Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28

There is no withstanding public opinion,
and william has consented that Augustine, at
the head of his company, shall be allowed to
meet Lafayette at the District line; so the young
captain and ensigns are in a way to tread the
Avenue with as much precision and dignity as
their fathers"
Again Mrs Seaton writes:
Dear Mother-I dent know how it was,
but I certainly figured more than I had any
wish expectation of doing on the day OF
Lafayette's arrival. In the first place, I was
selected by the committee of arrangements
to superintend the dress and decoration of Is
young ladies representing the States and Dis
trict and procure appropriate wreaths scarfs
and Lafayette gloves and flags for the occasion.
to assemble them at my house and attend them
under my protection to the Capitol.
ct had previously been influenced by various
Guards of which William is the proud cap
tain, and as this was now duty, determined
to make it a pleasant one, and to avail myself
OF the dear little children's presence to render
my own position less conspicuous by being thus
surrounded.
at O'Clock crowd had assembled around
the house, and many friends were within to
witness the ceremony The little girls were in
uniform-long blue scarfs hair curling down
and wreaths Of eglantine on their pretty young
heads They formed in double line, separating
on each side of the front steps. 20 being so
Q1SDOSeQ, Se1ocEeQ-OI a.
represented North Carolina and M Virginia
to bear the flag to the center of the stone
platform, and, forming a star, to await the
priesteSs of the ceremonies who stepping forth
arrayed in India muslin trimmed with blue
ribbons and lace, and with nodding but
modest plume of the same color making the
most Of her height, thus as nearly as recoI-
1ected addressed the Guards"
MR.. SEATON'S home, where he entertained
Lafayette and other noted public and
celebrated men, stood on the south side of z
street between Seventh and Eighth streets,
where some 40 or more years ago was Abner's
Summer garden. Lansburghs store now oc-
cupieS the site of this noted mansion, which is
well described by the late Henry e. Davis in
the Records of the Columbia Historical Society,"
as follows:
The home of MIR. Seaton was a commodious
end substantially built house of brick on the
south side Of E street north, midway between
Seventh and Eighth streets west It was origi-
nally numbered 423, but after the REMEMBERING
OF houses under the act of the District Legis-
lature its number was 700. As indicated by
the numbering on the rainspout, it was built
in 1923.
1.-The lot on which the house stood was 60
feet front by depth Of 40 feet. and the
southern end thereof was side lot about 20
feet in width. extending out to Eighth street.
The house itself was 40 feet square, leaving
an alleyway Of 10 feet on each Of the east and
west sides. The ground floor contained I'm the
front, partly above and partly below the street
level, three wine cellars, two of them with and
one without bottle racks ON the walls, and each
was without flooring except for the natural
earth. At the back of the west and south, level
with the lot ut that point, was the kitchen,
fully 10 feet square. and adjoining it on the
east was . room Of the same size used as q
store room for fuel, etc. In the kitchen on this
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recess, from the top Of which over the rangG
hung an old-fashioned roasting spit.
Back Of the house and against the western
wall inclosing the yard was smokehouse and
also conservatory In the yard itself were
many trees, including althea, ig cherry Eng
hsh walnu. and q large Seckel pear, which