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tori homes Of the Washingtons. and one
which has always been OF more than
ordinary interest 10 architects and others
because OF its novel floor plan. The
house al Audley il not imposing in ex-
terror appearance. nor is II Of the most
familiar colonial type. being but one story
in height. The floor plan above referred
to conforms 10 the outlines OF the letter
IL. An immense drawing room and an
almost equally spacious dining room oc-
cupy the entire front OF the house. cor
responding 10 one or the parallel lines or
the capital H. A long broad hall cor
responding 20 the cross bar. OF the II.
connects these rooms with the. other sec
ton OF the house which is devoted TO
sleeping apartments.
No mention OF the residences for: " hich
George Washington has stood sponsor
would be in any sense complete without
reference to. Woodlawn cha rrning
colonial mansion located in Culpeper
county. Virginia. about five miles from
Mount Vernon This manor house. which
is today in the most excellent state
OF preservation, is generally accounted.
next to Mount Vernon. the most sisnih-
cant of all the Washington homes be
cause Of the fact that it represents a
labor of love on the part OF the distin-
gNished architectural builder Gen.
washington built Woodiawn az a wed
ding gift for his favorite. Nelly Gusts.
his adopted daughter upon whom cen
tered the most demonstrative affection OF
Washington's later life. The main build
Ing at Woodlawn is of pure colonial de-
sign. and Is forty to sixty feet in size
There are veranda' at the main entran nee
a spacious hall and all the other well.
known features OF this style habitation,
including the wings. connected by corri-
doris with the main structure those wings
being little more than one story in heixht.
while The central portion has height Of
two stories. The whole structure is Of
brick. ct :
George Washington gets credit for
Octagon House." which IL located a
few squares from the White House and
Is today one OF the show places of, the
Capital city. The nations Arxt chief
magistrate laid of tho ground in This
vicinity and prepared the original plans
for the mansion. although Il was left
to another architect to carry out these
plans. "Octagon House." which was
temporarily used as the presidential
mansion after the British soldiers burned
the White House In 1914, derives its name
from its oetagonal form. BUILDINGS OF
unusual outline seem to have been some
thing of a fad with Architect Georsa
washington. He built a sixts>n-side ~
narn at Mount Vernon, and the mil Wilton
ne constructed on that estate was ijk~
wise many sided.
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The Mud Singers.
Copyright, 1909. by Estelle Klauder.

Copyright, 1903. By Estelle klauder.l
MFRS. CLARENCE MACKAY, at a din.
AvA ner in New York. discussed the re-
cent suffragist address wherein she had
retorted upon President Roosevelt that
woman could help her children more by
entering intelligentIy into politics than
by performing at home the somewhat
mental duties of the nursenaid.
lis there room for woman in politics.
said Mrs. Mackay, with a smile. Yes.
there is room and to spare for her. For
instance:
Your husband is abroad. is he not? -
said the other day Ia the wife of a
western mayor.
Yes, said she. He is taking a course
of mud baths in the Pyrenees.
- For rheumatism? said l.
- oh. no. said she. She smiled gayly.
He's just training, she explained, for
the approaching municipal campaign
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George Washington the One Classical Figure Of American HISTORY

strictly to business. an unfortunate kind
Of employment that could not be too
quickly dispensed with. was not CLASH
cal figure. He; had the same active hu-
manity and homely simplicity that is 50
appealing in the life of Lincoln. :
Stories about George Washington are
few and far bet ween. and not many of
these well authenticated. BY contrast
there are stories by the hundreds about
Lincoln and told by him.
1T was ever his favorite method of re-
lieving his feelings in time Of stress by
retailing good story, of which he had
an endless stock. The idea of the grave
Washington dealing in funny stories is
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The IT. r. D. l."
Copyright, 1909. by EsteHe Klasdsr.)

copyright, 1903. by Estede AAuder.)
MARY ANDERSON. DE NAVARRO, Al
AVA a dinner in Now York, told many
stories of the stage.
Sir Augustus Harris, one week end,
took cab for Charing Cross" she, said.
He had painted in black letters on box
and kitbag Augustus Harris. T. n. D. l.
They stood. of course. for .Theater Royal,
Drury Lane But the cabby thought that
they stood for some learned degree-tfat
here was an innocent. helpless scientist
whom he could easily blk out Of an ex-
orbitant fare.
so, OF reaching Chafins cross. the
cabby frowned down at Sir Augustus and
said darkiy:
"A good five shillin's wuth. sir
But Sir Augustus laughed and handed
the man one and six-the exact fare. Plus
tupenny tip
The cabby looked at the monay and
sneered bitterly:
"'Garn!' he said. An We call yerseif
a r. r.. d. l.. Why, ye amt no more q
L. r. d. L. than wot am"
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W7ASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY, COMING THIS
'" YEAR AT TIME WHEN THE NATION is
CELEBRATING THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH
OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SUGGESTS A CAMPARI-
SON BETWEEN THE TWO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
IS CLASSICAL, LINCOLN is ESSENTIALLY HUI
MAN. THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY WAS AN
ARISTOCRAT BY BIRTH-HE HAD WEALTH-HE
SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH MOST IMPRESS
SIVE DIGNITY.
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The World.
Copyright by Estelle Klauder, 1909

Copyright by Estelle Klauder. 1907
NTHE WRIGHT BROTHERS are the
lions Of France said g. Chica-
goan on the Cunard pier. THE funny
papers are full Of Wright aeroplane jokes
and pictures. The serious papers are
full of Wright interviews. Every day or
two at Pau. where the worlds first
school of aviation has been started,
there is a Wright dinner or reception.
1t wasn't so in Dayton l heard VIII
bur Wright say rather bitterly of the
Dayton days of struggle:
1.-The world seemed to us then as it
seemed to that young and unsuccessful
reporter who once said:
THE universe consists solely of
two classes of personS-those who have
done something and want their names
kept out of the papers. and those who
have done nothing and want their names
put in.' '"
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OF this is the death mask, which Ho,ido.
also made i'o0uon
A death mask must show accurately
In outline a mans features. The color.
tne expression Of the eyes and the efYect
OF the expression of the face mus he
lost IN the process. for it 10 taken onl,.
after death has set its stamp. but It does
record the features for ali time and
the high brow. the shape Of the nose and
mouth-in fact. every line in tho Wash
ing1on death mask-are distinctly those OF
tne ciassicai model. 1t might have como
OUT or the catacombs Of Rome 50 faith
IuiIy does 1t suggest the ancient ideal.
The noted Roman sculptor. Giuseppe
Ceracchi. came to the United States IN
1872 animated by the fame Of Washing
ton and the triumph Of the young repub-
lie in its Tight for Independence, deter
mined to devote himself to q master
work which should b the eternal chroni-
Gle OF that victory. His grand conception
never got any farther than bust OF
Washington, but this IN; Itself 10 we'll
worth while. for It is a classical master
piece. showing Washington in. the man
ner Of one Of the great tlfhunes OF Roma.
laurel wfeaths IN his hair and the face
lit UP with the serenity that the sculptor
OF cd also regarded as a marking trait
Of the truly great
In this city. facing the east front OF
the Capitol, there stood. until It's rscsnr
removal to the Smithsonian institution,
one Of the most classical examples OF
Washington .statuary. It shows the
immortal leader Of the cause as. 4
Roman senator. The figure Is seated.
1t wears Roman .toEa, and Ii. the hand
Is held a SCROLL presumably an expedition
Of some OF those eternal principles OF In
ternational law that he hefpHd1to put on
the worlds statute books. ~
French and Potter, Dangers. Brehan
in noted miniature, St, Menin and a
hest Of other great artists. have pictured
Washingt On in: classical pose, and even
those painters who picture him. In the
clothes Of a general In the Continental
uniform have heen unable to divest him
Of the classical suggestion. -.
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the brilliant T

upon the brilliant Tennesseean, thought 10
compare Carmack with ingalls, CT
Kansas" observed a veteran employe OF
the Senate And yet. to us old-timers
around the Capitol. it was a matter or
frequent comment. during Carmacks day
here that he more nearly resembled IN
gals than any other public man who
has been in Washington since the day
OF the clever and aCidulcus kansan.
This resemblance between Carmack
and Ingalls, was both physical and mental
Carmack had ingalls, stature. almost his
leanness and certain facial characteristics
besides of the Kansan He had. too In
gals notwithstanding posturings while
addressing the Senate. and his gestures
were very much like those of the states
man out of job ingalls, humorously
dubbed himself after he'd failed of re-
election to the Senate.
1t may be that Carmack fell a bit
shoh OF ingalls, in scholarship. Yet he
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The Modern Pirate.
Copyright. 1909. by Estells. KIsuder

Copyright. 1909. by Estells klsuder.)
~. J. ROLLINS, the western humorist
complained bitterly during visit to
Los Angeles Of the shameless way some
magazines stole his anecdotes.
Il was talking to my little boy the
other day" said Mr. Rollins.
What would you like to be when YOU
grow up?' said 1:
I'D like TO be a pirate the little fel-
low answered, promptly.
"'Wefl, son.. said l. i guess We can
accommodate you. Well make YOU editor
OF the funny supplement OF the Trash
NaxazinA'
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benefit Of his country. and in neither case
did he eXTect or receive pay
In" StInent of history may get many
1nkln@S Of the role George Washington
played as consulting architect to the new
" es'ni lished government in the carly
days OF the republic Washingtcns early
experience a SurVeyor-an occupation
he followed during much of his young
manhood-gave him splendid Judgment as
to the relative qualifications of sites for
either public or private buildings. When
the First Congress. confronted by the CON
fictinS CLAIMS of a dozen different COM
munities. was soroly puzzled to decide
upon a location for tho national seat of
government. George Washington was ap-
pealed to. and il was largely because of
his expressed preferences that the pres
ent site was chosen for the Capital city
which now bears his name
Tradition has it that George Washing
ton, seated on the veranda of an ele-
waited country house with the panorama
of the present District of Columbia
spread out before him. chose what is
now known as Capitol Hill the site
of the legislative headquarters of the
government. He played an even more
active part in locating the presidential
mansion. for not only did he choose the
site of the White House. but he person.
ally conducted the negotiations for the
purchase of the needed land. and Wash
ington'S patience was never more sorely
tried than by the tactics of David Burns,
a canny Scot. who owned the land
lected for the Presidents house. and
who placed a very high value on his
holdings The work of actually design
ing the various public buildings and lay
ing out the streets and parks of the
new federal city was left by Washing
ton in other hands. but up to the time
of his last illness he exercised a general
supervision of all creative work, and his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-21

E o r G E WASH
INGTON is the one
classical hero of
the republic.
The great man
whose b ir ( h d a v
Americans are now
celebrating is the
only figure in the
history of the ma
ton whose life can
be compared to the
nota BILE men of the
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T showed h o w
completely the old
time crowd of
ashimgtCn cor
respondents II a d
disappeared from
the scene when,
after Senator Car
mack was shot,
none of the pres
ent-day w ashins-
ton correspondents.
in their comments
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VI MEXICAN people
have never Caa sed
To admire the YER
satility Of George
Wa shingtvn. AS a
warrior and as a
statesman, alike, he
won fame in the
superlatiVc degree:
and yet ii is re-
allied that he
showed the same
exceptional meas
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LIS ATTAINMENTS ALONG THOSE LINES
SHOW HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY-DID
ENOUGH OF WORK AS AN ARCHITECT AND
BUILDER TO MAKE HIM FAMOUS-MADE
ORIGINAL SURVEYS FOR ALL THE LAND IN
AND ABOUT CHARLES TOWN. w. VA.-VIRGINIA
AND WEST VIRGINIA HAVE MANY HOMES
WHICH HE DESIGNED.
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ure of ability in the more modest pur-
suits of a planter and a country squire.
However. there is one branch of the great
mans activities that has been largely
overlooked by students of the many sided
Washington. This concerns his very con-
Siderable undertakings as an architect
and neutrality-suspicious. of such scope that
they might almost have sufficed for ca
reer for any ordinary citizen.
1t is not sought, of course, to convey
the impression that the nations first
President waS professionally an 'archi-
tect and builder We interpret the
term today. He at no period of his life
devoted his entire time to this profession,
nor did lie depend upon it as a means of
livelihood. Indeed. George Washington
was clearl.' an amateur rather than a
professional, since none of his planning
and buidin,. so far as is Known. was
done ior monetary cons Iteration. On
the one hand he employed his architec-
1Grai talent in his own private enter
prises or in those of his relatives and
fIierds. On the other hand mis- judgment
IN building matters was given for the
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WASHINGTON, BY DAVID DANG
ERS.

so far fetched that no stretch of the
imagination can carry one that far.
Nor could any painter or sculptor ever
have thought of Jefferson. Grant, Jack
son or Lincoln in the guise of classic
heroes with laurelS on the brow and
Roman toga replacing the dress of mod
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FfAnklin, statesman, philosopher and in
yelt9H without whom there might never
pnatsrtysin spite of his ripe intellectual
But Washington has always appealed as
a figure for classical representation.
Not only is this true Of artists and
sculptors who strive today to turn back
the pages of history and present him as
he was. but it was equally true Of his
contemporaries, those masters with brush
and chsel who actually worked from
Washington in life.
The appearance of the Father of his
Country was so impressive SO mastering,
so august. and his features of such dis
tinctly classical contour, recalling some
of the majestic figures of ancient Rome.
that II seemed the most natural thing In
the world to present him in the guise OF
one of the great men OF antiquity.
Many statues and paintings thus pre-
of the contention with which this article
began. that Washington alone OF American
great men carried the idea OF the CLASH
cal to those who studied him.
The marble statue by Jean Antoine
IIoudon, foremost French sculptor, an
emisre, who came to the United States
to escape the horrors OF the French rev.
olution, affords an excellent instance of
this.
Houdon has made many reproductions
or the features Of Washington, of which
the most noted, perhaps, is the marble
original now in the state capitol at Rich
mond. Va. place where it belongs, since
Washington. next to being an American,
was proudest Of being virginian.
This bust is also absolutely classical
and the name on it could just as we'll be
Virginus, Marcus Aurelius or Marc
Antony. for all there is In 1t to d!stin-
guish it from the statues of those giants
of another age.
Yet it is a faithful likeness and car
ries the impression that Washington made
on his contemporaries. The best proof
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ern times. Nor would the good Dr.
EfAnklin, statesman. philosopher and in
vent9E without whom there might never
nave 6eeu a republic, be 80 presented to
praterfty:in spite of his ripe intellectual
Gifts 49,. -. "
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plete divorce from any pose or assump-
ton of superiority.
At a later period, in Gen. Grant the
republic produced a man whom military
experts concede as ranking with the great
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UDoN'S STATUE AT WASHINGTON
SHOWING FATHER OF HIS
s COUNTRY AS A ROMAN SENA-
TOR.
est commanders of all time yet the I'M
;rant the assuming modest little general wearing
military frayed old uniform, and despairing the
the great pomp and parade of warfare, reducing it
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-10
upcANNY GUIDES.
When the 0alIows Was Used as .
 Landmark In England.

When the oaIIows Was Used as .
 Landmark In England.
 The old time guidebooks in England were by no means cheerful reading. A journey from London to East Grin- stead. distance of five or six and twenty miles, would have taken the horseman past three gibbets, and 1t was just as likely as not that from one or the other of them a body would be sNGnging in the wind.
 Up till the beginning of the nine- teenth century the gallows was almost as frequent landmark as finger posts or public houses have become now. The traveller approaching York is di- rected by the guidebooks to turn round by the gallows and three wind. mills" and the road out of Durham is tsbetween the galpws and Crokehill.' 7 Going out of Wells you 'cross the -5r0ok and pass by the gallows."
 Aky number of such directions can bs gleaned from the old books for the gdance of travellers a hundred years ago, and as these interesting objects were put up and the dead bodies of malefactors left upon them for the special edifcation of footpads and highwaymen there was a suggestive ness about them that must have given a special piquancy to cycle touring if it had been in vogue at that time.- London News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-10
OLD ENGLISH COOKERY.
A Lively Feast With Much Delight and
 Pleasure.

A Lively Feast With Much Delight and
 Pleasure.
 A study of Robert Mays "Accom- plisht Cook" published in 1865, will serve to dispel the dslusion fostered by many foreign critics that English cookery lacks variety. One of Mays recipes is for the construction of ship of confectionery, with guns charged with actual powder, and a castle of pies, containing live frogs and birds. After giving directions as to the firing of the guns he proceeds:
 "This done, to sweeten the stink Of the powder let the ladies take the egg shells full of sweet waters and throw them at each other. All danger being seemingly over, by this time you may suppose they will desire to see what is in the pyes; when, lifting first the lid of one pye, out skip some frogs, which makes the ladies to skip and shriek: next after the other pye, whence come out the birds, who, by natural instinct, flying in the light will put out the candles; so that, what with the flying birds and skipping frogs, the one above, the other beneath, will cause much delight and pleasure to the whole company."-London Chronicle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-10
Our Saturday Specials.

Legs of lamb, legs of fancy mutton, forequarters of lamb, sugar cured hams, sugar cured bacon. Our beef specials are good this week. Choice chuck rib roasts, choice pot roasts of beef All other cuts of beef at low prices. We have a large stock of choice lamb and veal for Saturday, also a nice lot of fresh pork products. Our stock of poultry is very choice this week including native dressed broilers and fowls also western fowls, stewing fowls and Long Island ducks. A few good specials in teas and cof- fees; Our regular coffee, special price. regular Ceylon teas, special price. We will have a large variety of good things in our Bakery department for Saturday and our patrons tell us that our bread is different from other Ba- ker's bread. Snow flake biscuits are growing more popular each week. Specials in our vegetable department Large Maine potatoes, large sweet po- tatoes large evergreen corn, lima beans, pickling onions, caulif1owers, green and wax beans, large green peppers. Peaches for canning: If you intend to put up peaches this season we think that right now and this next week will be the best time to get them as we are receiving lots of choice Con- necticut peaches and they are fine. We have everything in sea food. The Bridgeport Public Market and Branch, Public Market Building State and Bank streets.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-10
DATE FIXED FOR
 RAILROAD APPEAL
Will Mayor Lee Assume Functions of City Attor- ney As In Car Barn Case.

The New Haven Railroad Company
 has appealed from the action of the Common Council in refusing to accept
 of the company on ten foot centers in Main street and Fairfield avenue. The commissioners have fixed a hearing to be held in this city Thursday, Sept Is, at 12:15 o'clock. At noon today CEy Attorney Thomas
 M Cullinaln had not received notice of the appeal or been informed of the date of the hearing.
 The city has very little power over
 it's streets where public service corpo- rations are concerned. The overlord-
 ship is exercised by the State through
 the Board of Railroad Commissioners, whose failure to exercise a satisfa ctory restraining power on the railroad and
 railway companies of the State led to
 the campaign for public service com
 mission.
 Political circles are. not a little exer-
 cised to know if the City Attorney will
 be permitted to represent the city in the appeal in the usual way, or
 whether the Mayor will again assume
 the functions of the City Attorney as
 he did in the now notorious appeal of
 the railroad company frdhm the decision
 of the council in the car barn case.
 The Mayor conducted this hearing in person. He was credited with mak-
 ing an excellent showing, although he
 was a novice in such matters. Lead ing business men were called in to testify that the city was adverse to
 the railroads plan to lay spur tracks across Stratford avenue and Congress street, leading from the proposed car barns. Others were called to show
 that the traffic at the ends of the
 bridges is enormous. In response to a "a in h.
 stance, according to the newspaper re- time: eff I should let you cross with town.''
 | But, unfortunately, all of this brave 1 display terminated in wretched
 fiasco. For one reason or another the hearing was adjourned from time to time. The commissioners were never Hgiven an opportunity to make a decis- ion. But for alleged concessions | which consisted substantially of a
 promise to lay grooved rails on por- tion of Main street, the railroad, by a resolution signed by the Mayor, was given the right to lay tracks almost 1 A accordance with it's petition. | In the present matter, after the Com
 mon Council had refused to grant the company permission to lay it's tracks upon ten foot centers at Golden Hill
 and Main street, the company after ward did SO, upon the permission of i the Mayor, and no steps have since been taken to punish the disobedience
 or cause the tracks to be removed.