The Washington herald., 1913-03-22

| tCorsnght. less BY Harper Brothers AL nght,
res<red.l
| Copyright lsl3 by Mcclure Newspaper syndcate.l
NO. 66.
| A spark of war was kindled by the
new administrations dealings with
France. and Washington was called
once more to prepare FOR command.
should the fighting leave the sea and
come ashore.
But formal war did not come
The furry only kept him a little
| nearer the movements of politics than
he cared to be. He was the more un-
easy to see how the Democrats bore
themselves in the presence OF the mo-
| ment's peril: doubted the expediency
OF assigning men of that party to
places of command in the army: ap-
proved the laws passed against aliens
| and against those who should utter
| seditious libel against the government:
showed again. and without reserve.
| how deeply his affections were engaged
on the side OF the institutions he had
so labored to set up and protect: was
tolerant toward any who sought to
| touch or question at any point their
new NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as of old in
question of action.
But it was his home that chiefly held
his thought now.
Old Comrade Visits Him.
He had not changed toward his
friends through all the long years OF
public care and engrossing business.
An old comrade, who had come in his
rough frontier dress all the way from
far Kentucky to Philadelphia to see
the President, had been told that
Washington had become puffed up
with the importance of his station, and
was too much OF an aristocrat to well
come him in that garb."
But the old soldier was not daunted.
pressed on to make his call. and came
back to tell his friends how the Presi-
dent and his lady had both seen him
and recognized him from the window.
and had hurried to the door to draw
him cordially in.
Il never was better treated he said.
II had not believed a word against
him: and I found that he was Old Hoss'
still''
Twas the same with his neighbors,
and with strangers. too.
The Same Qld-time Gentleman.
He was the simple gentleman of the
old days
A strolling actor. riding Mount Yer
non way on a day in July, stopped to
help a man and woman who had been
thrown from their chaise. and did not
recognize the stalwart horseman who
galloped UP to his assistance till the
overturned vehicle had been set up
again. they had busted each others coat.
and the stately stranger. saying he had
had the pleasure Of seeing him play in
Philadelphia had hidden him come to
the house yonder and be refreshed.
Have the honor of addressing George
Washington" exclaimed the astonished
player.
"An odd sort of introduction. Mr. Ber-
Rsrd,' smiled the heated soldier: but I
am pleased to find you can play so ac-
tive a part in private, and without
prompter."
The Friend of Children.
Those who saw him now at Mount Yer
non thought him gentler with little chill
dren than Mrs. Washington even. and
remembered how he had always shown
like love and tenderness for them. going
oftentimes out of his way to warn them
of danger. with a kindly pat on the head,
when he saw them watching the soldiers
in the war days.
Now all at Mount Vernon looked for
ward to the evening. That was the
chiIdren's hour" He had written sweet
Nellie Gusts a careful letter of advice
upon love matters. half grave. half play
full. In the midst Of his Presidency, when
the troubles with England were begin
ming to darken; she had always found
him a comrade. and had loved him with
an intimacy very few could know.
Now she was to be married. to his
own sisters son. and upon his birth
day, February ., 1923. She begged
him to wear the grand embroidered
uniform just made for the French
war. at her wedding: but he shook his