The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-13

But there is ample in and around
Baltimore that one can see with profit
for, leaving the old portion Of the
town, one finds everything that APP
peals to those who like to see things
that are new. The city has a splendid
park system connected with excellent
roads and one may go from historic
old Patterson Park on the east, where
is erected a tall, pagoda-like observa-
ton tower just within the breast
works that were thrown up against
the British in 1912, to Druid Hill Park
on the west, one of the finest ex-
amples of natural and artificial re.
creation places in the East.
Baltimore has long been known as
the Monumntal City, and it Is well
known that the first memorial to
Washington was erected here A Nal
tese cross shaped park surrounds it
and this is dotted with monuments
to noted Baltimoreans, together with
the famous Barge bronze statues.
Beautiful homes have been built
around this park which is known as
Mount Vernon Place. Almost every
important event in history is com
memorated in Baltimore in marble or
bronze-the Revolutionary War; the
War of 1912, the Mexican War and
the Civil War, both the Union and
Confederate forces being honored by
splendid memorials.
Baltimoreans pride themselves most
upon their quick recovery from the
great fire of 1904, which wiped out
about thirty acres of the wholesale
business district, destroying merchan-
disc and buildings valued at about
pie of the commonwealth deserve
much credit for they have undOubted-
ly made rapid strides in restoration.
At the same time many of the narrow
streets were widened and that section
of the city, with its fine warehouses
and Office buildings, now presents an
entirely different aspect.
In the expenditure of S6000,000 for
the purchase of water front property
and building new docks the city has
executed a shrewd business move for,
under the rental system, the docks
are paying for themselves. The peo,
pie, too, are spending vast sums for
public improvements, more than $13,
| 100000 being borrowed for the install
, lation of a modern sewerage syste n
high pressure water system in the
business district and for the improve
ment and extension of the park sys
! tenn.
The convention visitor who cares
! to study the architecture Of churches
will find Baltimore a fertile field
Houses of worship are numerous and
until recently Baltimore was the of
fetal residence of the only American
cardinal, and the old Cathedral ad
| joining his home is well worth a visit
The edifice, which is more than one
hundred years old, has been the
scene of some of the most memorable
gatherings of the Catholic Church il
America.
Goucher College and the Johns Hop
hns University are educational insti
tutions too well known to need a de
tailed description here, and the Johns
Hopkins Hospital, that great medica
institution which has numbered Sc
many famous people among its pa
tents and where such remarkable
cures have been made. 1t may seen
out of the ordinary to point to hos
pital as one of the beauty spots of {
city, but nevertheless this institution
comes under the class with it's vel
kept lawns, it's bright flowers and Its
general clean cut appearance.
For the epicurean there is Lexing
ton Market, one of the real sights o
the city and, perhaps, more widely
known than any other market house
The market proper extends more than
1900 feet, but on market days" lines
of wagons add another 500 feet to it's
length. On either side Of the marke