Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-11
TICKET SELLERS
MEET IN CAPITAL
Advantages of Advertising
Washington Outlined to
Railroad Agents.

Advantages of advertising Washing.
ton as s s &acation city were set forth
BY James Keeiey, assistant to the pres
ident of the Pullman CO., and other
speakers at the ninth annual conven.
tion of the American Association or
Railroad Ticket Agents at the May
flower Hotel today. The delegates
were welcomed by Engineer Commits
sioner Col. William b. Ladue.
While the railroads have done much
to advertise this city by Offering spe-
cial excursion rates and by other
means, Mr. Kelley said, is is the tick
ct agent himself who can do most to
induce prospective travellers to visit
Washington.
Shrine of Patriotism.
eft is your advice that is often
sought by millions of travellers desir-
ing new vacation trails. and much de-
ponds upon your suggestions. 1t Is
because of this latent power that ex-
press my qualification that you meet
this year in Washington, because this
city is not only the seat of national
government. but also the premier
shrine of American patriotism. It is
a city of clinging memories that in
clude the days Of colonial settlement,
growing wealth, incipient nationalism,
the war that achieved independence
and the foundation of the worlds
greatest republic, to say nothing of
the developments of the last century
and a half.
much OF Americas early history
was made within a comparatively
small radius of this city. and modern
events destined to rock the world have
had their inception here. The knowl-
edge that mQst Of the country's great
est have t!'od the streets that you
walk today, should generate thrill OF
national pride. No other one city OF
America can present to you such a
picture of our past and our present.
our glories and our griefs and our
reasons for belief in still greater
future.
Illustrates Law Of Nature.
'erhe incidents relating to the loca-
ton Of the National Capital are not
only interesting in themselves, but
proofs that certain laws Of human
nature that wrok for the good OF all
never change. Compromise Is one OF
these and, as we all know, an every
day necessity. It was a compromise
agreement between Thomas Jefferson
and Alexander Hamilton that located
the nonresident Capital of the youth
full republic upon the banks OF the
Potomac.
1--WE are in a city OF contrasts and
lessons. Walk down Pennsylvania ave-
nue. almost to the Capitol and you see
the Naval Peace Monument, honoring
the naval dead of the Civil War and
IMPLYING the relief that peace brings
after an often necessary carnage.
Centuries OF world history have
proven that a nation is only as strong
as the patriotism Of its people. Pa
triotic impulse Pounds a nation, main
tains 1t and If its government wan
ders into strange paths guides 1t back
to its proper course; otherwise ruin
prevails. But, sequentially, patriotic
fervor may inaugurate something
worthwhile and lack strength TO COM
plete 1t, and that is when an awak-
ened government fulhlls one Of its
functions.
Monuments History Recalled.
'-There are examples before your
eyes in this city. Patriotism suggested
the Washington Monument in congress
sional discussions as early as 17sS, Just
ut the close Of the American Revolu-
ton. But the immortal Washington
was still alive and was his own monu-
ment, and the project died, to be un.
successfully revived after his death
in 1893.
''Then 81 years elapsed before an
association OF citizens was organized
TO pay the belated tribute to the
Father Of His Country, and Is more |
passed before the corner stone was |
laid. Seven years later, in 1855, work |
stopped. No funds! Almost a quarter |
century rolled by before anything was |
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fourth completed memorial to our |
greatest national hero. Then the Gov |
eminent that had initiated but slunl- |
bered resumed the work, and in 1885, |
102 years after the project was first
preached, the Washington Monument
was completed. It takes popular team
work to run government and a gov.
eminent TO make team work effective.
Sixteen miles down the Potomac
Hes the great shrine OF all 100 per
cent Americans-Mount Vernon.
There, amid beautiful surroundings
and almost within sight of the Capt.
ed, lies the remains OF George Wash
ington. The fact that millions of
generating countrymen have had the
opportunity to stand before that tomb
Ia due TO triotism-the outraged pa
trfctisn1 OF a woman Of South Caro-
lima, Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham!
In 1855 sacred Mount Vernon was
offered for sale by the owner, a de-
scendant Of the Washington family,
who could no longer afford to main
tain it, national shrine though it was.
Patriotism Saved Shrine.
"Again individual patriotism awoke
and individuals carried through the
project, and you view it today because
OF the women Of America, who were
spurred to action by Southern wom-
an few years before the war Of the
States began.
you gentlemen today are seeing
and will see for yourselves these ma
the emotions which come from con-
tact with the great historical factors
in the development OF this Nation.
When you return to yoCr homes, you
viii be better Americans, because you
will have indelibly imprinted in your
hearts and in your minds. unforgetta.
BILE pictures OF our patriotic shrtnes.
You will tell your neighbors, your
friends and your business associates
of what you have seen, Of what you
have heard, of what you have learned.
And, as advisers to the travelling pub
lie, you can do real service to Amer.
ica by impressing on those who come
to you for advice that IL is a patrl-
otic duty of every one in our great
Nation to learn by actual contact the
story Of the patriotism of the past
that has made the present possible"
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