Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-06-29
l BANQUET HALL Deserted.
SOVTR CAROLlNA.s ROOM At Mt,
EERyHN.
How Waehtngton's Old Home Lool's~-
An Omission that Should be Supplied
The very Place for Bric.a- Brac. :
From Washington Correspondents q
Meas 6 (oa7ier.

From Washington Correspondence q
Meas & Courier.
WASHINGTON, June ll.-Monnt
Vernon looked lovely when | Visited
the old estate last week. TIE spark
ling day and the vivacious rustioity
0; the crowd Of pennsylyania com.
try editors and their womeniolk took
away from The ancient house .nrch
o: the solslnp;ty which brooda =27er.
it ordinarily and makes it reject. in
its prin,enezs and dignity, the auste's
lines Of G. VS. face. The daisied
hats Of the girls auttered in the fresh
breezs which poured in from the
river, az they explored the curious
old. fashioned rooms, peepei into the
Washington cupbosrda and closets,
end fingered with many modern e1-
pressions Of admiration oyer the re!
icz aleateously stored along tbs walls.
The very stiff and woebegons looking
bed upon which "the Father of his
Country" bresthed his last was queer
" contrasted With the brilliant and
ohattering throng that filed the
room. There was ruah among the
women to see their faces in the an
cient gilded mirror which Wash.5g-
ton used; it was dim and rusty, but
it suficed to show several pretty
! faces with many others which were
not. 1t was not a very reyerent as
senblase that day, but reverence
cannot we'll be transmitted through
savera. generations Of busy people.
OUT OF DOORS
it vas charming. The breezy alopes
on the Potomac banks we're amoothe
and graceful; FROM one'a sinking scot
eteps roae the scent Of wild thyme
and clover; thc yellowad river was
aeohed, siar of in ita ourrea, by
white aails. Lying Oh tie soft sWard
ona heard The toIl;nc bel! Of q steaIaer
apeeding PAST the old estate. For
sizty.eight years every passing yes
ssl has paid this tribute to the mem
ory. Of Washington. On the sunny
Ilsvn the bright groupa OF yisitors
aaautered lazily, basking in the sun
and drinking the cool breeze. The
ga1aen, nloat thqgongl.ly doni.nesred
81 s pattern, gave a mingled Odol
Of the past anA present, the old-t
scent Of that shrub being the ooe.and
the roaes yielding the other.
| | do rot intend TO attempt, in
AnDo Douini 1882, description OF
Mount Vernon. take 1t Tor granted
that everybody has been there, or il
he haa not, should havo done 60. Ny
preface is s's!mrly to ass;at The intro
In ton OF matter connected with
the place, and with which South
Carolina should be interested. Mount
Nernon is visited annually by a great
many thousand people from all parts
o: the Union, and very many from
al! auartera Of the globe. On every
wsek day ateamer plies be-
tween Washington City and the es
tate, carrying hundreds Of these peo-
pie. The Mount Vernon Ladies As
aooiation, who purchased Washing
tons home for the people Of the
Union. and who maintain and beau.
tify It, arenow happily independent Of
public aid, and preserve the mansion
and grounds in adnirrble condition
by the profits Of their steamer and
by other income.
SOUTH cARoLINAs RooM.
But there is something elsa whi,ss
the association leaves to the States,
and which should awaken State pride.
Each OF the original States mas mp.
port;oned to it a room Of the mansion
to preserve, restore to its former con-
dition and adorn still further. Seye-
raj OF ;ila younger States have their
rooms, and the success, With which
they have changed them from bare
enclosures 10 verbally antique cham
hers with their iull proportion Of al
cient tnrniture and last century hrie
a-br&o sl:o1la apar South Usrolina OF
to something as 5he kind. Our State
ss.ecte,! the family dining-room on
tha ground Goor. ons Of the beat
apartments Of the niaue;on, but sa
YET very little hss been done 10 rem
cYaie, ',eautify Or iurnish ii. People
notice iheae things, and 3 great many
people inspect ;haas roor4 every day.
Across the nall they aee the New
York room beautifully restored aud
admirably arranged with portraits,
furniture and relics Of Washington s
time, Turning to our State room
they ind it bare and rough. Mics
Cunningham, OF South Carolina, WAS
the originator OF the plan for the
purchase Of Mount Vernon by the
women Of lie Union, and was The
frst regent Of the Ladies .Associe.
ton, securing the full iruition Of her
efforts during her administration.
South Carolina has, therefore, a repu.
tation TO sustain in tbia matter.