The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-24

when the latters portrait is pointed out
at a prominent photographers and his
private residence in Georgetown passed
later OH in the trip.
The Capitol and Library of Congress
developed piquant features. strange as the
assertion may seem to Washingtonians. 1t
is told now the beautiful grounds. the po-
etry OF landscape gardening are the same
today as when Thomas Jefferson took his
oath of Office 100 years ago, many of the
primeval trees still being seen. The weight
in tons Of the Goddess Of Liberty, the fact
that the iron plates OF the Capitol dome
interlap like the petals of lily to allow
for the atmospheric effect Of contraction
and expansion, the forty miles of shelly
ing in the Library, are all diIated upon.
The residences of Capitol Hill formed a
mine OF interest. The former abode of
George Washington and the present resi-
dence of Senator "Pitchfork" TiIlmau: the
splendid house OF a lady who laid the
foundations of her Independent fortune by
retailing cans of milk and who is still
widow" John Sherman's Row the
house in which gas was first introduced in
Washington; the abode OF Miss Mary Con-
ditSmith. who experienced the terrors of
the siege of Pekiu, and who a few weeks
ago. married her rescuer, Lieut. Richard
Hooker. together with many others too
numerous to mention. are all described
with an amount of amusing and chatty de-
tail which highly delights the pa5sen-
gers.
Passing along Pennsylvania Avenue, the
windows OF the room in the National Ho-
tel in which Henry Clay died are point
ed out.
The prominent residences in the fash
ionabie quarters OF the city, including the
one in which Admiral Dewey courted his
future wife, and the one which he aftsr-
ward presented to her. are noted. The
windows of the room in which Owen
Meredith" wrote Lucille" the historic
houses OF Lafayette Square with their
lights and shadows thrown on them by
the memories of former occupants, all
come in for their due share of notice.
The transformation wrought in George
town that was. West Washington that s.
in Boss Shepherds time ,.hnd under the
dictates of that imperious magnate; how
some houses were and ares left standing
on well-nieh inaccessible hills, while
others are entered from the sidewalk
through their second story windows, ap-
pealed alike 20 eye and ear. And so to
the western extreme of the city, with the
spires of Georgetown College overhead.
Mrs. SOuthwOrth's cottage near at hand
and the sparkling river below ripping
by the pleasant hills of Virginia on its
the spires of Alexandria rise family In
the distance. while, on the other hand.
and closer to the view, are the richly
wooded slopes of the upper Potomac, in
whose bosom are seen, like emeralds,
the Three Sister" islands, and in whose
depths rest, perhaps, the three Indian
maidens who We're drowned there many
years ago
IL is impossible in a brief notice, TO
f.sVr ~,
presented to the eye and ear in the entire
trip. Down to South Washington, along
the oyster wharves, their grimy fronts
backed by giimpes of the silver river, old
taverns which have known famous ocCu
pants; the Agricultural Department and
its experiment garden; the Smithsonian
Building, fine specimen OF Norman ar
are all presented. In the older
quarters of the city, notably Georgetown.
the magnolia trees old door knockers and
dilapidated slave quarters tell of the old
Southern city before the wah." Wash
Ington past. present. and future, in all
moods and aspects, Is seen and studied
from the windows of the ear, as it could
be in no other way.
The protector of this scheme which may
be said to be. In q large degree, education
al, is Mr.. w. c. Amos, who, as he says
himself, comes from the Vii and Woolly
West 10 show to culture arners in
the very heart of the na -. omething
they have never thought re.
1T is not extraordinary, Mr. Amos |
that the enterprise shor isinate in
the brain of a Colorado m sincer who
has simply changed his 3 ztioh from
deN clipping the treasures hidden under |
ground to displaying the wonders upon its
surface" The plan Is, az present, in sue
cessful operation I'm four prominent Wes-
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