The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-01-09
BEAUTIFUL WAsHlNcros

BEAUTIFUL WASHINGTON :
It is impossible to I'VE in wass.
ton and not be struck by some ~.
features ana some peculiar ba..a
which your city possesses. In taa
plac" lis site has Z. great de., :. -
is admirable and charming Tia.
rising ground inclosing on an ga
eve. space. and so making ~.
"a amphifheatre between hills -
re rich with woods
On the north, east ana vest :.
Of Washington, and to some a..
On the south. or Virginia. side +,
although there the difficulties ~ :.
nation are greater on account Of S
deavy mud II The roads, the eon,,-
is singular!y charming, quite as H..
THU. as that which adioins and n s
great capital cities OF Europe ers...
81 course. C0nstantinoDle, with i
wonderful Bosporus.
No European city has SO noble
cataract in its vicinity as the Gree
Falls OF the Potomac magnisea..
piece OF scenery which you win j
course. always preserve.
Vienna has some picturesque eount,,
Mills and woods and rocks. within
distance OF twenty-five or thirty mHs.
London also has very pleasing land
scapes of a soft type within abou,
that distance: but l know OF no great
city in Europe except Constant.
noplel that has quite close, in its
very enyirons, such beautiful scener
as has Washington in Rock crpet
Park and in many of the woods ths
stretch along the Potomac on is
north and also on the south side, viii
the broad river in the center and M
IL wooded slopes descending boldlyb
il on each side.
Berlin stands in a sandy waste. W
fectly fiat. with here and there
swampy pond or lake, and sluggs
stream meanders through it. *E
has become, through the efforts of til
government and its own citizens,
imposing city: but the enVirOns car
never be beautiful, because nature ha
been very ungracious.
St. Petersburg has a splendid waite
front facing its grand river, the NeFa
with its vast rush of cold green water
covered with ice in winter and chill
ing the air and seeming TO chill the
landscape in summer That, howega,
is the only beauty ST. Petersburg has
The country is fat in many places
waterlOgged. owing to the numerous
pools and swamps.
Paris. again, has some agreeabA
landscapes within reach. but nothing
at all striking. nothing nearly so hIa
il the line of its scenery as the hill.
that inclose the valley in which Wash
ington lies, and no such charm Of 4
still wild forest as Washington aE
ords.
The same thing may be said q
Madrid. It stands on level, and the
mountains are too distant to come
effectively into the landscape, and is
only water is a wretched little brook
let called the Manzanares. They tell
a story there about a remark attribrs
ed to Alexandra Dumas when he visit
EIDE Madrid. He was taken to the lofty
bridge which spans the ravine at TIE
bottom of which the rivulet flows
The day was hot and. being thirsty
he asked for a glass of water. The
brought him the water, and he VA
about to drink. when. looking dow
and catching sight of the streamle
he said, mo take it away; give It Z
that poor river; it needs a drink NOR
than I do"
Then there is our English London
which stands in rather tame countrl
1t is true that there are some charm
ing bits of quiet and pretty rurs
scenery in Surrey and Sussex, witail
distance of from twenty to thIre
miles. and there are pleasing WOOD
covering the chali:y hills of Bucks. Re
nature has done nothing for Londo
comparable to what she has done 70
Washington.-James Brice. forHs
British Ambassador.
Woodrow Wilson has written y