The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-22
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| equipment ana Keeping Of the respective
rooms have been intrusted to the p.ous
care of the different States represented
in the Board of Vice Regents The priv
ilege OF visiting Mount Vernon. and the
satisfaction of knowing that it is a pos
session of the Nation for all time we
owe TO this Ladies Association and be-
yond 1t TO the efforts of one woman Mi -
Ann Pamela Cunningham
tach room of the mansion house is
fun OF interest for the tourist. In tn,
main hall he finds the key of the Bastile.
sent by Lafayette to Washington after
the capture of the prison. and in the
! banquet hall he sees miniature Bastiie,
a model also sent by Lafayette Three
of Washingtons swords are preserved
| in the banquet room, and here one sees
bronze medallions of Washington and
Lafayette, maps and other things of
| historical interest
The harpsichord in the east parlor was
! a bridal present to Nellie Gusts from
| Washington. II came from London and
cost $1,000. This harpsichoTd a flute. gUi-
| tar and music books, are of such inter-
est that they are guarded. Few people
are permitted to examine them.
Most of Washington's books are now
in the Boston Athenaeum, and his Ii
brary is filled with duplicates but in the
! book cases are other things of interest
a copy of Washingtons Farewell Adj
dress, his silver inkstand and silver snuff
fers and tray.
| There is a handsome sideboard in the
dining room, and the china in the cor
ner cupboard would be TO the ladies' of
| Honolulu rare possession. A bust Of
Washington with the jewel of a Grand
Master, Is of special interest to the Ma
sonic fraternity. There are many por-
traits in oil of men famous in history in
| this dining room, but none of them in
| terested me more than the portrait of
| Miss Cunningham, with whom originated
the purpose of preserving Mount Vernon
as a national possession.
! The elaborate candle screen of glass
and gilt is the most unique object in
Mrs. Washington's room. However. a
framed copy of the Washington pedigree
is of perhaps the most general interest
In the west parIor the family arms are
displayed, and over the mantel there is a
portrait of Vernon, which the admiral
presented to Lawrence Washington.
1t would consume too much time to de-
scribe all of the articles in this national
home. 1 can only mention some of the
most interesting.
In going into the Hawaiian homes /
am often reminded of the furniture in
Washingtons room. The large koa wood
bedsteads with their canopied tops, are
in form like the mahogany one which
may be seen in the room where Wash
ington died
Recently it was my privilege to see in
a Honolulu home an old-fashioned fire
screen brought from England to Austria
liza and from there to the Paradise 81
the Pacific, as a valued heirloom. In a
room at Mount Vernon may be seen
one o. these old fashioned fire screens.
with adjustable frame, by which the. en-
broidered shield may be raised or lower
ed at pleasure.
Samples of the needlework of Mrs.
Washington Miss Custis, and other la
dies of the Revolutionary days. may be
seen in many of the rooms
One tires of examining curios, and be-
fore had made notes of half the
mansion contained our party had wendell
its way to the kitchen. where the culin-
interested in the crane which still hangs
in the great fireplace, and the brick
oven. We bought milk. photographs and
Il copy of Washington's will here.
We peeped into the buffers house,
meat-house wash house, ice house.
spinning house, and greenhouse. then we
wandered into the sweet old fashioned
garden with its lockwood hedges, oval
and triangular flower beds, ana still 9TH
ers of more curious design. The trees
many of them set out by Washington
himself. worthy of anyone's atten-
tion having been brought from noted
placed in Z r"ra as VII rs America.
The, barn was built of bricks imported
from England. In the coach house we
saw Washingtons carriage, known as |
The Lost Coach
We paid a visit to the summer house |
in front of the mansion, restored with |
the funds contributed by the school chill |
dren of Louisiana. As We stood here we |
heard the bells tolling as steamer pass |
ed. and | shut my eyes and in fancy list !
ened TO thousands of children AL over |
the land singing the old familiar song, |
Mount Vernon Bells L opened my |
eyes and gazed down on the beautiful |
Potomac-which now speaks of peace; |
NJ no
Our party visited the old tomb of |
Washington, overgrown with vines. To |
me this seemed the most sacred spot at |
Mt. Vernon. 1t is where Lafayette paid |
his memorable visit in 1924. On our way |
back we heard an old grayhaired negro |
repeating over and over. This way,
ladies and gentlemen: right down to the
tomb We followed the old negro |
down to the new tomb, a severely plain |
of brick, with an arched gate
way in front above which marble SLAB
is inscribed. Within this Enclosure rest
the remains of General George Wash
ington." Above the door of the TOMB
are the words:
II am the Resurrection and the Life
He that believeth in Me. though he were
dead. yet shall he live" In the ante
chamber are seen two marble Sarco-
phagi The one on the right bears on
its face the name of Washington, with
chiseled coat-of-arms of the United
States and a draped flag. The other
sarcophagus is inscribed, Martha. Con-
sort of Washington, Died May 21 1901.
Within the vault rest forty members of
the Washington, GUSTS and related fam
lies. Near by are placed monuments
to the memory of four OF them. me
trees near the new tomb are of historical
interest. as they were planted by Dom
Pedro of Brazil. the Prince of Wales,
now King Edward VII, and by the
Ladies of America. The ivy
covering the tomb was planted by the
Sigma Chi college fra ternity.
Mount Vernon seemed so intensely at
peace with the world that l longed to
remain there forever. but duty forbade:
and 1 soon found myself journeying
westward toward the Golden Gate.
through which l soon sailed for the Par
adise of the Pacific.
THE AFTER PART.
Delicious lemonade. in which floated /
suggestive cherries. was served dur