The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-20

y of George "asoins'o" u
< a necessity, acquaintance
,,con side is only a rare lux
cdueatior. We leave school OF
81. intimate with Washing
.,s;er and the statesman, but
a Washington the man, and
!. meetings with The hrst
.bis Inter role occur only
,rSc Of our incidental and ac'
,ocsinrs in pastures literary.
the world may now become
.1aiptcd With Washington the
IA friend, the husband and
q nan in the fiesh-the library
q is now having repaired and
.lly mounted, bound and care
..Iocued, the governpent s vast
,oss but long neglected col
ID Washington manuscripts
. boo human documents, mostly
.om, 10 and descriptive of this
,uortat, whose l7Stb birthday
,elobrate Tuesday next.
,vsical Charms and Defects.
,ribed by his friend, George
.bout the time of his marriage,
twenty seven, he was Gas
as an Indian, measuring SIX
;ncbes in his stockings, and
lis pounds - He had well
. muscles, large bones and
y feet and hands. wide shoul-
chest neither deep nor
he was ''neat waisted.i - but
ross tho hips. and his head
N large" although his neck
',uerb.v His nose was large
foht rather than prominent. -
-blue-rray,. penetrating, widely
: and ovcrhung by heavy
IA was long-faced. with high,
|rrk bones and a firm chin, and
worn in cue, was dark
Hc had "clear. though rather
a male skin. which burns with
n and his month was large
rally firmly closed, but which
n 10 time discloscs some de-
|,elh."
ihnty.one be described himself
,i]or as "six feet high aud pro
Ms nade-if anything rather
'tbau ihick for a person of that
viii pretty long arms and
b By Die time he was hfty-onc
|cht I'D increased to 2l0, or 50
Nn what he carried at the
n narriage.
Il. pock. in addition 10
<ifstiye teeth. His attack Of
disease which marked him
rss contracted at the age Of
Fiilc with his invalid brother
"a When fifty-scycn. in the
is FIRST Inauguration. Senator
ltscribing him Gas he really
/ Ne was Of I" exceptional make,
1ppearance, - and complained
S franc would seem 10 want
~ that his complexion was
I1y almost cadaverous, and
voice was "hollow and indl.
ing, as ! believe, 10 artificial
'pls bis upper Jaw, which oc-
ilstncss. -
edpn Of the lower Jaw was
aycar later rs one of his
1lz rs was a thick nose. "too
nd strongly formed, - and
1|its note that his head was
Lard Stuart, tho eminent
rs portrait, said that the
|ls eyes were larger than any
zen before. "and the upper
Eose broader. - When he was
was described as still OF
orectness. but without .'thC
which might be expected. -
E severest critics speak with
Of the majesty Of his ex-
tommandIng presence, the be.
|uty OF his countenapce, his
B OF bsnevolence, nobility and
sion. In the winter Of his life
aescribed as having "pepsive
q a " settled aspect OF melan-
1ortralturo has failed 10 show
p Washington is The opinion Of
Friters who studied him after
ae president and who lamented
Pre are few portraits which re.
& mat his face had an exo
*nlsa mo painter had succeed
g and TINT ''no picture ac-
semDIes him ia the minute
person. He writes OF him
PIC posing for the Peale por-
10 2 grave and sullen mood,
inc time asleep. And when
painting the most famous Of
g ne sat with his lips padded
unen 70 hide defects caused
ilt OF his front pair of false
.ater he got better teeth,
sss@ns tusk. which he wore
81 y Ior a miniature by Sharp
'IiIs"as was regarded by many as
Speller and Read Little.
Spelled like a gentleman -
W these letters in tho vast
coiicctlon, Thus he wrote
ruce, winder." "laiten y
etc. But ms education
u only at a little village
.,sederlcksburg. whence lie de-
poor grammarian, although a
~ arithmetic. His grammar,
a n improved in later life, un-
~ mastered an elegance of
|r1rafrl -, d "dNS UNI
NJ and distinct, followed
T.na na,.eieotyped :, copies in 'The
;sss > companion, - which he
nssy,.usa..rIionsly and which con-
;Iaetlon IN a great variety of
,;p ;sn carpentry to etiquette,
,sm,p,nuerlng 10 doctorinc.
+. 'lugnout l,g!Iout his life Washington
I.lle, and what books he
|a,r "ere chiefly on agriculture
. n n. seience. a complete cat
i % 3. library, printed this win
duist Tune, reveals. however,
~. .an extensive collection of
ssS OF fiction are, however,
,os snd far between and YOU
RI. .'qnt them on YOUR FIN
<nnSrss, reregriu Pickle. Gull.
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