The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-25

Mass, where we stopped with MI
and Mrs. Louis Vincent of 961 Blu
ing sister of Mrs. Monroe ana mos
hospitable hostess.
Boston city Capital of the stat
of Mass. is the commercial metropoli
of New England. 1t is mt the Yves
End of Mass. Bay and comprise
Boston proper-EaSt Boston, Souti
Boston, Roxbury. Dorchester, Charlie
ton. Brighton and West RoXbury
Boston is especially noted for is
great park system. Among the attrac
1ions are the Common. Public Garder
Park. Arnold ArbOrctum, Marine
Park and Charles River Embank-
;nent.
I'm the Common : II Soldiers and
Sailors monument. In the Pubic Gar
den are an equestrian statute of
Washington, n bronze statute of Ed
ward Everett. n statute of Charles
Summer, one representing Venus riS-
ing from the sea and statute of Girls
puS .\ttuckS-Wc saw lie marked
lspot where Attacks fell in the Boston
Massacre. Where Paul Revere stood
when he received the lantern message
from the Old South Church. We saw
too the old South Church.
The State house stands on Beacon
Hill, il * 400 fl. long, 21 #. wild"
posing gildcd dome, just across the
street is the Robert Gould Shaw mon
Iument with Negro soldiers and horses
inscribed life size TO commemorate
the Negroes of Boston who lost their
Lives in the Civil War.
The Bunker Hill monument is go
feet high. 81 feet square mt the base,
Is feet at the top. Within is Il wind
ling stair case II feet i'm diameter. 1t
contains windows which afford
magnificent view, directly in front OF
this is a statute of General Gage. in
his exact pose when he said Don't
,shOot until yOu see the white of their
ewes" In the museum of Fine Arts
we listened to the state Symphony
Orchestra and saw there many paint
ings including that of "Thc Lords
ISupper." At the Botanical museum of
Harvard University we saw arts of
various races. The blown glass flown
ers were a thing of beauty. The story
goes that father handed the formula
down to the son, The son died with
| the secret. The Rhododendron looked
rs if it had been plucked from bush
in our own native state. We passed
lover the Charles River Of which the
poets have written so beautifully and
Into the grounds Of fair Harvard. The
next day found us down on the
lsouthern cosat OF Cape Cod at West
Falmouth.
Our next move was up through
New Hampshire into Maine, stopping
awhile at Ncwbury Port, Portsmouth
Portland. Brunswick and into hitch
field on to the Monroe Camp where
we tarricd four days from sight see
ling to rest, fish and motor boat ride:
lin and on the beautiful Lake Cobbos
seecOntee.
Here we visited with tho genial ant
! IN,
camp. ."'' %NN
The Camp Lodge on the balloon,
floor has a large living room, large
open fire place Of which on cithe
side has four private rooms. The liv
ing room has rockers, morris chairs
couches. card tables, everything Il
make it pleasurablc and home like.
| The gentlemen got the better of II!
at contract, but not so in PinOcle
The dining room, kitchen. and boa
Z house are under one roof About q
{ feet from either is Lake CobbosSce
= Icontee. Directly across the lake is the
t ,Woolworth three million dollar camp
VII ""T i''uih wv N"'ii' 'ii'O"S" i'''
t ton, on to New Haven Conn. where
n we whlcd away time with the esteem
i able DR.. Fleming and seeing Yal
|. University, then to New York City
@ While here we took i'm Radio City
h visited Columbia University. Grant
t, Tomb. shoppcd, ran over TO Brooklyn
!, Tarrytown, New Rochelle.