. Book of the Royal blue . this generation. The present owner re-moved a wing of the house and improvedits appearance, but did not alter the archi-tecture of the main building. Aunt Lucy Smiths House, the old house 14 AN OLD TOWN IN A NEW AGE. on the northeast side of Prince GeorgeStreet, adjoining the Protestant EpiscopalChapel, is an interrogation to every pass-er-by. Its exact date is lost, but itsappearance and ancient architecture markit as one of the oldest houses in venerableAnnapolis. Part of its history has beenpreserved. Many years ago there lived init an ancient colored dame known a
. Book of the Royal blue . this generation. The present owner re-moved a wing of the house and improvedits appearance, but did not alter the archi-tecture of the main building. Aunt Lucy Smiths House, the old house 14 AN OLD TOWN IN A NEW AGE. on the northeast side of Prince GeorgeStreet, adjoining the Protestant EpiscopalChapel, is an interrogation to every pass-er-by. Its exact date is lost, but itsappearance and ancient architecture markit as one of the oldest houses in venerableAnnapolis. Part of its history has beenpreserved. Many years ago there lived init an ancient colored dame known as AuntLucy Smith. She was a famous cook, who served on state occasions the grand damesof the former regime. At other times shesupplied from her house or from her basketon the street the choice morsels that herart produced in the kitchen. The Ogle House, on the corner of King(ieorge Street and College Avenue, wasbuilt by Gov. Samuel Ogle, who was gover-nor at three different periods- first in 1732and the third time in (OLONIAl. WALL LN TIIK lUOAU OF UOVERNOB IACAS FAST DISAPPKARING. THE STARS AND STRIPES AND PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTONTO BE SPREAD BROADCAST. PATKIOTlSiM of the kindwill hereafter be emblazoned on our 2-cent stamps and the cherished desiresof patriotic Americans will be Stars and Stripes and the portrait ofWashington will adorn this much-used de-nominationof postage. The portrait selectedis the Gilbert Stuart. which is probablythe most familiar to the multitude. * issuance of the new series of postage stampsnow in progress of printing. The stamp displaying prominently theStars and Stripes will be the 2-cent denom-ination, but it will bear no resemblance tothe li-cent stamp in use to-day. Washing-tons portrait, which has appeared upon thecommon letter postage stamp .-^ince thebeginning of the use of stamps, except
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