The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-11-27
Sauk Centre Lady
Has Unusual Trip

Sank Centre Lady
Has Unusual Trip
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lies within. Personally felt he
probably would rather have been
back in his own little home ceme-
terry than to be forever a public
figure. we visited the old confed-
crate cemetery with the tiny tab
lets blackened by the weather.
There appeared to be many small
square blocks without names. We
were told these were the men who
fell in battle and were unindentifi-
d. The Biviauc of the dead held
us for time. It is a semi-circular
pergola under which is buried un-
identified bodies and parts of bod
les put together in one grave after
some battle of the civil war. We
were told that there were portions
of 2110 bodies in that grave.
Since Arlington is in Virginia
and was originally the home Of
General Lee one finds many re-
minders of the Civil War and old
southern memorials to their dead.
The four hundred acres of the old
Lee estate were purchased by the
government in 1862 and set aside as
a burial ground for our illustrious
dead. Standing high above it Wis
ible for miles is the Lee mansion to
which General Lee moved when he
married Miss Curtis. It has been
preserved and is being re-furnished
as nearly as possible with the orig
inal household furniture but some
Of the rooms are almost empty.
General Lees office with its
worn old rag rug, the powder horn
hung on the walls, his rickety old
desk and maps so out of date, are
facinating. An old Franklin stove
which probably just took the chill
off the room stands in a corner. It
would receive scant consideration
as a warmth giver today.
4In the Lee basement, if it might
be dignified by the title of base
ment, we saw the old wine cellar
with it's racks for big barrels of
wine, vinegar and whisky and with
four dusty old bottles still stand
ing on the shelves. Next to it was
the winter kitchen. All the cook
ing was done in a great open fire
place, the kettles were heavy, black
ened with age and smoke and most
unsanitary.
"The entire house is furnished
with fine old furniture but it is i'm
possible to get away from the i'm
preston that living in those days
under the best of conditions was
hard.
"At the national museum we stop
ped only for a short time to see
the best dresses of the wives of
former presidents. Some of them
are caricatures. The wedding dress
of Harriette Lane Johnson neice of
James Buchanen (1857-186D was
perhaps the most beautiful. It's
heavy cream MORE spread in fan
about her feet, was scalloped and
trimmed with priceless lace. Over
her shoulders she wore a lace shawl
that will forever excite the admir-
alton of beholders.
Among the pictures of former
presidents wives, in the White
House, the wife of President Ar
thus impressed us as outstanding
in appearance. AS you go about
looking at the intimate details of
their lives, the impression grows
that they were picked from every
walk of life to do their turn for
a time, some creditably others mer-
cifully forgotten; that fashion do
strange things to personalities; that
time is a grim jester having always
the last laugh.
Through a letter from the editor
of the Herald to Mr.. :Ackerson, Sec
retary to President Hoover, I called
early theme next morning at the
White House. Mr.. Ackerson was
with the President who was pre-
pairing to have his picture taken
with his cabinet on the White
House lawn. The chairs were be-
ing arranged and the men were
their ties and looking
seif-conscious. Three days later,
this picture was shown on the
screen by the Pathe news advice.
"Mr. Ackerson delegated a very
dignified gentleman to take me
about. I was permitted to enter
parts Of the White House not
shown to the public. The White
House is a fine old mansion at
present in very good repair. But
there are hundreds of other homes
in Washington far more beautiful
and modern. However, when you
see the Stewart picture Of Wash
fngton which was saved from Brit