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Dy Jo Martin TRIPS and TREATS HW You Might Meet a Ghost! a. all seemingly at home in the house on Harlem Heights. Mme. Jumel, at 61, became enamored of Aaron Burr, 17 years her senior. Her husband conveniently fell off a haycart and was fatally injured.

His death scene is a chapter out of Edgar Allen Poe. A servant who allegedly witnessed it mysteriously disappeared. She married Burr, then a former vice president, in 1833 in the mansion. And now for the topper for youngsters: If you're lucky enough to meet Mrs. Leroy Campbell, the mansion's curator, ask her to tell you about the ghosts that haunt the house, surely the classiest ghosts in town.

Schoolgirls Meet the 'Ghost' They don't dig dust, darkness and cobwebs. They haunt a gorgeous spit-and-polish showplace and make their appearance in the bright and sunny morning hours. Two groups insist they've had brushes with the ctoplasmic tenants while visiting the mansion. In 1964, a group of schoolgirls and their lady teacher were waiting to get into the locked museum-mansion when a woman in colonial dress appeared on an upper-floor balcony and shouted to them to quiet their chatter. A search of the building proved that no one was in the house at the time.

Last year, a group of junior high school students accompanied by a male teacher were literally scared out of the third-floor attic the death place of Stephen Jumel by something or someone clad in a Revolutionary uniform, brandishing a sword. The teacher was so unnerved by the encounter he vowed never to enter, the house again and is incorporating the incident in a book. i Mrs. Campbell insists she doesn't believe in ghosts. "At least," she murmurs softly, "I've never seen them." The Morris-Jumel mansion Is open 11 a.m.

to 5 p.m. daily except Mondays. Admission is free. Phone: WA 3-8003. A short trip northward to 204th St.

and Broadway brings you to the Dyckman homestead, the only 18th-century farmhouse left on Manhattan island. After a few minutes in the house you'll feel light years away from the Morris-Jumel mansion. The house, built by William Dyckman after an earlier one had been destroyed by the British, is small, snug and comfortable. The low-ceilinged rooms are furnished with pieces belonging to the Dyckman family, fine antiques, anything but lavish. A charming kitchen will take up a good deal of your A magnificent Georgian mansion, rich in events and intrigues that flesh out a portrait of our city, and a modest 1783 Dutch Colonial farmhouse, a rough and tough little reminder of our past, provide New Yorkers with a fas- jinating tandem trip through centuries of life-styles and history.

The houses, both designated historic landmarks, stand today on their original upper Manhattan sites. The Morris-Jumel home, set on a high bluff overlooking the Harlem River at 160th St. and Edgecombe Ave. has a -heckered story including a royalist, a shady lady and a In 1765, wealthy, royalist Roger Morris had the 19-room, four-story house, built as a summer retreat for his family. The city was then 10 miles to south and the home was known as an architectural gem of the area and its two-story, white pillars made it identifiable for miles.

With the revolution imminent. Morris hightailed it to England and the house was taken over by the Continental Army brass in 1775. After the Battle of Long Island, George Washington retreated to Harlem Heights and made the house his headquarters. In one of his reports, Washington wrote that from the second-floor balcony he could see two states, seven counties and with his telescope watch the movement of the British Navy off Staten Island, 20 miles to the south. Of great interest to children is Washington's office, complete with his tattered black tri-corner hat, brass telescope and a replica of the cot he used for high-level catnaps.

Madame Was No Lady When Washington moved his headquarters to White Piain-t, the British took over the house and occupied it for the next seven years. After the war, it changed hands many times, once being known as Calumet Hall, a tavern way-stop for coaches on the New York to Albany run. In 1810. the mansion was bought by Stephen Jumel f.r hi -i ambitious wife, Betsy, of shady-lady background, who restored it to its former elegance. It is ths wealthy and notorious Madame Jumel's stamp which today's visitor feels and sees.

The priceless crystal and china, the exquisite furnishings are material evidence of the lady's appetite fr the good life. And whatever Mme. Jumel wanted, riiadtmi got. She traveled in France and returned with deik. chandelier and a bed belonging: to Napoleon, i Dyckman cooking fireplace attracts future cooks.

pans and coffee roaster. Several spinning wheels lin one wall. A center table is set with pewter plates, on of which holds a sugar cone. A tiny relic room off the first-floor dining room contains articles and artifacts unearthed in the area around the farmhouse Revolutionary cannon balls, shoe buckles and spurs, bottles, pottery and cooking utensils. From 1776 to 1783 a British hut camp occupied part of the farm.

Materials belonging to the troops have been used to reconstruct one of the huts and it now stands in the garden, a delight to young visitors who agree It looks "cozy" with its small fireplace, straw-filled bed and simple table and bench. Don't Rush As you wander through the house, don't rush through the first-floor hall, which contains many" fascinating exhibits. One is a photograph of the farmhouse taken in 1892. That lonely dirty road that runs in front is Broadway. Another hall exhibit is an open patch of wall which 3hows the original construction of the house, hand-hewn stud river laths Held together with Homemade nails and fillings of grass and mud.

The Dyckman Farm was known for its fine cherries, and alert youngsters will have no trouble spotting the ane surviving cherry tree, gnarled and twisted, that stands at the end of the steps leading down to th old garden. The Dyckman house is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays. Admission is free.

time. The fireplace is cramed with iron, brass and copper utensils, including long-handled waffle irons, frying MONIQUE Spring suit this year are quite either white cuffed pants or a to the austere Michelin red book are journalists and guide editors Henri Gault and Christian Millau, presently launching a monthly magazine on food, wine and leisure. matching skirt, depending on the occasion For the daring damsel who loves to be different there's a drawstring -jacketed jumpsuit to be had in either grass green or sky blue And, finally, there's this year's version of the safari suit: a sleeveless jacket with high flap pockets and a waist -defining belt over a simple A-line skirt. In either earth brown or sky blue, it retails for $50. mand only eight months ago, and Michelin inspectors traditionally wait a full year to see if the new man maintains standards, befo're confirming three-star status a rank that Laperouse has held for the past 36 years of the two centuries it has been in business! Whatever the government may say, the same 1969 edition of Michelin suggests that the budget end of gourmet living is rising and rules that 17 francs (just under $3.50) is now the minimum price for a good meal, instead of the previous level of 15 francs.

Principal competitors A frustrated French chef in a tall, white hat weeping into his casseroles was once a stock-element in old Hollywood comedies. The scene reportedly came true last week when chef Fernand Poisson of the prestigious Laperouse restaurant heard that the top-ruling Miche-lin gastronomic guide had taken away one of his three stars. This harsh decision reduces the total of three-star establishments in France to 11, but as no other restaurant was promoted to fill the gap it is probable that Fernand is on probation. He took full a bit different from those of seasons past. In addition to the 3-piece suit, there will be smartly ttlyled pantsuits and jumpsuits parading down Fifth Avenue on faster Sunday.

If you'd like to try something a little offbeat, why not choose one of a trio of designs by Jack Feit? All are in rayuii with a dash of silk and the look of linen. Sizes range fiom to II. A beautifully tailored 3-piece panlsuit starts off with a long tunic jacket in grass green or earth brown, with a touch of white on packet flaps and collar. I'air the jacket with PONDER THIS We can certainly live with the strength of our convictions, but why is it so frustrating at times Be sure your convictions are from the deep water, not off the froth and foam of life. Leonard Andrews For information on where these suits mjr be teen tend a stamped, envelope to AT TOUR SERVICE, THE NEWS, 220 E.

2i New York, N.Y. 10017. Spring Nights Have Many Looks srv 'J. 1 1, Tke. QnnedC USE A FORK Don't cut with a knifsj anything that can bo broken with a fork.

Boiled potatoes, asparagus and many other vegetables only require a knife when they are not cooked through. By KAY THOMAS Fashion has become so individual that it is possible for a woman to play many parts on a spring evening. She can go gypsy in wild prints and scarves and chains, with her hair in wild abandon. She can be tailored in a shirt dress or in tunic pajamas. She can be daring, baring her offering see-through glimpses of her bosom by wearing transparent chiffons and laees.

Or she can go classic in fluid mat jersey. THE CLASSIC LOOK IS the one we show today in a beautiful white Racine jersey by Helen Rose. This gown is one fluid line from the draped shoulder to the harem skirt, broken only by the wide brown jeweled band at the waist. Helen Rose, who is a popular designer on the West Coast and dresses many fashionable women and cinema stars, showed many beautiful mat jersey gowns in her spring collection. She handles chiffon in a wonderfully fluid manner, too.

ill WW Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to ELINOR AMES, THE NEWS, P.O. Box Uii, Hew York, N.Y. 10017 with your request for the booklet, "Table Manners." n. satW I 2 Gunmen Grab $13,000 Payroll Minutes after a $13,266.59 Dav- ChildrenWas'nions change as much as adults' do. But you don't alwayi have to keep up with every new trend.

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