Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-24
when ou,srown and superseded. to tho

when outsrown and superseded. to tho
town.
/ MARYLAND and its seventy miles OF
perfect highway leads tho motorist
from atar un to lis chief city. TO my
mind, baltimore is one of the least app
prociatcd. hut ono OF tho loveliest Of
all American cities. OF her | never
tire. She has the Charm OF variety.
In her the old and the new arc blended
You arc in the South acknowledgements
| OF the Potomac. but south of the Mason
aud Dixon line. Ever since YOU
crossed Wilmington and then through
Delaware into Maryland you have been
passing through rich country--;, rol!-
Ing wcll-woodnd land. with here and
thcrc fine manorhousc set upon a
slightly commanding cnincncc with
men and boys and sometimes kris
riding horseback In the road or UP the
lancs-l true sign of the South coun-
try. And beyond Baltimore this feel
ing intcnsiies. Yet when you have
made the slight detour to get into
Camp Meade you will find that YOU
have left the good land. Meade runs
true To form. and stands in !, vast
sand lot
CITY REGUN IN JUNE,
IS pEOPLl3D ny SEPTEMBER
Yet do not scorn Meade. nor any. OF
its fellows. They represent ono OF the
~ st. ID
have started Il city of $4,000 men and
over LOO buildings at the end cf June
ana nave 1t finished and ready for it's
khaki-clad citizens 10y the end OF Sep
tcmh"r was no mean task. The four
great redwood tanks that confront YOU
as you drive into Camp Meade are the
camps reservoir. Together they hold
100000 gallons. and yet timber Was
brought from California. wrought into,
these huge casks and made ready for
work. AL within SIXTY days. To any
real American. Washington necus
neither description nor analysis.
shall spare both. We shall lind our
selves crossing the Potomac flats upon
the Long Bridge. which a dozen years
Or more ago supplanted tho more
famous and historic Long Bridge. 1t
was genuine landmark. and tho pity
IS that there has been left no lasting
memorial OF i; whatsoever.
There is II" question OF the South
that we arc now travcrs;nE. You
might take this old city OF .Aiexantlria
through which VIC arc passing--with :,
decent regard for strict speed laws that
prevail in all Southern communities
and place II in Northern Maine, or In
Manitoba, and it still would he a
Southern town-and proud of it,
"G"orEe Washington came TO worship
here at Christ Church." reads tho
Amiahie Lady from the encyclopedia
i'luc Book. and 50, CITY years later
did the famous Robert T.. Lee"
We cease TO hear. Ice. In this an
ci"nt town. right after the four years
Of civil War. there was a Lee. ana he
great general. too who drove a milk
cart in order that inc might earn an
honest living. In such humble pride
can The spirit of great Amc rican
family refuse to die. Then VIC go into
tn" Carlyle House, down by the river
edge. and the pretty Young lady in
charG" of 1t with the still pretticr Nir-
GINA accent, shows US tho fascinating
place III the cellar whore they used to
murder slaNcs--or WAS T. Indians"-
and put ihcm to :: final sleep under the
pavement. Then we sec the old Ma
SONIC tlall and tho throne chair in
which Brother George Washington.
master of the old lodge. often sat.
Ti;LhS or NORTHERN
NIKGINIA'S TRADITIONS
For AlcXand has It's Revolutionary
lore apenty. and so has FrcdcriclzS-
burg even though half - dozen OF tho
DIoodlest battles of the Civil War
were fought around ;bou, it, and some
OF them not so far around about, as
the black cannon ball slill lodged In
one OF the whit" wooden pillars Cc the
Presbyterian Church mutcly goes to
snow. But the fredericksburg folk
know. of course. that YOU have stopped
10 sec tho house Of George Washing
ton al Mount Nrrnon--aCtcr all these