Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1925, Page 90

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (.- GRAVURE SECTION_-APRIL 26, 1925, = Old and the New in Vine-festooned gateway lead- - B 5 ing from the garden at La For- The “leaning palm” at Mayaguez, on taleza, the Governor’s palace, to The “Haunted Sentry Box” of Fort San Cristobal, scene of romantic the western coast of Porto Rico. the sea wall. traditions of the Spanish rule of Porto Rico. 255 k- ‘ X7 4 e W D A typical new bridge across a mountain stream, on the Lares-Adjuntas road The contract price for One of Porto Rico’s good roads in the making— the mountain highway from Barros to Corozal under the bridge work was only $27,190.45. construction. When finished, this road, like many others in the island, will be bordered by protecting trees, to give shade and act as safeguards against accident. The outer walls of El Morro, San Juan’s oldest fortification, built by La Fortaleza, the governor’s palace, showing the massive round tower slave Jabor. The fort is now occupied by a portion of the Porto Rico which served as a fortress in case of siege in early Spanish days. In the regiment, the 67th Infantry. foreground is the “San Juan Gate” through the ancient city walls. e Mrs. Charles Fisher Taylor and natives of North Carolina honoring the late Miss Anne Carter Lee, daughter of Gen. Robert E. Lee, with a memorial service in Arlington Cemetery, near _the'Lee mansion, April 13. A longleaf pine, the gift of Lionel Weil of Goldsboro, N. C., was planted, the ceremony witnessed by members of the United Confederate Veterans. Others who took part included Maj. Gen. William H. Hart, Rev. John Axton, Chaplain g im, Gen. N. D. Hawkins and Miss Eleanor Chambers.