The Republican journal., 1907-05-30
Yashinqton Revisited:

"o'''.'o"'
.tv of sight-seers were left at
b Fo, sn of Printing and Engraving,
5u'' 5,d not tarry there after max
W. W, r,ands. Passing the Agrlcul-
US .-5.rg. a fayorite resort OF the
~ Years past, the Smithsonian
< " MAS briefly visited and then
a''' more was spent in the Ma
lo| ,,.,.snm which contains more of
p. - uan any other building in
'''' 1t would be easier to tell
'i''' Ans not contain than to give d
S..'...exbibits, which include many
o. ..,r interest as we'll as valuable
sN .,,os from foreign countries.
I'- ,,,g over the exhibits of china
'', .r, from other countries and
hem with those of this
..s writer came to the conclu-
ours were at least equal to
...,3urtlons from abroad. Be-
., NATIONAL Museum and the
-- The Medical Museum, the
rydlpg and the Botanical
worth visiting, but the
4ylug arrived the party
-.. led Hotel-ward.
s-cett Hale in his editorial
rt-l to the May Woman's
muu5uu advises all good
...,. visit Mount Vernon. He
,. .aaeasiug myself writing to
r gagp Of unknown friends
'' through the Capitol with
. ~ 40. You are right in
a., r.-. frst day at the Capitol.
.- = M. l.. IN touch with the days
roIuw. If | am permitted
Nv - l'ope's phrase again, it
w.. -- g., ,.tl with a week in Wash
MI. A month in Washington,
v lshington. The Capitol
.pr, ~ en- YOU have spent one day
,D. 4ut1.. next to that. you are to
w, ,--- ar,t truly fine day to Mount
..r-- w .tu Won make your engage
.,t. m g, say. If it is fine day we
'-, -4irt ta Mount Vernon the first
',5 Ft- morning. Doctor Hale says
IN Tnst 10 so. In the first place, the
~. Toe kuuw of George Washington,
v. . s1,-zr f. Nill be for you, and it is
-. have ii clear idea of the home
sM ,}aorgr Washington. Poor man,
IA gat ave too much of it himself.
AN r.. when he was already the
IT grg-u ri Virginia. to 1899, when
.h-4 san.y twenty-four years. OF
w- .w-r,1 tour years he spent the
s.r g4.r, Of the Revolution away
AM t:n- ,l that between May, 1915,
y ,-arraa-r. ISL, he did not even
!. Vou.- Vernon. Then from April,
d "a RE fourth of March, 1897, he
a sNt from home as President
.t41r v-ls out of twenty-four he
!, ava. from Mount Vernon. But
Dr-i Mount Vernon with just the
M you have for the old home
.war-rMod.
'3e c lave a paper to read be
rl,- ,roccal branch of your clut
d. ys.u, I1 better than to read al
h 4.t5- ut lis. and the diaries ant
.5 u-A-.t- If travellers who visited
lr- Vernon: and then write you
3.-r q lome life of George Wash
F,1
TW lo this all the better afte1
Oh r- salru my advice, and with al
r. -rr-u- party have started a!
sv As u cau in the morning of
.atf. Nay day to go to Mount Yer
21 ..-,-- and see it as it is. y"
ut-ls-t. ll not need this remind
WIZ. appeared III print about tn
.l- 4r, marked on the steame
La- ,l lester at the foot of I'll
E.5 tbs palatial steamer, with
aH-T vi 700 passengers, recalle'
1t ..a ,-tamer Arrow-and her joll
2laL. saak -. which Ion
4r gs. this service and whic
-ll - 8=rn crowded with on
----Er. pe r Oh board. 1t was note
-. l- walter Of the Potomac wa
-a.i5 ID, amost as yellow in color
Ii g3,e. Of the Mississippi. On tn
4 a0d SIDE, the Virginia shore
2l. ye s-ra tile good work done b
l- geIueut in retaining the II
D1a r7fts unsightly in appearance
Ai mruJte to health. A bulkhea
A- .t-s Iult well out toward tn
@allr ami the intervening space bt
EstT CIR ul ahead and the shore file
III ha -ae lett, soon after leaving tn
Fa We passed the Navy Yard, and o
'-5 1g-f q prominent landmark is A
Is-1l house the CurtiS-Lee mansion
l90 occupied by the superintendent
aiiistol National cemetery. In tn.
cemetery sleep sixteen thousand SO
ees HLy lied N the war for the Unio1
I.'!! 'oot Is consecrated ground G
'Du- tue nations history is write
Y 'lF Ldu0us blood. From sunri'
~'i sunset Tue Stars and Stripes f1oi
''0'7 the graves of those who died TIL;
VT aaaon might live.
Jug steamer did not pass very near
4'AaLlrId, once a place of great COZ
4'''i8 Importance. shipping cargo
" tVatto and other products to foreie
"'alies and receiving in retu
'y'A Oh all kinds, but now in d
'"'7Ice Later it was the headqus
", ''' VI great fishing industry, but Il
''1 lSlery on the Potomac seems
VI diminished as have the fisheri
@ -LUFl ~ gtlrC Manu of tho n