“Yankee Doodle” Written by British
to Josh Colonials; Cornwallis Was
Later Forced to “Eat It” at Yorktown
By SANFORD JARRELL.
Today being the birthday anniver
sary of George Washington, it Is
Interesting to note the connection
■which "the father of our country”
had with that lively revolutionary
sir, "Yankee Doodle.”
In. June, 1755, George Washington,
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Brown , 16th and
' Block Douglas
a young Virginia planter, wm a cap
tain of colonial troops attached to
General Braddock's units of the Agu
iar British army. Braddock was as
sembling the colonists, whom he
despised as illiterate peasants, at Al
bany for an attack on the combined
French and Indian force# at Forts
Niagara and Frontenac.
Some wag in Britain had written a
song of ridicule about the American
colonists which had taken the mother
country by storm. It was entitled
"Yankee Doodle.”'
Transplanted to America.
A British surgeon with Braddock,
Dr. Richard Shuckburg, later appoint
ed by Sir William Johnson secretary
of Indian affairs, was amused at the
patchwork appearance of the colonials.
Being a musician of parts, he was
able to set down the music of
"Yankee Doodle," then an unknown
tune in America. With thl* ,n
hands he told the leader of "the
American musicians that "Yankee
Doodle” was the latest martial air of
England and that to play it before
Braddock would win th# general's
stony heart. The colonist band quick
ly learned the simple and contagious
air and at a parade before the gen
eral played it. The British gave the
colonists the 175B equivalent of the
"raspberry.” ^
Satire on Washington.
Some one in the British camp set
words to this music and they are far
different from the verses which are
familiar to Americans today. "Cap
tain” Washington's name appears in
it and he is the object of much of
the crude satire. The colonists never
forgave this Insult, and during the
war of the revolution, which started
20 years later, when th# #hot was
fired that was ’’heard round the
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Young Fell# was riding hi# bicycle
when an unidentified motorist drove
up behind him and threw him to the
pavement.
Buda, who was struck by a car
driven by W. P. Haynle, Jr., 2894 Capi
tol avenue, told police that he was to
blame and urged them not to arrest
Haynie. Ills wishes were complied
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world,’* It was the popular. air of
Washington's army.
It Is prophetic to note that when
Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army
and his sword at Yorktown he
marched between lines of revoluflnn
ary soldiers to the tune of "Yankee
Doodle.” .
Randall s orchestra in appreciation
of the famous tune and in memory
of George Washington will play "Yan
kee Doodle" at its programs at Hotel
Fontenelle today and tonight. Three
other Eppley hotels will feature the
tune. They are the Martin at Sioux
City, the Carpenter at Sioux Falls and
the Llndell at Lincoln.
The original words were:
Fill her and I went down to ramp.
Along with Cae’n tioodln'.
And th«*rc we *aw the men and boy*
As thick ue hasty liutldln'!
CHORUS:
Yankee Doodle, keep It up,
Yankee Doodle dandy:
Mind the muaie and the step.
And with the girls be handy.
(Other verse*):
And there I see a swamping gun;
l4U*ge as a log of maple,
Upon a deuced little eart.
A load for father’* cattje*
And there I *ee a pumpkin *hell,
A* big as mother'* ba*on;
And every time they touched It off
They scampered like the nation.
And there was Cap'n Washington.
And gentle folks About him:
They say he’* grown *o ’tamal proud
*H« will hot ride vlthout 'em.
He got him on hi* meeting clotl)**
Upon a slapping stallion;
He set the world along In row*
In hundred* and in million*.
The flaming ribbon* on hi* hat.
They look so taring fine. ah.
I Wanted dreadfully to get
To give to my Jemima.
BIG JAPANESE FIRM
IS IN DIFFICULTIES
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Toklo, Feb. 21.—Reports that Ta
kata & Co., one of the largest Import
ing firms In Japan, was in financial
difficulties were confirmed today by
an announcement that the govern
ment had refused an appeal from
the company for assistance. The lia
bilities are estimated at $25,000,000.
The suspension of the firm has not
been announced and it is understood
a group of banks Is endeavoring to
support the company.
The firm admits the situation and
ascribes Its difficulties to losses in
the earthquake of September, 1923,
and the falling value of the yen
which followed the disaster. Takata
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tions.
AVARICIOUS THIEF
TAKES BABY’S BANK
A child's bank was again the victim
of a burglar’s cupidity last night, D.
Donaldson, 2616 Corby street, reported
to police. In addition to $1 taken
from the bank, $16.80 was stolen by
the thief who entered the Donaldson
[home with a pass key.
H. T. Glttings, apartment 112, the
Bedford, reported to police the theft
of wearing apparel valued at $150. In
this case the thief gained entrance
through the use of a ladder which
placed him beeide an open dining
room window.
A thief smashed In a front window
of the Robert Pettey home, $915
Ames avenue, and stole $50 In cloth
ing and jewelry, Pettey reported to
police.
SOLDIER SUES
AMNESIA VICTIM
Angelo M. Bruacas. soldier at Fort
Omaha, filed suit In district court
Saturday for divorce from Theodore
Dewey Bruacas whom he married
January 17 in Council Bluffs.
She wandered Into a restaurant last
Thursday night and said she had lost
her memory. At the police station
she was Identified. She showed signs
of having undergone great hardships.
Since Monday she had been living
at 1821 Case street, with Mrs. Thomas
Nelson. She left a note there, telling
of unhappiness and a wish to be dead.
Bruacas says in his petition that
she was insanely jealous and charges
her with cruelty.
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Club Hikes Year ’Round at Woods, Mountains, Lakes
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By EDWARD BLACK.
Like a brook of memorable asso
clatlons lingers, the Omaha Walking
club walks on forever. During the
winter time and In the good old sum
mer time, on days that are hot and
days that are cold, these hikers take
their tt-eks to points beyond the city's
whirl.
Commenting on the benefits of
socialized walking, Sol Hodes, who is
an enthusiastic walker and who has
taken many fine pictures of the hikes,
stated that three years ago he was
"all run down physically, dua to In
door employment and lack of out
door exercise." He was nervoua and
hla Interest In life was low. Now he
‘Is a nfw person,” he said. Walk
ing did It.
Six Tear* Old.
Tha club was organized six years
ago. Edwin S. Jewell, who was a
member of the Prairie club of Chi
cago eight years, was foremost In
starting the local walking club.
The Omaha Walking club main
tains a rendezvous known as "The
Shack," at Wiley Point, between
South Omaha and Bellevue, and east
of Camp Gifford.
There are two inside and one out
side cook stoves at the camp. Each
member cooks his own meal. The
shack is also equipped with a circu
lar fireplace around which 70 may
gather. On . Sunday evenings the
members gather around the fireplace
and enjoy community singing. Gus
Burrell and T. B. Murray are song
leaders.
The club has two outings to moun
tains and lakes every year. This
year members will go to Yellowstone
park July 11 to 26. Members* who
go on this trip will have a special
railroad car for the entire outing.
They will go In outing clothes. This
year’s lake trip will be from August
8 to 23, to the Great Lakes.
Week end Hike*.
The-club holds Saturday and Sun
Like Tennyson's brook, the Omaha
Walking club goes on forever.
Through summer's heat and winter's
cold, the members of this nrganlca
tion mobilize every Saturday and
Sunday , for hikes.
The accompanying illustration of
I-onesomehurst shows the members
gathered, at an unexpected retreat,
between South Omaha and Bellevue,
along the river. The other picture
shows Sol Hodes leading the hikers
on an autumnal jaunt.
day hikes according to a published
schedule. The announcement for
Sunday, February 22, reads; "Start
9:20 from Burlington depot, taking
train to Plattsmouth. The hike will
be from Plattsmouth to Bellevue, via
the Thousand Island wilderness, lo
cated at the junction of the Platte
and Missouri rivers. A timber wolf
was encountered In this jungle on a ,
hike last December, and while the
wold does not guarantee to receive
the hikers this time, the prospect of
meeting with lupus on the ‘home
grounds,' will be an additional at
traction.’’
The hikes Include the wood* north
of Florence—Walden Wood, Kirk
wood, Copper Hollow and Lone Oak;
also the bluffs near Mynster Springe.
According to the last issue of the
Omaha Walking club bulletin, there
seems to be a romantic phase to
these hikes in the wide open spaces.
During December there were two
weddings of members.
Corlnne Armstrong Is president of
the club. The secretary Is Karl
Johnson.
GIRL AUTO VICTIM
UNCONSCIOUS YET
Unconscious for 70 hour* since she
wai (truck by an automobile last
Wednesday afternoon, Leona Swan
son. 6, lies In St, Joseph hospital,
where but little hope la held out for
her recovery.
The little girl, daughter of Mr. and
Mra. Martin Swanson. 5121 South
Thirty-second street, was returning
home from the Christ Child society
where she had been practicing for a
George Washington play In which she
was to appear, when she was struck
at Thlrty-slith and Q streets hy en
automobile driven by William Duer
meyer.
BANK CLEARINGS
UP $7,000,000
Bank clearing# in Omaha ending
Saturday noon were $7,000,0(10 more
than those of last weak, according to
the Clearing House association. The
clearing for Saturday noon were $44,
413,669. For the week tending a week
ago. $37,293,246.
The hank clearings ending Saturday
were $9,000,000 more than a similar
week a year ago. At that tlma the
clearings amounted to $35,381,979.
Omaha ranked twenty-second in
bank clearings Saturday, according to
a telegram received in Omaha from
the New York office of Bradstreet's.
City Hall Closed Monday.
City officials and employes will
honor the memory of George Wash
ington by having a holiday on Mon
day,
City council committee of the
whole meeting will be held on Tues
day morning at 9, followed by the
regular council meeting at 19.
REYNOLDS RITES
WILL BE SUNDAY
Funeral services for Anna M. Rev.
noMs, 36, who died Friday at her
home. 2619 North Twentieth street,
will be held Sunday at 3 In the North
Presbyterian church, with burial In
Foreet Lawn cemetery.
She lived In Omaha 40 year*. Sur
viving her are her brother, Benja
milt Knapp. Penokee, Kan.; sister,
Mr*. Martha Knapp, Greenwich,
Conn., and sons, Root R. Reynolds of
Pocatello, Idaho, and William Rey
nolds of St. Louis.
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