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THIS is the season for the cherrytree story and for other storiesconcerning the boyhood and themanhood of George Washington.Many flippant and jesting referencesare made to the cherry tree story

by men who have not inquired into ilsorigin as closely as they might have,and there has grown up a dispositionto regard it as a fable. Yet it is no

doubt a true story. That is, it is no

doubt true in its essentials, which are

that George Washington, as a littleawl H'i aI/ '1 A Vl t. tr 1 f QTIll Aflfl

iVssed to his father that he did it.The words attributed to young

doorge and his father bearing on thisincident represent the gist and thespirit of the conversation betweenthem, though very probably it was subjectedto some elaboration or embellishmentbefore reaching the pages inwhich it was transmitted to the world.The cherry tree story is plausible

and comes down from the days ofWashington on excellent authority. Itis a matter of common knowledge thatwhen a little country boy is given hisfirst jack knife he usually does somedamage to grandma's favorite rosebush or furniture or something else.i :i me case 01 youn^ «it-or^e v\ asningtonit was a new hatchet and avoung fruit tree.

The place at which this incident isrelated to have occurred was the "Washington's"ferry farm," or Staffordcounty farm, opposite Fredericksburg,to which Augustine Washington andhis wife, the parents of George, had removedfrom the Popes creek farm, onThe Potomac, where George was born.They had fruit trees on this farm. Itwould he remarkable if they had not.There are distinct references to appletrees,cherry trees and grapes. TheseWashingtons were pious. Bible-readingand God-fearing folk. The religiousdiscipline of Washington's youth hasbeen dwell on by all the writers on thelife of Washington, but more particularlywith reference to his mother, becauseAugustine Washington diedwhen George was ten years old. Therecan be no doubt that Augustine was aman of probity and that he was carefulto instil strict principles with regardto truth telling and other moraltunaanu niais in nis ooy.The story seems to have been first

'old in print t»> the first biographer of"Washington, who was a man or' irreproachablehonor, a minister of thegospel, a stanch personal friend ofWashington, related l»y marring- to tinWashingtonfamily, who had a mostextensive a<t|Uaintanee among tinfriends of Washington and began hisbiography certainly within a fewmonths after Washington's death, andas very probably collecting material

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by George and Martand Embroidery.Idticity of the Relics hGen. Washington a

Pieces of MahoganyA COLLECTION of Washington

relics whose authenticity labeyond question Is in the possessionof Miss Nannie RandolphHeth. president of the Southern

Relief Society. Miss Heth not only has» collection of unusual interest andvalue, but the story of how it camento her possession is also interesting.This collection comprises many of

the personal belongings of George andMartha Washington, articles of wear,examples of Mrs, Washington's needlework,Jewelry and several cups belong'ngto the general. As for the way ithas come down through the generaonsto Miss Heth is best told by herself.

These things," said she, "have comeo me in a manner which leaves notthe shadow of a doubt as to their authenticity."And from trie loving waytn which Miss Heth handles the bits ofJewelry and fabrics it is only too apparentthat their age and associationnave made them wonderfully dear toher.

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"From Mrs. Washington these relieswent to John Parke Custis, her oldeston He married, you will recall,Eleanor Calvert. Their wedding tookplace at the old Calvert manor, whichstill stands and is one of the most historicplaces hereabouts. They had fourchildren. The eldest was a girl, ElizaParke Custis, who married a Mr. Law.rhey had but a single child, littleEliza Law, who married NicholasRogers of Baltimore They had twochildren, a son and a daughter. Thepirl, Eleanor Agnes, married George It.loldsborough of the eastern shore ofMaryland. With the maturity of eachsucceeding generation, the Washingtonnelrlooms were handed down as abacred heritage."X received the collection from Mrs.

3*ldaborougb herself. Mrs. Goldsbor-

for i: while Washington was alive. Hetells that he got the story from a ladywho was a friend of the Washington*on the Stafford county farm, and thatshe had direct knowledge of the incident.The man who published the storyto the world in the first biography of< Jeorge Washington was Rev. MasonLocke Weems, .or "Parson" Weems, atone time rector of Mount Vernonparish, one of tlm first temperancespeakers in the south and one of theearliest of the moral reformers inthat section.

In the Library of Congress is a bookwith 22S yellow pastes, closely and excellentlyprinted, well written and apparentlyvery carefully written. < >nthe first pape is this:"The Life of (ieorpe Washington,

with Curious Anecdotes Equally Honorableto Himself and Exemplary toHis Young Countrymen.A life bow ns» f!11 to his country le<l:How lor.«!. while living. how revered when dead.'J.i>r>! Lisp! His name, y children yet unborn!And with like dcds your own grout names adorn!"Embellished with seven engravings.4 By >1. L. Weems, formerly rector of

Mount Vernon parish."Sixteenth edition. Philadelphia.

Printed for Mathew Carey, 1812."

Op the same page and following allthis announcement is the following indorsement.written by Maj. Gen. H.Lee, IT. S. A.:"The author has treated this subject

\\ itll flilmir.'ililc kiwcpvu in o tipu- tviiv

He turns all the actions of Washingtonto the encouragement of virtue by a

careful application of numerous exemplifications.drawn from the founder ofour republic from his earliest life. H.Hoe. Maj. Gen. Army, U. S."

in the next leaf I>. Caldwell, clerk ofthe district of Pennsylvania, sets forth:"To wit: He it remembered. That onthe Twentieth day of September, in theThirty-third year of the Independenceof the L'nited States. A. D. 1808, M. L.Woems of said District hath depositedin this office the title of a book, theright whereof he claims as author, in thewords following, to wit: The Life ofGeorge Washington with curious anecdotesequally honorable to himself andexemplary to his young countrymen."The first chapter of the old and sear

tome is taken up with very just laudationof the subject of the book and thesecond chapter deals with the birth andeducation of George Washington. ParsonWeems tells of the two marriagesof Augustine Washington, the father ofuoorire. ana writes:"Little George hud scarcely attained

his fifth year when his father leftPopes creek and came up to a plantationwhich he had in Stafford, oppositeFredericksburg. The house in which helived is sjili to be seen. It lifts itslow and modest front of faded red overthe turbid waters of the Rappahannock,whither to this day numbers of peoplerepair and with emotions unutterable,looking at the weather-beaten mansion,exclaim: 'Here's the house where the

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»IE R. HIbelief Society Prizes a Nha Washington.Jewelrow They Came Into Ht5 Beyond Question.Thind the Martha Washirin the Unusual Collecti

ough had one daughter, who wouldhave been just about my age, but whodied when she was very young. As achild I knew Mrs. <loldsborough, andafter the death of her baby girl shegrew to love me more and more. Shenever had any other children, and soit was to rne that the collection came.Many of the pieces of jewelry she gaveme before her death, telling me theirhistory, writing down dates and importantfacts. The remainder came tome upon her death."

In the collection is to be found a pairof delicately wrought earrings withbrooch to match, a pair of shoe bucklesand shirt studs. Similar articles bringto mind Gen. Washington, stately andcourteous, with diminutive Mrs. Washingtonon his arm, gracious and smiling.The collection suggests MountVernon at its height, a gay throng assembled,the sound of voices andlaughter ringing above the tinkle ofthe Ice In the punch bowl.One of the most valuable pieces in

the collection is a "camp tumbler." Inappearance this is much like any ordinaryglass, save that it is of silver, onone side is engraved: "One of theGamp Tumblers of Gen. Washingtonwhen he fought for the Liberty of hist'ountry and used on his toilet after theWar." On the reverse side is Inscribed'The gift of Mrs Washington to hergranddaughter, Kliza Parke Custis, afterthe Father of his family and hiscountry was no more " Beneath the inscriptionon one side are the initials"G. W ." on the other the Washingtoncoat of arms.

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Each year at the Southern Beliefball Miss Heth wears a pair of MarthaWashington's earrings. So popular hasthe Washington jewelry become, infact, that Miss Heth's intimate friendswill ask her to wear certain sets at thevarious functions she attends.From the standpoint of their intrinsic

value, the set of earrings of greatestimportance in the collection are diamondpendants. These have a cluster ofdiamonds at the lobe of the ear, fromwhich is suspended a dlamond-schape

1TH 1great Washington %as born'.' But it isall a mistake, for lie was born, as Isaid, at Popes creek, in Westmorelandcounty, near the margin of his ownroaring Potomac."Parson Weems tells the now quite

familiar fact that Washington hail hisfirst schooling ih "an old field school,kept by one of his father's tenants,named Hobby, an honest, poor old man,who acted in the double character of

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sexton and school master. On his skillas a grave digger tradition is silent;but Tor a teacher of youth his qualificationswere certainly of the humblersort, making what is generally calledan "A. B. C. schoolmaster." Old ManHobby drank to excess and lived to a

great age. He survived to know thatWashington had achieved greatnessand fame, and he, to his last day,claimed part of the credit.

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Parson Weems makes much of thepains which the elder Washington was

at to instill in his son principles of unselfishnessand tells an anecdote, givingas his authority for it "an aged* lady,then a girl, in 1737." It seems thatyoung George had refused to give one

of his cousins an apple, or a bite outof an apple, and the father reprovedhim for this selfishness, saying that ifhe would be generous in the matter ofapples, he would ask God to providean abundance of the fruit. Some timeafter that the father took the boy intothe orchard, while the apples were ripe,and said to his son: "Now look up. myson. and see how richly the blessedGod has made good my promise to you,"and little George is reported to have

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ETH HASumber of Articles Usedy and Trinkets, Gowns?r Possession.Authene"Camp Tumbler" ofigton barrings. Manyon.cluster. Strangely enough, these earringsare little different from thosewhich only recently were the mostpopular article of adornment worn.While of less value, two other sets

are equally as interesting. One is ofcoral and represents one of the bestexamples of workmanship of its time.From a tiny gold chain is suspended afiligree ball of gold, minutely studdedwith bits of coral. Not only the shadeof coral but the delicacy of the carvingmakes of this set one of the mostbeautiful in the collection. The citherset is of long drops of milk white carnelian,surrounded by a delicate frameof wrou ht gold.Two sets of 1 uckles belonging to

Gen Washington are another featureof Miss Heth's collection. One set. almostsquare in shape, is of large crystalsset in silver. The smaller set issimilar, being the ones Gen. Washingtonused on his knee breeches.

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Rut of all this intimate collection,perhaps none more clearly brings toinind George and Martha Washingtonthan a set of moss-agate mounted ingold. A single button, a single largepiece of the agate set In gold, is one ofa set worn by George Washington onhis dress coat. And to match this are

earrings, a neiklace and a braceletwhich Mrs. Washington wore. The earringsare the long pendant, so popularin that period, in a wrought goldframe. The necklace is a series ofround stones hung on a r.old chain,while the bracelet has three sets, tworound, the center one square. This setis not only beautiful, hut is anotherexcellent example of the goldsmith'sart during the revolutionary period.These form hut a small portion of the

jewelry belonging to the collection, littlepieces, large pieces, each worn andtreasured through succeeding generations.There are t vv o others, however,which deserve special mention. One, asmall breastpin, is of blue enamel, surroundedby pearls, hearing in the centera remarkable miniature of GeorgeWashington On the reverse side Is g

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said, "Well, pa. only forgive ine this retime and see if I ever be so stingy any pamore." Here is an anecdote which thdeals with a very natural and plausible G<act. though, of course, the precise lan- lilguage used on that occasion by father ycand son may not have been reported alletter perfect. atFollowing this apple orchard story is w

the cherry tree story, which has becomeso famous. After telling of the pious Pi

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efforts of the father to instduct his stchild in truth, honesty and generosity, peParsons Weems tells the story in this ol

"The following anecdote is a case in gtpoint. It is too valuable to be lost and fatoo true to be doubted, for it was com- larnunicated to me by the excellent lady b<to whom I am indebted for the last. d" 'When George,' she said, 'was about bi

six years old, he was made the wealthy crmaster of a hatchet, of which, like most Alittle hoys, he was immoderately fond T1and was constantly going about chop- 1 isping everything that came in his way. "aOne day in the garden, where he had beamused himself hacking his mother's dppea sticks, he, unluckily, tried the edge G<of his hatchet on the body of a beauti- wftil young Knglish cherry tree, which Kjhe barked so terribly that I don't be- ujlieve the tree ever got the better of it. tr" 'The next morning the old gentleman,seeing what had befallen his n<

tree, which, by the by, was a great thfavorite, came into the house and. with Kimuch warmth, asked for the inischiev- inous author, declaring at the same, time atthat he would not have taken 5 guineas offor his tree. Nobody could tell him foanything about it. Presently George «cand his hatchet made their appearance, ill"George." said his father, "do you thknow who killed that beautiful little picherry tree yonder in the garden?" w.1 nis was a tougn question ana aeorge tostaggered under it for a moment, but grquickly recovering himself, and look- m.ing at his father with the sweet face "Wof youth, brightened with the inex- apressible charm of all-conquering truth, ruhe bravely cried out, "J can't tell a lie,pa; you know 1 can't tell a lie. I didout it with my hatchet." "Run to myarms, you dearest boy," cried his fatherin transports; "glad am I, George, thatyou killed that tree, for you have paid pirne for it a thousand fold. Such an act foof heroism in my son is more worth j1Lthan a thousand trees, though blossomedwith silver and their fruit ofpurest gold." co

"Jt was in this way. by interesting T1both his heart and head, that Mr. yyWashington conducted George withgreat ease anu pleasure aiong the tns

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Now. if a reasonable person will ththink back to those times in rural Vir- tilginia. going on 200 years ago, and pic- f0ture the good father and his little son, niJit will surely seem that the cherry tree hiincident might easily have happened,and when related by a lady whom Par- ^son Weenis vouches for as estimable j,and, who he informs us, was a girl at en

the time of the occurrence and was a thTriena or me wHsniiiKiuns wiuie mej ^were living opposite Fredericksburg, tflxthe incident should be accepted as rhtrue. It is not necessary to accept the st<language as it is reported. It is reason- T1able that after Washington became sefamous "the estimable lady" of Parson wlWeerns* acquaintance might have un- haconsciously "dressed up" the conversa- srr

tion a little bit and have made it a fatrifle more romantic or dramatic or iniheroic than if actually was. Put tin* mjincident itself can stand. The con- no\ersation might have been something 1like this: "George, come here, sir! I»id wiyou hack up that cherry tree with your tlinew hatchet?" And George might have th

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lock of his hair. The other piece is a 011

box of lapis lazuli. This is interesting thnot only because it is an unusually fine apspecimen of lapis, but on account of its wlshape. It is oblong and tapering off at ththe end.Many articles of clothing are in the er<

collection. There is a dress which on

M£>L]is now quite a narrow stream, andbecause of some river improvementsalong: the Stafford county side, alongthe river line of the Washington farm,it^ is narrower than it was when theWashingtons lived there- But takingthat into account, the Hambler believesthat a good base ball thrower couldtoss a ball the distance of the width ofthe Rappahannock at Fredericksburgin Washington's time. It would probablvbe no mean throw but there.would be nothing superhuman about it.Parson Weems tells that Col. Lewis

Willis, a playmate and a relation ofWashington, had been heard to say thathe had often seen George Washingtonthrow a stone across the Rappahannockat the lower ferry of Fredericksburg.And Col. Willis is reported assaying: "It would be no easy matter tofind a man nowadays who could dothat.*'

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Parson Weems was not a fictionist.but a very sincere man, but because ofreligious convictions and practices,which today would pass without notice,or if they attracted any notice wouldbe called "broad" or "liberal," he wasconsidered somewhat eccentric by thestrict constructionists of his church,the Episcopal, in the Virginia of a centuryago. Parson Weems would denouncedrinking, slave holding, cardplaying and dueling, and probablyhorse racing, and denounce those practicesright out in church to a congregationin which were many influentialmembers addicted to the sports andpractices named. He wrote a greatmany trafcts and books on moral upliftsubjects. He traveled up and down thecountry selling his and other books. Heopenly denounced slavery and liberatedhis patrimonial slaves. He wouldpreach in the churches and meetinghouses of other denominations than hisown. He preached and sold Biblesthrough Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia,the Carolinas and Georgia. Ifhe found a sinner too poor to pay for aBible, he would give him one. He hada good deal of property, but he becameimpoverished. Weems' tolerance forother religions got him into much trouble.Bishop Claggett wrote of him: "Ihave a regard for Weems, his zeal andhis attention to the duties of his sacredoffice merit esteem: but in proportionas this zeal and diligence are appliedto the Methodist interest it weakensus." It would seem from this that inVxic truvclo I>o PL-An Woomo nronnk.wl U

Methodist churches.Bishop Meade wrote of Weems: "He

was of a very enlarged charity in allrespects, and though calling himself anEpiscopalian minister, he knew no distinctionof churches." That was probablynot written in a too complimentaryspirit, for Weerns created a scandalwhile preaching in Bishop Meade'spulpit by saying that "if the ghosts ofTom Paine and other noted infidelscould return to earth they would beshocked to hear.the falsehoods told onthem."A good many months ago the Rambler

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N OF WAiven in view of the present styles, its?ole trimming' being the bertha, whicholds across the front.Going over this collection one would

»ay that green was a favorite colorvith Mrs. Washington if the frequencyvith which it appears is any criterion,rhere is a green kerchief, delicate ofshape and workmanship, as well asexture. Then there is a scarf the prevailingtone of which is green. Andimong the wedding trousseau is a gown>f green brocade. One finds in the colectiona feathery pair of black lacenitts, a nightcap, a tiny apron, a peticoatof sufficient circumference tonake two or three for milady thesecanty days.A child's dress, made by Mrs. WashUnidentified

Trophy Cannon.A, PLEASANT fiction, generally cred

ited in Washington and enforced on

nanv strangers in the capital, is thatLhe four bronze cannon at the corners

)f the pedestal of the Jackson statuen Lafayette Square are English gunsaptured at the battle of New Orleans.t may be so, but the presumption is>verwhelmingly against it. It would?eem a curious thing in this age, when:he War Department expends so muchinergy and clerical pen-power in tagging,recording and keeping track ofgovernment property under its charge,hat there exists no record as to howhese guns, or at least how three ofhem, came into possession of the govTnment.No trace of the origin of those guns

las been found in the records of theA'ar Department or in the archives ofhe office of public buildings andgrounds, though about ten years ago?ol. Spencer Cosby, then, and untilluite recently, the officer in charge of)ublic buildings and grounds, caused to>e made a search of those records. Aesult of the investigation was that annscription was prepared for the gunit the southwest angle of the pedestalvhich sets forth that it was surrenleredto Gen. Jackson with the fortress>f San Carlos de Bar, at Pensacola.day 2S, 1818. The inscription on thisfun gives credit to a number of miliaryofficers for the part they took inhe capture of the fort, and theselames are mentioned: James Gadsdenind Richard K. Call, aids to Col. Georgelibson; Maj. George P. Petters, Capt.k'oung, and Lieuts. Sands, Scallon.spencer and Minton of the artillery,ind Capt. McKeever of the navy.There is a presumption that the other?uns at the statue may be trophies capuredwith Fort San Carlos de Bar, butt (b merely a presumption.

plied, after a little hesitation, "Yes.l; I chopped into it a little bit." Ande father might have said, "Well,Borge, as long as you own up to it<e a man I won't punish you; but if>u chop into any more fruit trees>out the place I'll take that hatchetvay from you and put you to bedithout your supper."Augustine Washington, as related byarson Weems, "died of gout in the

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omach".which might have been apndicitis.whenGeorge was ten yearsd. George was visiting his cousinsChotank, twenty miles away, and

)t home a few hours before histher's death, though Augustine hadpsed into unconsciousness when the>y arrived. Soon after his father'siath George was sent back to hisrthplace, between Bridges and Popeseeks, to live with his half-brother,ugustine, who owned that place.iere he went to school to a Mr. Wilims,whom Parson Weems says wasin excellent teacher in the neigh>rhood."Five years after his father'siath, or when he was fifteen years old.Borge quitted school and soon afterent to surveying on Thomas Lordairfax's wild western lands in thejper Potomac and Shenandoah couny.Parson Wcems says that Washington;ver learned a syllable of Latin, butlat he was good at reading, spelling,nglish grammar, arithmetic, surveyg,bookkeeping and geography. Whileschool he was opposed to lighting,

ten parted other boys while theyught, and often reported them to thehoolmaster for fighting, earning thewill of some of his schoolmates by

lis conduct. He and the other boysayed soldier a good deal, and thereas no especial significance i 11 that,r nearly all boys plav soldier andow up into mild civilians without anyartial ardor. At Mr. Williams' schoolashington was good at jumping withlong pole, heaving heavy weights andinning.

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As a runner young Washington wasst and strong, and Parson Weemsiblishes this narrative, which he in-rrns us was told him by John Fitzighof Chotank:'We had nobody hereabouts thatuld come near him (Washington).iere was young Langhorn Dade ofestmoreland, a confounded, eleanide,tight young fellow, and a mightytift runner, too, but then he was noat h for George. Langy, indeed, didt like to give it up and wouJd bragat he sometimes brought George to a;. But T believe he was mistaken,r T have seen them run togetherany a time and George always beatm easy enough."\ good deal of jest is indulged inout young George Washington havgthrown a silver dollar across theeer. The story itself is reasonableiough and was told on excellent auoritv.but it has been distorted,hen the story was first told it did notve a silver dollar in it. It was stonesat young George threw across theiter. Iiow a silver dollar got into theory the Rambler does not know,ten. a great many people who haveen the Potomac river at Wakefield,nere it is about four miles wide, andve heard the throwing story, havedied and believed the story was able. It was never told that Washurtonthrew a stone across the Potoicriver, hut across the Rappahanckriver at Fredericksburg.Phe Rambler does not know just howde the Rappahannock is there,ough he has stood on the shore ofe Washington farm many times. It

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pears in the photograph. This is of t>ite, heavily embroidered, and i ti £ose days that meant hand work. Theirt is very full and practically cov- ked with the embroidery. The waist, tthe other hand, is severely plain, I

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Parson Weems.the fine old housecalled Belle Air. near Dumfries, whichwas the ancestral home of the Ewellsand which is now the property of Lieut.George C. Rounds of Manassas. ParsonWeems was married in 170.1 toFanny Ewell, the daughter of Pol.Jesse Ewell of Belle Air. His biographyof George Washington passed throughforty editions, and he also wrote biographiesof William 1'enn, BenjaminFranklin and Francis Marion. ParsonWeems, while on his travels, died atBeaufort. S. C., in May, 1825. and inthe following winter his remains were

brought to Belle Air. where, beside hiswife and under big old cedars, hesleeps.

lit *Some of Weems* books, other than his

biography of Washington, are in theLibrary of Congress. One of these is"The Drunkard's Looking Glass." Sixeditions. Another is "The Bad Wife'sLooking Glass, or God's RevengeAgainst Cruelty to Husbands.Exemplifiedin the Awful History of thebeautiful, but depraved. Mrs. RebeccaCotton, who most inhumanly murdereduer nusDanii, .luun i uiiun, cai|.. i«m

which horrid act God permitted her tobe cut off by her brother, Stephen Kannady.May 5, 1807, with a number ofincidents and anecdotes most extraordi

naryand instructive."Another of his books in the CongressionalLibrary is "God's Revenge

Against Gambling.Exemplied in themiserable lives and untimely deaths ofa number of persons of both sexes,who have sacrifled their health, wealthand honor at gaming tables. Withcurious anecdotes of the following unfortunategamblers.Miss Fanny Braddock,Drisden Marwood, Jack Gilmoreand T. Alston."There are two more of the parson's

books which you may see in the library.One of them is "God's Revenge AgainstMurder, or the Drowned Wife,' andthe other is "God's Revenge AgainstDuelling."Parson Weems wrote a great d?al in

favor of temperance, or abstinence,which was in his time not a popularsubject, and Col. Robert Tansill. whomarried a great-granddaughter ofWeems. claims the latter was thefather of the temperance movement inAmerica.The Washington farm on the Rappahannockis now much reduced in size,

but that which is still called the Washingtonfarm contains about 160 acres,surrounding the site of the old Washingtonhouse, on the foundation ofwhich has been built a dwelling whichdates from some time just after theclose of the civil war. Much of thecampaign of Burnside against Fredericksburg,in the winter of 1862. wascarried out on this Washington farm.The northern army was camped 011 thisland and artillery posted on it firedinto Fredericksbu rg and the heightsthat rise behind the town.

It has not been possible to trace thetitle to these Washington lands. Icecausethe records of Stafford county,which were at Stafford Court House,about ten miles from the Washington

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JHMGTOlington herself for her little granddaughter,Eliza Parke Custis. is ofrare value, with its tiny stitoln-s. andyards upon yards of them. There isalso.a piece of crazy quilt. It is oneof those almost forgotten patchworkaffairs which can be designated by noother term than "like grandmotherused to make."

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There is an old punch bowl of ampleproportions, which rests upon a baseseveral inches high. It is such a bowlas brings to mind sultry evenings atMount Vernon, when, with pipes alight,the general and some of his old "croWAX

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tion since Milan, in 1906, and London. 1

i!i 1908.i introduce Lucille, who costs ?95. e

lias $16 worth of shining blond hair,and «. Ktra splendid tresses go as highas $4u. As a matter of fact, she requiresa hairdresser every third day '

t<> marcel-wave and doll them, down ]to tiie little spit-curl in the hollow tof the neck, where the sunburn lvownof the lovely skin turns white. Somehave a swart! S: anisii win. "Mar- iianne." a laughing tennis girl, is freckled. \There are olue veins in their li^mis j

and wrists. A manicure comes for theirfingers an<l nails once a week.against

These are "real women." the highnovelty. t"Conventional mannequins," as beau- T

tiful and as expensive, are better tknown. "Rosette." for example, flash- .

ing £95 brunette, has all the exact tmeasurements of current Xo. 42 inseries productions. Anything Xo. 42will fit her, lingerie, blouse, skirt, jjacket, coat. Kvidently she i.- bestfor showing off ready-made things. tThe "real woman" in wax is not so. t

Like hall' those in flesh and blood,she is neither Xo. 42 nor Xo. 4 4, nor

any other. Iier variety is infinite.There are examples with fat shouldersand small busts. Others have slendershoulders and large busts. Some have 1one hip higher than the other. "With '

others It is the aether. Some are wil- alowy, some are plump, and all aremodeled "exact" down to below thewaist.where artistic cartonnage con- dtinues "individual" hips. They can wear jtevening gowns. ]"Just like customers." says madamc. c

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farm, and in the direction of WayItington city. were destroyed during: thecivil war. It could, have been done before the civil war. but interest in thinkind oi research v. as not then ver\ active. The Kambler. in passing throughStafford I'ourt House, stopped ovenightat the house of the -lork of thecourt, and that official, who had heldthe office for something like halt a century.said that at one time he had attempted to trace the ownership of thatpart of the farm on which stands thesuccessor to the original Washingtonhouse, hut because of the loss of recordsit could not be done A few yardsfrom the dwelling which now stands onthe site of the Washington house is a

small building, said to date, ami whichvery probahc does date, from the tinothe Washingtons lived there. Thestory of ;t is that it was the "officeof the plantation.Mrs. Washington, the mother of

George, did not live in tin- ferrv farmhouse very many ye-trs after Georgetook up his residence at Mount Vernon.After the marriage of BettyWashington. George's sister, to FieldingLewis of Fredericksburg. Mrs.Mary Washington bought a cottage inFredericksburg, close to lveninore. tlvhomeof her daughter and son-in-law.and resided there for many years. Itwas iii that cottage she died. August25, 17Si>. The eottage is a plain twostoryframe, standing a? the corner ofCharles and T^ewis streets, and in suminer it Is deeply shaded by tall and oldsycamore trees, it is furnished withnumber of relics of the Washingtonand allied families and is owned andmaintained by the Society for the Preservationof Virginia Antiquities

It was in that cottage that GeorgeWashington took leave of his mothei.four months before her death, lie. tookhis final leave of his mother directlybefore his departure for N« w York forhis inauguration as the lirst 1'residetilof the United States. News of hismother's death came to him in a letterfront Col. Burgess Ball. The Presidentwas at dinner with Baron von Steubenami Gov. St. Clair. The letter washanded the President h> his m-phewand private secretary. Koliert Lewis.After slowly reading it the Presidentretired t«» his private room and remainedthere for some time. So«»n after tinshe wrote the following letter to his»«ister, Hetty Washington Lewis, a

Fredericksburg:My Dear Sister: <Jol. Hall o letter nave me ne

first a«-.-oun' of iny mover's death Sin thatI have received Mrs. farter's 1 tter. written hyour request, and previous to bot h I «ie prepai«d for the event l«y advice* of her llli»e->-timing from your son Koiwrt.Awful and aflcefini; a< ,e death of a paren

is. there is 9 cousolation in knowing tln«» |i«**\oihas spared ours to an a^'e *vh|. i; f.-w attainand favored tier with the full enjoyment of nermenial families and as much tidily .-treuglh asusually falls to four seore. tinier these elriiinstances and in t 10 ho|.e that she is translated

to a liappier pla -e. it is the duty of her relativesto yield submission to the deeree of the fieato1.Wueti I was last in Frederl'-kshurg I took final

leave of my uiotber. never e\|»eei;ng to » hermore.

Your affeetionate brother,washington.

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M RELICSHies" gathered round to discuss politicalissues and imbibe the friendlypunch. < >r perchance it was upon one

of Mrs. Washington's receiving: days.The green lawn, dotted with brightflowers, was also adorned with daintilygowned women, escorted by gayly atttrea men. And 111 tin midst o:this scene <*eorge and Martha Washington,srniliner their welcome.Several pieces of mahogany form anotherpart of this unusual collection

One is a desk which belonged to MarthaWashington. It has a top that letsdown, while over it stands a bookcasewith leaded doors. A typical colonialtable is one once used at Mount Vernon.

N MODELS; EXPOSITIONfor them. They cannot wear anythingready-made. They must \>>- litted. likerhe most specially built rich lady."A special artist paints their complexoris.

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"Out of eight recently ordered, saysnadame, "two will be blushing furiousy,timid young things, you know, atin exposition."Another artist puts the eyes in. real

rlass eyes, such as real people wearvhen they need them, the glanceimpid. candid, affecting.Vet another sets their hair, browsmd lashes."E niuisite work." says tnadame. "Theresses must be real, growing out ofhe head, luxuriant, natural. To proectthem through the processes, theydait them in one great braid downhe back."And the smile!The smile of half-parted lips, shovrngthe teeth, comes extra."Teeth straight from tin dental facory,"says madame. "There are smileshat cost $18.and worth it!"

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To Make Biocaded Velvet.r TSE plain velvet or velveteen. Select^ a heavy, open pattern of lace witht decided design. Wring it out in waer.place it over the velvet right sidetown, put a dry cloth over all andtress dry \\ ith a hot iron. When youift the cloth you will find the designin the velvet. The only way to taket out again is to steam the velvet.

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