The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

SduQS OF american lie, SIlll Stduus
to be visited and admired by every
tourist.
"A man for whom our national
capitol is named, for whom our lofti-
est column is erected For whom is
named one of the states of the
union, county in every state.
town in every state, a street in every
town, child in every street.
MY attention was recently called
by one of our members, Mrs. Wilcox,
to a remarkable collection of Wash
ingtonia in one of the Beacon Hill
homes of Boston. Little by little,
during the past sixteen years, the
books, papers, pictures have accumu-
lated here, until something more than
5000 items are now stored and clas-
sified. The collection is at once
monument to the industrious ell.
thusiasm of its possessor Mr.. Wal
ter Lewiston, and to the Father OF
His County. One of the books pub
lished in Philadelphia and London in
1856, contains a sermon by Rev. Sam
Daras, in which he expresses the
hope that some fire of martial spirit
remained in the people, notwithstand-
ing the long terms Of peace that had
been enjoyed. AS a remarkable in
stance Of this I may point out to the
public that heroic youth, Colonel
Washington, whom l cannot but hope
providence has hitherto preserved in
so signal manner for some tmpor-
tant service to his country. This
sermon though not great rarity, Is
far from common and its prophecy is
but little known.
"On the ridge of Washington
Heights may still be found traces of
FIT Washington, built and named
after the commander-in-chief during
the first year of the revolution.
"Of monuments in the stricter
sense there are a triumpnal arch, two
equestrian statues, one heroic statue,
a copy Of Houdon's celebrated por-
trait statue, Bertnoldfs group of La
Fayette with Washington and several
tablets that mark historic spots.
jesse Lynch Williams says, This is
the part of town l love best of all;
where stands the noble arch from
which the avenue springs
1.-The most important Of all these
monuments is the fine memorial arch
that stands on the north side Of
Washington square, just at the be-
ginning of Fifth avenue. 1t comment
crates the Tooth anniversary Of the
organization of the government and
the Inauguration Of Washington as
president Of the United States. De-
signed by the late Stanford White, 1t
was erected in 1SS9-1852 at cost
of S12S,0O0.00, betrayed by public
subscription. Another work which
celebrates the first inauguration is
the heroic statue Or the steps or the
U. s. sub-treasury in Wall street. 1t
marks the spot where Washington
stood when the oath Of office was ad-
ministered to him on the 30th Of
April, 1889 (old Federal halD.
1.-THE Sons Of the Revolution have
recently presented to every public
school in the city copy OF the Gill
bert Stuart portrait of Washington
standing by his white horse, the orig
inal of which belongs to Boston. q
possess a much priced copy of this
same picture presented to my great
great-grandmother and other parents,
when they subscribed to the Wash
ington monumenD.
In addition, each of the larger
schools has in its assembly room an
excellent cast of the Houdon bust. 1t
is gratifying to know that in these
buildings where children Of almost
every race and cline come to be
fitted for American citizenship, there
is to be seen the noble and striking
face of the man who more than any
other, stands for the liberty, the
union and the greatness which his
genius did so much to achieve for the
American republic"
National Preparedness.
In introducing Mrs. Mamie Ander-
son Roberts whose subject was ma
tional Preparedness" Mrs. Newcomb
told of a leading advocate of pre-
paredness who was asked, What
enemy do you anticipate for which
you wish to prepare?" He replied,
If you will tell me what storms the
captain of an Atlantic liner anticf-
pated that he provided his steamer
with life boats. then l will tell you
what enemy ! anticipate"
Mrs. Roberts in her speech told of
the views of the extreme miiitarists
and then in contrast spoke of the
idea and ideals which govern the
pacifsts. She said the American
press is in a very great measure I'M
der the spell of the advocates of pre-
paredness. She explained the differ
ence between the continental plan of
preparedness, and tie plan Of feder-
alization of the national guards. She
said:
In this connection I noticed an
editorial the other day which stated
that owing to our recent press agfta-
ton for preparedness, the madness is
becoming contagious: that South
American republics are catching It;
that Argentina is increasing her
army and navy, and sailing near the
Uruguay coast, thus injecting Uru-
quay; then it is spreading to Para
quay; Paraguay is giving it to DO