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Every vestige of the house is destroyed, but a curious and rather pathetic thing is that, although it must be a hundred years since the place was deserted, there are still multitudes of flowers which must have come from those in the old garden. EVERY VESTIGE OF THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED BUT A CURIOUS AND RATHER PATHETIC THING IS THAT ALTHOUGH IT MUST BE A HUNDRED YEARS SINCE THE PLACE WAS DESERTED THERE ARE STILL MULTITUDES OF FLOWERS WHICH MUST HAVE COME FROM THOSE IN THE OLD GARDEN
elivery letter to notify her parents. We were expressing our horror at his sending a special delivery letter, and Quentin solemnly chimed in with "Yes, he wasted ten cents." There was a moment's eloquent silence, and then we strove to explain to Quentin that what we were objecting to was not in the least the young man's spendthrift attitude! As I walk to and from the office now the terrace is fairly fragrant with the scent of the many-colored hyacinths which Mother has put out in boxes on the low stone walls. . . . . . A VISIT TO WASHINGTON'S BIRTHPLACE White House, April 30, 1906. DEAR KERMIT: On Saturday afternoon Mother and I started off on the _Sylph_, Mother having made up her mind I needed thirty-six hours' rest, and we had a delightful time together, and she was just as cunning as she could be. On Sunday Mother and I spent about four hours ashore, taking our lunch and walking up to the monument which marks where the house stood in which Washington was born. It is a simple shaft.  SECTION OF LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT THIS LIEBREVOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN READ BY JEREMY LOGAN A VISIT TO WASHINGTON'S BIRTHPLACE WHITE HOUSE APRIL THIRTIETH NINETEEN O SIX DEAR KERMIT ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON MOTHER AND I STARTED OFF ON THE SYLPH MOTHER HAVING MADE UP HER MIND I NEEDED THIRTY SIX HOURS REST AND WE HAD A DELIGHTFUL TIME TOGETHER AND SHE WAS JUST AS CUNNING AS SHE COULD BE ON SUNDAY MOTHER AND I SPENT ABOUT FOUR HOURS ASHORE TAKING OUR LUNCH AND WALKING UP TO THE MONUMENT WHICH MARKS WHERE THE HOUSE STOOD IN WHICH WASHINGTON WAS BORN IT IS A SIMPLE SHAFT
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