Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-10-05
MR.. AND MRS. c. G. WADE'S TRIP
BY C. G. Wade
CONTINUED from last week.

tACuI1Ilutu lIOtil last Week
Inside the spacious old home of
George and Martha Washington were
exhibited many antique furnishings of
Colonial times; but learned privately
from the superintendent that very few
of the articles had actually belonged
to the Washington's.
They showed us Georges room, and
Lafayette's room, and Nellie Custis'
room, and the servants quarters; but
the names of the servants had long
since been forgotten. While the
stream Of humanity still surged
through the house beholding the anti
quated trappings all well guarded or
Fastened down so that one could not
lift them nor carry off even the
smallest souvenir, ! reveled in the
great outside, intent upon appropriate
ing and taking with me the best that
Mt. Vernon affords-the beauty of the
immediate grounds with its lawns,
walks, extensive gardens and old fash
Toned flowers, and farther off the view
of the Potomac down where it ceases
to be a real river and widens out into
what we would call an arm of the
ocean. Would that 1 might share with
my friend this souvenir; but in the ma
ture Of things cannot for it is mere
" a fond and vivid memory; but you
are ever welcome to Mt. Vernon where
you can help yourself to the satisfac-
tion of your varying capacities. At
Washington's tomb and in the old
home one pays homage to the dead
gase; While out in the open he beholds
enisy the living past, in the present, as
fresh and inspiring as in revolution
airy days. As | beheld the throng
of loyal Americans paying respect to
the great characters IN history /
thought it was up to ME to throw
bouquet to the unknown soldier" and
the private in the ranks" who contri-
buted to the renown of the heroes; so
here is one to Susanna Florence, who
lived in Washington's family (pre-
sumably not a guest, and therefore a
servant in some capacityl Our gem
ealogica record says: She was a very
smart French girl--her father rich
enough to have his parlor hearth made
of 5-franc pieces set up edgewise." She
married a revolutionary soldier, one
Edward Wade (son of Stephan, son Of
Jacob, who came to Lyme, Conn.,, from
England in 5000. Thus she had the
honor of becoming my great grand
mother. While Washington had to
content himself with being step
father, this French maid became the
mother of six sons and five daughters.
Her Oldest son Edward had seventeen
children, all in school at one time. An
other son, John Bonapart (my grand
father) had fifteen children; and yet
my wife thinks six children is some
family, and there be other good Amer
leans, who are contented with one or
two Susanna died about 81 years of
age, and her husband at 81 years, hav-
ing contributed their little to the re-
construction of America.
The city Of Washington, nearly as
large as Milwaukee, lyeth not however
four square, and many of its streets
regard not the sun nor the compass yet
are they not crooked like unto the
streets of Boston, and moreover there
is a great tower-W Washington Monu-
ment-to which the bewildered tour
list can always return and START over
again. BY all means see the City first
from the top of this tower. There is
good stairway all the way up and
only about one thousand steps and the
way is not crowded as is the elevator.
had heard an illustrated lecture on
Washington and expected TO see
beautiful city-and did; but aside
from the government buildings il has
not much on Milwaukee, and its streets
on the whole are not as comfortable
to drive upon, partly on account Of the
grades. came upon First street which
/ knew by the sun must run north and
south and found it marked "First st. !
North West instead of Moth First |
ST., and / journeyed two blocks east
and came upon a second First ST., par
allel to the first First St., and it was
marked First St., North East instead
of North First st. And a native, who
ought to know, said the System was
simple and "all right when you get