of Charles Wil Barns Post (1854--1914), who founded the Post cereal empire. Adjoining the thickly forested Rock Creek Park, the estate is a testament to a patriotic midwestern woman who transcended her social station to achieve the status of American royalty. She established her taste and style during the twilight of the Gilded Age and carried it forward to the age of Camelot, always surrounding herself with resplendent beauty and…