. A day in historic and beautiful Annapolis. an-over; King George Street was named for George the First ofEngland; Fleet, Cornhill and Conduit Streets, for celebratedstreets in London; Church Circle and State Circle, because Church and the State House are on them. The City Hotel, on Conduit Street, is one of the old colonialbuildings, and has the distinction of having had George Wash-ington for one of its guests, and it is also said to have been herethat Admiral Paul Jones laid his plans for forming the Amer-ican Navy. The Old Assembly Room, where the beaux andbelles of Annapolis danc
. A day in historic and beautiful Annapolis. an-over; King George Street was named for George the First ofEngland; Fleet, Cornhill and Conduit Streets, for celebratedstreets in London; Church Circle and State Circle, because Church and the State House are on them. The City Hotel, on Conduit Street, is one of the old colonialbuildings, and has the distinction of having had George Wash-ington for one of its guests, and it is also said to have been herethat Admiral Paul Jones laid his plans for forming the Amer-ican Navy. The Old Assembly Room, where the beaux andbelles of Annapolis danced, when it was called the Paris ofAmerica, is in the City Hall, on Duke of Gloucester Washington is said to have attended a ball held in this Old Assembly Room. THE NAVAL ACADEMY. The Naval Academy, the school for training officers for theAmerican Navy, is one of the best equipped for the purpose inthe world. The handsome gray stone buildings have a beautiful na-tural setting, with the waters of the sparkling Severn River at. the back of them, ainl the fine old trees and wide green lawn infront. The little sailboats oraeefully ylidc over the bine waterswith their wide white sails outstretched like the wings of a sea-gull. This tidewater river draws up salt from the sea, sofar away as Cape Charles and Cape Henry, through the Chesa-peake Bay. We went into the Chapel and admired its beautiful stained-glass windows. By a short pair of steps near the entrance onthe inside, we went down into the crypt of the Chapel, whererest the ashes of John Paul Jones, the first Admiral of theAmerican Navy, brought over from France by Admiral Porter
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