The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-07

| was sitting. In Yrs. Lambs Office the
other day chat .dng about tho coming Cen
tennial ceie 'Oration, when she touched on
the topic
lh' re has ben so much fiction about
Ee2f &c Washington that it would be inter
En- ing to know Just how much of a flesh
End blood maI he was" ! began. what
sort of a man was he!'
st is not possible for Washington to be
so localized as to lose sight Of the man. He
was Of a well rounded character, and by no
means illiterate, although his education was
obtained in the usual way at that time. Fle
is knowR to have had god tutor, and he
wa reared in a home where the absence of
moral and religious training would have
been efteemed disgrace. He stepped into
public life absolutely free from and untram-
meled by truubieso ne ana deterIorating hab.
it's His breeding was that Of a gentlemen. He
was never sent to any collegiate institution
as some of the Nirginians were, but he
made use of his many opportunities, and
became well informed on great variety of
important subjects while yet q mere Dor.
His mother was a woman of wide reading
and great breadth and strength of character
His brother Lawrence was a traveller to
many parts Of the world. In his early life
he was exceedingly active and very mach
in the open air. The gravities and response
bilities of his career to k possession of him
early. In field sports, in skilled horsenan-
ship, in sur veying, with its attendant ia
tigue, exposure and expedients, in the use
of the rifle aud in the care of a rural do
main, all his faculties and his manly quail
ties both physical aud mental, Vere pretty
evenly developed. He had the best training
possible for military life in a new country
In his intercourse with the BI1tish officers
that came over, and with the old Virginian
families. who were people of culture, he be-
came much more thoroughly educated than
he has ever had the credit of being"
as the estimate Of history in dealing with
Washington a correct oner'
History, in the main, has dealt very
fairly with him. 1t would hardly be posi-
BILE to over estimate his greatness His
militarv abilities are best known by their
results"
''now do the statesmen of to-day com
pare with the statesmen of the colonial
periodp
1T would not DO easy to compare the
statesmen Of to-day With those of 100 years
ago for the reason that no such grave ques-
tion came before them to test their abiliues
The statesmen Of 100 years ago were found
ing the government FIR the nation, and it
required peculiar knowledge, discrimination
and craftsmanship"
What of Wnshington's personal habits,
Mrs. LambP
las 20 his personal habits he was a very
early riser, ali his life, he was very method
cal and extremely industrious, never allow
ing a moment to he wasted, and yet he
never seemed to be- in a hurry. He was
regular attendant at church, going once
day in toe morning. He was very fond of
horses and of exercise IN the open air,
and during the time he resided in New York
as the first President of the United States,
he went out two or three times a day--in
the morning and afternoon. Sometimes he
went in the post-chsise with Mrs. WASH
ington, aud sometimes in the chariot as he
tells us himself, aud sometimes on horse
back and he walked round the battery, al
most daily. When he drove, his favorite
route was the fourteen mile round which
took him over tue old Bloomi gdale road
that came out in view of the Hudson very
near where Grants tomb Is now, and then
in returning he came down over the cen
trail part Of the island via the old Boston
post road. He is represented as being very
atfable and easily approached by those who
knew him best, but his manners were
statelyn