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The Washington herald., 1913-01-07
WORLDS LARGEST BUILDING
Will BE Erected in New York on
the Eauitable site.

From the Nov York American.
Negotiations for the sale Of the block
known as 100 Broadway. which were
initiated several weeks ago by W. 4.
Day, president of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society, were completed last
night.
The property has been sold to a cor
po-ation organized by Gen. T. Coleman
Dupont OF Wilmington. Del. and a
modern thirty-six-stor office building
will he erected on the site. The Equit-
able Life Assurance Society will rent
space in the new structure for its home
offices.
The site was formerly occupied by the
Equitable Building. which was destroyed
by fire January .. 1t is bounded by
Broadway. Pine, Nassau. and Cedar
streets. No definite figures can be given.
but it Is known that the Equitable has
been asking 100000 for the property
Associated with Gen. Dupont are
Frank VI. Andrews. the architect of the
Hotel McAlpIne and other well-knOwn
buildings. and l. J. Horrowitz. president
OF the Thompson-Stsrrett Company.
The new thirty-siX-story building will
be the largest Office building in the
world. 1t Will have a very practical eX-
terror. but the interior decorations will
be very elaborate. Special attention will
be given to the accommodation of in
stitutions which require large floor space
or a series OF floors. The entire building
will be composed OF a series of indie
pendent units, each unit being provided
with a separate elevator service.
The feature of the ground floor will
be an imposing arcade. two stories high.
extending from Broadway to Nassau
Street. This will present a very at
tractive architectural effect and will be
practically new street and will be
lined with shops. Another arcade will
run at right angles to this, from Pine
to Cedar Streets.
The Cafe Savarin will be located in
the basement and will have most elab-
crate embellishments and appointments.
A novel feature will be an under
ground restaurant and clubroom. The
second floor will be arranged for banking
offices.
The other floors will be for office pur-
poses, subject to special arrangements
with the tenants. with the exception of
the top floor. which will contain provi-
sion for club quarters. law library and
a board room for the general uses of
the tenants.
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The Feud ESerInsting.

For a number of years a bitter feud
existed between the Browns and Per-
kihses, next-door neighbOrs, says Hamp-
ton Magazine. The trouble originated
through the depredatiOns of Browns cat.
and had grown so fixed an affair thar
neither party ever dreamed of making
up" One day, however, Brown sent by
his servant peaCemaking note for Mr.
Perkins, which read: "M- Brown sends
his compliments to Mr.. Perkins and bess
to say his old cat died this morning, =
Mr. Perkins written reply was bitter.
Mr.. Perkins is sorry to hear Of Mr.
Browns trouble. but he had not heard
that Mrs. Brown was i'll
The Washington herald., 1913-01-07
STA SMEN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED c. KELLY

islative chore and. out OF courtesy to
Dalzell. included him.
No. please don't ask me to serve"
spoke up Dalzell. sadly This matter
should be seen to by some one who Is
TO remain here. and I'll not be here much
longer"
He couldn't have spoken any more for
lornIy If he had been under a death
watch.
None Of the other outgoing members
seems TO be half SO donwCast as DalzelL
Kin Hubbard. creator OF the Abe Mar
tin sayings. was invited to Journey down
to Brown County. Ind. where Abe and
his people are supposed TO dwell and
give talk at some kind Of a chau-
auqua duings. The man who made the
offer said there was Sl00 in II.
Il never made a speech in my life
said Hubbard. but | would do almost
anything short Of murder for so much
money"
He went down and put up at a little
hotel where they ring bell for meals.
At breakfast the next morning he was
the first one in the dining-rnom. and a
flat-wheeled waitress with shoestrings
a-fiying rushed up to him with the
query:
which,"
Which what asked Hubbard
Why, eggs or squirrel said she
Senator William o. Bradley used to bs
addicted to a habit Of running for Cover
nor OF Kentucky every little while til he
finally got elected. and then he c!Iit 1t.
His first campaign was against Cen
Simon Bolivar BuCkner. In cruising about
over the State Bradley and an undersized
newspaper man stopped at a mountain
cabin one evening and asked for food.
The mountaineer asked for his name and
entitIemeuts.
My names William Bradley" said
Bradley. and nv occupation Just now Is
running for Governor"
You can have what you want TO eat"
said the native. but won't vote for YOU
I'm going TO vote for Gen. BuCkner''
oh. very well" said Bradley. my
friend Buckner here will be pleased 70
learn that. We're making our campaign
together" And he terked his thumb IN
the direction Of the undersized newspaper
man. who was more than ordinarily laclo-
ing in Adonisesque qualifications. BUclo-
ner is tall and stately, with the manner
of a Viking
"Wha-a-t?" gasped the native. That
little shrimp there is Buckner? Wall. he
amt what ! thought he was at all may
vote for you yet
Bradley stayed and ate and then went
away. hoping the man wouldn't happen
to see Buckner's picture in the news
papers. II took a week or ten days.
though. to get things squared with his
companion.
CoTyr1sht I'l5 by Frrd g keIy. All right,
SeTvei-
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Deaths Unusual Harvest.

In looking over the toll OF the year
I0I2 it seems that death has extracted
many from the ranks OF those who
had attained special prominence i'll the
thcatcr of the worlds activities. Nc
vcar passes without leaving an impress
sivc neurological roll. but tlc one jus
ended has made some rather startling
crasures from the scroll OF the living
still some had far more than passer
the Biblical three score and ten.
Clara Barton. the founder OF the Re
Gross. had passed her ninetieth yea
So had DR.. Pearsons. who lived to Civ
away a fortune OF S5.ooo.ooo. Admir-.
Sir John Charles Dalrymplc, of II
English navy; Royal {. Taft. form
Governor of Rhode Island. and sever
Others whose names have been prom
nent. Baron Lister. the discoverer
antiscptic surgery, was eighty-fve,
Gen. William Booth. founder of
Salvation Army, eighty-four.
Deaths by violence have appeared un-
usually numerous. For a number Of
these the Titanic disaster was respoD-
siblc. carrying to their deaths. among
Others. William T. Stead, F. D. Millet.
Isador Straus. President Hays, OF the
Grand Trunk; Mai Archibald ". Butt,
Jacques Futrclle. Washington Roebling,
George D. Widener. and John Jacob
Astor. Premiere Canalejas, of Spain,
was kitlsd by an assassin, the President
OF Haiti was fatally injured by an ex-
plosion in his residence, while Gen
Nogi and his wife committed Suicide
at the funeral OF the late Mikado.
Royalty also has made distinguished
contributions to the mortality record
that of the Mikado attracting most at
.cntion. The sudden death of king
Frederick VIII OF Denmark. on a stree
in Hamburg. robbed that country OF Z
monarch who enjoyed the respect anc
good will OF his cotemporaries in al
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The sum Tn,

ming up was once quoted by Lord James
in an afternoon speech, cites the London
Chronicle.
1t was delivered by an Irish judge try
ing a man for pig stealing. The evidence
Of his guilt was conclusive. but the pris-
oner insisted on calling a number OF wit
Eesses who testified most emphatically to
his general good character.
After hearing their evidence and the
counsers speeches. the juGge remarkedi
Gentlemen of the jury, think that the
only conclusion YOU can arrive at is that
the pig was stolen by the prisoner. and
that he is the most amiable maS In the
country"
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Blow to Cotton "Cornering." /"

Gentlemen seeking 10 restrain trade
suppress competition, and mOnopolize
the neccSsaricS OF lie may have to take
a considerable personal risk in their
business hereafter. A group of specu-
lators effectively 'corncred' cotton in
1910 They were indicted under the
criminal section OF the Sherman anti
trust law.
-Four of them appealed to the Su-
prcmc Court. They held that even if
they had done the things charged in
the indictment their actions did not con-
stitute a violation of the Sherman law.
The Supreme Court yesterday held that
such actions did fall within the pro-
hibitions OF that remarkable act. the
sweeping enforcement of which con-
stitutcs the TAFT administration chief
monument.
The men indicted must now stand
trial. and the ca,e will afford an in
tercsIing test Of the criminal section
Of the Sherman law. II is worthy OF
notice that since. in his annual re-
port. Attorney General Wickersllam
aid that The results Of attempted en-
forccment oi the criminal section had
been Disappointing. several vital cases
having developed under ii. The indict-
mcnt OF high officials OF tn" Grand
Trunk and New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroads was on the
al SIDE Now the cotton cor
ca~c will reveal the potcntiallties
law a applied to the specula
n agricultural products. which has
a spectacular feature Of American
e>s life for decades.
problem of existence Is brrUn-
50 acute for -rch a large element
ur population tha, free iood' soon
be national issue No; neces-
v free food" from a tariff stand
t. hut in the sense that artificial
ipulation ~hall he forbidden and
st competition restored.
torney General Wickersham is a.
hopeful Of big results from Su-
lc Court decisions under the Shcr-
law. He believes that this dc
n shows the way to punish
bling spectators who attempt to
pools and deals and cornc->.
i docs. such legislation as Is
posed by Congressional rcformers
the stock and produce exchanges
be unnecessary There is much
Of eliminating the evils Of stock
jobbing by excluding the business OF
stock exchanges from the mails unless
they comply with government rcgula-
tions designed 10 end purely specula-
i've manipulation If tine Sherman law
really can reach corners and pools the
situation calls not for the enactment
oi new laws. but for the Enforcement
oi the statutes already in effect.
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Nn..l.n IT, OF .-,--

the most valuable wood of China, SAYS
the Scientific American. II grows in the
moist climate of western Szechuan,
.hlna. which lies between the 25th and
Nth degrees north latitude. This is in
ibout the latitude of New Orleans and
tttempts are now being made TO grow
hls valuable tree in this country.
lIhe first Introduction of the seed has
/ f"n so recent that it is impossible TO
| sE definitely as to what part of the
| cfntry 1t is most likely to succeed best.
| y the very moist climate of Szechuan
| rfcates that a considerable degree of
| Afldity will be required.
is hoped that the tree can be accli-
hfd and grown along the Gulf Coast
anlin Florida generally
l. Ilmature condition II is tree from
r9 rs feet in height and from four to
slXeet in diameter at the base. The
narfu tree grows very slowly and il
ooefot promise to be profitable tree
! Tor fnting when quick returns are de-
s[ePut 1t would serve as an ornamen-
hL of exceptional beauty.
lntamous nammu tree is compara-
tlVelfare. and is so highly valued and
esleeld that its wood is used only for
inter nnish for the chief imperial nal
aces loughout China. The collins of
''he Nare usually madei of this wood.
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In thCsa days. now, il Considered de
sirablc "a after the New York VOTE.
and had about as much chance OF be-
coming President as an alderman has
Of being praised. He is another illustra-
tion OF the fact that in America the
humblest man. il he digests few good
books and begins life with a good stock
OF integrity. can eventually become an
ex-President and a national problem.
Copyright. 1913. by George Mathew Adams
The Washington herald., 1913-01-07

which hereabouts have led TO placing
premium on youthfulncss, Germany
has adopted the anne attitude toward
her established customs in the mis-
taken notion that it is an up-to-date
American fashion, America seems to
he maligned and Germany unwise.
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Queer Friendships.

A pair OF fnnets made their nest this
spring in a beehive on a farm in Switzer-
land, and have succeeded in coming to
an understanding with the bees, so that
both branches of the natural world dwell
In peace and harmony together. The
birds and the bees use a common en-
trance to the hive.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-07

Walk into the private Office OF Senator
AtIee Pomerene CT Ohio, and one Of the
things one sees is two pairs of boxing
gloves. right within easy reach of the
mild. inoffensive looking Senator.
What could be less Pomerenean than
that?
The gloves are not the heavily uphol-
stored mittens used by persons seeking
chiefly exercise, but are the small. for
midable looking five-ounce affairs that
are popular with those who thirst for
blood.
In contrast with these is the Senator
himself. Of slight physique. kindly Of
mien. and TO all appearances as ap-
prOachable as plush horse.
Why, then, the vicious gloves-twO pairs
Of them?
One Is forced to recall the hot summer
day when Senator Joe Dixon. the T. r.
campaign manager, was on the witness
stand before the Clapp investigating
committee. and how he. beconinG veNed
over one OF Pomerenes questions. de-
manded. twittingly. of the Ohio Senator
how much Jud Harmon had spent On his
own Presidential campaign - POmerene
being friendly to Harmon At this. Pom
creme spoke right up to Dixon. and says
he: Step out in the hall and I'll answer
your question
And now, then. We find in Pomerenes :
Office the five-ounce gloves. Quite nat
uraIly anybody with the interest Of his
country at heart Is disposed TO wonder
II Pomerene is practicing up to meet Joe
Dixon. and if so. what effect It will have
on the present annoying high cost of
living.
One story is that a friend of Pom
creme out in Canton. Ohio. read ~ his re-
mark TO Dixon and expressed tn gloves
TO him just for the joke OF the thing.
Perhaps But
Then again. perhaps not.
I.rnnr.-s2
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for visiting. Mrs.
keep him at her
ven lived. when It
lis brother, Angus
on Bridges Creek.
he best school that
= the mother was
! that lay upon the
Washington saw TO
she should not lose
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mars tenderness in looking t" the de-
yelupmcnt of this thorough bred boy; and
he took him into his confidence As II he
had been his own son. Not only upon
his vacations now. but almost when he
would. and as II he were already him
srlf a man with the rest. he could live
iu the ComradcShip that obtained 1T Bel
vuir and Mount Vernon. Men OF all
sorts. i seemed. took pleasure in his
company.
Lads could hc the companions Of men
in Virginia. II,r outdoor life OF jour
ncyinCs. sport, adventure. put them, as
II were. upon equal terms with their
elders. where spirit. aIda,itv. invention.
prudence. ~anliUcsS. resource. told for
success and CumradrshIr. Young men
and old ,an l,' companions in arms. in
sport. in w"odrraft. and on the traH Of
the fox. Twas not an indoor life OF
conference. hut an outdoor life Uf affairs
IN this rural colony.
Makes n Friend Of Fairfax.
one man. fudc~d gave at least a touch
nf another quality to the life Washing
ton saw. This was Lord Fairfax, who
had he-r almost W" wears IN Virginia
when tn" boy quit school. and who was
now determined. a. soon as might be-
to tax" up his residence at his forest
ludE" within the Blue RidE, George
Cr"atlv struck his Io-iShiD.s fancy. as ne
did that ~ all capah." men. a. a daring
lad in the hunt and s"h.r lad in
counsel and drawn into such compan-
i0nshp. h" learned a great deal that
n" one else in Virginia could have taught
him so w"i!-th" scrupulous department
of high-brcd and honorable man Of the
world; the Usn Of hooks ny those who
preferred affairs: T." way in which
strength may l." rendered gracious. and
indpendcuc" mad" generous. 4 touch Of
Old World address was to he learned
at BclvOir
Hts association with Lord Fairfax.
moreover. put him in the way Of making
his first earnings as 4 surveyor. Fairfax
had not come to America merely to get
away from the world of fashion in Lon
don and bury himself in the wilderness.
His chief motive was on" which did him
much more credit. and bespoke him a
man and a true Colunist. Ii was his
purpose he declared, To open up. settle,
and cultivate the vast tracts Of beauti
full and fertile land he had inherited in
Virginia. and he proved his sincerity
by Immediately setting about the bust
ness.
II was necessary as a first step that
he should have surveys made. in order
that he might know how his lands lay.
how bounded and disposed through the
glades and upon the streams OF the un-
trodden forests.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-07

The State OF Ohio. where mostly all
American matches are made. VIII pro
hibit the manufacture of matches tha'
scratch on ones trousers. Thus the work
of eaualizing the sexes goes on.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-07

After telling people that it is not only
needless but foolish to grow old Lillian
Russell (born 1861 declares: II am stu
an infant" II you don't believe II, read
what she says and be convinced.
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retirement. and became our leading
Vice President. being received with high
honors everywhere. He died in 1874 at
Buffalo. and his old home still stands.
Fillmore began life as a wool carder,
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A Kansas school debate broke up in an
egg-throwing contest. How vulgariy
these rural monopolists display their
wealth,
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OInIln % v.

: Of these men.
uraIly gathered
pitahle country.
was bred. a
, dc. says Rev
upon the road
or good house
he might depend
Ith hospitality :"
besides strangers
Ounc major At
$ neiEhbors had
representative in
ana the tiO SOL
use OF FaIrfaN.
le Kings COun-
Governor him
much at Mount
rfaN's seat. Re-
see not a lIttl"
Of the life nf
school until he
but there was
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Prudence.
Ernn IIIal%

He (passionately)-I would give my
life for you, dearest.
She (calculatingly)-Are you insured?
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James ]. Hill is only seVenty-hEe. yet
he protests that he could not thihk oi
taking 4 Cabinet Office.
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BeinG retired from Congress after many
years of service is supposed to be great
joke on one. and the conventional thing
Is to burst into peals Of laughter at the
mention Of a so-caIled lame duck. Yet
there are those that cannot see the hu-
NOR Of IL all.
The most conspicuous of these is John
DalzeIl. of PENNSYLVANIA. who must step
out of Congress in March after twenty
six years. Whatever one may think
about protective tariff. standpatism. and
the pric. of eggs. he will ConCede that
John Dalzell is to-day a pathetic figure.
A trifie more than two years ago he
was a power on the Rules Committee
Of the Eouse-which power made him
potent national figure. To-day he sits in
the meetings of that same committee so
blue over his approaching departure
from public life that he pays scarcely
any attention to what is going an. The
other day Chairman Henry appointed
subcommittee to perform a minor leg
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Iruher. All rights

srphcr. All rights
,wspaper syndicatr)
Fairfax. himself
strayed out of
I ffty-hve into
'ntier.
; ancestral es-
cen sold TO sat-
his spendthrift
retches of land
re now become
.trimony. Twas
uttered a cruel
the hands OF
nd so had be
riC bachelor he
! the free and
culture. he had
| Steele for the
world. he had
erve. that easy
terry in dealing
with the long
fashion as are
. brought with
pa ST fifty, tn"
man eager FOR
uch a province.
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countries, and the rassru. O. E-- sc,
cradle Prince Lws-5ld Reac. -.
varia, deprive .,s pcoo'- o. ... rn
reigned more a.a .hc .a
father than til .L.f4u... =
The army 81 he -...
sustained seri ..~ .r-~r.. no.. .r ..
portion TO .r..- ). rf.- -.#
than almost +. r.. sri. .-a
Gen. Frederi ea
Gen. Arthur .. ..r.r
| were sounded .-.,.. SD.
general office
active or re
ley D. C"Fit De.
G. w. Melvi
majority.
From the
been taken
of the Unit .a.,-
Sunny Jim,
Hepburn OF ~ -l
Rayner of
Tennessee; ~.- .r
States have
North Caro-
Tennessee.
Maine and
The lates
list has bee =
dor to Eng
science. edu
ism, and 6
have been
Stead and
the best
journalism
yer. Bishc
NJ Fairba
In anot 80 ..
fed list ;.1e. '.
Wright Ar. g..
ton are r.:, ..--.
lands kiss o., .-....
ing numl
reaper W r.l--,-
one
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In the Woods.
'r .sl': q

rtcen IL was pro-
be sent to sea. as
10 doubt from that
hut the prudent
should not leave
IOolinE went on as
of books and
.-,r. lad learned to ride
,Drse. regardless of
E' o. lper-in that Coun-
ant afoot except to
nl, .- he pasture. Every
'. D.. 'r. pond or free. knew
%. '0a " w to take the row.
.'.. Nr rests And young
..... .a'.... '. '-r boy that he was,
~ .'a ~... while that strong
.'fH N-r 20 III he got from his
% a.. rl t1a l-"...-. like, took his ap-
.n "'a 20 .- eback and in the
far..-.. -.r. characteristic Zest
sr.l .' ."r
..' rl., a.rN a.r ngs else. a capable
.- .'.'r .r.E a. ed mastery, and he
rr.I. 90 H"H-..... ne most effective
IHva.-s g.. ---s-=.. Ill practical affairs
His very eXercise-books used at school
gave proof of IT. They We're filled. not
only with the rules. formulae. diagrams,
and exercises of surveying. which he was
taking special pains to learn, at the ad-
vice of lis friends. but also with care
ful cOpleS OF legal and mercantile papers,
bills of Exchange. bills of sale bonds.
indentures. land warrants. leases, deeds
and wills. as if he meant to be a lawyers
or a, mer, hant's clerk. 1t would seem
that. passionate and full of warm blood
as he was he cOnned these things as
he studied the use and structure of his
piece. the bride he used for his
colts. his saddlegirth, and the best ways
Df mounting He copied these forms Of
business as he might have copied Bever-
ey's account of the way fox or 'possum
Dr beaver was to he taken or the wild
turkey trapped.
The men re most admired-his elder
Mr.. Fairfax, and the gentlerNcn
planters who were so much at their
most of them sound men
If business. who valued good surveying
Is much as they admired good horseman-
hip and skill in sport. They were their
'wn merchants. and looked upon forms
u business paper as quite as useful as
flows and hogsheads. Careful exercises
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Goes to Mount Vernon.

In the autumn of 177, when he was not
yet quite sixteen, George quit his formal
schooling. and presently Joined his
brother Lawrence at Mount Vernon 10
seek counsel and companionship.
Lawrence had conceived a strong ar
fection for his manly younger brother.
Himself a man Of spirit and honor, he
had a high-hearted mans liking for all
that he saw that was indOmitable and
weIl-purposed in the lad. a generous
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= a Lodge.
years with his
had settled to

years with his
had settled TO
Then he built
shadowed by
ted with such
hCed for COM
2 forest. close
y. within the
where a hardy
gun 10 gather
he had meant
IN. The plain
COURT satisfied
Y as the years
{ a simple life
II and familiar
pre had slipped
at ninety-One-
d, because the
allen upon nnal
h in America.
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X 49, D Ny+S
. 4 & 81
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....
0.~N
.sl .H.. s..r- .... .....
,a-a' g.. Pc ut %. d. -l. no
sar---t. na us' o.. --
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
- BY ~
&' .9Eagy5tFh WILSON NC0&E&SN
n ~ NflM The Story of the First WI.EawNIW
5&ssn YAItp President by the Presi- W&
IA q dent-eect. :: .: ~
81 Fr Comes tc Virginia Take Up His Observation-Disclosures Has
1se Good Society Mount Vernon and BevoiH Mother
BY
WOODROW
WILSON
The Story of the First
President by the Presi-
dent.eIecf. :: :: .:
Virginia to Take Up His Residence Washington Has
Society at Mount Vernon and Belvoir-His Mother
i'm to Go to Sea-His Outdoor Life in the Virginia
ak Takes a Great Fancy for Him and Befriends Him.

in such matters might well enough ac-
company practice In the equally formal
minuet in Virginia. and so this boy learn
ed to show in almost everything he did
the careful precision of the perfect marks