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Mrs. LeMs, preferring - to rule her own home. At Fred ericksburg she was in con stant receipt from Washing ton by special courier of im portant news. As the war went on and the fate of the nation seamed to depend upon her tirst-born, as his renown mounted day by day, as his name became a synonym for hero and patriot in two hem ispheres ? why, this Indomi table. level-headed, Imperturb i )ICK I NSON SHERMAN WASHINGTON known to have said t!i:t' tils mother was the in., st beautiful woman lie er saw. That Mary Washington wus a re markable woman the w or Ul has always know n , history has taken care of that. Hut it w as Ren ted for a long time? Is belie veil by many? that portrait of Washington's Licence. It was known .ton had an oil portrait ir: that it had been badly id that he kept it in his Mount Vernon as one of possessions. But it was Iat this portrait had dls~ iver to be seen again, is reproduced that por ippears after it had been [skilled hands in England. as to the possession by | of a portrait of his moth by the following para a letter written by him |erm>n under date of May Charles Carter, who had ieee Rood of you to get the tedfu! done to my mother'i Inted by an Englishman leton. who formerly held n in the British service, been a professional artist Hubert Cary has fre |ed Its being sent to Eng ie might confide the re holt- and the completion ire Itself ? which, but for by most persons deemed > one of the most emi palnters; but I have been ^stomecf to look on the mu lmost to disregard it. The [identified with my whole pother gave It to me. and ile was thrust through it le of wagon travel to Phil larters I'nder the dlsflgure I Washington and myself |ards preferred it hanging Dm. where Its wounded, un apparently neglected con frequent unpleasant re change wrought in the Cond repairing the ty>le he reverse of improvement |1 am happy a^bove measure wounded and apparently It Is, rather than incur of Its absence. !"n. it is evident, was rt with the portrait, even Presumably, also, he had pence in Charles Carter's ^ave it restored. Inies Sharpies, the English to Mount Vernon to nits of Washington and his Is a different story. The | Mary Washington went to fii'I through Sharpies and ry. Washington's English personal friend, It was to an artist named Bird, I a Koyal Academician and abit-st portrait painters liv portrait of Washington's fpr got back to America Is unanswered questions of is a matter of conjecture [Washington's death interest >n this side of the At * It is guessed that ?!??! I'.ird and that Cary re ;? '-s. At any rate the ivly went into the hen In England, ex fctr Memorial * '? ll-.i.-o of Hedge End, In 1 ? ind, will shortly own at e one nf the most :;i-!iiorlals in England. It ? > ? t!ie nun of the county : World war, and Is be lli S\iss chalet style, en |i. " X service man. He has of uis leisure to the months, and the me-, ?:> many symbolic tigures eferan Fireman fcnu-n's parade held at I'hll I'm .. William 11. llinkle, of ' on the prize for being uniformed fireman, mem organlzed department or 1 links is ninety-five years us been a member of the nit company, Mt. Holly, for 'rs. lie is reputed to be the man In America. kard of a thing well done la ? done well. pressed a fervent wish to see the Mld dleton portrait of Mary Washington. The owner, Miss Edwardes of North amptonshire, a grand-niece of Robert Cary, sent it to London, General Grant's acknowledgment was in part: General Grant presents his respect ful compliments to Miss Edwardes, the envied owner of the Middleton paint ing of Mary Washington, and begs to tender her his hearty thanks for ex ceeding: kindness in sending to Lon don. for his convenience and gratifica tion. this admirable and evidently "to the life" portrait of Mary Washing ton, who, above all others, must be held in deepest affection and exalted remembrance by every American. Whenever the day arrives for the re turn of these paintings (this and the Sharpies portraits of the Washing tons) to America, congress will, he doubts not, unanimously do its duty in the matter. The painting of Mary Washington has especial claims as the only portrait of her known to exist. General Grant had hoped that Mld dleton's portrait was free for disposi tion, he hears therefore with regret that family arrangements prevent for a few years this desired accomplish ment. General Grant begs to repeat his be coming sense of the honor done him, as also to express his entire confi dence that at the proper time Miss Edwardes' family will give due weight to his countrymen's natural wish ,to possess the gem, happily, for America, under her family control. The Middleton portrait of Mary Washington goes far to substantiate Washington's claim as to his mother's beauty. There are few allusions in writing as to her personal appearance before her marriage. And here Is an odd thing : a letter found in a deserted mansion near the York river during the Civil war, 140 years after its writ ing: WmsBurg, ye 7th of Octr, 1722 ? Dear Sukey: Madame Ball of Laacas ter and Her Sweet Molly have gone Horn. Mama thinks Molly the (Homeli est Maiden She Knows. She it about 1? yrs old, Is taller than Me, is verfy Sensable, Modest and Loving. Her Hair Is like unto Flax, Her Eyes are the color of Tours and her Chekes are like May Blossoms. I wish Tou could Se? Her. ? But Mary Washington was much rrore than beautiful. Lawrenv>> Wash ington of Chotank, toward the close of the Eighteenth century, wrote this: "I was often here (at the home on the Rappahannock) with George ? his playmate, schoolmate, and young man's companion. Of the mother I was n\pre afraid than of my own parents; she awed roe In the midst of her kindness ; and even now, when time has whitened my locks, and I am the grandfather of a second generation, I could not behold that majestic nvoman without feelings It Is Impossible to describe." When jthe Revolution began Wash ington persuaded his mother to move from her ^estate on the Rappahannock to Fredericksburg. She declined the offer of a home with her daughter, nnd Inscriptions, as well as medallions containing the names of war celebri ties. In It Is a mod^J of the Europa, nnd on the ceiling are about eight hun dred wooden diamonds bearing regi mental crests, colors, ribbons, buttons, divisional and corps signs, and the crests of all the ships In the British navy. ... Be Positive Positive resolutions are better than negative ones. Don't Swear off; swear on. ? Boston Transcript. Famous Battlefield Torres Vedras Is the name of a range of lofty and rugged hills extending across the peninsula on which stands the city of Lisbon, the capital of Por-^ tugal. The hills are about fifteen miles from Lisbon, and extend from the Tagus river across the peninsula to the sea. In 1810 Wellington caused this chain of hills to be strongly for tified, unknown to Napoleon's gener als, who, with forces greatly superior able, religious mother pursued the even tenor of her way, the same In dustrious, efficient, thrifty housewife u^d farm manager as ever. "I am not surprised at what George has done," she said, "he was always a good boy." April 14, 1789, Charles Thomson, ' secretary of congress, arrived at Mount Vernon with official certificates that Washington had been elected the first President of the new nation. Washington prepared to accompany | Thomson to New York, then the seat of the national government. That aft-\ ernoon he rode to Fredericksburg to say good-by to his mother. She was then past eighty and wasting from ; the effects of a painful and Incurable disease (cancer). He found her feeble in body, but as ever strong In spirit and bright in intellect. After an af- 1 fectlonate greeting between them Washington said to his mother: "The people. Madam, have been pleased, with the most flattering una nimity, to elect me to the chief mag istracy of the United States; but be fore I can assume the functions of that office I have come to bid you an affectionate farewell. So soon as the public business, which must neces sarily be encountered In arranging a new government, can be disposed of, I shall hasten to Virginia ? " "You will see me no more," she said. Interrupting him. "My great age, and the disease which is rapidly ap proaching ray vitals, warn me that I shall not be long In .this world. I 1 trust in God I am somewhat prepared for a better. But go, George, fulfill the high destinies which Heaven ap pears to assign you. Go, my son, and may that Heaven's and your mother's blessing be with you always." It Is known that Washington felt that, he was then seeing his mother for the last time. It Is said that he put his head on her shoulder and wept. For It Is not least In the great ness of George Washington that he appreciated his mother. And It Is said that she clasped feeble arms about his neck and mingled her tears with his ? and she was not a woman given to tears. Let us hope that her tears were not all of sorrow at parting. And It was the final parting of a great son with a great mother ? his best friend. She died August 2fi, 1789. Her death was felt as a solemn public event and so observed throughout the land. Mary Washington was never known to show a feminine weakness except one. She had an unconquerable fear during thunderstorms. And that was because, soon after marriage, an In timate woman friend sitting beside her was killed by a stroke of lightning. What does a man owe to his mother? What did George Washington owe to his mother? What does the United StateB of America owe to Mary Wash Ingtoh? Much-Traveled Mullein The common mullein plant of our fields, usually referred to as "only a wead," Is really a foreigner &nd cen turies ago was used by the Romans, who dipped its dried stalk in suet to bum for candle light In their proces sions. The Greeks soaked Its leaves In oil to use as wicks In their graceful lamps. It Is said, too, that Spaniards In ancient times used the seeds of the plant for stupefying fish. So It seems that mullein is a plant globe-trotter. In numbers, were opposing Wellington In Spain and Portugal. Wellington suddenly retreated behind the lines of Torres Vedras, which the French found to be Impregnable. When the. proper ? time came Wellington advanced and 1 finally drove the enemy out if the pen insula of Spain and Portugal. American Peculiarity We are queer people, and if a man announces a cure for existing evils we call him a nut. ? San Francisco Chronl rlflL Merging Their Interests 3y GRIMBALL AVERY (Copyrlgb?.> j H A LL aboard," shouteJ the eonduc- j tor as the "Florida Limited" stood ready to leave New York. "Hey, there, hold that train a sec ond," yelled an excited l)ut handsome man as he came trudging along the platform with six small children. John Chapman hud just finished landing the two-year-olfj twins, when the conductor called out: "Hurry up there, we've got to pull out. Here, porter, give him a lift with his excess baggage." By the time the train had reached Philadelphia Chapman was actually dozing off to sleep. His nap, however, was soon Interrupted, when a Jolly prosperous looking business man greet ed him with a healthy and vigorous slap oiKthe shoulder. "Why, hello, Chapman! What are you doing here? been years and years since I. saw you last. What, are all these your children?" Fifteen years before Chapman had roomed with Henry Smyser. He had Joined the same fraternity at Ringer college, had played football with him, and had wooed the same girl. "What's wrong with you, Chapman?" askfcd Smyser. "I lost my wife about two years ago, but before I start, let me ask you a serious question. Are you married and have you any encumbrances?" "No, I didn't marry that college widow we were both so daft about; she's still frisking around roping in the freshmen. There Isn't any progeny to perpetuate my glorious name. But I want to hear how the world has been mistreating you." As Chapman began to reply his twins started bawling. With a look of despair he opened a large suitcase, the interior of which looked partly like a drug store and a great deal more like a nursery, brought out a big. free-for all milk bottle and after having abated the children's clamor, the father gave a long sigh, then with tears In his eyes began again: "Smyser, I don\^kno^ how to begin to tell you all I'veufen through since my wife died and left me all these six children on my hands." Smyser meditated for several mo ments. Here was a chance to get re venge for that Joke Chapman had played on him the night of the gradua tion dance. Never had he forgotten the time Chapman had poured tabasco sauce Into his dancing pumps. "Why don't you get a good nurse fx he ventured casually. "Oh, tell me something new ! Haven't I had hundreds of nurses already and they always leave me Ih the lurch?" "That being the case," interrupted Smyser In a tone of profound wisdom, "then I have a better Idea. What yon need Is a good wife ? one that Is highly domestic." "That's not very encouraging, for no woman In her senses will have me." "Old man," began Smyser gravely. "You are too quick to t^row up the sponge. Right now I know a charm ing young widow at Palm Beach, and I'm sure you two would harmonize. I'd go 111 for her myself, but she adores tall men, and will not look at short men like myself. We'll have to side track the kids till you've landed her. I'll keep them for you In some near> by town. Is It a go?" Chapman was "game.** WThen they reached the famous re sort Smyser played his part as a matchmaker admirably. Seldom In the varied history of knot-tying had a cpuple been so Irresistibly drawn to gether. They decided to get married and leave at once for her native home In Georgia. Smyser had consented to ge on ahead and gather up Chapman's chil dren, who had been Interned at Jack sonville during the diplomatic nego tiations, and take them with him to Atlanta, so that tfre bride would not hear of their existence till she reached her home town. Two days later Chapman and his pretty bride were on their way to Grorgla. On alighting at Atlanta they had tiften but a few steps when Smyser walked up with all of the waiting brood. "Oh. papa, Is this our lovely new mamma you said was so beautiful V called out Chapman's eldest Mrs. Chapman simply beamed and looked surprised, then ran to meet an excited old black mammy, who c?me hobbling toward her with six other children swarming around her. "Howdy, Miss Jenny 1 I'se sho glad ter see yo'; I done brung all yo* chil lums to show 'em to their new daddy." Before the grinning nurse could say more, the children were hugging their mother. Then spying their newly ac quired father, one of the oldest girls called out: "Is this our papa? He Is mighty handsome, Just as you wrote." To his intense delight, his bride leaned down and kissed each one"" of his little darlings. Never had they seemed so entirely angelic as now. She exclaimed cheerily: "Oh. how I shall love them because they are yours. We've both had such a surprise ! They won't be one bit more trouble, for mammy will take perfect care of them as she does of mine, and we'll go right on and finish our wedding tour, won't we, John, dear?" No one even thought of poor dis comfited Smyser. He crawled off to a far corner, and as he watched the happy couple getting In the pullman he muttered to himself: "Well, If that wasn't a regular boomerang. I'll know myself if I ever try again to get even with John Chapman!" Father of Creek Muric Terpander, the father of Greek mu ?lc, was celebrated among his coiy temporaries of the Seventh century B. C. for his development of the lyre and for his many victories at the Pythian contests In honor of Apollo. Ancient w Knetp Corn Corn 4s found among the relics of the most ancient tribes of Indians, says Nature Magazine. It was culti vated by all the agricultural natives ?f Jwhlch there Is any, record. |fc^K^VSTON?% * . / ^ 4f"^, II Tills scene, I lie celebration of pontifical mass In SL Peter's, will, be repeated many times during the jubilee year of 1025 and will be witnessed by hundreds of thousands of pilgrim^ from all parts of the world. Air Mail Gains in Popularity Phase of Postal Service Here ?o Stay, Says Paul Henderson. * Washington. ? Advocates of the de velopment of aviation on a big scale in this country are besieging congress to Increase appropriations and to em bark upon nn air program comparable to that of other great nations. To this end they are employing everything from war threats and scares to ridi cule, but their strongest argument is the record of accomplishment In the air mail service. The air-mall service Is here, and 'here to stay. This statement is made with all possible emphasis by Col. Paul Henderson, second assistant postmaster general, who has charge of that phase of postal activity. "I am not absolutely certain that we are, as a civilization, any better off for our ability to fly," he says. "I think there are many arguments on both sides of that rather broad ques tion, but we are able to fly. We can not undo what has been done and taking that as a fact, it is quite pat ently our national duty to fly better than anybody else, and to make every possible practical application of this new trick which we have learned." Colonel Henderson cites as the out standing accomplishment of the air mail service that San Francisco nas been petfnanently moved up to within Ji4 hours of New York. On one record test this time was beaten by almost eight hours and the schedule will never be longer than the limit now set. , This coast-to-coast service, Involv ing the great hazard of night flying, Is now six months old and is operating regularly seven days a week. Every day it Is becoming more popular with the public, and In consequence Is con stantly better patronized. Not every body uses this service, of course, but those who do use It have learned the value of being able to get Important mail In New York the dfy after It leaves San Francisco and they are In sistent that the service be extended rather than curtailed. What May Be Accomplished. All this Bus be^n accomplished with in six years after the establishment of the flret air mall route between Washington and New York. What j may be done within the next like period is almost beyond conjecture, but perhaps the most Important of the things hoped {or by departmental au ? carrying from $2.63 mile. pf cost The he air mall , From now task of the to attempt thoritles Is that the cost mull by air will be reduce to less than 30 cents per t This cutting the cost of Operation to less than 11 per cent of what It Is now is attacked by some as thfe dream of visionary, but Colonel Henderson says he Is confident It can be done. "rn the lust analysis, f he says, "efficiency of transportatibn may be measured by Its cost per Jon mile. Its regularity and dependability^ and Its speed. The airplane has proved itself, as far as regularity and speed are con cerned, but much remains to be ac complished in the matter present enst of operating | is altogether too expensive forward the most urgent Post Office department Is to bring down this cost pj?r ton mile. This means ships with grleatef carry ing capacity. That such ships are1 pos sible of design and construction. 1 have no doubt. That they will be built and put Into operation I have no doubt." Best Long Distance. Wijh reduced operating costs the department hopes to reduce the sched ule time between coasts,! to increase the frequency of dlspatqhes, and to provide additional service each night between New York and Chicago. Then will come a nation-wide connecting up of all Important centers, with nightly service between such centers that are from 1,000 to 1,400 miles apart. The next step will be the carrying of certain classes of merchandise In the air, and, ultimately, . the carrjlng of passengers. Colonel Henderson does not, however, even suggest that the airplane will ever become In the true sense of the word a competitor of the railroads. He says It is simply a new kind of transportation. There are more goods to transport each year, and some of tbese goods will find their way Into air channels of transport but the railroads will continue to en joy even more traffic then than they are able to take care of. t Many people have, expressed sur prise that the air mail route between Washington and New York was aban doned, believing that it is of prime , importance to have the nation's pollti i oal and financial capitals linked to gether with the fastest possible system of communication. The fact of the matter Is there was very little saving of time in sending mail by airplane be FILTER HAS BEEN INVENTED TO STRAIN OUT DISCORD Professor at the University of Iowa Seeks to Make Unpleasant 8ounds Kill Each Other. Iowa City, Iowa. ? By causing suc cessive waves of sound to Interfere with each other's t^msmlsslon Dr. Q. W. Stewart, a protessor of physics at the University of Iowa, has perfected a device which, he believes. In time may be used to eliminate undesirable noises and to adjust sounds "to an In dividual's esthetic taste." With the theory that sound waves would expend themselves were they placed in conflict with one another. Doctor Stewart worked out his device, which he calls an acoustic wave filter. The results are obtained. Doctor Stewart explains, not by placing ob structions in the path of souira, but by setting up a sort of battle between the various waves, thus causing a dis ordered transmission. Harvard to Get $110,000 if Heir Dies Under 40 New York. ? Harvard university is the contingent legatee of $110,000 un der the will of Al/den Sampson, author and naturalist, on file In the Surro gates* . court. The provision for Harvard is con tingent on the death of Edward Samp son of Washington, a son, before the age of forty. In that rase the university is to re ceive the $110,000 to endow a chair of poetry. Under the same condition the residuary estate is to be divided equal ly betwee^ Harvard and Princeton universities and Haverford college. Edward Sampson, the son, is to re ceive realty and personal belongings of ,hls father. He is to receive -the Income from the residuary estate untl! he Is forty, when he Is to have the principal. The testator left to his widow th*? Income from a $50,000 trust fund. Twq sisters received $5,000 each. America produces four-fifths of thel worlds output of oyster^ A brass tube one-half Inch In diam eter and six Inches long, containing nothing but air and open at both ends Is caused to transmit all tones of a piano Bp to a certain note, and above this to transmit no audible sound. With another and slightly different rube the tones below this same, or any other note, will be refused trafcsmla 8 Ion, whereas all higher tones pa as freely. "Otfcsr equally remarkable results of a similar nature can be obtained," said Doctor Stewart in explaining his device. "The tube*, while entirely open and free from obstructions, have, at regular Intervals, branching tubes and chambers. At each branching point waves are reflected backward through tbe tube. The design of the branches can be made In such a man ner as to product ? backward reflec tion and an Interference of* almost any group of tones." L WINS ENGINEERS' MEDAL ?Bernhard F. Jatybpen, a consulting engineer of San Francisco, Cai., who has beeK-'a warded the Norman medal, tbe highest award of tbe American 1 tween the two cities, and not enough to make It really worth while. It Is approximately 200 miles by air line from Washington to New York and It took the mail planes at least two hours to fly thut distance. It re quired the better part of on hour to carry the mall ou? to tbe flying. field at this end of the route, and fully as much time, was consumed In getting It frorc the New York flying field to the post office, ready for distribution. By train the mall could be transport ed from the heart of Washington to the heart of New York In five hours. This weant an advantage of about an hour on the side of the air servfce, but that was not deemed sufficient. Early In the experimental work the men who were studying the subject became convinced that the airplane could not really begin to mean much In the matter of postal transportation until the distances covered were at least 1,000 miles. When night flying was planned nat urally the first question was one of lights. The mall plane pilots must have the way blazed for them across the continent by friendly beacons, the regular landing fields must be ade quately Illuminated and emergency landing places must be Indicated. Al most all of the earlier suggestions made to the air-mall service were for the use of some sort of high-powered beam, shining directly and vertically Into the air, but experiments with such lights proved them to be anything but desirable. Other suggestions included the Illumination by means of search lighta-afe large white conical struc tures, such as the dome of tbe national capltol, the Idea being that tbe reflec tion would turn the trick. Hit Upon by Chance. But that was found Impractical and It was only through the merest chance that the effective system was hit upon. Late one night Colonel Henderson wai awaiting a train at a station In a small Illinois city. He saw his train coming, or at least be saw the headlight, and began to get his baggage together when a friend told him that there was no hurry, that the train was stlit at least seventeen miles away, and that the reason he saw It was be cause the track was perfectly straight for those seventeen miles and he was looking directly Into the headlight of the locomotive. "Right there we solved at least for the moment, our problem of lights," says the air mall chief. MA11 we had to do was put a brilliant searchlight up In the air and revolve it so that at least once In each revolution It would shine directly Into the eyes of the pilot" The department now has lights, operated on this principle, the larger of which Is visible on an ordinary night for over 150 miles, and ths smaller for over forty miles. Doctor Stewart explained that he considered tbe device truly a filter. It Is a new basic method of manipulat ing sound waves and may find appli cation In many acoustic devices In use. . "Tbe telephone, the pronograph and even musical Instalments themselves may sooner or later profit by this new device," Doctor Stewart said. "In fact, there Is opened to the imagination tbe possibility of the ellminaton of unde sirable noises and the enjoyment oi sounds adjusted to, aij Individual esthetic taste." Bar Steel Traps Rusbville, Mo.? A nationwide move ment against the steel trap was launched when a "stop the steel trap*** society was formed. L. F. Gingery, editor of the Red Ranger, a foxhound magazine, was elected president Holds Lodge Record Leavenworth, Kas.? It Is believed that Edward W. Osgood holds the record as secretary of a Masonic lodge, He has held that office in Leaven worth lodge, No. 2, for fifty years. Society of Civil Engineers, for his method of figuring stresses on dams. This was conceded to be the greatest contribution to engineering science during the year. Scholarships in prance for American Students Washington.? Receipt of a number of scholarships and fellowships for American students in French univer sities' and normal schools from the French department of education was announced today by the Americun council of education. The scholar ships, offered in appreciation of similar courtesies extended to French students, in the United States, are open, with a few exceptions, to Amer ican-born men or women graduates of Institutions approved by the council. Two scholarships each are made avail able .at the universities of Bordeaux. Lyons, Nancy, and Toulouse, and one each at Strasbourg, Grenoble and Paris. Nearly two-thirds of our pepper comes from Jsva and Madura. * 9 *?
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