Mount Vernon, the home of Washington . 11 land shore, where was locatedand is still preserved Mar-shall Hall, the country placeof John Henson Marshall, isall in harmony with the sim-ple grandeur that surroundsthe spot where lived Georgeand Martha withal, the associationsare what lend the intenseinterest and affection thatattaches to the place, for hadMount Vernon been any-. JLUUlUll, Ceiling Design by Washington [12] thing else but the home ofWashington it might passsimply as a nice old countryplace. I can recall a thousand bigsights and experiences of firstmagnitude, and in our


Mount Vernon, the home of Washington . 11 land shore, where was locatedand is still preserved Mar-shall Hall, the country placeof John Henson Marshall, isall in harmony with the sim-ple grandeur that surroundsthe spot where lived Georgeand Martha withal, the associationsare what lend the intenseinterest and affection thatattaches to the place, for hadMount Vernon been any-. JLUUlUll, Ceiling Design by Washington [12] thing else but the home ofWashington it might passsimply as a nice old countryplace. I can recall a thousand bigsights and experiences of firstmagnitude, and in our owndomain they include theMaine woods, the roaring Ni-agara, the Great Lakes, theRocky Mountains; dips inthe Atlantic, the Pacific,Lake Superior and the Gulfof Mexico; a train ridethrough the Culebra cut anda walk across the locks atGatun; stalking deer in theforests, whipping the troutstreams in the Middle Westand hauling in the lines whiledeep-sea fishing off Cape Cod [13] or pulling salmon from LakeSebago. And then there hasbeen the laughter and gaietyof the Great White Way,and long years of life in thecities since I forsook mycountry newspaper and the


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