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out the "tye-wig" which he always wore,
his head "ornamented with gray curls."
as a critic OF the picture deplored.
meant, no doubt. to be Roman and
classical To modern eyes, however,
and becoming than the old -fashoned wig.
Richard Henry Leg as spokesman of
LETTER OF EDMUND. JENNINGS.
the Westmoreland county gentlemen, the
patriots of this notableo section Of Vir-
gina. had written to his friend. Edmund
Jennings, to have the portrait OF Lord
Camden taken to place In their court
house. and Benjamin West was to be
the artist. But Lord Camden. who had
been associated with Lord Chatham In
defending the rights of the colonies. was
not so ready to oblige his American adj
mirers. First, want OF time, and then
official scruples stood in the way. These
considerations did not affect Lord Chat
ham, we are led to infer. Edmund Jen-
nings In presenting the picture of Lord
Chatham, writes to Richard Henry Lee
OF Mr.. Vests Intellectual efforts to secure
the Camden portrait, and adds:
but as the honest cause OF America
hath been supported with true liberality
by that great man, Lord Chatham.
could wish that his merits were not for
got, and therefore take the liberty OF
sending you by Captain Johnston his por-
trait, which. If you think worthy Of the
acceptance of the gentlemen OF West
moreland, I beg you would offer them in
my name. 1t was executed by Mr.. Peale,
Of Maryland. who was recommended to
me by several friends In that province as
young man of merit and modesty. Your
brother VIII limited to me that the pict-
ure of Lord Chatham would not be I'M
acceptable to the lower house of Assem-
bly,. Should the gentlemen be of that
opinion beg it may be disposed of in
that way" Mr.. Jennings. in a postscript
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Once there was long headed Fathe.
who had taken the Junior into the Down
Town Office and was trying to eradicate
the Greek and Latin from his system.
The Junior was a Lovely Chap whose
Clothes came to about twice ms ~, Saiar r =
He resembled the smooth faced Hero 81 a
Richard Harding Davis $3.50 Book, EH
keeping his Hair neatly gumm.d down
and wearing the right shape 81 ,Iho GGia az
the Piano. and holding up his, end IN 4
! lightweight conversation, he had man,
aged to elbow his Way into the Front
Race known as the Landed Gentry, bH-
cause they get Landed SO often
Bertrand Elappingaa9e ct WAS the Ma sc
he was known as BERTHE and among the
Employees al the Shop he was known as
a Bluff Bert's PATHWAY , IN l,ite was was 30
awfully Nice to him that after while
he felt reasonably Certain that tie
Earth, and the Fulness thereof = o nag neei n
he could cancel the Order any time that
Fappindale. Senior had never smoked
Egyptian Cigarettes and attended Junior
Prenls during his Incubator Pepi2fd; t bs
Mat sa ek snohe ss tire s% only On" Time u he so
real Lungy was when he ,I told how nc
ssd g YORK for S SIX We aha a Ionn plaa.
they took his Boiled Dinners away from
him and made him eat Artchokes but he
was still a Farmer at Heart, And when
they threw him into the lons-tailed Re-
gala with the misht Tie. he had Var
stenciled all over himself.
You may take one Of these self-made
Lnmlnaries and wean him away from Ills
years, but you cannot iron the Lines Of
Rugged Character from his From. Piece
nor separate him from, the IIom.ely Dec
trines that were called to his Attention
by means of a Hickory Cad some forty
years earlier. in the Game,
Consequently. the elder ,Flanplngdalea
did not hit 1t off to any large Extent
with Berties Friends, most of whom had
their Names already set UP In tho So,
aiatv Column 365 Days In the year, bhe
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to this letter, says that 'the head OF
Lord Chatham is done from an admirable
bust by Wilton and Is much like, though
different from the common prints"
SENT TO THE CAPITOL
It will be seen from this letter Of Ed
mond Jennings that the suggestion Of
William Lee that the Chatham portrait
should be sent to the Capitol at Will
Harrisburg met his own wishes. However.
the gentlemen OF Westmoreland we're
10th to give 1t up, though their court
house proved too small to hold It. It
remained, therefore at "Chantlly," the
home OF Richard Henry Lee, until the
lattcrs death, when 1t was transferred to
.'Stratford," the home of another OF the
distinguished Lee brothers of the Rcvolu-
tion as 1t was afterwards the home of
Light Horse Harry and the birthplace
of his peerless son, Gener al Robert Ed
ward Lee. From ''Stratford" the Chat
ham portrait went to Westmoreland
Courthouse. when new building was
erected there about 1925. But In 1888
the Library Committee OF the General
Assembly. hearing that there was no
BILE room at Westmoreland Court
house for the large canvas, asked that
it might be sent to the House of Dele
gates In Richmond; step to which the
Westmoreland justices gave their consent
in 1S47.
We hear OF the picture. and OF Peale's
merits and dement's as an artist, In
letter written In 1772 by Richard Henry
Lee to Colonel Landon Carter: 80 far
as am able to Judge. I think Mr.. Peale
has much merit in his profession. but in
the article OF milking colors for duration
he would seem to be deficient by the
picture he has drawn OF Lord Chatham.
now at Chantilly.
THE colors Of that piece have greatly
faded In the short time 1t was drawn. I
observe in your letter to Mr.. Peale that
this is one of your capital objections to
the copies that have been already taken
of your mothers picture. This gentle
man may possibly have by experience
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Cedars OF Lebanon From Seed Obtained In Asia
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE Of The Times

Especial Correspondence Of The Times
Dispatch.)
BOSTON, MASS. July A thousand
little ce6ars of Lebanon growing UP from
seed brought from Asia Minor Is one of the
Interesting sights just now in one corner
OF the frames OF the Arnold Arboretum
at Jamaica Plain. Not that they appear
at present much like their historic prede-
cessors. In fact to the uninitiated all
cedars look alike during their first year.
Some OF them are In little boxes. so that
they can be put out into the sunshine or
kept in the sheltering coonservatories as
may seem best. while others stand rank
by rank in the open-air bed. But what u
makes them particularly fascinating Is
they seem to be in a fair way to grow
and flourish. Just now In spite OF the
inclemency Of this spring weather, they
are flourishing like, the traditional green
bay tree. and If they continue to do so
the Aboretum will have introduced into
our northern latittdes. for the first time
one of the most striking and decorative
landscape trees that grows.
Will the Arnold Arboretum succeed In
growing these Lebanon trees? 1t Is not
the first attempt that has been made In
this climate but It Is the Tst to gys
attempts have failed because In the tropl-
cal summers and arctic winters of the
North Atlantic States the ordinary vege-
tatlOn OF the OTlenI SUI WIVES Uul ycui
or two at the best. But the Aboretum
hopes to acclimate a hardy growth III ac-
ccrdance with the precepts OF modern ar,
bcrlculture which have been developed
during years Of curious experimental ton
at this museum of living trees, sort OF
outdoor and hot-house laboratory be-
longing to Harvard University and per-
forming work of worldwide reputation.
To understand what hopes the Arbo-
return people have of successfully propa-
eating this difficult species you need only
remember what has been done In the W.!
Of extending the range of some OF ne
western soft wood trees. For instance,
when n Scotchman named Douglas dis-
covered the splendid frs on our Paclnc
coast that have been given his name ne
took the seed back home with MIN ana
cultivated 1t there. In that equabie CT.
mate It did we'll. but the first Douglas NJ
planted in the Eastern United states were
from seed that came from England anu
these-curiously enough-would not grow
more than a few years. standing TO De
killed by the first severe winter that cane
along. Much the same experience ths
silver FIR OF California and the Engleman
bprucc from the forests of Oregon surereI
when transplanted; the climate OF Olu
England was 80 much more even tsan
that of New England that while thcY
would grow abroad they died mere. fut
presently somebody brought to the Arpo'
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) yesterday, and as fula q vigorous life.
OF course this work ofSfaising little ced-
ars is still experimental. and the seedlings
are nurtured as carefully as II they were
| so many children At first they were all
| kept In the greenhouses In their boxes.
| Then when they had passed their first
| birthday. and the warmth of spring began
to stir in them. a few at a time were SGT
out-of-doors. The change OF habitation
| seemed beneficial, but the Arboretum Is
not ''rsking all its eggs in one basket"
and until the youngsters in the open air
permanently those under glass will not be
exposed.
There are. In the far East, cedars OF
| Lebanon which are thought to have been
| standing when solomon's temple was In
| its glory 5000 years ago-some even old
/ err; and perhaps the seed now being so
| carefully nurtured in the Arboretum fell
| from the widespreadinE branches Of somc
| giant that raised its head when ST. John
| sent his message to the church at Smyrna
| less than century after the Christian
| era began
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ngs of her Soul and all about her Empty
Life and how she had CROPPED for an Az
fnity. and, although he muffed good
many Of her Points and was clear Of the
that he was In the Presence OF one who
could take him by the Hand and shew
him a lot OF Things that he had never
marry her and sit around all Day with
his Head on her Shoulder and have her
talk Copy. worth about cents Word.
Father noticed that he was OF hia
so he called him in and wanted to know
"cut it out" said he, when no had
learned the Horrible Truth. Home Is not
Man for marrying a Woman who has SGT
the intellectual Bulge on him. In these
Days OF Thursday Afternoon Clubs and
Wife Who hasn't got the he,end OF the
Outfit beaten to Pulp. Nearly every
Woman knows more than her Husband,
but 1t helps some II he has enough Gray
and then, L only to give her the right
Cues, But 80 years would be long Tms
to sit at one end OF the Dinng-Room
Table. feeling about the size OF a Roach.
Victim who marries the Woman who ID
going to lead him on and on, She leads
him on and on. until he begins to Blow.
and then she usually goes on and on
tie and an Alpaca Coat. II I were you. !
should marry some one OF about my own
Mental Calibre. or course. you may have
to hunt long time, but when YOU locate
her YOU can. tell that she is the Righf
Kind. Any one who Will agree to Marty
you is In your Glass. and you can gamhla
on that"
IT have tried the Innocent Young Thing
the Sophisticated souhrette and the CuIs
tured Club Girl and you kick on all 81
them" said Bertrand
.'They are all Nice Girls" said Mr.,
Flappingdsle. Lets walt until we spot
one who has something coming to her.
and then We will put up Cool joke
on her /
Moral: 1t is a Wise Father That tun,-
bIes to his own Son
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:; TWO SOUTHERN POETS /;
BY REV. DIR. j. B. TAYLOR.

Two Of our Southern poets are known.
and their names Will go down to pos
terity. bacause each one is linked with
a single little poem. One OF them is
Philip Pendleton Cooke. Of Virginia "a
brother Of the gifted John Esten Cooke).
the author of the delightful little gem,
Florence Vane.' Had he done or writ
ten nothing else. his name would have
lived. l have known young ladies' who
have the pretty name. Florence Vane."
because of their parents admiration OF
the sweet poem beginning, II loved thee
dearly. Florence Vane"
The name Of the other poet Is Richard
Henry Wilde. of Georgia. a man Of un-
usual genius and attachments, whose fame
Is particularly associated with the fol-
lowing touching little poem
BREV1TY OF LIFE.
My life Is like the summer rose,
That opens to the morning sky,
But ere the shades of evening close.
Is scatter'd on the ground-to diei
Yet on the roses humble bed.
The sweetest dews of night are shed,
As II she wept the waste to see
But none shall weep tear for me!
MY like Is like the autumn leaf
That trembles In the moons pale ray,
It's hold is frail--its date Is brief,
Restless-agd soon to pass away!
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wealthy Marylanders, Charles Carroll.
OF Carrollton, heading the list, subscribed
to defray his expenses for which Peale
was to reimburse them by portraits on
his return. Another American artist.
BENJAMIN West, was then In London, and
Pcale became his pupil. The young Mary
lander had received his first lessons in
painting from Hessellus, in Annapolis.
and he had also been the pupil of Cop
ley in Boston His Versatile genius
manifested itself in many lines OF inven-
ton and achievement, but 1t Is as a por-
trait painter that he Is best known to
fame. And his likenesses were generally
considered strong, spirited and natural.
The Chatham portrait Is full length
figure. robed as a Roman orator, speak
ing in the forum. He stands in the
House Of Lords, with the Palace OF
Whitehall to be seen in the background.
We are told. and the window where
Charles I was brought out to be be-
beaded The statue Of Britannia. with the
cap of liberty on her head, is one of the
accessories In the painting, and she Is
represented as treadng upon the Con-
gress at New York. the American adj
dresses. etc. and advancing to extin-
guish the flame OF liberty which burns on
the altar close by the figure OF the ora
tor The altar Is supported by busts of
Sidney and Hampton, and q garland on
one side is wreathed over the head OF
Hampden. Lord Chathams personal APP
pearance has been described as a figure
tall and imposing, with a small head.
thin face, the eyes OF a hawk, and
nose long and acauiline. The Peale por-
trait gives us the imposing figure. the
small head and the features as they
were modelled by Wilton, the famous
sculptor OF George the Thirds period.
He stands with right hand extended as IL
about to address the Lords. and in his
left hand he holds a copy of Magma
Charta. With the classical garb. Peale
has represented Lord Chatham as with
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Deale's Portrait of Lord Chatham

improved In this material branch Of ms
art. hut this circumstances I am not acs
qualnted with, and. therefore, conclude II
the better way to submit the matter to
your own determination. If In this re-
spect he would answer, think he would
In every other. and. perhaps there IS
artists in America. would beg, leave to
refer YOU to my brother. Frank, on his
return from Annapolis. when he will have
many opportunitles OF seeing t mr. an Gae
entertained of him there by the best
Judges It was in this year-1772-that
Charles Wilson Peale painted the first
where he appears In the uniform Of a
Virginia colonel. And. doubtless, It was
at this time that Peale painted some I, o.
be found there making sketches also q
some of the houses at which he mad
Visited To these last John Adams allndes
in letter to his wife. written from phii;#
he says, IT took walk In Arch Street ta
see Mr.. Peales painters room Peale i
from MARYLAND: a tender, soft. affectlon.
traits. very well done, but not so well
as Copley's portraits. He showed me
likewise draughts, or rather sketches, OF
h had beennMr ECO corbn,s. Mr. Pages, Cen
eral Washngtons etc.
A COPY IN MARYLAND.
There hangs IN the nnte-room OF tho
Maryland Senate In the State House at
Annapolis, a portrait OF Lord Chatham.
which is evidently copy Of the one sent
to Virginia in 176s. It was presented to
the Assembly by Charles Wilson Peale4
in 1874. as appears by the following
entry on the journal OF the lower house,
under date OF April 18th:
ION reading second time the appli-
cation of Charles Wilson Peale. Of the
@lta }v,7ro
accept Of the very genteel Present Of the
Portrait of the Earl Of Chatham. offered
the Legislative Body OF this Province;
And thereupon do appoint the honorable
speaker and the representatives OF Anne
Arundel County and the City Of Annapo-
lis to receive and take care OF the same,
and to direct any alterations they may
think proper to be made in said Portrati
And as Compliment to Mr.. Peale, re-
quest his acceptance OF the sum OF Ons
Hundred pounds common Money.
KATE MASON ROWLAND.
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The Man and the Storm-Pit.

Onct dey WIZ Man what SO fraid er
de Hurricane dat he dlgged a Storm Pit
on his plantation: en- ever time he seen
a Storm comm he ruined inter 1t en-
pulled de lid down on top er him,
But one day ween he wuz down dar
chucklin' ter hissef how safe he wuz,
whilse de Hurricane wuz BLOWN over
him Airthquake come rumbin' under
him, en- which way ter go wuz sde ques-
ton! But he headed fer de Hurricane.
des in time ter be bowed six-ways fer
Sunday, an whise he wuz travelin' inter
de mex county, straddle er pine tree,
stan's 'twiXt de devil en- de deep sea Wen
he's 'fraid err fire, en- can't swim a lick"
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William Pitt. first Earl OF Chatham.
was not only the idol OF his own people,
hut he was the peculiar favorite OF the
Americans. The British adored him for
his brilliant foreign policy. which gave
them their splendid victories IN the war
with France. The Americans, a little
later, had cause to revere him as their
champion in the Stamp Act controversy
for 1t was to Pitt they owed the repeal
of this obnoxious measure.
1t was at this time. in 1885, that the
,"Great Commoner,'' as he was called. &C
cepted peerage. and In thus deserving
the House OF Commons lost much OF his
popularity In England. though In America
his star never waned. Lord Chesterfield
yittiy said OF Lord Chatham's advent
into the House OF Lords that 1t was "a
fall upstairs" But the Americans knew
him for their friend both as peer ana
ccmmoner, as was evinced In more than
ono important crisis. Pittsburg perpet-
yates the name OF the Great Commoner"
In Pennsylvania, as Pittsylvania county
does in Virginia. His statue was erected
in New York and In Charleston. and to
Virginia came In 1863 Lord Chatham's
portrait painted by Charles Wilson
Peale And It is interesting to note that
his portrait was painted by two American
artists-by Peale. in 1858. and by Copley,
In 1880. the year after Lord Chatham's
death, In the large picture. known as
1.-THE Death OF Lord Chatham, which
adorns the National Gallery. London. The
little known Peale portrait was the gift
of a Virginian living In London to the
gentlemen of Westmoreland county, and
for over half century 1t has hung on
the walls OF the House of Delegates In
the Capitol of Virginia. but now. In 1905,
1t goes back to Westmoreand county.
PEALE AND HIS WORK.
It was In 1867 that Charles Wilson
Peale, the most eminent American por-
trait painter of his day, went to Eng
land to study his art. number of
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return seeds of the frs and spruces from
the mountains of Colorado The, trees
those on the shores Of the Pacific, bn;
apparently they had been acclimated. as 1t
were, by centuries Of exposure In high
attitudes. At any rate. brought east and
exposed to the rigors of our climate they
throve and grew to full stature, develop
Ing into some Of the best of our land
scape trees.
The experience gained with these West.
ern, frs prompted a similar experiment
with the. ccdars of Lebanon. Since the
selves not hardy enough for New Eng
lands climate-and that means for. prac-
atGde all If Central ths eor New nG4ah
.boretum sought out some specimens that
had already been through the process Of
accllma tizatlon. finally securing a e nun
ma the coolest region In which the tree
Is found and one with weather ,, almost as
ab saeas that that e. o9 Minor We're ea
course rs "a To-day o when thev are year and
half old the 6Eb an 59rg x sf boa hspd
enough ,1gh t 10 cover t the Mount Of olives.
b1 he sreaf aoft o ihe Te
pie OF Solomon with It's mighty pillars.
they are small. but already they have
Ing air Of self-importance as It were.
and one can easily imagine their unde-
veloped grandeur.
For since the davs Of Solomon the ce-.
1dars OF Lebanon have been the type Of
ma icsty and beauty. In maturity they
grow to GO feet in. height. with flat. wide.
Spreading branches set synmetrically
about sturdy trunk. The long life OF
their fine-fibred wood and the strong
balsam Of their seed gave them wonder
full properties in the minds OF the an
clients among whom the cedar was the
most valued of trees When, solomon
built his temple and his palace he bought
from Hiram King of Tyre. the great ce,,
dars of Lebanon to make pillars ana
beams and walls, and from him hired
his workmen. too. And solomon had
three score and ten thousand that bare
burdens. and four score thousand hewers
in the mountains: beside the chief OF SOL
omon's officers which were over the Work,
three thousand and three hundred Wnich
ruled over the people that wrought IN
the work" The temple was seven years
in building. And Solomon gave Hiram
twenty thousand measures OF wheat LOT
food 70 his household. and twenty meas
ures OF pure oil thus gave Solomon 10
Hiram year by wear.
The cones OF the cedar OF Lebanon are
close.knit and hard. Inside. the, little
pitchy seeds. packed closely together IN
TO carry them far and wide and drop
them SO that their sharp points snail
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Yet. ere that leaf shall fall and fade,
The winds bewail the Ieafless tree,
NY life Is like the prints. which feet
Have left on Tampa's desert strand;
All trace will vanish from the sand:
Yet. as II grievng to efface
All .yest!Fe of the human race,
On that lone. shore loud means. the sea,
But none. alas! shall mourn for mel
The sea NAV on the desert shore
Lament each trace 1t bears away;
The lonely heart its grief may pour
Der cherished friendships fast decay:
Yet when all trace Is lost and gone.
thus soon affections bonds are torn.
And even love forgets to mourn.
This is doubtless the piem concerning
which your correspondent. Reader
made enquiry in your issue Of June 18th.
Recently walking through one of the
parks In Augusta I came upon a marble
shaft erected to the memory OF the !, an u.
thor. and read the following inscriptions
Riehard Henry wilde. Born Sep. "a
1850. Died Sep. TO-. 1S47;
Erected by isos the Hayne Literary Club
On the fourth side Is q. scultured repre-
first stanza of the poem ..u.
l find in my scrap-book the folloWlng
beautiful poem to Wilde by anotner
Southerner writer, A B. Meek, which may
be of interest:
RICHARD HENRY WILDE
The harp that sang 1.-THE Summer Rose,
In strains so sweetly and so well.
That, soft as dews at evenings close,
The pure and liquid numbers Tell.
Is hush'd and shattered! Now no moro
Its silvery chords their music pour;
But, crushed by an untlmely blow,
Both harp and flower in dust lie low!
Drop down thy willows, southern landI
Thy Bard, thine Orator Is dead:
He sleeps where broad magnolias stannd
with hSummer Roses" DER his headI
The lordly river sweeping by.
Curves round his grave. with solemn elghS
And, from your twinkling orange stem,
The Mock-Bird pours his requiem!
Bard OF the South! the Summer Rose
May perish with the Autumn Leaf;
The footprints left on Tampa shores
May vanish with q date as brief:
But thine shall be the life. OF fame'
No winter winds can wreck thy name,
And future MINISTRIES shall rehearse
Thy virtues, In memorial verse!
247 Capitol Ave-, Atlanta. Ga
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A Georgia Breakdown

Rattle snake quol in de lion den.
Lion done eat twenty men;
Rattle snake weave de rattle spell.
Lion think its de dinner bell!
"Oh Mister Lion. how you do
How's yo' helt en- 20 family. too?'
~ done right we'll TO- you ring dat bell
But whar dat dinner. is de word ter
tell?"
Rattle snake say ez he go his way,
"You'll git dat dinner Wen yo' hair tu'n
Eray!