Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-12-03
SEEING THE SIGHTS.
A Delightful Visit to Washington
and Philadelphia.


After = visit of .hree weeks to
friends and relatives in Washington
and Philadelphia, aud taking in the
"sights worth seeing" in both cities,
| resched home on November /.
Ispent several days in Washington
before extending my visit to Phils-
delphis. attended mass 1T St.
Psuls Church, went to the markets,
and 20 the Fish Commission. Here
We saw . wondrous array Of the
innY tribe of every species. size, color
and name, miniature craft used for
the industry, products made from
the bones of these slippery creatures,
such as buttons, etc, and the
machinery for making them. We
went 10 the National Museum, which
has all the customs, habits and dress
of all ciimes and nations exemplified.
These are represented 10 all stages,
from the earliest ages. IN statues,
mummies, vessels for domestic use.
miniature straw huts, gold, silver,
and precious stones, woods, books,
clothes, aud religious articles, great
mems clothes. aud presents from
foreign countries. There we've all
kinds of birds aud animals, fish and
reptiles.
AT night, with hundreds of others,
We attended the marriage of Mr..
Speidon aud Miss Prvutiss At the
first Baptist Church. The music
and decorations were of the highest
order. We visited the Corcorau Art
Gallery aud saw many costly and
beautiful paintings by the old mas
ters, portraits too, of our nations
heroes, and some more recent paint
ings; among these, those of Mrs.
Roosevelt and Miss Alice Roosevelt.
At night We went to the magnificent
Congressional Library, superb
marble structure, with it's myriads of
electric lights, gleAmiug in starry
spleDdor, rendering it so superlatively
beautiful that 1t lie beyond descrip-
tion. It's artistic wreathes, columns,
and statues, all seemingly gIistening
masses and lovely carvings in ice.
All the quaint old books and manu-
scripts and documents, from earliest
ages down, are here for inspection,
and the pictures, statues, and
chronological heads are fascinating to
the visitor, the pubic parks and hand
some statues (which are encountered
every where in WAshingtou) are of
thrilling interest, recalling, as they
do the history of our country.
The Capitol. the White House,
the State, War and Navy Depart
ments, the Treasury building, the
Pension building which has more
floor space than any other building
in the whole world, and the Wash
ington Monument, all attest to the
greatness of our country, and our
country's capitol. From the dome
of the Capitol we had a fine view of
the city, the river, and it's own beau
tiful grounds.
We rode out to Brooklaad, and
went to the franciscan Monastery,
went through the church, which is
in the form of = Greek cross with
four chapels. The shrines are
reproductions from Bethlehem and
Jerusalem, and we trsversed the
dark underground passages, smiles
of the cstscombs, the subteranesn
sepulchres of the Appisn way. We
were presented with souvenirs of the
place by the holy monk who attended
us, and who Was clad in the robe,
rord, and sandals pertaining to his
,rder. We went over to Georgetow n
College and through their beautiful
church aud grounds, and were hidden
by the good priest to help ourselves
to all the flowers we could carry
away. We did not obtain admission
to the Convent of Visitation, Hs it
was not the day for visitors. We
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