The Green Forest tribune., 1917-12-28
Mrs. J. ". Snyder Writes Interestingly
 of Her Recent Trip East
tContiaued from last weeE.O

On sunday morning. September End. We We're greeted with sunshi ne. and after a Jaunt around the city, we at tended Divine Worship at :he New York Avenue Presby yterian church and saw the pew once occupied by onr martyred President. All other pews have been changed and new ones have taken their place but this one, and it is marked with silver plate bearing the inscription Abraham Lincoln"
 The sermon was by the Rev. William l.. Nudge, D. D., of Chambersburp. Pa. 1t was an exalted tribute to American Patriotism.
 So God doth kindly stay
 Ills rough wind in the day
 Ills east wind keenly blows:
 so in the time of need
 when hearts are sore and bleed, Ills dearest love He shows:
 For all the storms He guides
 ! On all the winds He rides
 What we can bear He knows
 After church we had dinner with Mir. and Mrs. Jessie H. Pulliam, who are friends of my daughter. Her mother. Mrs. Violet A. Lawrence, of San Francisco, showed us some of the beau tlful residential district of the city.
 Monday morning, September 3rd, we visited the Smithsonian Institute. The new National Museum contains relics and objects of interest of all kinds. collected by the government since it's foundation. The selection comprises the gowns, hats and many articles worn by the presidents wives, one of George Washingtnn s suits, innumera- ble species of birds, fishes reptiles, etc. Then out thru the grounds, viewing 1ne 5ea1t1ui flowers md shrubs, to Washington monument-a massive shaft of pure white marble and gral.ite. capped by an aluminium pyramid which makes it visible by night as well as by day. got op the elevator and went to the top which is 555 feet from the ground, and had a view of the most beautiful city in the United States. It stands today the loftiest memorial elevation in the world, and is the most imposing and costly monument ever erected to man. It is memorial to the hero, the soldier, the patriot, the ! statement and perpetual tribute of a 1 greatful people to that overshadowing figure in the nations history Washington.
 The corner stone was laid July 4th, lS48, James K. Polk, President of the United States and ex-officio presi- dent of the Board of Man agers; Will jam Brent, first vice-president; William w. Seaton, mayor of Washington and second vice-president; J. B. H. Smith, treasure and George Watterston, sec retary. officiating. A great variety of | appropriate articles were placed in the corner stone. The topmost stone of the pyramid was set December 9th. 1884. The monument was dedicated February 21st,S 1885. Cost of the monument was $1, 1S7, 701. .31 and of this amount $500, ,000.O0 was raised by individual free will offering and the remainder was by congressional ap- propriations.
 The 4th of September our first call was at the office of the National Trib- une. There had the pleasue of meet ing Col. McElroy who assured me that he was doing his utmost to secure an increase in the widows pensions. Then we called an old fashioned cab drawn by pair of horses with a real southern negro driver and visited at the Pan-American building, where there were forms of vegitation grown in Latin America and different species of birds, monkeys and spectacular view of the Panama canal and stopped at the Red Cross building constructed of pure white marble by the United States and dedicated to the use of the Red Cross nurses, also viewing the Daughters of the American Revolution building, the Army-Navy building, the Sub-Treasury building and many others which we did not find time to explore. We visit next the Corcoran Gallery of Art which contains casts from antique sculpture from the renaissance, from modern sculpture. marbles, bronzes, porceains, glass and electrotype re- productions, all so very interesting that We could have spent much more time but had another very interesting place to go
 We boarded an auto and drove thru Pennsylvania avenue to our National Capitol. In the rotunda we met a former acquaintance of my daughter, William A. Young, chief of the Staff of Official Guides, who took special inter. est in placing us with a guide that showed us thru the building, ex- blaming the pie lures in the Hall O Fame and took lls lIn to tho CnIIar,,