Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-12-30
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Miss Florence Kent Has Many
Interesting Experiences In
Historical Places.
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This is to be a regular book and as
| can't write but one like it, Ira,
Charles, Helen and all must read this
to see what a dandy time | had while
in Boston.
Sue and | left here Friday at 5 and
and got there about $50. Zula and her
mother, Mrs. Doane, are fine. Zula Is
a grand musician, both player and
singer, a graduate of the New England
Conservatory of Music.
Saturday morning We were out
bright and early Sue, Mrs. Doane and
myself. We went over to Harvard
University which is in Cambridge not
far from Boston. To get there We
crossed the Harvard bridge across the
Charles river. There are several en-
frances to the grounds and Harvard l.
an immense place. | never had any
idea it was so large, building after
building. We went into several OF the
buildings: each hall has a name. Then
we went .into the art studio and that
was elegant. 1t made me think OF my
art history days, statues OF Apollo,
portions of the Parthenon, st. Peters
church in Rome and many Greeian
models.
From there we saw the most wonder
full sight in the United States.
This was in the University museum.
Leopold Blaschka and his son are the
only makers OF glass flowers. lie Is
dead now and his son is quite old and
lives in Germany, and from there he
makes and sends to Harvard the glass
flowers. They are as natural as real
life, coloring and all, and of every
specie and kind known. There are
25O0 small ones and $50 large branches,
etc. On some broken leaves you
could see the solid glass. One branch
of an Angelica tree had $500 buds and
blossoms on it. They were SO real it
didn't seem possible. Blue bells, roses,
pines, etc. There was one banana cut
in two and honestly it was so real one
could hardly believe it VAS all glass.
This son makes these flowers and ships
them, one in a box, to Harvard Uniyer-
sity. If he dies and does not reveal the
secret of making them there will be no
more made as he is the only one that
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were grand specimens OF all kinds OF
rocks, magnificent jewels, etc.
When we left Harvard we came to
Boston and had lunch at Houghton and
& buttons large store and this lunch
room was up on the ninth floor. In
one place there was four elevators GO
ing all the time and several more in the
building.
Nowit Is afternoon, SO We are all
aboard for Bunker Hill monument.
This is up on the top OF Bunker Hill and
is a solil stone structure clear to the
top. Sue and went clear up to the top;
there are 294 steps. You will see this
the plate | sent. From this hill one
looks down the road where the enemy
came up and saw on the hill where the
Notifications We're thrown up for the
battle of Bunker Hill. | enjoyed this
so much and really felt like studying
my history again. Here also saw inn
mense statues and monuments of Gen.
Prescott and Gen. Warren. From here
we went to the navy yard and it was
grand. They have there the largest
drv dock in the world and in this dock
at the time we were there was the
great battleship Illinois and we asked
to 90 aboard and were allowed To 90.
1t was grand. There are $50 sailors
90 with the battleship. The immense
big cannons, or guns the 13-inch guns
cost $40, 900 and the ID cost $4,000 and
| forgot the weight. They shoot balls
six inches in diameter. The crew all
sleep in hammocks and have ID
minutes every morning to get up and
put up their beds. The hammocks are
hung on the lower deck on pegs and are
about a foot apart. OF course the high
er officers have state rooms. They use
3 half barrels of -four a day, about 80
hams at a meal and two great tubs of
potatoes. They have a band, a hospital,
two doctors, make their own ice and
every convenience possible, also wire
less telegraph. l wouldn't have missed
this for the world. Well, we also
went on board the old Constitution and
signed our names on the register. All
the articles used are still there but il
Is awfully small in comparison to our
battleships OF today. This Constitution
had a crew OF $50 men when she was in
her fighting days.
Well now we will have a little supper,
and instead of Mrs. Doane, our party