The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-08-27
AUNT KATE SEES WASHINGTON

ehu iSShcih man ocI liAS iuSt VI a.
torpedo from the shape Of a whale.
The dcnizcns of the deep ranged all
the way from the whale, the shark,
alligator and all the fishes down
TO the minnow in the brook
Tha. Tony catches with a hook!
All kinds OF animals Of all lands and
all climcs arc thcre-thc great Afri-
can collection Of Roosevelt was there.
My, how | did wish for some little
boys | know when | gazcd at the
grinning gorillas, monkeys, bears, and
elephants, and the birds oh! the birds.
From the screaming eagle to the tiny
humming bird. And the snakes! You
felt so safe when you looked at them,
stuffed and in glass cases. The only
boys saw while there were gathered
about the cases that held the snakes
from the deadly cobra and boa con-
strictor Of the tropics to the ones SSc
know. From the words they let fall
the old prophecy is still so "The seed
of the woman shall bruise the SER
pent's head"
Before we went out we rested a bit
in the hall whore the statues Of great
men are, and whose statue do you sup
pose | spied there, way back in a
corner? There were two bronze
statues standing side by side, and says
! to myself III see who you are
Farragut and Davis, I read Jeff Da-
Wis back In corner in Il museum! Yes
1t was jeff Davis. | hunted up a
guard and asked him the pointed Uucs-
ton. Just before We passed ont a
guard asked us had We seen the new
was pictures. These arc splendid and
children Of future generations will
have something to look at worth while
Among the individual heroes was the
pictured face Of the rod headed noun
tanccr hero, Alvin G. York, OF Ten
ncssec.
Arlington.
| guess you think that. az tired as we
were when we left tho Museum. sure
ly to our boarding place we went to
rest. hut you arc mistaken. Instead,
We invested in more fruit, (and let nc
say here | never in all my life saw
as much fruit and such splendid quail
ity as greeted us every few steps in
Washngton). bought tickts for Arling-
ton and in little while we found
ourselves alighting at little station
and entering the enclosure, Arlington,
our natte$eSl cemetery, once the proud
ancestral nome Of r. e. Lee. The first
tombstone that greeted us had this
inscription: "He was gallant soldier
in the War Of Rebellion. "Tm glad
Uncle John Finley is not with me-"
said to the others. as read. "he and
I might start an insurrection!"
, Arlington. as all know. was the
home Of Robert T.. Lee and is a beau
tiful mansion overlooking the PotO-
mac. From its columcd porch you
also. as at Mount Vernon, look out
across the Potomac. The others sat
and rested in the porch. I couldn't,
but back and forth across it's brick
floor I paced and tried to think the
thoughts that Lee thought as doubt
less he paced on that same porch when
the war clouds gathered In go. Surely
1t mus have been about them that he
uttered these words: 1.-THE sublimest
word In the English language is duty"
i leaned against one Of the white COL
nmns and looked out across the river
towards Washington. The capitol Is
Iplainly seen and 1t Is a beautiful
sight ! wondered, as I looked at the
two railroad bridges, which was the
one that the Federal troops passed ov-.
er at such rapid rate after the battle
Of Manassas. AS If in answer to my
thoughts there appeared the inevitable
tourist party and the guide mega
phoned thus: "This building Is Arling-
on, the home Of the Confederate Gca-
cral, Robert e. Lee. The room on the
left as you enter Is the room in which
General Lee married. lie married
Mary Curtis, the grand daughter OF
Martha Washington, and she inherited
Arlington and LOO acres OF land.
Tradition says that Gen Lee paced
back and forth across the porch for 5
Gays trying to decide whether he would
accept the tender OF Commandcr-in-
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