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
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Throe >«.r»—Irorn 17jfi to 17i8, inclusive—
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• 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(ke stalely structure repealed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
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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.
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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.
