The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-15

MT. q. w. Crafk Oh TINS CITY IL seems
very appropriate that this valuable
piece OF furniture should be purchased
by the Mt. Vernon Association and And
| resting place in the home 1t frs,
adorned, as 1t is impossible that each
member of the prominent family should
own 1t. They can all share equally ir
the honor Of It's having been presented
to their forefather by the Father of his
County who was HIS warm personal
friend, and in the comforting thought
that IL Is In the keeping OF the Mt
Vernon Association. devoted to the per-
petuation' of the memory OF George
Washington.
WIDOWS LIVING
| only two widows of the Revolution.
airy War survive. An exchange says
The most notable pension granted by
| the session of Congress which has just
adjourned was to Rebecca Mayo Of
Newberne. Pulaski County, Va. She Is
one of the two surviving widows OF
the American revolutionary war. The
other is Esther Damon of Plymouth
Union, Vt. Mrs. Mayo had her pen
The sponsor for the bill was Campbell
Slemp, the only Republican Congress
man from Virginia.
| Rebecca Mayo Is the widow OF steph-
1
service in the revolutionary war, cover
| ing nearly the entire period from the
fail of 17f6 to the fall of ISL. He was
a participant In the battles of Brandy
wine and Germantown.
| Rebecca Dawson WAS a young woman
living In Fluvanria County In 1894. and
here met and was wed BY Stephen
Mayo. then ~ years old, and pension
lived together until March Is, issf
when he died. She Is now more thar
90 and helpless. She was paralyssd
several years ago and Is almost totally
deaf. 2it
She requires constant attendance
| which is given by a wi~swed daughter
who is herself an invalid and who Il
bsr ny ssors a consists Hs
small cabin and three-fourths OF ar
acre OF land in the foothills OF this
| mountains of Pulaski County. Theil
only income is the pension. and thu
out as servants.
Esther Damon. the other surviving
widow, il now upward of 30 years old
eminent and Is in better circumstance
| in every way than Mrs. Mayo. Unit
recently there was third widow Of tbs
revolution who drew pension from
band died nearly sixty years ago anc
she lived until last year. There are
more than a dozen widows of the wal
of 1912 living.
HELEN KELLER's WON
DERFUL RECORD
| From the Youths Companion of June
| and, we learn that the records OF Rad
oliffe credit Helen Keller, the wonder
| full Alabama deaf and blind mute who
receives the degree of A. b.. at the
coming commencement with two cours-
es In French, one In German. two in
Engltsh composition, half course In
Milton, three courses In Latin, one In
government, one in economics. one In
the history. Of Medieval Europe, two
In Shakespeare, one in Elizabethan lit
erature, one in the English Bible, one
In English literature OF the nineteenth
century, and one In the history of phil
osophy. No mathematics appears in
her curriculum. although Miss Keller
passed the admission requirements In
algebra and geometry. and might II
she liked. go far into pure mathemat-
les. Literature, history and philosophy
She can pursue to still distant goals.
Helen Keller is no longer thought
wonderful because of her disabilities,
but wonderful because OF all she has
accomplished in line of education.
HELEN GOULD no AID GIRLS.
| A st. Louis dispatch has the follow
| ing:
Through circular order issued by
Adfutant ]. II. Howard. Jr., Miss Heller,
Miller Gould has requested the Jeffer.
son Guards to make special efforts to
direct feminine worlds fair visitors to
reputable lodging places. Miss Gould
requests the guards to recommend the
hotels established for young girls BY
| the Travellers and Women's Christian
SONS, the Salvation Army, the queens
| Daughters home. and the Evangelical