Evening star., 1915-05-26

either look within or look without in
an unselfsh way. We do not nave
visions of the future. We do not look
unselfishly into the future. we DO no. not
dream dreams as those men did. we
have lost their idealism to great
extent.
I'VE have not their preference for the
human side OF life rather than the ma,
terial side They lived and fought and
died to establish for the human side OF
life. They risked. and In many cases
lost, as they knew they would. the ma
terial things in order to uphold the
human side-for human Justice ana
human liberty. They perceived ina. INA. ma 1ha
terial things pass away and that the
principles Of human liberty and the
rights Of humanity live always, ana
must live, IL the world is to be worth
living in to the average man. ,.,
.These Virginia men who went with
Braddock and afterward followed
washington. with their pleasant and
delightful and free colonial Ire; nov
they risked It all and fought ana uIet
that liberty might survive ana .has
thew and their descendants might pc
free men in a free land, and It Is Al
ways gratifying to see how NlIslnia
has always stood, as she stands TO-DAY
for the human rather than the ma
terial side of public lie.
Basis Of Right Living.
AFTER all, the principles. the virtues
the practices that are at the heart an"
core OF right living and right thinking
that are the foundation upon "n'cn '"e
superstructure of social and politica,
life is based, are Few anu siIi'p ,,s ~
IL is clarifying and stabillzing 10 US ~
I'm the business life of today there
is great need of the revival oi ono
spirit Of justice. devotion to duty, non- =
esty and fair dealing we ol,en ~ consider s9 r
what it is 1t falls lightly ana ol.em
thouphtless and uncomprehendlngIs
from our tongues. Justice IS eNenip.
from violence: fraud to II Is an n op. ,nno.
of contempt 1t Is the sh1eid Oh inho
cence and the guard OF truth
"The sense of right and stronSi! oe-
yeIoped sense Of justice and the rlgnls
of Others is one of the marked cna .,
acteristics Of these men Of tne et.,nsIv tenU,I
exempiifed in the bills of rights .. az.
tached to their constitutions. the nTst
bill Of rights Of Virginia snouiu
read at least once year by each Oh us
This love. this eonsideTauon, aap 90 fely fe
saw. been the result of the llves anu
character of the women OF the country
and of the teachings Wnlcn the ~
get with their Now I lay me down "
sleep at tnelr mothei nhSco,on;ol
bow in humble homage to the Colon,ai
DANES. their patriotism. their accus-
toned love of country in erectins .nis
monument that the people or ms d Sou
try of this state. OF TINS neishooi sh 49,.
and the passerby and the stranser
1,.;thin our gates may stop and look
unon If and be brought back 10 the
standards and the patriotism ana tne
homes and the purposes OF !he early
fathers who founded this nation
Praise of the Pioneer Mother.
.If NAV be pardoned the sugges-
tion. there Is one other order that
would like to see the women OF 'h's
country found. 1t Is the order OF the
nioneer mother: the heroism and the
beauty and devotion and sei1-sacrlnSe
of whose life has never been nttlngiS
acknowledged, and II l were asked ~
whom or to what cause monulh.n' ~
should be erected in this country TO-
day / would without hesitation say
to the pioneer mother.
Build your next monlment 10 ner,
and, il it is possible. see TO II thal
her sacrifices and her nerolsm ,,aad aad
placed in enduring form on the printeo
page as an inspiration. not only TO tne
women, but to the men of today ana
hereafter as a great beacon nsnt' az
great white flag. to call them oack
to the obligations Of duty and OF citie
zenship, Of love. of kindness and OF
The men who marched
and fought with Braddock were what
they were because of their mothers.
and so it will ever be- The capacits
ton to home and country. man gets
today, as he did then. II he is to get
1t at all, from and at the knee OF the
mother"
Old Cannon Is Used.
One of the old British cannon aban-
doned here by Gen. Braddock sur
mounts the monument. For many years
the cannon had stood upright in the
earth at one OF the city's street cor.
ners as a marker and was an object OF
interest to sightseers. BY an act OF
the city council several years ago the
ancient piece of ordnance. brought from
England by Gen. Braddock when ne
came out to Virginia as generalissimo
OF all the British forces in the Ameri-
can colonies in the war against the
French, was turned over to the Mount
Vernon Chapter of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution. That or
ganization today formally presented II
to the Virginia Colonial Danes, under
whose auspices the monument was
erected.
Forming the base Of the monument
and mounting the old cannon are other
relics of by-gone days, In the shape OF
cobblestones which Tor more than
century had served the city OF Alex
andria as paving in some of its princi-
pal streets, and which show the ruts
worn by the artillery and transports OF
the northern armies during the civil
war. The stones are said by tradition
to have been laid on Alexandra
streets by Hessian soldiers captured in
the war OF the revolution by the con-
tinental troops.
Tablets IN Monument
A bronze tablet on one side of the
base of the monument bears this In
scrtptiOn: