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Mrs Eugene Gibson Herndon and her
niece, Miss Alice Grant Stevens. have
returned to their apartment in the
woodley after an absence Of three
months.
Mrs. Harry Rutledge Howser and her
daughters, Miss Marie Louise Howser
and Miss Elizabeth Gardner Howser.
street after a delightful trip through
the Yellowstone Park, making stops In
Denver. Colorado Springs and Salt Lake
City en- route. Mrs. Howser and her
daughters spent the early part of the
summer at Atlantic City.
! Miss Elizabeth Koones daughter Of DR..
and Mrs. Charles K. Koohes, who has
greater part of the summer on a series
of visits. Is now the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank w. Hill and the Misses Hill
at Upper Marlboro, Md.
Dr. and Mrs Mcpherson have returned
to the city from the coast of Maine.
where they went early in August.
after a three-week stay in Atlantic City
and Cape May.
DR.. and Mrs. John Madert have re-
turned from vacation spent in Allan
tic City.
DR.. and Mrs. Melville P. Eslin and
their little daughter. Florence. have re-
turned from Mountain Lake Park, Md
Mrs. Naomi Swami, Mrs. Floda Reagan
and little son Jack, and Mrs. Lille Mil
lead spent Friday with Mrs. Elizabeth
Sewell at her summer home at Nc
Geesport. Md.
Miss Iva Rae Merritt of Capitol Hill
who has been visiting Mrs. James D
cottage. Braddock Heights. will leave
in a few days for Pennsylvania, where
she will attend a house party before
going to New York for the winter.
Mr.. and, Mrs. C. o. Greenstreet and
Mrs. Louise May spent last week al
Norfolk and Ocean View, Va.
ghts is at Atlantic City for a few
weeks stay.
Mrs. Fred Lees left for Atlantic City
yesterday, where she will remain for
several weeks.
! DR.. and Mrs. Wade H. Atkinson have
returned from Asheville and other
| points of note in the North Carolins
mountains.
Mrs. G. William Dove entertained last
week i'm honor of her husbands birth
day anniversary.
A musical program was given during
the evening by Mrs. A. l. Boyle, Miss
Alma Heager. Master James Dove AND
Master Joseph Dove, Mrs. L. P. Randall
and Mr.. A. ]. Schippert. Among those
, present were Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Boyce
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Schelpp, Mr.. and Mrs
L. P. Randall, Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Schip-
pert. Mr.. F: F. Smith. Miss Theresa
Dove. Mrs. Robert Dove, jr., Mr.. Robert
Dove, ST., and Miss Alma Heager.
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Bride-Elect Entertained.

Mrs. Arthur ]. May entertained at a
luncheon and bridge yesterday at the
Columbia Country Club in compliment
to Miss Edna Frances May. whose mar.
rage to Mr.. Daniel Robert Forbes Of
Chicago. ILL.,, will take place Tuesday.
September rs.
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PEAKNG official social standpoint Washington
5 Z -:
unt1a November election.
has been transferred to Shadow Lawn and the Vice
Marshall members ofthe cabinet with
Wilson's the Jersey week will
the ypy Iooer notification
which awaits Marshall in Indiana.
Indianapolis might Of when it to
republican
the bestowed him the
Marshalr will be parallel with when
notification the place
there that Mr. Thomas Hendricks
official of his the of
Cleveland while Schuyler Cofax also held residence with the
Probably the candi
anything like the lively which Mr.
Marshall bands torchgh
all add glamour.
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Children S Party.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Freeman celebrated
the fourth birthday of their little son.
Robert L. Freeman, at their home. 2502
Hale place northwest. Monday evening,
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Vacation Plans.

Mrs. Helen Nelson DOGGY and Mrs.
Sally Grant Gates Of Capitol Hill are
spending the month of september at
Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Cape henry,
Ocean View and Virginia Beach
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The Misses Kathrine and Dorothy
Ruhl returned last week after spend
ing the summer at Bluemont, Va. Miss
Kathrine Ruhl left Tuesday for Poto-
mac. Md. to be the guest of Miss -Doro-
thy Ehrhardt.
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Home From Spring Lake.

Mr.. and Mrs. Byron s. Adams and Miss
Marie Adams have returned to the city
after spending the summer at New
Monmouth Hotel at Spring Lake, N. j.
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Recent Visitor Here.

Miss Frances Talmage of Athens, Ga.
who has been visiting Mrs. Francis E.
Mix, at 2118 P street. has returned to
her home.
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Harry Westerman of Washington The
wedding will take place in October.

Mr.. and Mrs John Orion Cole an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
ter. Miss Virginia Cole, to Mr.. Robert
A. Wayman of Salem, N. Y No date is
given for the marriage.
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Visiting Gen. and Mrs. Cole.

Miss May A. Thompson. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Thompson. left re-
Gently for Hartford. Conn. TO visit Adjt.
Gen. and Mrs. George Cole.
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Mr.. xnd Mrs. Duncan D. Ransdell ar,
rived at Atlantic City September and
will remain until September 20. Iney
are spending their time in motoring.
fishing and sailing.
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Mr. Edward G. Scharf left few days
ago for Birmingham. Ala, where he
will be the guest of Mrs. Theodore Ran
dolph.
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| Mrs. Harry Reade returned last week
from Beverly Farms, Mass, and will
again leave the city Friday for Monte
rey, Pa, where she will remain until
October /.
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pected to return here about Septem-
Der Is.
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for a stay of some length, and are
now at the Shoreham

Mr.. and Mrs. Claude N Bennett, who
have been detained in Washington by
the long session of Congress, are pre-
pairing for a trip to Nova Scotia. start
ing as soon /as Mrs. Bennett sufficiently
RECEIVERS from a recent fitness. They
are in their apartment at the Brighton.
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will then open the legation here for
the season.
Mr.. vi Kyuin Wellington Koo.. the
minister of China. returned from Blue
Ridge Summit several days ago and
Is suffering an indisposition which
prevented his returning there to Join
Mrs. Koo for an Sunday visit.
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Washington for a motor trip through
the Blue Ridge mountains of Pennsyl-
vania. Miss Catherine Burdette, the
daughter of Mrs. Neale, is at White
Sulphur Springs, W. Va, and is ex
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Random Notes.

Mrs. J. C. Holmes left Tuesday for an
indefinite stay with friends in Daytona,
Fla
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Engagements.

Rev. DIR. and Mrs. Frank Page of Fair
fax. Va. announce the engagement OF
their daughter. Matilda Coleman. to DR..
Joseph Packard Laird of Devon. Pa.
Miss Page is the daughter of Rev.
Frank Page. rector of Zion Episcopal
Church; niece of Mr.. Thomas Nelson
Page, ambassador to Italy. and sister
Of Mrs. Norman J. Gaynor of Brooklyn,
N. Y. DR.. Laird Is grandson of the
late DIR. Packard, dean of the Theologi-
cal Seminary of Virginia.
Announcement was made last week Of
the engagement of Miss Florence D.
Sugden, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick Sugden of Passaic. N. J., to J..
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Mrs. Fred Lees left for Atlantic City
yesterday, where she will remain for
several weeks.
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Dr. and Mrs. Wade H. Atkinson have
returned from Asheville and other
points of note in the North Carolina
mountains.
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DR.. and Mrs. Mcpherson have returned
to the city from the coast of Maine,
where they went early in August.
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Mr. William E. Jones has returned
after a three-week stay in Atlantic City
and Cape May.
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Col. and Mrs. OBrien of London,
England, have arrived in Washington
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Mr.. and, Mrs. C. o. Greenstreet and
Mrs. Louise May spent last week at
Norfolk and Ocean View, Va.
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=. Harry NJ Hiatt of Columbia
ghts is at Atlantic City for a few
weeks stay.
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Mrs. Eugene Gibson Herndon and her
niece. Miss Alice Grant Stevens. have
returned to their apartment in the
months
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DR.. and Mrs. John Madert have re-
turned from vacation spent in Allan
tic City.
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their little daughter. Florence. have re-
turned from Mountain Lake Park, Md.
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too tired, when out on long surveying
trips. to take a turn at bear-baiting.
He often drove or rode over muddy
roads to Alexandria to see a play or
puppet show. He gave 3 shillings to a
man who brought an elk as a show" {:
3 shillings and 9 pence Ito hear the
armonica: So for tickets ito see the
automatum. paid to see wax works,
lioness and tiger. This was news>to
the general reader-and good news at
that, for they could better understand
and appreciate his greatness, his
triumphs. his achievements. when they
knew he was merely human.
When his diary was quoted and some
of his old account books resurrected in
the Treasury Department tand from
records showed that his mind was not
above the vanities of the world of
fashion in the cut of his coat, the style
and color of his waistcoat, the quality
of his sma1lclothes.
Our first Presidents greatest fad was
for blooded horses and hunting dogs,
and perhaps his greatest foibie was for
the latest and best in hunting clothes.
saddles. blankets and all the parapher-
MALTA of we'll equipped stable and
kennel. That fox hunting was a pas
sion with him is evidenced in the hun
dreds of references made to it in his
diary. and the pleasure with which he
pursued it.
he notes on November MT Bryan
Fairfax. Mr.. Corson and Phil Alexan-
der came here by sunrise. Hunted and
catched a fox with these. Lord Fair
fax. his brother and Col. Fairfax. al
of whom with Mr.. Taylor and Mr.. Will
son of England dined here. When
these gentlemen dined there after a
morning of sport they were doubtless
treated to small roast pig. boiled
leg of lamb. roa sted fowls, beef and
game in season, with peas conserved
after Mrs. Washington's recipe, all the
delightful vegetables which were put
away for winters use, and a delicious
hot pudding and tarts. With this
bountiful menu was served the best
old Madeira, port, beer and appetizers
of punch and dish or two of tea
afterWard.
Washington. while temperate in both
drinking and eating, was fond of good
living, and Mount Vernon was noted
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some instances accounts were kept
after Indian fashion. for an entry
reads: "Pd Kate shllings. the day
that Mary came" but as no record was
kept of the day Mary arrived, one must
surmise the date upon which Kate was
paid for her services.
In looking over the contents of this
old tin box. if there were not ample
gain a wrong impression of the con-
rivial tastes of Washington, for the
accounts show frequent and very large
orders of liquors and beverages of all
kinds.
In one bill of July IA. 1882, punch"
occurs ten times, with beverages in
between. And during 1776-77 there are
receipts for barrels of porter, gallons
of rum, numerous records of hot
punches. bowls of gin toddy, etc.
A little later on one of these lively
accounts gives: 1.-TWO barrels spirits.
two and a quarter casks of Madeira
wine. one barrel of biscuits, two doz
en- wines. box claret. four English
cheeses. one bag Of filbert nuts. one
barrel Of coffee, one key Of raisins,
one-quarter cask Madeira wine; one
pipe ditto, two barrels of hams" and
long list of other good things. Nor
did Washington begrudge the good
that might fall to his brother officers,
for there is recorded. The Account of
Lieut.. Whitehead of the I'd Penn. and
Capt. JOEL" who had been prisoners
and left the enemy. due to William
Darling: Two breakfasts, two lodg
ings. two dinners, two clubs, two
teas" And, the next day. two lodg-
ings. two nips gin toddy. two break
fasts. two bowls gin toddy. two club
wines. one bowl gregg, two teas. one
gill rum, one bowl toddy; one dram
wine, two dinners, two drains wine,"
etc.
Another amusing account at this time
is when a gardener was hired it was
agreed as part of his compensation
that he should have -four dollars at
Christmas. with which he may be
drunk for four days and four nights;
two dollars at Easter to effect the
same purpose; two dollars at Whitsun-
tide to be drunk for two days: dram
in the morning, and drink of grog at
dinner and noon" Just how much work
was expected of this good man is not
recorded.
A receipt that brings back visions of
those stirring times of the revolution
is:
Head Quarters, Orange Town,
30th Sep. 17S0.
Received Of Lit Col Richard K Meade four
hundred aud sixteen dollars 1t being the balance
of eight thousand dollars which 1 drew for the
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use Of the Commander. when he went to meet
the French General and Admiral nt Hartford.
which balance | am to account for
1t was signed by Maj. Caleb Gibbs
This receipt recalls Gen. Washington's
triumphal tour to Hartford with Gems.
LAFAYETTE and Knox. to meet Count de
Rochambeau and Admiral de Ternay.
where. it is said. with stately cordial
ity he greeted them" 1t was in this
same month four days after the date OF
tasted with Mrs. Benedict Arnold. at
her husbands headquarters WASH
inston asked Mrs. Arnold of the where
abouts of her husband. to which she re-
piled that he had been called away.
On receiving a letter from Arnold the
general sent the following letter to Col.
Wade: Gen. Arnold is gone to the
enemy. have just received a line
from nm. inclosing one to Mrs. Arnold,
dated on board the vulture." His
merciful kindness to Mrs. Arnold and
her child is shown in several mystic
rious accounts of Monies given to
in need"
letter written to Washington's broth
er.in-law. Fielding Lewis, on july 6.
i's0. which seems to sound a note OF
warning to the American people, COM
ing from past filed with tried sx-
per1ences. difficulties to be met and
conquered. and an opposition that
seemed well nigh insurmountable.
In this letter Gen. Washing ton writer:
We neglected to obtain. soldiers for
the war when zeal and patriotism ran
nigh. and men were eager to engage
for trif1e; the consequence is, We have
protracted the war and expended tens
of millions of pounds which might
have been saved. and have a new army
to discipline once or twice a year"
In 1888 the hunting days were over
and the presidential days began. A
slight injury to his back interfered
with his remaining in the saddle for
any length of time or indulging in hard
riding.
1t is pretty generally accepted among
modern historians that Gen. Lafayette
sent pack of French hounds to Mount
Vernon. but no mention of them is
made by members of the family i'm
writing of the kennels. In Washing
tons time the kennels were about 100
yards from the old family burying
vault.
Lord Fairfax. the devoted friend and
companion of George Washington, re-
manned loyal to his sovereign George
III. and as a result his princely vir-
ginia estate was confiscated by the
Continental Congress.
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F1HE earlier literature and his
tory relative to our first Presi-
dent. George Washington, was
q filled only with encomium, and
there was such an atmosphere of saint
illness thrown around him, even from
his earliest youth to manhood, that a
wave of indignation spread abroad
when few true lives of the great
general came out and the public was
allowed to gaze in the open light of
day upon some of his fadS and foibles.
The average young person who found
that the father of his country was much
as other men. with many of their
shortcomings. idiosyncrasies. their
hopes and fears. loves and disappoint-
ments, had perhaps a rude but delight
full awakening.
Those of them who were old enough
to remember the old-fashioned spell
ers and readers used in the early days,
where the virtues of George Washing
ton were dealt out in large morality
doses. gave gulp of satisfaction as
they devoured one of the new lives and
learned:
That he played cards, drank beer.
wine and brandy. as well as the most
delectable brews for which Mount YER
non was noted
That he dotted upon horses, importing
the finest stock he could get.
That his kennel was so famous that
an authority. in speaking of his fox
hounds, said: IF speed. accuracy. stamina,
courage and music is the standard by
which foxhounds are judged. then we
must believe that the Washington pack
were the equal. if not the superior. of
any hounds today. whether compffed
with the aristocratically bred and
carefully pedigreed packs of England.
or with what incompetent alleged his
torians are pleased to term American
mongrels' of today.
The first President loved a cockfght,
and was fond of fishing. He stalked
deer with George Mason in the forests
around Gunston Hall, and was never
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employment). to remain in the situa-
ton he now is, it shall be optional in
him to do So" In either case an annuity
of $40 was given him.
The stables at Mount Vernon were as
noted as the kennels. the blooded
horses having q reputation throughout
the colonies. In 1860 Gen. Washing
ton imported at his own expense
pure blooded Arabian horse, which he
named Magnolia and which later on
played an important part in our great
revolution.
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Why the bill for mending the chariot
was tackled on to the menu only Maj.
Gibbs, who kept the daily accounts.
could explain.
This was not the first record of good
living. for in December, 1875, there were
bought two gallons of brandy and five
gallons of Cherry rum, besides geese
(of which. to judge from the generals
accounts, he was very fond), mutton.
pork, eggs, butter. turkeys, fish and
1.-The belly of an OK for tripe."
The fact is quantity recorded that at
New York, month of July. 1876, Mrs.
Thompson came to keep house for his
excellency Gen. Washington which
event happened but a few days before
Mrs. Smith gave her final rendering. In
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George Washington

husbands children, and was continued
by his association with hunters, woods
men and settlers while he was a sur
Neyor and an explorer.
Mary Ball Washington, living on a
Virginia farm, in house of four
rooms, though there was an attic with
out window3 taught George and the
rest of her sons and daughters order.
economy. industry, punctuality, morality
and accuracy. Surveyors of today, hav-
ing had occasion to review his work
say that the measurements made by
George Washington as boy were
ENTHUSIASTICALLY correct.
i: 4
The Washingtons were wealthy, care
full and pious farmers. Augustine, a
Widower with two children, had at
least three plantations when he welded
Mary Ball, girl of sixteen. The Balls,
also. were large landholders in Vir-
ginia. George. going Off to fight the
little success. his mother said: He
ought to have stayed home and taken
care of his farm
He was a good son." Mary Wash
ington in later years briefly testified.
land as man he has only done his
duty" Her words always were few
Her son inherited that and other traits
of her character.
Miss Gusts. who was Washington's
stepgranddaughter and a member of
his family. said that he was "a silent,
thoughtful man. He spoke little gen.
orally" she added. land never of him
self. ! never heard him relate a single
act of his life during the war" Yet she
sometimes made him laugh most
heartily from sympathy with my joyous
and extravagant spirits"
Undoubtedly. Mary Washington. 81
lent. managerial. austere and practical.
hoped that her son George would be
planter. He had been left farm, at
the age of eleven. in the will of his
father. A knowledge of surveying. the
mother probably thought. would be
helpful in maintaining his rights
against the possible Entertainments Of
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that he served as President. More
over. he was an active farmer at the
time of his death. Every one knows
that he took the cold that ended his
tour of inspection, as was his daily
custom.
Mount Vernon and second farm, the
property of Lawrence Washington, son
of Augustine by his first wife. like
wise passed to George by inheritance.
George was 50 competent as a business
man that Lawrence, his half-brother.
made him executor of his estate. al
though George was but twenty years
old.
At twenty-seven George Washington
married Martha Custis, widow with
two children. Custis. husband and
father, left great deal of land and
$225,0O0 in cash. The estate was given
into Washington's management by the
general court of Virginia and third
of it went to him by will when the
daughter of Martha Washington died.
1t was Weems. possibly, who said that
Washington kept the property of his
wife and stepchildren entirely separate
from his own.
A tight man. in all matters of bar
gaining, Washington scorneu greed.
meanness and parsimony. Shares voted
to him as bonuses by business con-
Germs were politely declined. After his
service as President and his return
to Mount Vernon. his correspondence
became so burdensome that be en-
ployed Tobias Lear, a native of New
Hampshire and a graduate of Harvard
as his secretary.
George Washington is. 1 believe"
Lear wrote after two years at Mount
Vernon, almost the only man of ex-
allied character who does not lose some
part of his respecta bility by an in
innate acquaintance. l have never
found a single thing that could lessen
my respect for him. A complete knowl-
edge of his honesty. uprightness and
canIor in all his private transactions
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has sometimes led me to think him
more than a man.
That he was kind to his stepchildren.
and not jealous of them because an
other man had been their father. while
his own wife was their mother, can
be read in the terms of the Will left
by the daughter. All that she had
was given to her stepfather.
So Washington was rich. even as
young man-rich in lands. slaves and
live stock, which he did not earn. and
in westerp forests granted him by
reason of his military services against
the Indians and the French. But he
never waived a penny that was coming
to him for all that, Yet he bought corn
when his own crop failed and gave it
to the poor.
He was Mary Balls son and she bore
six children in thirteen years and, then
of her sons and daughters until they
were old enough to do business for
themselves. Lafayette once found her
working in her garden. dressed in
homespun frock and wearing a SUM-
bonnet on her head.
The value of the estate left by WASH
ingten was estimator at sS3o.000. He
owned four farms, adjoining the home
stead at Mount Vernon. 1850 acres in
all. not including large tracts of forest
lands nearby. Each farm bad a mana
ger also barns, other buildings and
cabins for the slaves. An inventory
of the live stock included hfty-four
draft horses. twelve, mules. 317 black
cattle. 800 sheep and several hundred
swine, which were pastured in the
woods. There were 375 slaves. "a1l OF
whom SO ran the VIII. Il hold In my
own right, shall receive their freedom.
upon the decease of my wife" The
words Il hold in my own right. were
in italics. Washington did not mean TO
NEEDLE with the slaves who were the
property of his wife.
For fifteen years after his marriage
lived at Mount Vernon and
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