The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-21
WASHINGTON
BY Roy K. Moulton
A Trip to ,It. vernon.

~ Washington, February 20.
Mo,,n, T su,,or'-l have been down TO
f;inS IONS bed ii Is not a COM
lortaoie looking bed, 10 say tho least.
ana after looking it over | do not
saw largo number Of othor Inter-
esting relics while ut Mount Vernon,
i ,s bevy OF spinster school
w ,earaet ts from New hampshire. who
Were thore taking In tho sights.
snW George Washington's cane, George
MWashinston,s uniform and George
coiorad ,,ii,, nndirons, but when a
washington telephone and tried to
sell It to be for s27, baked There
Is limit even to the susceptibility OF
y greenhorn from tho North. George
WASHINGTON never had telephone.
ana ! know It. for If no had he would
SIMPLY have been obliged to lie once
~ While: when Martin got TO calling
MN ~, up at his office.
mere may he some people, chiefly
among the politicians. who have never
heard OF George Washington ana his
mo tell you. he is some hero around IN
this Locality. Besides playing tho star
part In all modern oratIons he was
the father of his country. Some peo-
pie have disputed this and have tried
10 prove that tho father OF his cou ltry
VT; Brigham Young. but stick TO
George simply have 10. fo- the
other half of my sketch is II member
of tho d. a. r.
George must have been very busy in
his day, and generation. About every
thing that was done around here was
done by him. and that is probably
where the phrase originated: Let
George do It," AT least this was the
patent moust trap concern who was
member of our rubberneck party.
when we approached the residence
! accosted an aged colored man and
os..cd:
Whose place Is this7"
Mars George washlnstons. sab"
rs he hcre?"
"Oh. no. sab, Ain ye-all evah heed
DAT he was daid?"
Here the mouse trap drummer tried
10 ring In tho ancient vaudeville sag
was wa, going to say that he hadn't heard
mat George Washington had been
SICK but lie didn't have chance. for
the darkey continued:
las, sun, he done been dieded n
long time ago. I was right in de room
Were you one OF tho vast army
Of personal body servants who used to
care for General Washington?" we
asked suspiciousiy
"Yns sub. I was de only one no
evan had An dc rest am limitations
suttinly nevah forget Marse Georges
las words TO me. He said to mo
Epnrainl' jcs' ye remembah dis yerc.
- L &c cNoh tel no lie. an hOnc5 20
goodness boss. All ain nevah tell no
lie f'om dat day to dis"
ABOUT how old arc you, Uncle Eph7"
An Will be les ninetyseven Yrs
old dc comm spring"
And you were In the room when
tho general passed away?"
An. sho' was. right dar."
But Washington died In 1879 ahou,
hlteen years before YOU were born"
KANT help dat. boss. II dat am
De case An suttinly mus have been
BON agin. Mnrse GawEc he done toll
me nevnh to tell no lie. an l ain;
ss, So silver collected amoun'ea to
Mount Vernon looks Just like all OF
the pictures of 1t. 1t takes a remark
ably good photograph. aud has posod
uPo"t as frequently rs any other oh
lect OF interest, with the possible az
cePt'on OF Niagara Fails
Why so many United states senators
oic or retire poor has been revealed
20 me at last took lunch in the
Sehat restaurant today Enough said.
mad to borrow IS from one Of the
congressman TO do It,
1T seems to mo that most n, -,
young people In this country m,ist
be getting married at tho present tIr1o
and are all coming 70 Washington on
thclr honeNnoons, Tho ooglc-r oorI.,
punch around this hotel jam the cor
floors elevators ana cafes until there /
IS no room for a gentleman who is
traNenng alone. was kissed ninc
times by mistake by excited brides
Mhilc irving TO crowd into tho grill
rms Is no place for n minister's son,