davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-22

lounged there; but Washington was
too long and bulky to have fitted in
there easily. This room is said 10
have been used by Washington for
receptions
of the main room. and entered by "a
two-foot covered passage. somewhat
on the style OF a pantry, is the room
in which Washington slept for two
weeks. 1t contains three green-col-
ored antique chairs that, according to
tradition. were in the house in 1775-
Two of the chairs appear in one of
the accompanying photographs The
seats are upholstered in lowered silk.
On class day night. some years ago.
one OF these chairs disappeared, and
the college officers could neither eat
nor sleep until II was recovered. 1t
seems that some one took il out into
the yard for his fair lady and thence
IT went astray.
The bedroom has a modern append
age in the shape Of a bathroom
with the boosted open plumbing
The Provincial Breath.
There is much about the rooms that
exhaIes the provincial breath and that
excites a species of veneration in the
mind Of the visitor. The original solid
doors open by means of the original
brass locks and swing upon the orig
inal hand-wrought iron hinges. There
is the original paneIed wainscoting;
there is the original tesselated wooden
oornice. done by hand; there are the
solid window-frames (twenty-four
panes to each window; and there. on
the side. facing Harvard Square, is
the glass door. which Washington
may have used on those sultry July
nights.
Besides the visiting preacher.
wadswOrth is occupied in these days
by students (among whom is the son
of the Rev. Francis Peabody. the reg
ular university preacher), and by
well known sraduate-none other
than the Hon. T. T. Myers, Speaker
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-22

Of the Massachusetts House of Rep
resentatives.
Mr. Myers has lived in wadsworth
for twenty-five years. or ever since he
entered Harvard He is the only per
son outside of porters. students and
officials who resides within the col
lege walls.
1t was from this house that Wash
ington rode forth to introduce himself
TO the raw troops who. under his
leadership. played horse with the Brit
ish veterans.
In the diary Of Dorothy Dudley for
the year 1775 is this entry:
General Washington's Arrival.
July 3d.-GeneraI Washington is
here. Yesterday he arrived. by way
of WATERFOWL. where he was received
by Congress with a COngra tulatory ad-
dress, and escorted to Cambridge by
a troop of light horse. He went i'm
mediately TO his quarters at the presi-
dents house 1t was just as we were
returning from church, and our curl
osity 10 see the man of whom we have
heard so much was satisfied.
He is a large man, tail and we'll
proportional; his face noble in its sug-
gestion Of strength, and dignity, and
modesty. Our expectations are more
than realized.
His appearance is one to inspire
confidence and love. and TO make us
grateful for the possession Of such
a chief To-day he formally took
command, under one Of the grand old
elms on the Common. II was a mag
nificent sight. The majestic figure of
the General, mounted upon his horse,
beneath the wide-spreadiug branches
of the patriarch tree; the multitude
thronging the plain around. and the
houses filled with interested specta-
tors OF the scene, while the air rung
with shouts of enthusiastic welcome.
as ne drew his sword, and thus de-
clared himself Commander-in-Chi of
the Continental Army"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-22

Under one of the grand old elms."
SO there was more than one grand old
elm? That's the rub. There was no
newspaper reporter on the spot to put
down whether it was the sixth elm on
the right or the seventh on the left; TO
note how the General looked that
morning or what ne said to Lee or
enough to speak Of his majestic fig
ure;" but she lacked a sense of
definiteness.
Unfortunately, too, photography
was not then an art or family
pastime. Fortunately. on the other
hand, the souvenir fend had not come.
otherwise in place Of a decrepit tree.
braced with steel rods, there would
be nothing but twigs and bits of bark
scattered over the country as If by
cyclone.
This is what Washington Irving
says:
Remembered Washington.
"On the Sd of July. the morning
after his arrival at Cambridge, Wash
inGton took formal command of the
army. II was drawn up on the Com
mon. about half n mile from head
quarters. multitude had assembled
there. for as yet military spectacles
were novelties, and the camp was full
Of visitors. men. women and chill
dren, from all parts Of the country,
who had relatives among the yeoman
soldiery. An ancient elm is still
pointed out, under which Washington,
as he arrived from headquarters, ac-
companied by General Lee and a
numerous suite. wheeled his horse
and drew his sword as COMMANDMENT
chief Of the armies"
What is nearest TO a story by re
sponsible eye witness is the account
to be found in Sidney Wizards
Memoirs of Youth and Manhood %
Mr.. Willard relates:
His stay at the old headquarters
1.-THE Vassall Housed was necessarily
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-22
Continued from Page One, this section.

Continued from Page One, this section.
ton was ushered when he reached
Cambridge. Irving says that in ac-
cordance with a resolve of the Pro-
vinciaI Congress. when in session in
watertOVvn, the presidents house
in Cambridge. excepting. one room
reserved by the president tDr. Lang
dom for his own use, was TO be
taken. cleared and furnished for the
reception Of the Chief
and General Lee"
This was the sIovenly but dashins
Charles Lee, who. by introducing his
dog Spada to all the fine ladies at
headquarters. long antedated the
person who wrote, Love me. love my
dog"
There is no record showing how
long Washington occupied the presi-
dents house: but IL seems likely,
Judging by an entry in Thacher's
Military Journal" that ne moved to
the VassalI house. afterward the
Craigie house, and still afterward
I,ongfeuow's house. about the middle
OF July
Colleges Much Injured.
II may be that washington desired
larger and better quarters: or, as this
anecdote suggests. safer quarters
The anecdote was told 10 Mrs. Quincy.
the wife OF the Quincy who. after
having been I'VE times elected Mayor
of Boston. was chosen President Of
Harvard on January Is. 1929. DR. Hol-
brook, by the way, was with the army
in Cambridge in 1775 in a professional
capacity.
The Presidents house was given
TO the cOmmissary OF the army" he
relates. "and 1 was CHARTERED at the
house Of Mr.. Phips. in the neighbor-
hood. The colleges were much in
jured by the garrison. The rooms in
Harvard Hall. except the one then
used as a library. were flied with
barrels OF salt beef. brought by the
country people for the army. One day
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-22

which those on the beach failed to
catch.
Suddenly the rover became excited
and stood up in the boat. which, like
an ordinary rOwboat under similar
circumstances, resented the familiar
ity and pitched its occupant headlOng
wildly gesticuIating hands and a ter
rified face. heard a piteOus, strangling
cry for help, and then pandemonium
reigned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-22

during the siege Of Boston a shell
thrown by the British from Cops
Hill struck the ground in the square
near the Presidents house. The fuse
was vet burning. and soldier went
and stamped it out at the risk OF his
life"
Since President Felton's day the
most prominent occupant of Wads-
worth has been the visiting preacher
20 the university. From February 3
to February 20 last the preacher was
the Rev Washington GLADDEN.. of the
First Congregational Church. Column
bus. Ohio DR.. Edward Everett Hale.
who was one Of the university preach
ers from 1856 TO 1883. gives this sketch
Of the house in his Historic Bos-
tom
Rev. DR.. Hale's Word.
1T is a good type Of the architec-
ture Of 100. You see. il has the COM
Portable and convenient gambrel roof
OF that time.
Il met a lady yesterday who told
me she had read with interest Of the
life and work Of Monsieur Mansard,
the French architect, and she asked
where she should find the life of Mon
sieur Gambrel. For our purposes his
is a better roof. not to say more pic
turesque. than the. French Mansard.
See this fine old balustrade to the
stairways and what paneling they
had! This handsome parlor on the
left Is the minister's room Cnow it
is called the preachers room.O
The Preachers Room.
The preachers room is plainly but
comfortably furnished Aside from
the engraving Of Washington, and the
portraits Of the preachers. there is no
picture Of great note in the room
The picture OF old Wadsworth," to
which DR.. Hale refers. may be there.
but il ia not marked, as il should be.
over in the farther corner is an al
cove, Of oblong form. now occupied
by a soft couch. Perhaps Wadsworth
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-22

Thirty years ago. on one blustry
inches in diameter was snapped off.
A part of the wood, reports the Rev
Alexander Mckenzie. was used to
make a pulpit for the chapel Of
neighboring church ono doubt the
Shepard Memorial Church. of which
DR.. Mckenzie is pastor)-
The Tree is 70 Cambridge what the
Rock is TO Plymouth.
Many interesting things happened
while the Washingtons lived in Cam
bridge. Dorothy Dudley, in her
diary. gives two short descriptions OF
the General and his wife that are
worth quoting because Of their
rarity.
The General and His Wife.
Mrs. Washington" she says under
date of December Is. 1875. was at
church yesterday with the General
she is a fine-looking lady. with regu-
lar features. dark chestnut hair and
hazel eyes. and a certain gravity in
her carriage which becomes her posi-
ton
on January 80. 1875. the dlarist says:
Madame Washington has enlivened
the monotony of her Winter among
US by a reception, on the seventeenth
anniversary of her wedding day
The General does not talk much. but
is gracious and courteous to all His
lady is very unCeremonious and easy.
like other Virginia ladies. though
there is no lack OF dignity in her man
ner."
This reception was held in the fine
old VassaH mansion" now called the
Craigie house. from Andrew Craigie.
who bought It in 1898. and lightly
offended the pious conservatism of his
neighbOrs by building an ice-cellar
ana a greenhouse ana, as Il
thought. thereby flying in The face OF
Providence by spiting the Summer
with MS ice and the Winter with hIs
flowers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-22

short. The distance from it to
the Cambridge Common, by the
avenue which leads to the west
erly part. is not many rods. At
the termination of this avenue on
the Common stood. and still stands.
in magnificent size and ramifications,
the Washington Elm, as il is always
called. in conformity with the ira
dictionary fact that il was on this spot
that Washington first unsheathed his
sword at the head of his troops
marshalled for the defence OF the
country.
There, then nine years Of age,
distinctly remember sitting on the
fence before the old house which still
remains at the corner. near the tree,
and seeing the majestic warrior.
mounted on d fitting sJeed. with all
his trim belonging pass by. He was
there saluted with "A discharge of ar
tillery under the direction of General
Brooks. who met him at the head 90
about a thousand militia in their ac-
customed uniforms. So soon as pro-
priety permitted. he left the training
field, the Common, which was in the
same sterile and Unadorned condition
in which he had seen it thirteen years
before. and proceeded 10 Harvard
Hail..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-22
w eRIEssER,

quently varied. the fertile ingenuity
Of Captain Mcclellan daily introduc-
ing some new feature illustrative Of
the perils attendant upon wreck Oper-
ations Of life-saving crews.
A Daring Feat
On November q, 1900, there oc-
Cured in the harbor of Buffalo. not
far from the scene of these imitation
rescues, a feat so daring as to chal-
lenge creduHty but for the matter-of-
fact report of the occurrence on file
in the Government archives. The
hero in this instance was Captain w
w. Griesser. keeper of the Buffalo
Life Saving Station, his gallantry
winning for him the gold medal
awarded by the United States Gov
eminent for extraordinary courage
displayed in rescuing persons from
drowning.
Captain Griesser, Hero.
AS 1 write. the photograph of Cap
tain Griesser lies before me. with the
token Of his valorous deed pinned TO
his breast. The clear-cut, we'll mod
eled lips and the square jaw and
breadth Of face suggest determination
and physical endurance. Add TO this
the description appearing opposite
his name on the records Of the Life
Saving Service, and you have an ideal
hero; aged forty-seven, height feet
1917 inches. weight 2O5 pounds, com
pIexion dark, eyes hazel
On the day in question Surfman
Hurd, of Captain Griessers life saw
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-22
Alone on a Wreck.

A wreck pole. with yard, designed
to represent the rigging Of a strand
ed ship. stood some hundred yards off
shore. Perched upon this improvised
mast could be seen the form Of a
man, who. judging from his gesticula-
lions, had succeeded in surrounding
himself with imaginary horrors of
shipwreck Down the beach came the
life savers on the run, pulling the res
cling apparat us- They numbered
abreast the make-believe wreck and
placed the Lyle gun in position for
firing a line over the mast prepara-
tory to sending out the breeches buoy.
Up and down the beach and back of
the surfmen stood the expectant
crowd. waiting to hear the little gun
and see its projectile start on its
errand Of mercy.
Up to this point the proceedings are
all ION the square" The spectators
knew that what they had already wit
messed, ana Wrought thss what was
yet 10 come. had been prearranged,
but the life savers had stElitfie sur
prise in store-a denouement TO the
mimic scene on which they expected
10 score several rounds of applause.
and maybe an encore-the sequel
proved them TO be consummate ac-
tors.
While the men were busying them
selves with the gun a man in a small
boat was seen coming along the
beach. In the general suspense no
one took any notice of his movements.
AS he came nearer his manner of
handling mis- craft and his personal
appearance were suggestive OF a coun-
tryman taking his first outing on the
water. The submerged ship was right
in his course. and a few awkward
pulls at the oars brought him nearer
the man waiting for salvation, around
whom he pad,dled two or three times
in a careless fashion, the while ex-
changing rema rks with the castaway
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-22
Plunged Into the Water.

The surfmen ran to the lifeboat ly-
ing nearby. half out Of the water. and
pushed of TO the rescue. leaving the
man on the mast until a more cOnven-
lent season. They were soon on the
spot and one Of their number arose in
his place at the oars. and took head
er just as the dreU1Ffsfg- TsSsils went
down for the last time. The crew lay
by, and presently tf7eTrescher came
UP and was helped into the boat with
his unconscious burden and brought
TO land, where the limp form was laid
upon the sand and the rescuers began
the resuscitation operations prescribed
by the regulations OF the United
States Life Saving Service.
Excited the Crowd.
Meantime the excited crowd had
pressed down upon them. and the eff
forts of seven policemen were requir-
ed to prevent the life-savers from be-
ing pushed into the water. After sew
eraI moments manipulation the sup
posedly drowned man jumped to his
feet and gave the crowd the laugh.
The excitement simmered down as
quickly as il started, and those near
est the lffe-savers walked shame
facedly away.
Thereafter the performance was fire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-22
Uncle Sam Pins Gold Medals on
Heroic Keeper of Buffalo Life
Saving Station for His Many
Daring Rescues.
BY CHARLES A. HARBAUGH.
A n interesting and unique feat
IRE OF the Pau-Anerican Ex-

A n interesting and unique feat
IA ure Of the Pau-American Elk
Il position at Buffalo was the
daily maneuvers of the life saving
crew on the lake front, composed of.
picked men from Uncle Sans pro-.
fessional surfmen under the direction
of Lieutenant c. H. Mcclellan, r. c..
S, assistant inspector of the fifth
life saving district. These drills were
witnessed by thousands daily. the
entertainment offered being a mimic
rescue from shipwreck. with enough
of the element of danger added to
satisfy the most exacting-
on the occasion Of the first exhibit
ton of the surfmen's skill the real
ism with which the operation was
executed was such as to throw the
spectators into a panic, a riot being
averted only by the police and the
tact of the official in charge Of the
show. The screams of hysterical
women and frightened children and
the shouts of frantic men. as the
throng of excited humanity surged
toward the spot where the life savers
were expected to land with the res
cued person gave the scene touch
OF the tragic which Captain Mcclellan.
with all his attention to detail had
entirely overlooked in arranging the
programme.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-22
The Washington Elm.

The memory of a boy of nine. called
upon in old age, is not altogether
trustworthy. However, with the ex-
Ception Of Professor Claiming, no one
who has written on the matter seems
10 nave rejected the tradition.
To-day the Washington Elm is re-
garded and cared for as. a precious
relic. Some of the limbs are mere
stubs. but still the patriarch looks
good for many years more. The
II uuK, which is the picture of
arboreal health. is some eighteen feet
in circumference. while the present
branches have a spread Of about
ninety feet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-22
G STORY OF CAPTAIN GRIESSER: LFE-SAVER
His Almost SuPerhuman Work in
a Rescue Performed in the Face
of Overwhelming Odds on Lake
Erie, Near Buffalo.

In position Another man under sim
liar conditions might have called for
volunteers Griesser did nothing OF
the kind. he determined TO do the
carrying himself. His decision met
with the vociferous protests of the by
ISLANDERS. but that made no difference
70 him-so long as there was an inn
periled life at stake and an untried
chance to save II.
A Volunteer Offers Aid.
One Of his surfmen volunteered to
accompany him. The two men re-
moved their storm clothing and heavy
boots, then with line trailing behind
them they swan boldly out. only to
be hurled back on the beach. The
second time they tried It they made
better progress. but when a hundred
feet from the shore the surfman was
thrown against a submerged pile and
so seriously injured that he had TO
give up the contest.
Griesser. however. by diving and
taking advantage Of the undertow,
succeeded in covering 200 feet In the
space Of fifteen minutes, and chung to
pile to regain his wind before re-
Stunning his journey. On the shore the
crowd watched his movements with
bated Breath, and when he reached
the pillng where he paused for mo-
ment's rest a cheer went up.
But his task was not yet finished.
There We're stiH 800 feet between him
and the scow, from which he could at
intervals hear the despairing cries Of
the man he had started out to save.
Again he struck out. now disappear
ing beneath the waves, now coming
to the surface, each time a little
closer to his object When within
thirty feet Of the scow he threw his
rope. but IL fouled and ne drew II in.
He made a desperate effort to get
closer. and again threw the line. but
IL fell short.
SpurTed to Final Effort.
He was about to give up the I'M
equal struggle when a cry from the
imperiled man spurred him to one last
trial. One instant a wave would car
~ him within throwing distance. and
just as he was on the point Of castina
the line another rush OF water would
toss him away. but at length there
came a Iun in Tie sea and he got with
III ten feet of his man.
Calling TO him 10 be ready the line
few through the air. the. man extend
ed an arm and II fell within his grasp.
''Tie IT around your body and jump"
called Griesser.
as directed. but fastened it TO his
wrist. Still he hesitated TO loosen his
hold on the piling-
Jump" yelled the keeper as a big
wave swept over the piles.
The man let go. and those on the
shore holding the other end Of the
rope ran up the beach, pulling their
catch with such swiftness that he did
not come 70 the surface while in tran
sit Then the heroic keeper mounted
a monster wave and rode back 10
land In state. alighting from his liquid
vehicle abruptly and without cere-
nony, but amid the cheers OF the wit
nesses Of his bravery.
The rescued man was unconscious
when hauled in, but revived under
vigorous treatment
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-22

also been washed overheard soon after
casting anchor.
While the life-savers were strug-
Cling in the water the snow had
drifted nearly a mile down the harbor.
and struck a row Of piling that forms
a sand catch, the top of which. usu-
ally several feet above water, was
completely submerged by the big
waves. All the life-savers had reached
shore drenched, chilled and thorough
" exhausted, with courage undaunted,
but as the lifeboat was still being
tossed to and fro out in the lake there
was no means at hand by which they
could make a second attempt at
rescue.
Captain Griesser was in a dilemma.
when news came down the beach that
all the imperiIed men except one had
reached land, and that he was cling
ing to the piling on the lee side Of
the seow. with every sea burying him
out or sight
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-22
Hurried to the Rescue.

Fortunately an engine with steam
up stood on the track running along
the beach, and upon the invitation of
the engineer the surfmen and keeper
climbed aboard, and were soon abreast
OF the scow. which lay about FIVE hun
dred feet from the shore
Griesser decided that there was only
one way to save the manly = rope
But the rope had first to be carried
out TO the piling by a swimmer. there
being no object near the scow to
which a line sent out by the usual
method with the Lyle gum could be
made fast.
Even IL this had been the case there
would have been nobody at the other
end of the line TO fasten the apparatus
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-06-05
The Foundation.

The policy of Protection is the
foundation of our whole industrial
system. Nine-Tenths of our indus.
trial capital is invested, -tenths
of our industrial wage scales and
other arrangements are made, upon
the supposition that this nation will
continue by law to reserve the home
market for home producers.
To begin to repeal the Tariff
would be to disturb all these
arrangements. II would unsettle
business. 1t would destroy COM
mercial confidence in the future.
1t would bring on hard times.
That is what Tariff tinkering by the
Democratic party always has done
in the past. That is what it certain
ly will do again.
On the other hand, the Republi-
can method of dealing with the
trusts is to let the Tariff alone for
the present and seek other methods
OF curbing trust abuses. The Re-
publican party believes that the
trusts can be controlled without
taking the risk of bringing on hard
times.
The Republican party is confirm
ed in that belief by its success in
bringing trusts under control, nota
bly, in the present case of the hard
coal trust.-Trenton "Gazette."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-06-05

stimulate business and -"
eyes, when the feed gets short,
interrupted the horse, as he shyIy
winked one eye.
'But all the world feeds on this
public highway, whined the poor
jackass, "and don't you see l am
starving for some of your Glow 4r?'
'tStarve away, said the American
horse '"the fence works well and nv
feed grows better every year. l can
stand the surplus" And he went
on examining himself with clover
while the poor Free-Trade ass
starved to d:ath on thistles. Eli
Perkins.