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conditions as regards merriment but the quality of 
picturesqueness still remains. Chimborazo Park 
and Libby Hill command views of the James River 
and the rolling country on either banks. On Libby 
Hill stands a towering column of Petersburg gran- 
ite nearly loo feet in height surmounted by a bronze 
statue of a confederate infantry man i6 feet high, 
d'he column is modelled after Pompeys Pillar in 
Alexandria and was erected as a memorial to the 
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors. Oakwoods 
Cemetery is in this part of the city. It comprises 
about loo acres of level land and is controlled by 
the city. 16,000 confederate soldiers are buried 
here. A simple granite shaft has been erected to 
their memory. Supt. Dickinson escorted his visi- 
tors around the grounds. The high grave mounds 
and lot inclosures showed that the new order of 
things in cemetery maintenance had not yet taken 
root here. Improvement however is the order of 
the day in Richmond and we may look for some re- 
forms in the cemeteries. The days sight-seeing 
ended with a visit to the “Old Stone House,” built 
before the middle of the last century. It is said to 
have been used as Washington's headquarters dur- 
ing the Revolution and is a quaint old structure 
filled with relics. 
On the following afternoon the residence dis- 
tricts, parks and drives in the western part of the 
city were visited; a pleasant stop w'as made at the 
Confederate Soldiers Home where many veterans of 
the grey are passing their closing days. An hour or 
more was passed in Hollywood where lie buried 
Presidents Monroe and Taylor, Jeft'erson Davis 
and many confederate army officers, politicians and 
others known to fame. A covered iron enclosure 
of gothic design covers the resting place of Monroe, 
but that ofT}'ler is unmarked. Hollywood takes 
its name from the beautiful holly-trees that are so 
numerous throughout the grounds. It was laid out 
in 1849 after plans prepared by Mr. John Nottman 
the Philadelphia architect. Hollywood comprises 
nearly 100 acres ot hill and vale with a great var- 
iety of natural trees. For beauty of situation few 
cemeteries can compare with Hollywood. It over- 
looks the James River and from Presidents Hill a 
view is had that sweeps the surrounding country for 
miles around. One cannot but regret that modern 
ideas do not prevail in regulating the character of 
lot improvements. High grave mounds, granite 
coping and high grave stones should not be per- 
mitted in a spot where nature has so lavishly pro- 
vided for undulating lawns, natural wooded hill- 
ENTRANCE TO HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY, RICHMOND, VA. 
