The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-11-27
SAUK CENTRELADY
HAS UNUSUAL TRIP
Mrs. A. F. MOynihan Return
ed Tuesday Evening from
Washington Conference
INTERESTING SCENERY
Conducted Through White
HOuse-SenatOr Shipstead
Holds Key Position

ueSudy eNeIllIlS lIOlI- very lHItl-
esting and instructive trip to Wash
ington D. c., as a delegate to the
White House Conference assembled
by President Hoover on Child
Health and Protection.
Being convinced that a series of
articles on the highlights of this
unusual trip the Herald has pre-
vailed upon Mrs. Moynihan to pre-
pare a series of articles which will
cover every phase of the confer
ence. The first follows herewith:
II left Sauk Centre Sunday night
taking the Empire Builder out of
st. Cloud at nine P. M. arriving in
Chicago at 10:30 A. M. on Monday
morning. Left Chicago at noon
on the Liberty over the Pennsyl-
vania road. Arrived in Washing
ton at o'clock Tuesday morning.
First impressions-a mild rather
oppressive climate-soft southern
speech with a delightful accent,
courteous manners and suppress
ed feeling of excitement as if
great things were about to hap
pen. The Willard Hotel has grown
old gracefully. It has been the
home of great statesmen and i'm
posing characters in the history of
the U. S. for many years. The old
illustrations and cartoons taken
from; newspapers of the early days
which line the walls of the coffee
shop are facinating in their oor-
trayal of forgotten events of other
years. The Willard has been a
host so long that the very walls
breathe hospitality.
The people of Washington are
very proud of their city, from
statesmen to cab drivers. Strangers
are constantly urged to see this
building or that memorial. During
a fifteen minute drive from the
hotel to the Capitol our driver
pointed out dozen places of i'm
portance entirely unsolicited.
"The first day was devoted to
sightseeing as registration did net
start until Wednesday. In COM
pany with Mrs. Brennan, wife of
the chancellor of theh University
of Montana, trip was made thru
the Corcoran Art Galleries. the
National Museum, the Arlington
cemetery, the Lee mansion and
back through the Lincoln Memoir
ial. For five dollars we had a
large new Buick limousine and n
driver who was born and grew to
manhood in Washington. We did
not follow the beaten paths but
slipped out along tree covered roads
to Tad Lincoln's grave almost en-
tirely hidden by cypress trees and
to William Howard Taft's grave
with it's tiny marker. The place
selected for hin. by his wife stands
in part Of the cemetery contain
ing very few graves. Five giant
naples form semi-circle a. his
head.
In spite of the fact that this cem-
etery is visited by almost every
tourist to Washington, there is a
peace and quiet among it's old
trees with the Potomac separating
it from the hurry and excitement
of the city broad.
Leaving Washington by striking
the tidal basin which is really a
sort Of artificial lake made from
the tidal f1uctuation of the Poto-
mac river and kept in by locks, we
drove for some time along the
shores which are bordered with the
cherry blossom trees given to Mrs.
Roosevelt by the emperor of Ja-
pan. It seems that she happened
to be in Japan during cherry bios
som time and so admired them that
the emperor sent thousand or
more of the little trees as a gift.
They have done remarkably well
in the transportation and during
their blossom time, the scene is
beautiful.
Just beyond the wall stands the
Washington Monument with its
base of one acre dominating there
on the view for miles around.
The magnificent program of
landscaping which begins really
with the Pennsylvania station to
the capitol, then to the White
House tearing out the old center
market and many other old build
ings, on to the Washington Monu-
ment the sunken garden, the
pool, Lincoln Memorial across the
river to Arlington and a grand wide
new boulevard that will connect
the chain with Mount Vernon. It
will be many years before this can
be completed but when done it will
rival the beauty of European cap
itols.
I'VE were not so impressed with
the grave Of the unknown soldier.
President Hoover had the day be-
fore placed gorgeous wreath of
golden chrysanthemums on the
grave. There were a number Of
other wreaths, some more or less
There is movement
afoot to do away with the custom
Of placing these wreaths and Of ex-
pecting every foreign delegation to
place them. We felt that much of
the sentimnt has gone out of this
net, that It has become more or less
routine. The white marble amphi-
Just back Of it that one
cannot visualize the poor man who
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