Evening star., 1940-09-22

20 overnight. III tIlc HUI ii'iie 3
we drove around the lovely old
city and just as We came to the
Capitol, we were fortunate TO see
the quaint old carriage with its
colored coachman and footmen IN
Colonial costume, bringing the host
esses in their colorful hooped skirts
and powdered wigs to the different
buildings.
We then drove to historic old
jamestown, the first English SET
tlement in America: to Newport
News, the shipbuilding center, where
we took the ferry to Norfolk, and
to Virginia Beach, where we swan
in the ocean which was quite rough
that day.
The following week We headed
the car to Philadelphia, where we
attended the exciting Republican Ma
tional Convention. We were thrilled
on our visit to Independence Hall
to hear the muffled tone of the l3
taps on the Old Liberty Bell, struck
by one of the young descendants of
signer of the Declaration of In
dependence Some of the well-knoWn
people l met at the convention were
former President Hoover. former
Gov. Landon of Kansas. Gov. Smith
of Wyoming in his colorful Western
attire, Senators Capper and Austin,
Chairman Joseph Martin and many
others. We were thrilled at the
close of the convention to see and
hear Wendell L. Willkie, the presi-
Dental nominee.
Sports.
After we left the convention. we
went to New York and the next
morning visited the Worlds Fair
1t is hard to describe such a Won
derful place.
About the middle of July I visited
my uncle and aunt in the wooded
hills of Sherwood Forest on the
Severn River in Maryland, where l
enjoyed the golf and swimming very
much.
In early August We took 140-
mile boat trip tand return down
the wide Potomac River to Colonial
Beach Va. My uncle and cousin
who had never seen Washington,
came to visit us. so I spent the
second week of August going with
b them to see the various Govern
ment buildings.
. At ElwOOd.
About the middle of August we
left for a trip West which covered
over 2.lO0 miles We drove through
Frederick. Md past the home of
: Barbara Fritchie, then to Gettys-
burg, where we went over the battle
: field. Harrisburg and the Pennsyl-
vania State Capitol came next. Our
road then wound over the Allie
gheny Mountains to Pittsburgh, past
the old Block House. I visited my
. grandmother there and swan in the
. big North Park pool, second largest
in the world Now each turn OF
the wheel was bringing us closer
f. to a very important place, ElWood
Ind. where we attended the Willkie
notification ceremonies. This was
wonderful occasion. about 300 ,0OO
people were there. all happy and
: enthusiastic.
Our next destination was the
Lincolnshire Country Club. Chicago,
; where 1 visited my uncle and aunt.
] enjoyed playing golf there.
We then left for Michigan. our
road lying at the foot of the great
, sand dunes. which border the blue
waters of Lake Michigan. Every
little bit we would catch a glimpse
] of the beautiful lake. We felt the
high light of the second day was
reached at Wolf Lake, where we saw
q very fine State fish hatchery. All
the buildings were of Colonial archi-
lecture. the series of ponds were
. filed with the cleareSt water, and
we could see large trout of different
varieties swimming busily.
Paid for Silence.
Our trip the next day led past
, Detroit. through Toledo, Ohio: then
along Lake Erie, where we saw a
heavy storm. Then came Cleveland
and on back to the hills around
Pittsburgh. We took the old Ma
tional Trail through Uniontown,
past Gen. Braddock's grave and
Fort Necessity. saw towering Low
ers' Leap at Cumberland. reaching
Washington quite tired but happy
over our fine trip.
/ Back home, saw a double e-header
between the Detroit Tigers and the
Washington Senators. During my
vacation I received a league ball
signed by all of the New York
Yankee team.
In between trips I helped where
I could at home and picked and
sold excess fruit from our garden
making about SO. 81 of which my
cousin gave me to keep quiet on my
trip from the Skyline Drive to Rich
mond. This was the hardest money
I ever earned.