Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-21

T., 80 rL.lu Eyn.:. tOr ittcel s4-crssIye
yesrs Washington wGs q member Of the
Iayi.is,ura Of his state. His wits always
scoomsanied him to williamsburg, then
the capital of Virginia And 80, tTeadlng
On TO se7s lime slipped away noIselees3iy
for these hTpy people. linen came
ri.Da =. las, wheu 10. eight years the boom
e cauUo~ aud til roar OF musketry shook
everV home ia the land The happy
family ~ vi T,.a"n suffered disruption
With the rest, for lie head was the leader
OF the old CoEtinentSls, who iatered not
Ever YEAR in October Ms. Washing
ton. llstyd With supplies, visited her hus'
band 10 camp and spent the winter with
him. r - yaar she hoped would end the
war and conclude his long absence. ~
laat. waen psaCe WAS declared and the
country for which the fathers fought be
came really ;heir own, Washington Was
onca more called from his home TO assume
The Presidential chair which ne filed con
sc;euiicu.!y for eight years, and them re-
fused ilii nomination.
Tie seat of government Was then ~ Ne"
York. The PcsgiGen;s house was elegant
IL furnished, aud almost aa formally CON
Quoted as the home Of kiuy Mrs
Washington was an srist1cTai by nature
aud in accordance Wirh the cust1m OF the
times, conducted Lez receptions after tae
manner 4 Eoglish aud French drawing
room Tne Republican court, then To-
Gated ~ NJ. 3 Franklin square, New
! York. called together the most elegant
nri es,inable Of the country. Very cut
lerent from the preaeni method Of receiy-
inc ihe public were those receptions. Ihs
most rigid rules governed them and &C
cess was not easy. Dress, tco was con
sideratiou. Certain requirements IN ihs'
oart;culsr mus: be observed.
The second year Of Washington I'D
mia;s.rStinr the seat OF government Vas
reuo7ad to Philadelphia. where the came
, ,areuony was observed IN the manage
meH; ct tie Fresidar''s household as a;
Nav York. The bluss chosen vas on
/ Market street, bstSeeu Fifth end Sixth, on
tbe South S:le. aniu 7aa handsomely tor
; nis2ei. No house was prouoed 'or me
} President bv tire Government; ;hen, as now
I The ffr Pfes:iant rented aad furnished
his own.
NJ, Washington held her receptions, or
dragging rooms. as Ties were called, on Err
! 5av evening of each week. The guests
assembled esylY aud lett before 1890
These occasions are said to have been eS-
cesd;,Uly stiff solemn and awkward, The
atmosphere Of awful dignity that radisted
{ from the great Washington rather over
powered the guests. 1t was an honor TO De
/ admitted, bur il was also fearful trial TO
apy addicted to nsturalnesg o: manner or
buovancy IF spirits
The lady of the mansion sat at the hesr
/ n; he roou,, and the guests were placed IN
a circle arcauj which the president pass
ID speaking tremendously to each one
There is nothing to tell US what Mrs. Wash
ington wore on those occasions or how sac
looked. The society reporter had not been
invented "a il was the age Of bronze, not
nnsel We kuow, however. that the presi,
dent powdered his hair and never otered
his hands 10 any of bis guests, and that be
wore the old Continental uniform.
/ Il this time Mrs. Washington vas IS
wears old, as was the general, both having
baen born in the same yssr. Ms. wash
;noton's children, Martha ard John Psrke
CSst;s we're cherished and guided by
Washington as tenderly as il they had
been bis own. Both died after reaching
msturity. The son, who was colonel II
) Wasbiugtons army, vas married and LET
a widow and four children. Washington
! sdcp.s1 two Of the children at ouee, snC