The Washington herald., 1909-03-02
WASHINGTON CHAT.



It remains to De seen whether the hero
worshipers Of the country VIII present
President Roosevelt with house, as they
have done in the case Of other heroes
The custom dates back to Gen. Grants
time who was the first to receive such
substantial present The mansion his en-
thusiastic friends and admirers gave him
was on the north side Of I street. be-
tween Second and Third streets, quar-
ter far removed from the fashionable cen
ter Of to-day. but forty-five years ago as
smart as any part OF the town This
house, which Is a plain, substantial brick
building. was begun for Vice President
Breckenridge. At the ciose Of the war
Gen Grants friends purchased It, in
ished It. and presented il TO him as
testimonial Of their regard. and he lived
there until MS Inauguration IN 1858 Real
estate values were very low at the Capt
tai at that time. and this house was
bought for si5,o00. Ten years later some
friends OF Gen. Sherman. who purchased
ii as gift Tor him. paid for it more than
four times that amount. bat the check
for the price. $500. included the furni-
ture also. Gen. Phil Sheridan, when he
became commander OF the army. was
likewise presented with a house, a hand
some residence In Rhode Island avenue.
which was bought by Clifford Pinchot not
long ago and renodeled, so completely
changed. both inside and OUT, that Il
would hardly be recognized.
From the proceeds OF this sale Mrs
Sheridan bought lot and built g modest
nome In Sheridan circle, where TIE
statue OF her husband by BorgIum IS
placed Gen Niles was the fourth com
manoer OF the army who was given a
home. His friends purchased the house
built BY Admiral Redford. IN y street
where he lived for q number OF years.
and which he sold, after the death OF
Mrs Miles and the marriage OF his
daughter left him alone. The story OF
the Dewey House is too recent to need
reference TO.
The old house IN Amherst, n. H. where
Horace Greeley was born in Iai. was for
years the home OF Hannah E. Hanson.
who inherited II from her uncle-ln-law.
Mrs Hanson died recently and her VIII
bequeathed this estate TO her son. Mr..
Greeley's daughter. Gabrielle. who is the
wife Of the Rev. Frank 81. Clendenfn.
rector Of 81. Peters Church. In West
Chester, has long sndeavored 10 buy her
fathers birthplace. and stiH hopes some
DAY TO Sc able 70 acquire It. but its late
owner. who passed nearly half a century
OF her life there. and naturally had a
sentimental fondness for the place. could
not be induced to part with il The
friends and admirers Of Horace Greeley
nope that the present owner viii oe more
tractable, and that some day this quaint
OLD homestead VIII pass into the hands
q those who viii preserve Il as q
memorial OF that prince OF philau-
thropists.
The Greeley house az Chappaqua be-
longs TO Mrs Clendenin, and there she
and her husband and their only dsugh-
Ter pass their summers The remainder Of
the year they 1--we at the rectorv Of
~. Peters. with which church DIT Glen
denim has been connected since 1SS7. This
rectoTy OF one OF the oldest parishes IN
the United States IS a quaint, rambling.
oid-fashioEed house. covered with Wv
which might have been picked out OF
some English village and set down in
its present surroundings II IS exactly
ones idea OF what a rectory should be
and the warm reception and welcome Of
its occupants IS not disappointing.
Dr. Clendenin Is well known n wash
ington. where he was born and where
his 5oyhood was passed. He is an aluunus
Of the George Washington University.
whence he went TO the school Of theology
az Princeton. When he started In the
ministry Il was as Presbyterian. but
very soon thereafter Re joined the Eplsco-
pal communion and was ordained a priest
Of that church in 1850
Dr. Clendenin was one OF the bitterest
opposers Of the Rev. Dr.. Briggs when
that clergyman sought ordination IN tia
Episcopal Church. and wazed a fierce and
relentless battle against him, a battle
that attracted Widespread attention al the
time. He has also used his voIcs and
pen against the higher critics. and IN
all OF his Ideas IS distinctly high church.
Mrs Clendenin Is the good saint OF her
husbands parish She Is intensely re-
ligious. both In feeling and practice. Her
life Is devoted to charitable work. and
sheais the worthy daughter OF the great
souled man who had the cause OF hu-
manity so much at heart Mrs. Clendeain
edited her fathers letters some years
ago. and with the tenderest love and
reverence works IN every way % perpetu-
ate his memory. Some FIVE years ago Or.
and Mrs Clendenin built an interesting
little Norman chapel AZ Chappacua IN
memory Of their eldest daughter. who
died In her early girlhood. where services
are daily held, and they have done much
IN other ways FOR the good Of the peo-
pie among whom their father lived