Evening star., 1900-09-24

always try to impress visitor with them
me average Washingtonian knows
Where the sights are to be found but he
does not take the trouble to look for them
Here is case in point: How MANY citizens
OF TINS place know anything about the
Braddock House in Alexandria? / was
GOWN there yesterday with a lady who has
lived IN this city for nearly ffty wears and
she had never been there before and had
only heard of it in vague sort of way II
Is one of the most interesting Of all DIacas
about the national capital, and it contains
relics of the colonial days that are hayond
price How many of the citizens of tho Me
trlct or Columbia know that the old Brad
dock House is covered by new and more
modern structure? How many people know
that 1t was there that George Washinpton
first received a commission as a niIitsrv
| ofncer! 1t was there that a grand ball was
neid, In which George Washington and
Lazy Fairfax were the most conspicuous
ngureS. That was before the day of MI
Vernon and the revolutionary war,
Another interesting feature of the Rrad
dock House is the underground passage
that connects it with the Potomac river
suggestire We OF colonial intrigues and dark
do eds Ihat was when there was no United
states and when Washington, D. c.. was a
huge morass. and Spokane Wash. was
out what's the use of telling Washington
people about these things? They won't take
the trouble to go and see them
Mr.. James E. Negus and sister of Green
vile, Miss, are stopping at the Metropoli-
tan. They in the city on a Measure
trip and will probably remain here for sew
trail days.
Mr.. Watson Freer of Atlanta, Ga. passed
through the city on bis way home from
new YORK, and spent a few days at the
National Mr.. Freer said the farmers in
the south are enthusiastic over the cotton
crop and will realize an enormous proft
this year. He said that while the war in
China probably hurt the cotton spinners II
uld not enect the growers as the staple
had 10 be bought and spun into cloth
whether 1t was sold in China or Dahomev.
"The people of the United States spend
thousands of dollars every year in hunting
winter resorts in Europe but they never
seem to think of the opportunities they are
missing in my country" Mr.. Carlo Beel of
Mexico remarked to a reporter for The Star
a. the st. James. Mr.. Beel is on his way
nome from the Paris exposition and stopped
over in this city for a few days
There has been tremendous progress in
every commercial enterprise in Mexico dur
Ing the last ten years, and Mexico City is
one of the prettiest places in the world in
which TO spend the winter. 1t is not as
easy to get to as Nice or the Riveria but
Ii is equally pleasant, and it seems to
me that the patriotic idea that the tourist
is helping develop his own continent would
send many rich Americans there during the
winter
Tt Is strange, is 1t not. that only the
residents of the United States are
called Americans, when we are Just
as much so as you are? But to
revert to our subject. The gardens in Eu-
rope are not as natural or as grand as
| those In my country. You can never find
| the vast stretches of wild, green mountain
| pastures, nor the delightful climate with
which Mexico is blessed on the eastern con-
| tiLent. There are numbers of things that
! appeal 10 the artistic taste of the visitor
| and Yet there are few tourists who take
| the trouble TO include Mexico in the list of
| the country they have done
| Il went to Mexico about fifteen years
| ago from New England and became
| a citizen Of the country Our svs-
| tenn of government is like that of
| the United States. only our president can
! hold office long as the people choose to
eject him, and President Diaz will remain
] in office as long as he lives. He is the
| most loved end NEST lovable man in the
/ country. and he has done more for Mexico
/ tEan any one man now living"
| Mr. Charles j. Wingate and wife of Clin-
ton. n. c.. are stopping at the National
They will remain in the city until the first
| of next week.
| Miss Prism-"Don't let your dog bite me,
/ little boy"
Little Boy-"He won't bite, ma'am."
| Miss Prism-"But he is showing his