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Show A MARY WASHINGTON MEMORIAL. Moveaient for a Monument to tha Mother ot t.rnrffn Wunhiui;ton. New Olil.KANs. Feb. 4. Special to The Times. The ladies of the Louisiana Louis-iana division of the national Mary Washington memorial association will i give a grand subscription ball tonight, I w hich will be attended by the leading ! people of the city, for the purpose of raising funds toward biiilding a iiiomi- ment to the memory of (Icorge Wash-' Wash-' irgtou's mother. The neglected and I dilapidated tomb of Mary Washington ! stands in the cemetery near Frederieks- burg, Va. Years ago a monument over the grave was proposed and the corner ; stonu laid W illi much pomp and cere-I cere-I mony, but little has been done since, and the tomb has been neglected and ' allowed to fail into decay. |