The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-12

Stripes, or flag bunting to dress up lit
tie girls and young ladies, but I agree
with the Longfellow protest, that we
should draw the line" on the trunks"
of chorus and ballet girls in theatrical
performances. Is Young men am
bilious to go to West Point Military
Academy will find in the October issue
of the American Boy, of Detroit
Mich, very fine full page picture of
Cadet Camp Life. in the summer. A
critical examination of the uniforms
of the cadets, of the grounds about the
tents, and especially the inside Of the
tents, will convince any person that the
life of a cadet is not one of ease or in
attention to even trifiing duties. The
discipline as to neatneSS in dress, quar-
tiers, and other matters, Is most rigid,
and applies to the richest as we'll as the
poorest cadet. Each one has the same
routine of duties to perform.
The sudden death in Washington. D.
c., of Rear Admiral James E. Jouett.
u. S. A.. (retired) falls upon me as
personal bereavement. He was my
neighbor in 1.-THE Anchorage" his love-
ly Florida home, and my comrade in
the Grand Army Of the Republic. When
he went North on his summer vacation
I felt that my health might improve
so that 1 could attend the encampment.
In our last interview we planned many
pleasant meetings; and yet just as the
advance guard of the G.. A. R. was
coming into Washington. his comrades
of Kit Carson Post were laying him
to rest in the National Cemetery at
Arlington. And twice this week 1t
seemed that in few days my battle
SCARED body would be carried there
i&c Hy1o in60n0-
liable will-power has brought me back
from the shadow of death, to linger
here awhile longer. Admiral Jouett
should have outlived me several years,
because, like me- he was OF a cheerful
sunny disposition-called "a dear old
man." And yet Drawer never trod
the deck of a war vessel in any navy
on earth: while as a neighbor and a
friend, he was as kindly and gentle as
a woman. 1t may not be long before
we meet again.
An inquiry comes to Mrs. William H.
FELTON,. from Talbotton, Ca, as to the
truth of the report that Washington
was rejected by a wealthy lady, who
later on married British officer, and
Washington, for revenge, asked Con-
gress to confiscate her property. AS
Mrs. FELTON, cannot answer the CUES
ton, I will put In my oar" There
is an old legend up about West Point
Military Academy and along the Hud-
son river, that Washington, in his
campaigns in that section, paid his ad-
dresses to Miss Mary Philips, whose
father was an Englishman and very
wealthy. He had another daughter
named Elizabeth, and while she ana
her father were bitter against the
American idea of independence, Mary
espoused our cause. Why she declined
Gen. Washington's attentions and mar
ried Col. Morris Of the Revolutionary
army the legend does not state, but
think that at that time the Morris
family of New York was much more
wealthy and aristocratic than the
Washington family. When success
seemed possible to our cause, Elizabeth
Philips and her father sold out their
large estates on the Hudson river ana
returned to England. AS Washington
did not court Elizabeth Philips, and
she sold her property before her return
to England, Washington could not
have sought to confiscate her property
Henry Ewart Stewart sends out
ready plate illustrated sketch of the g.
A. r. AS usual when people write
about things they are not familiar
with, he falls into numerous errors
But will only correct one or two. His
statement that Commander-in-ChleI
Torrance is serving his second year is
a mistake. Since 1878 no commander-in-
chief has succeeded himself. Gen. 1oF-