Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-15

lonial period. and contain many valuable
relics Of Washngton's contemporaries.
The kitchen and spinning room have been
consistently refurnished and the servants
quarters. summer house. flower garden.
barn and coach house have been repaired
and restored. The separate servants
quarters. although found in ruins. have
been exactly reproduced. SO far as their
exteriors are concerned, while In the
flower garden trees and shrubs planted
bv Lafayette. Jefferson and other nota-
bles also roses named by Washington.
are still kept alive. Washingtons deer
paddock. in the wooded slope along the
river and below the front lawn. has been
restocked with Virginia deer. and the
original Washington coach-a vehicle or
colonial elegance-has been returned to,
the old carriage house. The old tomb.
whence, for fear of landslides. all OF the
remains of the Washington family were
removed to the new vault in 1881. has
been extensively repaired. These inde-
fatiguable women have also built a pic
turesque wharf on the site where Wash
ington shipped his farm produce to mar
ket, and they have recently bored, into
the adjacent hills long tunnels. which
will prevent q repetition OF the landslides'
formerly caused by such quicksands. The
maintenance of the grand old estate thus
restored by these patriotic women OF
America depends upon the entrance Zee
OF % cents. charged at the gates. and
from the sale OF photographs. souvenirs.
plants and flowers. Their great task OF
restoring the estate to its original colonial
grandeur has demanded not money alone
but executive ability and artistic taste.
Colonial decoration alone is an art de-
manding years of study. and IL IL gen.
orally conceded that Mount Vernon. In.
side and out is the best type Of colonial
mansion to be found today in all OF the
Americas.
Boulevard From Washington.
A new boulevard running from Mount
Vernon through Alexandria, Va. IL an
other project now gaining Roadway. The
present roadway is one relic OF WASH
ington's day whose modernization the
most patriotic citizen will not brand as a
vandalism. The home OF Washington
may be reached safely and comfortably
by electric car and by boat, but carriages
and automobiles attempting the trip eX-
perience too perilous a touch OF the re-
alism Of colonial days. The circuit courts
OF the counties through which the high
commissioners to ascertain what prop
critics must be condemned for the new
boulevard. A bill introduced In this ses-
sion Of Congress authorizes the Secretary
of War to spend $4,000 in converting into
a boulevard forty feet wide that part OF
the road between Washington and Mount
Vernon which runs through the govern
ment's Arlington reservation. Both OF
these highway projects having nateridl-
lied. there will be a modern boulevard
fourteen miles long connecting Washing
ton. Arlington, Alexandria and Mount
Vernon Twenty years ago there was a
movement on foot to connect Washington
and Mount Vernon with memorial
highway" 200 feet wide. The Virginia
legislature incorporated a body OF men
to carry out the project. and authorized
them to obtain funds for the work by
collecting from Congress $4,000, which
virginia I'm 17oO granted for public build
ings in Washington. But Congress did
not disgorge.
The government can greatly further the
restoration of Mount Vernon IL ii pur-
chases the property. The large WASH
ington collection In the National Museum
would probably be installed in the man
sion. as would the Washington relics in
the Department of State.