The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-08-25

Sure when thy gentle spirit fed

'
said |
Welcome to Heavens Home, Sweet
Home"
We sang one verse of his tender song
and with reverential hearts and. bowed
heads, turned away.
We spent few hours at Glen Echo
Grounds, which is yet i'll
its infancy, and is the lovliest bit of
nature / saw in my travel. We met
several members of the IF. f. "" and
they all agreed in placing Kentucky
next to Virginia. But we think as all
mothers admit that their daughter is
fairer than they, Virginia could
scarcely DO less.
Leaving Washington Friday morn
ing, we reached New York about four
o'clock. Melviny, I hope you won't
toll it, but / was somewhat frightened
when / saw so many folks, but | sup
posed it was Court-day, as there was
such a crowd in town, but it was the
same every day was there. I think
New York is a splendid place to see
ugly people and never saw SO many
dirty, foreign-looking people, ii
makes me mad TO think about this
great city being given entirely to for
eigners. If you could 60 to Castle
Garden and see the dirty, depraved
and altogether horrible looking set
there, you would rise up in arms to
run every foreigner out of the country.
New York is essentially city of
great noise. You can't hear yourself
think. There is a great rush and
rumble of business, and the men
haven't time to get up and give you a
seat in the street car. We saw a
familiar face in the sign which read:
"a large glass of Kentucky whisky
for cents"
We visited Trinity Church, also the
Cathedral, which is magnificent. We
also called on the little woman in the
harbor, who holds open the gate of
commerce. She is of magnificent and
colossal proportions, with waist of
thirty-Gye feet, and sweet, kissable
little mouth three feet wide How
the mind of man could have conceived
and executed such q marvellous work
of art is more than | can understand.
We climbed up the spiral stairway to
her crown.
Central Park, with its eight hum
dred and sixty acres, affords Il breath
ing space for the people of the city.
Staten Island also gives them many a
pleasant outing. We visited the Ma
tiOnal Prohibition Park, on this island.
and heard Rev. Green Clay Smith.
He had engagements there for several
days, and among other good things,
he proposed setting them Alright on
Women Suffrage.
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art is
a charming place to spend days. The
collection is very fine. Rosa Bon
hours Horse Fair is certainly one of
the finest specimens of the brush. 1t
is ideally perfect. One can sit for
hours entranced with its charming eX-
eCutiOn. Many other paintings by
noted artists gave us genuine pleasure
| must warn you about those Elevated
railroads. Don't ride on them. You
will be too far from the ground for
safety, and they take you rafting by
second and third story windows and
housetops where the weeks washing
is hanging out. Likewise, avoid the
underground roads.
With no regrets, we turned our
backs on New York, and took the
Guyandotte, Of the Old Dominion line,
for Old Point Comfort. | don't mind
telling you, good friend, that the
voyage did not agree with me. Our
state room was terrible place that
night. The different tones in which
"oh me-" and "oh my" were uttered,
would have broken your heart. tried
to creep an deck next morning, but
made a failure. We reached Old
Point at one o'clock next day.
Melviny, l want to give you a final
warning for your own benefit, and
the benefit Of unwary traveller. If
you think of going to nice, cool
place to have a pleasant time, you
don't want to 90 to Old Point. 1t is
terrible warm there, the bathing is
poor, the fare is indifferent, and
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