Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-20

ton family with those OF ne.rhbor!ng !
country scats--:h- Ma Lees and T,
lCainS"rii.!ds, some closely allied by
the ties of blood and AL with thos.
OF friendship, tile Fiizhurhs Balls /
i!"""6 ana many other i:hostY figures
barring prominent EGlues which the
dusi Of Gears has hidden Ia The for
gotten COMPANY. Bellies in silkcn.
nowcrcd gowns and hcaux in much.
p"runicd coats and queues or peri.
w!Ss
t2on the death ~ George Wash.
,nEi"u =, 1893. & life !ntcrcs, IN
init2n' Mho lived there until her own
death. The famous estate then BE-
Galn" the property OF Eushrod Wash
.htt"n. pussinS from him To his
-i"c"s and n"2h"ws. Is whom II was
sold tor subdivision. Tho next owuc,
Of me houSs. with the adjoining
ION Wh" lett tn" propcrty To- his son
~ ihat name. In 1853 the las;
n"m"n owner sold tn" house and tomb
with 200 acr"s 10 ;h- Mount Vernon
Ladies' Association. which came INTO
n".nS through the Virginia l.cgisla.
tur" OF ;hat year.
\, ihai i'm" all the buildings were
~ sah h.'h OF repair and the stor!
hs ~ WAS loyal. Miss Pamela Gun
ninEhnrn. OF South Carolina WAS put
y, "narac % this work. and among
IN" sums raised 70 d,fray The cx.
inrnses was $4,000 contriDutod 6y
Edward Everett. VINO spent Two years
!rcturinS for the eausc.
>" iccIate WAS the restoration
th"t Mount Vernon stands today much
rs III d!d when the WlSh!ngtons lived
lhere' Iaat period was faithfully
STUDIED. IN. original furniture search
ed Tor and replaced. Many articles
OF historic interest may now lie seen
on the interior. and ali of them tcs-
NY to the early grandeur OF the
place.
lnf feI
The different rooms of the buill
ing are allotted TO the vicc-regeu,s
o! the various States. The drawing
room on the east is under the care OF
Illinois. and or it's iioor is the f..
nous rug woven by order OF Louis
dent.
The banquet hall. in charge OF the
vicc-rcgcnt of New York, stu treas
ures its superb chimney piece OF
Parian marble. as well as candle
Sticks sucks and clock The mirror which
bra b4rackcts and other ornaments date
EsEi 10 IN" day. when Nellie GUSTS
II 70 ms sn,i,h IN this same hall
credit Of the present family dining
room. this vicc-regcnt having faith
fully reproduced the original curni-
lure, as only two pieces wer" left
Ohio. is Nellie Gusts harpsichord.
while in the sitting-room of Mrs
Washington the Georgia vice-rcscni
mas replaeed the ORIGINAL card table,
in book shelves III the library allot-
ted Ia Massachusetts We're designed
ny Washington. hut the majority of
this furniture merely r.produces thai
which was first placed there.
SIX sleeping Of the second
Moor arc in charge OF Virginia. West
VIRGINIA. MARYLAND Pennsylvania.
room Of Washington being cared for
by the first State In this room.
which awakcns such keen memories.
is the old fonr-post bed, the military
trunk and camp equipment OF Rev
pulmonary times II is not surpris-
ing TO those who know Virginia tina:
our Eice-regent has collected moro
than any OF the other rooms can
SHOW. Rooms on the third floor arc
looked after by Florida North Caro-
lima. Connecticut, Maine and the Dis
trict of Columbia
There Is Il simple. restul dignity
about tho house. and this is unspeak-
ably gratifying to modern observers
great houses of today There is re-
serve in the old woodwork. There
are broad. plain surfaces where the
imagination reposcs with comfort.
laHishly over everything. Nothing is
Forced: odd effects are not sought and
the result is restful. refined. satisfy
iEE.
R"nrs Witness To Aero.
Mount vernon now bears witness to
INC taste and requisites OF 4 ."n,:
gone time. Standing much as in 1890.
the old house under Jealous care bids
fair to endure as lasting mnnu-
msnt TO the name. of Washington.
When Dnnmorc's fleet was in the !
Potomac in i17G. George Mason. n
near neighbor, wrote the 70 lowing to
Washington: .."Dunmore has como
and gone, and left us untouched. OK
cent by some alarm. 7 sent my family |
many miles back i'm the country. and !
advised Mrs. Washington to do like.
wise as prudential movement. AT
first she said. No. VIII no, desert
my post but she finally did so with !
reluctance. rode only n few miles.
and. plucky little wcman as she Is. |
stayed away only one night"
From the end OF the Revolution nm
I'll the death of George Washington
in 1872. Mount Vernon was i, very
busy household. F2rcircnsrr an,
Americans. .strangcrsb tourists and
friends paid constant court To tho