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Show 1 ' :ggWF!! Iliifii is Hi Mount Vernon as It Now Appears 1 1 To conic upon y jUT55v I ,n,lnt " m o n ' n A lhn ,lw ,unllRhl J 0 5 I"00! 'he long gygcj i- '""I nailery nnd 'riMi i? ",6 tn"i ,'"",r WlSy rjAfl jft ilretth their legt y.i.-'YjPg ni1 ,fnwn ' Jrour VjiaWa spproach to HyvjL ,",th ,,' b,uo Jll Mk ,n"lle curling ifinfei -7mS from "10 clllnl jilBvriiVrB w" ni' ,c, l'10 stwir MAM, bimiaid fowls MVrrfrjM clack noisily about HrS their wings HisBslsnen run l almost see the old place a when Wathlnilon met hi ftlcnd half way down the drive or aaluted them from afar This I ai )ou llnd It when you are set down llko n duck In a puddle, right on tho edge ot tho moat historic ipot In America. You pais along In tbe shadow ot the squat brick wall, topped ot with omn menial pickets, past thn higher red brick wall motlled with patches of whitewash and topped off with Hi most grown coping, that wlndi along up tho hill like a hitgo snnke over which the red roofs show In utter dell anco ot Hi grett landlord's effort to hldo their urery-day oxlstencc and homely suggeitlont Wbllo you pon der why Wssklagton's back door wni convivial cheer that wmi around the feittve board through the medium nt tho pondoroui punch Ixiwl, or Ibe quaintly cut cbamimgno rlasses Many a trlfto that tells ot tho love of fem Inlno finery fills another onto raro bits of luce, miniatures, silver nnd china a delicious bit of feminine folly woven Indellbl) Into Hie meshes of all time It does seem a bit ghastly to turn In with tho ghosts nt the great, upon the bed whero Wail I list on died, but It has been done and, too whom Ijifay-etto Ijifay-etto rested On lho quaint little dross Ing ease, whero rriosl his august cue. now, each springtime lies n riotous mass ot modern hairpins and feminine furbelows The sitting room ot Nellie Cuttls, that of Martha Washington, tho family dining room and tho library, each with Us wealth of heirlooms, tolls of tho painstaking rare nnd research of many years In these rooms tho Regents sleep, nnd work, and live, nnd Imbue themselves with lho spirit ot thn Wnshlngtons Tho attendants for llm most part, are more replete with new uniforms than historical Information, but there Is reason fur knowing Hint It was In the dear old library that Washington received thn official announcement of his election as president of tho United Slates There are 17 closets In three sides of this room -curious llttlo closet within closets nono porccptlblo I jTS iThalrrsl? HgBjits,r!?tisia?:v mEz QHHiMMMBrsJJVBiM''' J "- litrhnit!jgljij lS!0mBU"'" -1' SVrt . " Tomb of Wathlngton In Summer Time his front door, and prepare to saluto the shades of hi greutness a man with a camera and a taking uxpres stun whirl Into vlow, and before you know It yours I ono of tho strange faces that looks out from the gallery, all wondering, oven though knowing, what ho Is going to do Ilut Its of no use to frot. Llko trouble, he Is ever with you thicker thun dandelion on s summer green It he divides the honor with any ono, It's with tho woman who wants a souvenir of (len iral Washington Here In tho banquet room, on the pot whero Lata) otto, llochambeau lerfsrton, Madison and Monroe, and Hie Artlits Houdon. 1'onle and Trutn bull, betides ninny great revolutionary general!, dined, tho women hold their iixecutlvo sessions The Iwautlful silver mountod mirror that adorned Washington's banquet board Is removed, re-moved, and un thu table they write ot tho progress that ssved the old houso from ruin To the Hegents of tho Mount Vernon association, who Oomo onco onch springtime and actu ally llvo, oat, and drink, and sleep under tho famous old roof does the plaro owe Its air of homelike com fort, as well as Its preservation It Is tho bantiot room that was prepared for tho first tlmo by tho hand of Lafayotte ond a company of French noblemen, who chanced to be houso guests Tho story runs Hist n ball was to he given, and tlie Imported Im-ported paper had arrived, but tio iwpnrhangers Mrs Washington mourned, but the chivalrous Lafayette, nlwaya ready to do or die, consoled her he was equal to the emengeney, and he nnd hi friends hung the paper, assisted by tbe general and bla house-Ihold house-Ihold In this historic room, the wo-Imen wo-Imen are literally surrounded by the priceless treasures that they have collected from the fading past for tho benofit of future generations The Washington that Rembrandt I'eale pictures, facing tbe difncullloa ot Yorktown, glorifies the side ot the room while from a mahogany cablnot comes a sulatnntlul suggestion of tho 17 to tho passing traveler, hut ctnvorly concealed as n part of tho walls and woodwork You must wuilu knee deep through cherry tokens to reach tho old con servatnry, with the quaint, rambling servants' quarters tucked away under Die oavns on each side whllo sloping roof and whitewashed walla remind one somehow of Hobble Hums It li nurloui how tbe Amorlonn trnv eler prefers to pilfer his historic treasure rather than to pay a trifle for them The old gardener thinks this Is tho case, and It Is only by tho greeted vlgllauoe that ho has far so many years preserved tho historic out-linn out-linn of the gaiden a originally planted and laid ol? by Wathlngton Again, Mr I-ellor's generosity nnd flno Jmlg ment are shown for sho Is chairman of tho committee on ground! nnd shrubs as well ss Interested In tho garden and greenhouse Many n rare plant llndi Us wny to Mount Vernon through her efforts The gardens aro maintained at an expense of over fl.000, but between ICOO nnd (700 or Hill amount I reallted from the sale of plants Mrs Phoebe Ileant Is a model fanner, ar.d ipends her money and talent fiwely Sl bat preserved and beautified the wharf at an ex peuse ot moro than $10,000 She dt-iMts dt-iMts the superintendent as to the vegetable garden that supplies tho table maintained for the attendants, advises about the deer park that hang on the bill edge over the I'otomac. ami otherwise acta a a beneficent power all about the prsin Isea She took a practical view of the herd of Jersey cattle that browsed around, and when they failed to keep tho old fashioned mllkhouse us well supplied as necessary ahe had thsm sold and a pretty herd of (luernseys driven In In the spacious old kitchen where things run riot, the traveler buys either a glass ot milk or a pleture to carry away as a souvenir Somehow, ono can't help but feel that even tho kino belonged to Washington, beoauio I thoy browse on bis plantation |