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T yTOM &S carres boyhood George Washington's life Was
4- closely associated with the old Mount Vernon estate.
vv nen Lawrence w asnmgton returned from the Wesl
Indian campaign, in which he had served under Admiral
Vernon, he save to his estate the name of that anVnni
commanaer. doon ajter this he married the daughter of a retired
Royal Governor of the Bermuda Islands.
Into the refined and elegant associations of this home the boy
George came as a favorite visitor. During these years the seeds of
that love of the place which later led him to spend lavishly on its
improvement were planted
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George Washington
Once Lived in Old
New York
Great Statesman and Patriot Had Resi-
dence There, and Citizens Today
Are Proud of the Fact
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' NTIMATELY associated
with the years 1789 and
1790, when Washington, as
first president of tho Unit
ed States, was living In
New York city. Is the orig
inal Trumbull portrait of him, painted
from life, tho oldest portrait owned
by tho city, and now hanging in the
governor's room of tho New York city
hall.
Flippant young Manhattanites make
merry over the tiny watery blue eyes
and red nose of that dignified gentle
man and the enormous hand, which
rests on tho wooden horse, a carica
ture of the spirited war charger. In
the background of tho portrait Is
shown tho old Kennedy house, now
No. 1 Broadway, where Washington
held his first headquarters during the
earliest days of tho Revolution. Ho
then removed to tho Richmond Hill
mansion, at the corner of Varick and
Charlton streets, afterward the home
of Aaron Burr. It was during these
days that his troops drilled in tho City
Hall park, then tho "Fields," or "Com
mons," and hero on July 9, 177C, on
horseback, surrounded by patriotic
soldiers, the general listened to the
first public reading oLthe Declaration
of Independence in New York city;
for that one time New York was slow
er than Philadelphia.
After tho disastrous defeat of the
Battle of Long Island, August 27, 177C,
Washington was forced to abandon
tho city. During tho Battle of Har
lem Heights, September 1C, and for
five weeks afterward the Jumel man
tlon, in Ono Hundred and Sixtieth
street, near Amsterdam avenue, then
known as tho Roger Morris house,
sheltered him. For Bevon years, until
1783, the British Hon swished his
proud tall and roared through our
New York streets, but on November
25 of that year General Washington
returned to his own. Tho previous
night the Van Cortlandt Manor house,
In Van Cortlandt park, opened its hos
pitable doors to tho victorious gen
eral, and you may see tho room he
occupied, tho bed In which ho slept.
Ho entered tho city on Evacuation
day st the head of his ragged but tri
umphant Boldlers after Lord Howo
and his troops had sullenly, departed.
Quaint little Fraunces tavern, at
Broad nnd Pearl streets, then came in
for Its share of tho glory, for that
very night the patriots gave Wash
ington a banquet, which ended with
tho toast, "May tha remembrance of
this day be a lesBon to princes."
Again, on December 4, a farewell din
ner was given by Washington to his
officers in tho "Long Room," and here
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Answer the Call of His Country
by Howard Pyle
you mny read the tablets describing
the affecting scene on his departure
to his home in Mount Vernon.
But on April 30, 1789, Httlo old New
York went wild with joy when the
Idol of tho nation returned to bo He
president, and the pomp and ceremony
of that first inauguration took place
In the old Federal hall, now marked
by the Subtreasury building, In Wall
street. Here you may see tho very
stone on which the president stood
whllo taking tho oath of office, and
the Bible Is owned by St. John's lodge,
in the Masonic Temple.
The fine mahogany furniture ol
Sheraton design used at that time it
shown In tho Governor's room of the
city hall, tho high-backed inaugural
chairs, and the desks and armchairs
used by tho cabinet and tho senators
Tho flag that waved over all this ro
jolclng is carefully preserved in 8
glass case.
Two different LouseB were used by
Washington during tho year 178S
and 1790 as presidential mansions
tLe first, a beautiful colonial house
belonging to Walter Franklin, a
wealthy merchant, that stood at No
1 Cherry street, now shadowed by the
gloomy Brooklyn bridge pier; tho sec
ond was at No. 39 Broadway.
Each day ho drove In courtly style
to the federal ball, in Wall street,
and so thoroughly did ho acquire the
habit that ho is everlastingly glued
to tho spot in tho bronzo statue on the
subtreasury steps.
On Sundays tho president wor
shipped at St. Paul's chapel, in the
commodious box pew, as large as a
room in our modern apartments, be
ing of sufficient area to admit of the
Washington's 8tate Coach.
comfortable stretching of his long,
dignified legs, and far enough re
moved from the pulpit to encourage
a few yawns or a sly nap unheeded
by the rector.
Ab we celebrate tho birthday of
Washington, patrlotiq New Yorkers
will point with a pride that Is pardon
able to the four buildings still In fine
preservation, which were honored by
his presence tho Jumel mansion, tho
Van Cortlandt Manor house, St. Paul's
chapel and Fraunces' tavern.
Can proud Philadelphia or boastful
Boston show more?
Historic and Beautiful Ground.
Thero is no more historic ground In
the country than that around Valley
Forge. Tho very mention of tho rev
olution BuggestB Valley Forgo, tho
accno of its greatest crisis. And tho
work of beautifying and improving
it is continunlly progressing. But re
cently it was that congress was urged
to pass a bill granting $100,000 for
tho erection of suitable memorial
arches. Already a memorial chapel
and a museum aro under way, In ad
dition to historic buildings that aro
maintained as nearly as possible in
their original condition.
NEW ALPHABET VERY SIMPLE
Light and Dark Marks Have Different
Meanings In System Just Com
pleted by Prof. Scott.
Now a now alphabet!
Prof. Fred Newton Scott of tho Uni
versity of Michigan is tho father of
tho system. He callB it Blmplo and pro
dicta Its adoption by tho English-speaking
world on tho theory that it will
meet tho modern demands of scientific
management.
Tho now code of letters is Intended
to savo tlmo, to shorten words, and to
make spoiling "more rational."
Prof. Scott, a boarded, bald-headed,
Btudlous man Just past middle ago.
after many months of patient study,
has completed tho system, which ho
outlined In detail in a lecture before
tho Modern Language association in
Mandol hall at tho University of Chi
cago. Ho has Just completed tho prepara
tion of a series of papers In which he
discusses tho subject from the techni
cal standpoint. These, ho promIso3,
will bo mado public in a few weeks,
after which ho expects to get thou
sands of indorsements from tho "think
ing studious public."
"Tho elements of tho now alphabet
aro so simple that a child easily can
comprehend them In two houra," said
Prof. Scott. "For a consonant a per
pendicular stroke, stem or column will
bo used, to which may bo added .hori
zontal preJectlonB at tho top. middle
and bottom, whllo a dash or broken
circle should represent vowels. Each
of theso marks will have ono meaning
when, they are light. and anotherwhen
they aro heavy.
"Simple vowels aro presented by a
dash, whllo rounded vowels would bo
marked by a circle with tho open vow
els heavy and closed ones light, A
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horizontal dash, for Instance, placed
In front of tho stem would mean a
simple vowel, whllo tho back position
would bo represented by a vertical
dash and tho lntermediato position by
an Inclined dash."
The alphabet Is Bald to have tho ap
proval of typo manufacturers and
typewriter houses. Tho system Is to
reduco tho modern English alphabet
by nlno characters and do away with
combinations, which, Prof. Scott con
tends, aro "cumbersome, wasteful and
complicated and do not express clear
ly the thought of tho speaker or
writer."
Tho design of tho now alphabet 1b
to take the place of the old code, but
no attempt at least not for a time
is to bo mado to adapt it to ordinary
or to stenographic writing.
Tho professor asks this question:
"Since wo have devoted and do de
vote so much energy and thought to
time-saving devices, why not savo
tlmo In that which would benefit every
man and woman, especially thoso In
business?"
Prof. Scott nrguea that his now al
phabet, when firmly established, would
bo a hundredfold moro beneficial
than even simplified spelling.
"What tired business man at some
tlmo of tho day or other has not laid
down a long letter because tho long
words and sentences were tiring his
brain?" asks Prof. Scott. "What Jurist
has not at somo tlmo or other been
entangled In tho maze of verbiage un
til his eyes swam?
"Yet all of this could bo bo simpli
fied that writing would take only half
tho tlmo that it does with the old
alphabet. Wo surely need a simpli
fied method of writing English.
"Somo will arguo that the system 1
havo obtained 1b too complicated for
the lay mind and that It Is moro or
less of a scientific proposition. To
these critics I will answer that tho
elements of tho system aro simple
far moro bo than thoso of our present
language. In tho codo I offer there
aro two kinds of sounds, a voice nnd
a breath sound, tho former being des
ignated by a heavy stem and tho lat
ter by a light ono.
"For instance, a thin perpendicular
column or stem with a dash at the top
of the stem stands for T as in fat,
which you will see Is only a sound of
the breath and lips..
"By widening tho column and mak
ing it heavier and thicker I get tho
voice of V as in vat. a vibration of
tho vocal cords and puroly a voice
sound. Tho sarao as In thin, tho 'th'
Is a breath sound, whllo tho 'th' used
In 'thero' becomes a vocal sound."
When tho wind Is cost they any.
Wo mny have n rainy day;
When It travels from tho went.
Waving fields have little rest.
Worm and soft it Is wo know,
When tho southern breezes blow:
But this north wind puzzles mc
Who knows what tho weather!! bo I
BOYS' AMUSEMENTS IN CUBA
Spin Tops In Spring Just Like Their
American Cousins Reason for
Custom Is Problem.
Boys cortalnly aro boys tho world
over, and tho little Cuban youngstor
Is as Hko Young America as two poaa
In n pod, says a Havana correspondent
In tho New York Sun. Just why tho
Cuban hopeful should resort to tho
sport of top spinning In tho Bprlngtlmo
and no other Is Inexplicable, but It Is
true hero Just as It Is in tho states.
It Is not remarkablo that they should
spin tops. Tho strange thing about it
is that thoy should only tako up this
amusement In the sprlug. In the
United States thero Is a reason for
this. Tho winter has kept tho young
sters more or less bottled up and tho
sports he has Indulged In havo bad
their reason In cold weather. Wlth
tho coming of tho warm spring" days
and tho disappearance 'of Bnow and
Ice, tho top Inevltnbly appears first
of all and has Its run until super
seded by marbles, tho playing of which
Is better suited to tho still warmer
days following.
But In Cuba thero Is no Buch reason.
So far as tho climate Is concerned tho
youngsters can spin tops Buccessfully
from ono end of tho year to tho other.
Why do they do It only In tho spring?
That this Is a fact cannot bo contro
verted, and It Is dono, too, by boyB
who havo never sot foot on Araorlcnn
soil. Nor has tho practico como with
tho American flag.
Ib It then psychological? Is thero
anything in tho mental mako-up of tho
species boy which Irresistibly compels
him to seek his top in the months of
March and April? Can it bo heredi
tary, handed down through all the
ages from tho dayo of Noah's ark?
Now If this bo not tho explanation
of tho reason why Yankees In a cold
climate and Cubans In a hot ono Bpln
tops In tho same months of the spring
and at no other time, let somo student
of the race furnish another.
HERE IS A NEW PUSHMOBILE
Imitation of Automobile Recently
Built by Philadelphia Boys Makes
Splendid Racer.
Tho pushmobllo itself is new, but
a now type of pushmobllo was recent
ly built by a couplo of Philadelphia
boys, who won n race with It. As
most boys know, tho pushmobllo Is an
Imitation of an automobile, and tho
majority aro mado by their owners.
Tho vehicle shown hero has this ad
vantage there is a long hnndlo
pivoted to tho back, and tho "pusher"
New Puuhmoblle.
propels it by this means, which en
ables him to run In any poMtlon he
likes. Otberwlso ho litis to run con
tinunlly In a bent-over attitude. An
other big advantage of this handle Is
that it can bo raised at right anglen
with tho seat or tho machine, nnd tho
pusher can Jump up on n cross-bar
that will then bo at tho bottom, and
rldo thero whllo going down grado or
after a vigorous shove, and got
rested. The tlmo and energy thug
saved are important factors In a raco
Cooking tho Clothes,
Ono Monday morning llttlo three-year-old
Edith volunteered to super
intend the family washing. When
Jano put tho clothes on to boll tho
small overseer gave ono look of
open-eyed astonishment, then ran to
her mother and excitedly exclaimed:
"Oh, mammal Jane's cooking the
clothes for dinner!"
sSS
Possesses Many Decided Advantages
Over Permanent Houses All Fix
tures Made Removable.
Portablo colony houses for tho
farm flock possess n decided ndvnn
tago over tho lnrgo permanent house.
I mnko them, however, Just ob largo na
tho weight will penult. My aim Is to
havo Ihem of such wolght that thoy
enn bo moved nnywhero on tho farm
nt any soason of tho yenr, writes J. T.
Campbell In tho Now Englnnd Homo
stoad. When hard and native lumber
Ib used, tho maximum bIzo Ib 7x9 feet,
with rear wall E feet 2 Inches and
front wall 6 feet 10 Inches. TIiIb por
mit8 tho uso of 12-foot boards without
waste, and buildings high enough to
work In with comfort.
If light lumber is used in construc
tion tho cost is Increased somowhat,
and wo secure tho advantngo of moro
room. Wo find tho farm team can
handle a 7x12 or 8x10 houso of this
kind. Wo uso no upright framo at
all. Tho building is operated by tho
veitlcal siding. Tho runners on
which theso houses rest aro mado
from 4x4 hardwood, nnd aro placed,
tho longer way of tho house, set un
der 12 Inches from each sldo and
tho ends flush. This kcops tho run
nerB from weather oxposuro, and If
inro la used to keep them blocked
thoy last bb long as tho building. Tho
ono Bhown In tho accompanying pic
ture Is tho latest modol. It 1b an ob
ject to provide for tho admission of
an nbundnnco of fresh air without
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Colony House In Position.
draft. In our earlier bulldlngB wo
were compelled to uso a curtnln to
keep out tho storms or snow. ' Wo
found this curtnln moro or less of a
nulsanco, and havo gotten rid of it
In tho typo of houso Bhown.
Tho roof projects over tho open
ing 2 foot nnd acta as an awning. It
keeps out snow nnd rain, but admits
plenty of air. Thrco sides of v tho
building- aro lined under with a cheap
grado of two-ply roofing felt, which
proventa any wind blowing through
cracks and causing drafts. Slnglo
board floors aro used. PercheB aro
In ttio back part of tho building, with
dropping board under them. Neat
&oxoB aro under tho dropping board
to economize space. Tho water ves
sel Is placed on a shelf 18 Inches
from tho floor. I prefer tq, havo all
tho fixtures, such as nest boxes,
porches and dropping boards, romov1
able. Ono of theso llttlo houses ac
commodates 30 to 35 Leghorn fowls.
Eggs From Pure-bred Fowlo.
It took somo of us n good many
years to diBcovor that thero was moro
profit in selling eggs from pure brod
fowls at $1.50 and $2 por dozen than
from tho barnyard variety at 25 cents.
It is oaay to flguro that 25 pure breds
will earn moro money than 100 barn
yards. DOULTWNOra
Feed lime nnd charcoal llborally.
Do not breed from fowls that aro
too old.
Millet seed Is an excellent egg pro
ducing grain.
Many poultrymon raiso lettuce Just
for hen feed.
An Incubator will not tramplo on
and break tho eggs.
A few undesirable eggB will lower
tho price of a whole crate.
Cut clovor hay haB helped revolu
tionize tho poultry Jmslncss.
Feeds rich In protein should mako
up a largo part of tho ration.
A mnlo bird Ib past his beat stngo
aftor ho haB seen two breeding sea
oons. A lousy hen never thrlveB and dally
atontlon should bo given to keep lice
and mites down.
Alfalfa, green or tho dry leaves, pro
duces an ideal color in tho yolk when
tho hens havo an abundance of it.
All eggs used for eating should bo
from hens that have no male birds
running with them. Such eggs .are
infertile
It will pay tho poultry grower to
mako a careful study of tho color and
quality of yolk that Is demanded by
tho high-class trade, and then learn
how to produco It.
Tho poultryman should endeavor to
feed all that tho hens will consume
nnd return a profit for it, and skill
nnd experience are necessary to do
tormlno this amount.
EggB aro bought by tho dozen, but
tho poultryman who always markotB
largo, heavy eggs soon gets a promt
urn of 5 centB or moro a dozen above
tho price for ordinary eggs.
Tho wisdom of giving tho fowls a
well balanced ration may not appeal
to many, but a practical demonstra
tion of what tho well balanced ration
will do will convlnco tho most skeptical.
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Glio faced him, ns he stood nnd smiled,
Awaiting her decision;
Her air was not one to be styled
As tinctured with derision
And yet her eyes roturncd Ills clanco
With an impressive glitter,
Bho spoke Did that end a romanco?
Her speech was very bitter.
'Twas but an Instant In their lives,
A word ono word wns spoken.
Was this tho hour that oft arrives.
When plighted troth Is broken?
He looked at her, half-unconcerned.
And to himself ho muttered,
As with nnothcr smllo lie turned,
Tho blttor word Bho uttorod.
Ah, wo who aro but lookerB-on
At lives of thoso about us
Tho murmurs that have coma nnd gone
Mako .mock of us and flout us.
Eacli of ub heeds not smiles nor tears
Nor over oven guesses
How much of what ho faintly hoars
Is brimmed with bitternesses.
This fair young girl her eyes were rod
As though with long, long weeping,
Her gnzo was all Intently sot
As though from lack of sleeping;
Tho calm young man, all debonair,
What language could be' fitter
For Ills disinterested air
Than hor speech, which wns blttor?
Ho turned away, ns wo havo told,
Then brought a packet to her
Did It contain somo pledgo of gold?
Did he, forbooth, onco woo her?
Ah, now tho mystery Ib cleared!
Our sighing litre Is rested.
'Twas not as bad as wo had feared
"Qulnlno," 'twan, sho'd requested.
AN8WER8 FOR THE ANXIOUS.
IIolploBs Drinking from tho saucor
Ib frowned upon in our best clrclofl.
If you pour tho tea In tho saucer to
cool, pour It back in tho cup before
quaffing it.
AmbltlouB You nro doing wisely In
your preliminary eteps toward a poli
tical career. Tho fact that a frock
Coat sota well upon your flguro and
that you. can wear a silk hat without
seeming self conscious is a certain in
dication that your futuro is bright.
Economical Wo know of no way In
which a passo celluloid collar may bo
utilized.
Mnthomatics It Ib n fact that a
ton of coal weighs tho same as a ton
of feathers, but tho fact is not Im
portant. Who wnnta to Bleep on coal
or to burn feathers?
HE LEARNED,
Tenderfoot Thoy tell mo a man
was killed hero yesterday by a bee.
Cactus Charley Yep.
Tenderfoot I am writing to tho
homo papors about my trip, and I am
suro this would bo interesting. What
kind of a beo was it?
Cactus Charloy Lynching bee,
pard.
Extemporaneous Remarks.
'TIs now tho hustling candidate-
For Ink and paper reaches;
And with deep study he prepares
Ills bright "Impromptu" speeches.
An Inventive Woman.
"What 1b your greatest household
expense?" asked tho first doaf and1
dumb man,
"Matches," waggled tho fingers of
tho second.
"Matches?" camo tho Burprlaed In
quiry from tho astonished hand of
tho first man.
"Yes, I talk in my Bleep, and my,
wife always lights n match to booj
what I am saying."
Hint for a Circus.
Mr. Knowalt Red hnlr alwaya ac
companies great strength. It is natural-Mr.
Wunder Cot out! Did you oyer
too a red-headed elephant?"
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