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The Homes ofthe rnoT&> copvp'ght BY WAtOUN YAWCFTT ITU the jtrovrine inter pst in AttK-rica in an tiques of almost ev ery description and particularly in the ar chile*'urn- of other days. ihm is ground lor congratulation it pnttmt m Ca«ls. in an almost » >»rf«-rt MiW of preservation. tbe an ^ '-siral tKHBF> of the family of the Fail «*r of Hu Country “ This is cs ■ ' -vaily fortunate by reason of the fact i >hat the botuea of the Washingtons are. aside Iron their historical asso ciatiooa. among the most interesting and impressive examples of colonial . re bitecturc in America. These habi ) catkins, la the designing of sereral of • bleb George Wssfaington himself bad s band, are located for tbe most part ta tbe states of Virginia and West Vir ginia. Probably the most interesting of the <akwul homes of tbe Washingtons, aside, of course, from the mansion at Mount Vernon, are those in the Shen andoah »alley Tbe whole territory of wfeirh Charlestown. W Vi. is the ceil ITT IB TO rial inlet est. for George W a *■ b I * etna matin (lie origl ual carters of til Uia Ised for lard K-irfa*. sad here, os s rasa tiding • tie. fsntu the llllir Midge ■ObUlaiat. be bull l Ihrtvoad test-sim. (jt bis t L'.itlier. r siaeel Not * : !> t.d George if 3 I b I 1'ft‘JS ■ re grtul l. ■ j in litis 1 I " of «. list . i t Vie «.sixtoil lr is dj-id H tooth . a u o e I Jobs sad //rre/e/o* uf- *too/.ir-r • 'Lari**, to settle In the region that had lci t«r*-***d kitn ao favorably during his survey ing ««perHrrr Throe >«.r»—Irorn 17jfi to 17i8, inclusive— **c re «*c. jjued In Use construction of Haru • 1 to ; ?» .« -inly was h:.-1 ric liarev.-ood • " I by (<c bite Wa.-iiitigtun and long used as • hom r home, but It was Lire that James »':« imiiy in discio were m;.rmd (ke stalely structure repealed ty sheltered Marquis de Lafayette Jil Iamu* Philippe. dlrrtcrd ♦ ■•at <*• Prance Unfortunately, lur. TiooJ to later years fell inio dec ay. but recently term! pro Jctlf La re been inaugurated look ■ e to Its complete restoration and 'Ik* retara of its historic furt-ish lags 'Km m rind reminder of the gi> *•<* «f bygone days the best arch) t- ‘ arm! memento of oi.-r first ires -tent is found in another Wash ington home Ctarinooct. situated * 'tee taro miles from I la re wood This structure is in m perfect state 4 preservation and vividly sugges “i In furnishings ms welt as ar •v-itecture, of ctrfoclml days The it'Me at ('laymount once belonged to George Washington and the l»r*:est mansion, erected by Bush • •si WasLirgton. a son of the gen ■t V. trptee. aithoiigti not built until tin. was constructed in ac '-ordaace with plans drawn by George Washington himself. The descendants of Bush rod Washing ton occupied Ctayiuount for more than half a century, but about ten years ago the historic estate parsed into tbe powaeasion of frank R Stockton, the well known Mwcttat. trbo resided there until Hr death The manor house at Claymuunt consists of a cent is I building of brick with two commodious wings and. on each f*Je. u separate two story building connected with the let rectangular building by a br ck-» ailed courtyard 20 feet square. The connected buildings, all constructed largely of yellow brick, have an aggregate length of 250 fct. On the north front only a stone entrance portico relieves outlines that are rather plain ai d severe, but on the south front there is a bread 90-foot veranda on both the first and . -Otid floors. Some idea of the size of the f aRUHGTO dfitiSlON ^rrirRio# ^ apartments at Clavmount may be gained from the fact that the hall—all the walls of which are paneled in oak —is 40 feet in length by 20 feet in width. A novel fea ture of the house is the ar rangement of the doors.- al most all of which are made to slide into apertures in the walls instead of being hinged. Clavmount also has its "mystery," known as the "cell of the sunken cup board.” The cell is a dun geon-like apartment, opening from the basement but sev eral feet below the level "of the basement. It has no win dow or opening of any kind save the one nar row doorway. Almost the entire space in the cell is taken up by an immense cupboard or sideboard, elaborately carved. Obviously this massive piece of furniture must have been placed in its present position and deliberately imprisoned by the construction of the solid walls which surround it. r x i i x x x x x x x x x x::x'x=: x-txtxoxcxoxox::! x x x x^:x:,r: xor'-xc-xci x x r= x^ m> I WHSMDNST MOTH H H fss a £h$ Frae^iGft^ Strictest Economy W.3rrsan? ©f Strode Chirac*®*’ af?<d 3p rit M "r ~ 2 x x x i x x x x x x r x:»Xi*x:s»:*3X^MraxMEffir#x#x#»xor3XfcXs*r«ttx««a»xc*aKoxs* HLUE has been a story in circulation for a cen tury. and it has found its way into many books, parti'rtiiarly British and Tory publications, that Washington allowed his mother to live and die in poverty and privation, w'hile he and his wife ■ere surrounded with luxury. But all the local traditions and all the circumstantial evidence point to its untruth. She was by habit and preference a woman of the strict ••■>t economy and frugality and in later life denied herself any conilorts that were enjoyed by her. sons and daugh ters. but it was from choice and not from necessity. Her v ill, which may le seen in the* clerk's office at Fredericks burg. iiows that she had considerable property of her • and several slaves and horses, which were divided among her children. It is el ear that she was a woman of strong character and many peculiarities, including an independent spirit and a sharp tongue. She did not change the fashion of her raiment for more than 20 years and cut and made her .-.ar’i.en; > in defiance of public opinion and changing ■tyks. When she went visiting the sight of her as she ipproaehed caused every member of the household to seize .1 V rei m cr a dust brush, or in some manner to assist in •might, king up things so that her fastidious and critical 'are might not be offended. She performed her daily duties at precisely the same 1: iur. in precisely the same manner, regardless of chang ing eonditiors and circumstances, and the neighbors set : • ir . lock's and watches by the ringing of her dinner bell. On the day that Washington received notice of his elec tion to the presidency he galloped over from Mount Ver non to Fredericksburg tc carry his mother the news and remained with her until it was necessary for him to start for New York. This was their last interview. During the last months of her life the venerable lady spent much time among some great gray bowlders, shad owed by a clump of trees, upon a gentle knoll not far from Kenmore. the home of her daughter. The place was called "Oratory rocks,” no doubt because some one at some time had made a speech there. It commanded a delightful view of the Rappahannock river and a pano rama of comfortable homes and fertile farms. She often went there to read and to rest, taking a basket of mend ing or her knitting, with her Bible, Baxter’s "Saint's Rest” or some other religious book of the times. Before she died she asked that she might be buried there, although her husband and several other members of the family were lying in the Episcopal cemetery. It was regarded as one of the w-hims of the eccentric woman, but her daugh ter Betty respected it.—Washington Star. It is no more than fair, however, to point out that when Washington had carried the American revolution to a successful end, when the infant nation wras bewildered and helpless and he was approached from his army with hints of royal power and dignity awaiting him, he re pelled and silenced them with this stern reply: "Let me conjure you if you have any regard for your country, con cern for yourself or posterity, or respect for me, to ban ish these thoughts from your mind and never communi cate as from yourself or anyone else a sentiment of the like nature.” About a dozen miles from Clay mount and just over the Virginia line stands Audley, another of the histor ic homes of the Washingtons. The house was built by a member of the Washington family, but was later transferred to Lawrence Lewis, who married Nelly Custis, the adopted daughter and favorite of Gen. Wash ington. At Fredericksburg, Va., stands Kenmore, famous as the home of Betty Washington Lewis, the only sister of George Washington. The house was built to gratify the ambi tion of •Betty” Wtisbington to have the most magnificent residence in the Old Dominion and the interior deco rations were executed during the rev olutionary war by a British soldier— a prisoner on parole. Mount Vernon, the most interest ing of all the Washington homes, was built in 1743 by Lawrence, half-broth er of George Washington, and upon the death of the original owner passed into the possession of George Washington. Another historic man sion. located on the Potomac not far from Mount Vernon, and which may rightfully be classed as one of the homes of the Washingtons, is Arling ton. long famous as the home of Gen. Robert K. Lee, of the confederacy, and now our greatest national ceme tery. The mansion j at Arlington, which stands to day in a perfect state of preserva tion, was built in 1802 by Washing ton Parke Custis, : whose widowed grandmother mar ried George Wash ington. He adopt ed many of the architectural ideas of the Father of His Country in the design of this im posing and distinc tive manor house. The character the counsels and example of our Washington w i 11 j guide us through i the doubts and dif- ! Acuities that beset j us; they will guide i our children in the paths ot prosperity ana peace, while America shall hold her place in the family of rations.—Edward Everett, WASHING TON’S MANY A CRES George Washington's marriage with the widow Custis brought him 15,000 acres of land, mostly lying about the city of Williamsburg, and a considerable property within that city. Williamsburg was an important place in those days; the royal governors used to hold tlieir vice-regal courts there and the planta tions round about were flourishing and valu able. The Mount Vernon estate, added to that inherited and purchased by Washington, amounted to more than 8.000 acres. From his father he inherited about 300 acres near Fred ericksburg and some property in that city. Ha earned by surveying for Lord Fairfax 550 acres of forest land in Frederick county. This last was sold by the Washington heirs only a few years ago. As a military bounty for his services in the French and Indian war he se cured 15,000 acres in western lands and increased the amount later, partly by purchase, to more than 30.000 acres. In his letters to his secretary. Tobias Lear. Washington speaks of his lands “lying on the Ohio be tween the mouths of the Great and Little Kanawha rivers,” amounting to 9,139 acres, and of land on the Great Kanawha amounting to 23.000 and more acres. These apparently were the lands he obtained by patent for his services in the French and In dian war and added to by pur chase. It has been claimed that part of this land comprises the site of Cincinnati. At one time Washington owned jointly with George Clinton 6,000 acres of land in the Mohawk val ley, but most of this was sold be fore he died. He owned city lots and houses in various towns and in his letters to Lear often speaks of his. lands in western Pennsylvania —in Washington and Lafayette counties. These amounted to near ly 5,000 acres. When he died Washington pos sessed, including Ae land brought him by his wife and the Mount Vernon estate, more than 74.000 acres. And this did not include his city property. He was indeed a landlord on a large scale. Be sides the lands he held personally Washington was partner in vari ous land companies, though none of these appear to have survived the revolution. MILLIONS SPENT FOR CANDY L'oiiU States Leads the World in Tribute That it Pays to Sweet Tooth at its Women. The Mnerican soman is known (or I., r sreet tooth. Neither in London. Paris nor I ter tin do you see so much cah4> t at»ii during the luailnee pcr •ortnat.iws ill the theaters, nor are the c**a! ret tons made to serve the pur Incite of informal gifts to girts so much as here. But it is rather surprising to learn from a member of the breed o! indefatigable statisticians that the pcuple of tile I'nited States spend lit tle less than $rj00.000,000 a year on candy, and, of course, the greater part of that amount is spent by or for women. Itendstry items are not in cluded in the tables compiled by the statistician}. For several years it has been an acknowledged fact that the United States consumed as much candy as all the rest of the world put together; but since 1907 the candy appetite has grown to such an extent that the United States now accounts for just two-thirds of the entire candy output of the cilillzed world. It Is not generally known, however, that immigrants are the greatest con sumers of candy in America. In New York fully one-half of the city’s candy bill is said to be paid by the men, women and children of the tenement house districts and that becomes all the more significant when the differ ence in prices between the Grand street and the Broadway candy stores is taken into consideration. Physi cians who are aware of the almost inordinate appetite for sweets among the poorer classes say New York has every reason to congratulate itself that it has brought only good, instead of evil results. Not many years ago most of the candy sold, especially in the smaller stores, was almost poison ously impure, injurious acids and dyes being used in the manufacture. Medi cal men say that If candy of that qual ity had been eaten in the quantities that candy is eaten to-day it would have had a terrible effect on the health of the generation now ap proaching maturity. To-day, however, it is reasonably safe to buy candy anywhere and its consumption is espe necially advocated in temperance cir cles as minimizing the likelihood of the growth of a taste for drink. Happiness. Health and death without dim nse ] are conditions of happiness.—Tolstoi. Twixt Maid and Mistress By FRANK H. WILLIAMS (Copyright, 1909 l>y Associated Literary Press.) Maude Forbes, maid to Miss Ann Peabody, felt her heart thrill as she glanced at the bulky figure of the big chauffeur beside her. John Winthrope was a well built man. Tall and handsome with the muscles of an athlete, he was enough to make the heart of an impression able girl palpitate abnormally. And when a pretty girl like Miss Forbes was really in love with him, then his proximity was sufficient to bring blushes of delight. Winthrope’s one great fault in Miss Forbes’ eyes was his innate bashfulness. “Do you know," she whispered con fidingly in his ear, “I believe that you are in love with Miss Peabody.’’ Winthrope’s face turned red under her twinkling gaze, but, although Miss Forbes was apparently greatly de lighted at the result of her words, she was secretly dismayed. Was it pos sible that he really was in love with Miss Peabody? For some time she had thought that his attentions to her mistress were more assiduous than was actually necessary. It was with a view to finding oht his real state of feeling that she had made the sugges tion as to his love affair. “Of course I'm not!” declared Win thrope savagely, as he jerked the steer ing wheel of the car. “Oh, you don’t need to say that,” replied Miss Forbes. “I’ll not tell any one about your affinity. You might confide in me—we’re good friends, aren’t we?” "Yes, good friends,” Winthrope an swered shortly. Again Miss Forbes felt a sinking at the heart. So they were nothing more than friends! "Of course,” she went on, “it does seem rather presumptuous of you to aspire so high—but stranger things have happened. I’ve often thought— that is, it has seemed to me that she has looked at you and talked to you as if she were interested. Naturally, I wish you all the luck in the world. I—I hope you’ll succeed.” ■ “Aw,” growled Winthrope, “I— But the rest of his sentence was lost in the grinding of the gears as he viciously pulled the car to a stop. Miss Peabody was waiting for them in front of a department store. “I’ll sit in front with John,’ Miss Caught Her Hand in Both of His. Peabody announced brightly as the car drew up. “I want him to give me a final lesson in driving the car.” As Miss Forbes reluctantly climbed from her seat in front and made her way into the tonneau she felt a distinct pang of jealousy. To her distracted vision i. seemed that Winthrope gladly welcomed the change. To her it ap peared that his hand rested almost too caressingly on Miss Peabody’s hand as he aideo her in guiding the huge car through the streets; that his glance was almost too noticably tender as he whispered his instructions to her. Miss Forbes sighed. The car sped through the streets and in a short time reached the country side. Miss Peabody's fresh laugh rang out as they raced along. She seemed to be enjoying herself hugely. Miss Forbes wished that she were having so good a time. They had reached a broad, country : road, and Winthrope had practically resigned control of the machine to Miss Peabody. The road made a sharp turn and as the automobile raced around the curve Miss Forbes saw a temporary bridge spanning a stream, a short dis tance to the side of the spot where the old bridge had formerly stood. The temporary bridge was a frail struc ture, with no side rail. Instinctively Miss Forbes felt disas ter coming her way. She closed her eyes and heard Winthrope call to Miss Peabody: "To the right, quick!” he cried. Miss Forbes opened her eyes. Per haps Winthrope’s cool head would save them, after all. She saw Miss Peabody drop the steering wheel and threw her arms about Winthrope’s neck. Winthrope tried desperately to disengage her hands and to reach the wheel—but without avail. Miss Forbes saw that the car was headed for the river and again she closed her eyes. In a moment the car seemed to leave the earth and soar into the air. Then came the sound of a huge splash as It struck the water. Icy cold watei en veloped Miss Forbes. To Miss Forbes' surprise she did not lose consciousness. She fought desper ately to reach the surface, and as she fought she wondered, oddly enough, what Winthrope and Miss Peabody were doing She wondered if Miss Peabody still had her arms about Win thrope’s neck, and even then she felt a pang of jealousy. Finally Miss Forbes got her head above water and then, to her further surprise, she did not sink. In a mo ment more she realized that she was standing on a seat in the tonneau and that her head was above water. She glanced about. In front of her were Winthrope and Miss Peabody. The latter still had her arms about Win thrope’s neck, and Miss Forbes saw that she had fainted. Winthrope caught sight of the girl, and she was sure that a flash of joy swept across his face. “But of course he'd be glad anybody wasn’t drowned," she tolu herseli. “Can you wait until I take Miss Pea body to the shore?” Winthrope cried. Miss Forbes nodded. She watched him strike out with strong, sturdy strokes, and her heart thrilled at the sight. Well might Miss Peabody, or any one else, be proud of such a man. in a short time Winthrope had reached the shore and deposited the still form of Miss Peabody on the ground. Then he plunged into the water. “You aren’t frightened, are you?” Winthrope asked, as he neared Miss Forbes. “Not at all.” Miss Forbes noticed that the mr.n’3 face was thin and drawn. His hands trembled as he caught her from the seat. When they had reached the shore Miss Forbes’ eyes fell upon her mis tress. Miss Forbes watched her face brighten as her eyes fell upon Winthrope. She extended her hands toward him. “My hero!” she murmured, softly. Resolutely Miss Forbes turned her eyes away, although her heart was thumping painfully. She caught sight of Winthrope staggering toward her. His foot, she saw, was oddly twisted and he seemed to be wholly unmanned. Wholly disregarding Miss Peabody, he fell on his knees beside Miss Forbes and caught her hand in both of his “My dear, my dear,” he murmured. Miss Forbes caught her breath quick ly. She looked wildly at her mistress, and saw the latter, with a hurt look in her eyes, turn away. Then, slowly, the maid bent over and kissed Win thrope. Lighted Cigar in Mail Box. The quick acting conscience of a polite young man prevented the de struction by fire a few days ago of a boxful of United States mail in a Chicago office building. The man called on a lawyer on the seventeenth story of the building. Before enter ing the latter’s office he decided to leave his cigar in the hall, to continue smoking if after seeing the lawyer. So he deposited the burning weed on the ledge of the mail chute. The cigar was badly balanced and fell into the slot and down into the box on the ground floor. The careless young man rushed into the next downward bound elevator and, reaching the street floor, explained the situation hurriedly to the janitor. That per son had neither the key nor the au thority to open the mail box. and dis patched a messenger to the post office with a hurry call for help, which soon arrived in the form of a mail carrier with a key. When the box was opened the cigar was still smoldering, but beyond a slight sear ing of one of the envelopes it had done no damage. A European workman has discov ered ten little brilliants in the lining of an old waistcoat which he had bought second-hand three years ago. He happened to lose a coin the value of four cents in the lining, and it was when recovering this that he found the diamonds. They are of an estimat ed value of $5,000. Athletics and the Soldier physical Culture Builds Up the Defend ers of the Nation—Proper Organization. -The United States soldier is tough er and stronger—physically tougher— than he was before the Spanish war.” said Capt. R. E. Thomas of Wilming ton Del. “It is not the war which is , to lie thankful for it. Athletic training has done the work. It is said this coun try gives far more attention to the physical culture of its soldiers than does either Great Britain. France or Germany. "While they require a daily setting ip exercise similar to our own, those ,un calisthenics an 1 other prescribed orras ot muscle stretching are supple -onted in this country by athletic ports. * ••‘these are cot compulsory. They do ot need to be. They have been en iT-d into so hc-artily that every post [ any size has its organization, which j chu its t: :ch team, its Uyotbah, eleven or its baseball nine. This Is just what the war department wants them to do, as it has organized a bu reau for the encouragement of ath letics. “Nearly every garrison has its com mittee, consisting of at least one com missioned officer in addition to non commissioned officers and privates, to arrange for field days, organize teams and pick out the star men of the command to represent it in the various events.” ^ Caustic. Julia—Going to Marie’s dance? IJertha—I shall be out of town that night. Julia—I wasn't invited either.— Cornell Widow. The Amenities in England. Mrs. Ex.—My husband invariably travels first class. - Mrs. Why—And has he never been 'ound out?—Punch.