. Book of the Royal blue . 4^% • ??<r V ^JVFj II i f t i ( UP r KENTUCKY V yORK AND TENNESSEE AVENUES. THE AMERICAN MECCA. PROM NEW YKK TK1HINE. MOUNT VERNON has in recent yearsbecome more than ever the AmericanMecca. This is due to the facilitywith which one may reach the historicestate. A trolley line runs from the endof Newspaper Row to the north gate atMount Vernon, and the cars are dispatchedevery hour. Formerly visitors were obligedto patronize a boat which ran on scheduletime. While the river trip is picturesque,it consumes the better part of the tourist may now boar
. Book of the Royal blue . 4^% • ??<r V ^JVFj II i f t i ( UP r KENTUCKY V yORK AND TENNESSEE AVENUES. THE AMERICAN MECCA. PROM NEW YKK TK1HINE. MOUNT VERNON has in recent yearsbecome more than ever the AmericanMecca. This is due to the facilitywith which one may reach the historicestate. A trolley line runs from the endof Newspaper Row to the north gate atMount Vernon, and the cars are dispatchedevery hour. Formerly visitors were obligedto patronize a boat which ran on scheduletime. While the river trip is picturesque,it consumes the better part of the tourist may now board an electric carand be at the mansion in an hour. Through woods which still retain theleaves of autumn, across the Hunting and Little, suggestive of raresport with gun and dog, the car speeds. their arrangements to watch them accor-dingly. The word watchis used present, with cars arriving every hourwith their loads of sightseers, the task ofthe guardians is a serious one. Thegrounds are closed at 4 oclock each day,with the exception of Sunday, whe
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