davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening journal., 1920-11-20
ACID NAY RLIND NM

Raymond NickerSOn Negro. p years
OF age, 1903 Walnut street, an em-
ploye OF the New Castle Leather Co.
was taken TO Delaware Hospital this
morning in the police ambulance.
having burned both eyes severely
With acid He viii probably lose the
sight OF both eyes
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S50 non POLICE pFNS,oNe

l.. GOldenberg, a dry goods mer-
chant Of Second nd King streets. pre-
sented Chkf Of Police Black with
a chck for $50 yesterday. It was
Mr.. Goldenberg's contribution b the
Police Pension Fund. The check
xxs .urned over 70 the Pension Fund.
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ROYS CIIB MEETING

The Boys Club Of Grace NJ. F..
Church will meet In the church house
tonight from Z TO O'Clock. The
motion pictures and gam which are
provided for the boys each week are
mos. ent rlainng.
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his day by advising the wife as to
the most appropriate thing TO wear
that day.
p. 81 suggested Jersey, not too
heavy and tight woven material for
the bloomers.
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CHILD RREAks ARM Ar pI-AY

While playing In a yard In me rear
Of his home at i00i Church street YES
ierday Raymond Carson. aged Z. feil
and broke his right arm re was
taken 10 Delaware Hospital in the
police ambulance.
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WASHINGTON. Nov 20 United
Press. THE comptroller Of the cur
rency issued call for the condition
Of natiotal banks as OF Monday No
Vember ID
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-N-O--

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Groves LAXATIVE BROMO OUI-
NINE tablets. The genuine bears the
signature OF Il. W. Grove. 3Oc.-Adv.
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This coming week IL would be we'll
for you 10 give wide publicity through
the Want Ads for automobiles TO sell
or exchange.
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LOCAL SECURITIES

Laird and Company. dupont Build
ing. furnish the following quotations
Of local securities:
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CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO. Nov. 20 Omitted Press)-
The opening grain
Wheat, Dec. i.72h@i7i1k. up 4 to
q March 1921.
Corn. Dec. 66h@A July y.
Oats, Dec. 44ssd 81 May 4S%.
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The Want Ads for the coming three
weeks will help in real estate and the
selling and buying Of farms and
homes
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SineS and Welch
Florists

2i2 WEST EIGHTH STREET.
Cut Flowers and Funeral Designs
D. & A. 567z.
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CITY BANK CLEARINGS.

Clearlngs Of the local banks for the
week ending today as announced by
the Farmers Bank, were S3,O05,63 sc,
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NEW YORK COTTON.

= NEW YORK. Nov. 90 UNITED Press
The cotton market opened steady
today. Dec. sold at 1913, up 20; Jan.
1885, up 3; March 1885, of 3; May
1880, unchanged.
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GAIL BANK sTATEMENT.

as compared with s4.0o6. .os24s for the
corresponding week of last year.
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ADV ENTURES
Of THE TWINS
% Olive Roberts Bwsou,.
CUTIE COTTONTAIL's LUCK

skEsEssseseeNsasasesK
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A Very Human Youngster,
andNot The Prig That Tra-
ditIon Makes tim Gut.

Copy right. 1899, The International Syndicate.
HEN George Washington was
sixteen years OF age he was
seized with a seYere spasm Of
J" the acute nervous disorder
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never failed to punish any ill-treat-
ment of his men.
Washington believed in the saying
that All work and no play make Jack
a dull boy" and although the men
had little heart for sport Washington
encouraged play, and at times there
were many games in camp, especially
when the men went down hunting in
he river bed for CLANS ard then had
a supper of hot clam soup. Many OF
the homes of-the settlers at Valley
Forge had officers billetcd with them
and today a number of these houses
are marked with tablets
After Clintons forces had left Phil
adelphia the army of Valley Forge be-
gan to move. Some flour had been
obtained and before they started on
the march some half baked bread was
eaten. Then they pursued the British
following them Ike q serpent as they
were crawling painfully across the
sands of New Jersey toward the sea
and safety. All along the Jersey read,
the Tories were an easy mark for the
| Continental Army and after six
months of severe suffering Washing
! tons men were victorious.
In speaking of Valley Forge. a noted
! British officer paid the following t~ib-
| ute to the Continental Army after its
j victory. This man had been in Phifa-
| delphia while Washington was at
/ Valley Forge and knew what our men
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Corn In EarrnIiOu.c

He MAS born in a modest Virginia
farm house, which was burned three
years later, His parents then moved
10 Il plantation on the Kappa hannocH.
across the river from Fredericksburg,
whore he spent his early boyhood and
"ent TO little school kept by The
sexton Of the PARISH an old fellow
named Hobby who was addicted TO
getting drunk occasionally.
When he was ten years Old his
father died OF goat OF the stomach ,
bu', luckily for him, he was thareupon
taken in charge by haIf-bfother,
Lawrence. his fathers son by an earIi
or marriage Lawrence sent him /" a
better school whore he made tair
.&egnalnts8nce win The thrae. RS. /,
Little Known Oi 30, isii II STORY
Very little Is know n about Washirg-
ton as boy, beyond the fac, that he
was tall for his age athletic. and could
run faster and jump fart her than any
Of his schooinates. As a man he MAS
the best jumper In al Virginia.
II may be presumed that he was
.-oas'ah like other boys. ard IN no way
resembling the picture of HIM drawn
by he Rev. n L. Weems. @ho pab.
ished in 1908 a book (now extremely
rrare). descriptive Of Washington Il,
his early youth. This hook contains
the Original or The cherry ffec" story
which almost sirdatstttediy WAS sg
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husband three years earlier. and. after
brief courtship, he married her. She
brought him fortune of 100000 and
more than 100 slaves.
Mount Vernon
The Mount Vernon mansion, wheh
sha Inherited sats Hasg what ssyas kna Wn
in those days as a 'four-room house
which meant that IL had that many
rooms on tho ground fioor. Not until
after the Revolution did Washington
add two wings--a banquet hall" at
one end, and library at the ether.
The kitchen Gas may be seen today
was detached. but connected with the
mefn structure. y
Thus improved, It was a very fine
house: but we OF today would regard
1t as a most uncomfortable place to
live in. To begin with, there was no
plumbing All the wafer TOR drinking
and washing. had Q be dFaNAa from 4
welt s,ny.ft hrn.tsht snt~ tE snsssa IN
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were undergoing so this made his
words even more OF compliment:
1.-THE immediate causes of the
American Revolution were altogether
unforeseen and improbable. 1t came
as a surprise upon the world and men
were obliged to conclude either thai;
the force OF Great Britain was Ill d.
rected or that no invading army in
the present enlightened period can be
successful whore the people are toler-
ably united.'
The Trumbull picture OF Washing
ton WAS painted from sketches made
while Trumbull was with Washington
at Valley Forge as a lieutenant IN his
army and is regarded as the best
painting showing the great Washing
ton as an Army officer.
Made 4 Park
For many years FalieMForge was a
deSolate looking place, as some Of the
wood Of the barracks was used for
fireweod by the people WAC resided IN
the village. The other huts crumbled
! away and 1t was not until 1898 that
the State Of Pennsylvania appointed a
set of mmissioners TO acquire.
maintain and preserve forever the
Revolutionary Camp Ground at Valley
! Forge for the free enjoyment of the
sion purchased ans acres of the orig
/ nal camping ground and converted IT
I INTO Valley Forge Park containing
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~ ent OF Weems' fertile Imagination. o.
Weems describes himself on the lille
I page as ExRector of Mount Vernon
! Parish. But there never was such a
parish. and Neems was naught but an
itlnerant parson, who seems to have
picked up all the facts he could find
about Washington after the latler's
demise. and. where there were blanks,
10 have filled them IN with fiction. He
cites no other authority for the
cherry tree" yarn than an unnamed
lady we'll acquainted with the family
at Mount Vernon"
In earlier days ii was deemed req
uiSite that the hero of any book for
boys should be "a miracle of all the
virtues and an excruciatlng prig. Rollo
- - saeass eMessatp sa, ~ ltse q. pc
Sanford and Merton. But, when IL
came 20 pious priggishness, The i'm
mortal George. as pictured by Weeu,s,
was in a class by himself.
NOT only would he not fight" says
Wcems. but he would not allow hts
schoolfellows to engage In fisilcuffs.
II he could NOT soothe their savage
passions by argument, he would IN.
stantly go 10 the master ard inform
him OF their barharous intentions, The
boys were often angry with George for
this"
Angry One might rather think So.
But Eghat would have been the feel
tHgs o. Washsas'on himself If ~ hsr
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Washington's headquarters and other
historic landmarks which have been
restored.

Washington's headquarters and other
historic landmarks which have been
restored.
Headquarters
The headquarters are in particu-
larly good condition and one may walk
through these almost sacred rooms
where Washington used to walk as he
pondered over the plight of the pa
triotic men under his command. The
house Is filled with relics OF Washing
ton. The office contains much OF the
original furniture. including the old
clock. There Is a secret panel in the
window scat where Washington kept
his private papers. One of his swords
hangs near the side Of the window and
one of the guns used by the army Is
over the aeeT. In the partor is the
old spinning wheel a cupboard flied
with old dishes and some comfortable
seats. Mrs. Washington spent some
time here with the General and It was
her pleasure to gather In the women OF
the neighborhood and have them knit
stockings for the soldiers. Other won-
en- came to headquarters and made up
sewing party for the purpose of
Mrs. Washington taking part.
Roads have been built on the res
eryation and the natural beauty of the
place enhanced by grass and flowers.
An arch TO Washington's memory was
erected and several states have set UP
memorials to their dead. Decoration
| Day services are usually held at the
Park and there Is always a ceremony
at Washington's headquarters on his
| birthday The village Is dotted with
! homes. the sites. at least of nearly
every one having played a part In that
dark hour Of the revolution. The whole
park is full OF interest for II seems 10
be happy blending of the old houses
once used as headquarters and tae
modern monuments from grateful
people.
Epoch OF Heroism
In all Washington career there r
nothing that will stand out In hiStors
as more heroic episode than those
six months al Valley Forge when the
young colonies were struggling TO he
come nation.
Countless pens have written of
Valley Forge bun when one reads ,las
testimony OF some of the men who
! took part 1t seems like an epoch o.
/ suffering for love OF country and one
/ OF which every American should for
ever be proud.
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a soldier will tell YOU that this. more
than action. is the rionotony OF war.
even when comforts abound. bat with
he Continental ARM there was little
FOOD and the men wire generally des-
utute of proper clio hing for every
thing was~ worn out with use.
The resources Of the country were
inadequate TO tho pre- blem and a s win
Ter advanced the soldiers by hundreds
were compelled 10 stay in their huts
owing TO their semi nakedncss. Many
were without shoes.
Heroic Men
Washington tried in every way TO
obtain supplies and cheered the mon
as best he could but finally on Feb
ruaTy 10th he wrote 10 Governor
Clinton:
FOR some days past there has been
little less than a famine in camp. A
part of the army mas been a week
without any kind Of flesh and the rest
three or four days. Naked or starved
as they are. we cannot enough admire
the Incompatible patience and fidelity
Of the soldiery that they have not been
ere this excited by their sufferings &c
general mutiny and desertion."
Early in February. 1878. 4 900 mer
were excused from duty being naked
and unable 10 leave their huts. Al
the end of the month only 5000 effec-
tive men could be found in camp
Food supplies continued to be gath
cred from The unwilling farmers b.
/ force. payment being made in cert
I ficates for the redemption OF which
/ Congress had made no provision
whereas those who succeeded in get
/ ting their grain and other foods Il
/ the British missaries were paid
/ good price. AT last a systematic mar
ket scheme was inaugurated by which
| the Quarterma Sters we're able to NEE
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Valley Forge.
The finest home at the Forge was
that owned by Isaac Potts. tho grand
son of Williams Potts. who operated
the saw and gris; mills and this be
came the hea dquarters Of General
Washington. The heights were COW
cred with prjmeyaI forest but on the
arabic land there was a thrifty Quaker
element which, had long ago settled
there, Tie the ne!ghborhood of this
retired spot came the Continental
Army December 18Th. 1777. about two
months after the disastrous battle Of
Germantown. Here General Washing
ton sought refuge in quarters on these
bleak hills for SIX months and during
that time suffered hardships which
have made the rame of valley Foi sc
a. synonym Of all that il bero!c ana
faithful In a soldier.
when Washington's men moved
away from Valley Forge upon ;he
evacuation of Philadelphia by the
British they left either in unmarked
graves or In the hospitals scattered
through the eastern part OF the State
between three and four thousands OF
their comrades who were III or had
persisted through the great hardship@
they were called upon 10 endure
Waiting lii Tho Cold
Nothing could perhaps more stgnifi
{ cantly emphasize The misery Of ths
time than the fact that no accurate
or even approximate record OF death.
al Valley Forge has been found moi
- II known with certainty even ioda5
| where the common burial place Is 10
Gated. The camp must have been I
! picture of misery for the shacks bull
by the men did not keep out the cole
aud their clothes and blankets wor'
/ TORN TO threads Thee was no fight
ing to keep the blood warm, It va
/ just the tireless waiting. Even toIa,
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pals. There was. OF course. no CEN
trail heating plant. Stoves were I'M
| known: and no means existed for
heating the room except open fires. in
which logs were burned.
There was not even a range or othe.
stove in the kitchen. where all the
| cooking was done in a huge open fire.
place, which may be viewed by any
casual visitor to this day. with It's
crane" hooks for the suspension OF
pots, etc. The house was lighted ~
whale-oil lamps and candles Of tallow
nodded on the place.
Washington was the most hospitabls
of men. People who were almost
strangers would come and stay a,
Mount Vernon for months at time.
AS he himself once wrote, the place
was like a tavern" and this was one
reason he gave his mother for not
inviting her to reside there.
Lacked Sense or Humor
He seems to have been aimos. to-
tally lacking In sense Of hamcr. IL
all of his voluminous writings there
| is no suggestion OF Il. senator
Maclay. who was in Congress. wh'f
the seat of government was New ioFt
| and 0ater) Philadelphia. descfb t,
| his dinners as deadly DUH
| He was very fond of dancing an,
enjoyed that form of entertainment
| up TO three years before his death
The ladies fairly worshipped him
looking upon him as demigod. Blu;
no man ever had more bitter enemies
and no President was ever more out
}i*ragsoNxls 4shsaeksgardsd and \ starxsr
cred
His chief affIiction seems to have
been a chronic melancholy. When
| fifty-two years of age. he wrote to
Lafayette. saying. Il have had my
day" and adding that he might soon
expect to be entombed in the mansion
/ OF his fathers" 1t was q strange
point or view for man in the prime
1 Of life.
Washington, at the time OF his
4 death. wasSworth nearly a million dol.
iars--an enormous fortune In those
1 days N yaaseH chest always kept II
fhis bedroom. wa- our !. ~~ntain
~ sfs III l~esy
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the farmers at designated places and
buy such meager supplies as they were
able TO bring.
During the winter a large number
of prisoners were gathered into camp
and frequent flags Of truce parties
went to Philadelphia to obtain such
supplies for them as the British might
choose to send
Washington seems to have had a
marked preference for foreign officers
during this campaign and this caused
many heart burnings among the
! American officers. However, Wash
ington's attitude of diplomatic good
Will toward the Frenchman turned
out justification OF his good sense.
Washington's Kindness
Throughout the entire Valley Forge
Campaign Washington was always
/ kind to his men and never allowed the
second ieutenants" too much liberty.
! On one occasion one of these was di-
rectins an awkward squad in erecting
a hut. 1t was very cold and snowin &
hard and Washington enveIoped In n
| great coat. cap and muffler was stand
ing not far away watching. One OF
the men let a log drop and instantly
| the young officer let forth a volley of
oaths GO slow, young man. it is
very cold" he said. This seemed to
ruffie the officer. And who are you.
pray, that you should NEEDLE in my
affairs" he replied insolently. Then
came the answer: II am George Wash
| ington, Communicating Chief OF the
United States Army. and l order your
arrest SER lsQgt
1t is safe to say that young officers
were much more lenient in their treat
ment Of the men later. All through
the Revolutionary War there were In
stances of this kind for while Wash
iagton- was a strict eipiiHar ian he
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lived to read this account, by which
| ne was made out to have been a tell
tale and sneak?
Washington, In later life, had Il
temper that was on occasions fairly
nngovernable. Presumably as a boy
ne had the same weakness; and il
seems altogether likely that. like other
boys. he fought now and then.
Such trifiing play as marbles and
tops he never could abide" writes
Parson Weems. OF course not. He
lacked the time for those idle pursuits.
being engaged. in cultivating he vir-
tues so dear to the normal youth. Not
only did he not tell lies. hut, according
TO the Parson. he could not.
Inherits Fortune
His half-brother. Lawrence, was
overtaken by consumption, and the
doctors, in the hope of saving his life
by change of climate. sent him TO
Barbados. There George (who ac-
companied him) was taken sick with
smallpox. which according to Weems)
rather improved his looks than 9TH
Si NiSS. IL iS CERTAIN lndl ne SnOWGu
the marks OF the disease TO the end
af his Life. -- *, 49,,
Lawrence died. leaving TO George
Mount Vernon and good deal Of
other property. Thus. the young man,
then twenty years of age, found him.
self suddenly elevated into a position
of aftiuence. ,,.4-------
The Mount Vernon estate. as we
know II today. is OF no great size. As
Inherited by Washington from his
brother. Il comprised number OF
farms. and. with lands that he bought
and added to ii, the property covered
an area OF r,ore than twelve square
miles. 1t was. IN fact, of baronial
size: and. worked by over zoe slaves.
q v'aa Se,f-sn1~nrtino ~roasic.n0
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H1DHEN the greater part of the
world is confronted with evils
that threaten the existence ANA
" permanence Of free govern
ment. as ws understand T. II would
not be amiss 10 turn our thoughts TO-
ward a period In our history when the
struggling colonies were seeking t9e
right TO establish that very kind OF
government
It was a< Valley Forge during a
winter OF unusual severity and during
the darkest hour az the great cause
that Washington sought divine counsel
81 his effort not only to bring success
but TO bolster up the waning spirit Of
the army OF which he was head. Per
hars there has been no period In
American history when our army SUI
fered as IL did at thai time, and the
days spent there by our men will a.
wRFs remain as the great chronicle OF
American herolsm.
During the present war our men
were compelled 10 endure many hard
ships but they were we'll fed and well
clothed and Knew that the people Al
NSt@ VIKING tt SEi0 money Ia
necessary 10 their relief This was not
SO at Valley Forge where half starved
AND almost naked. with little hope C.;
help from home. they stood by Wash
inston, who never lost faith in thc
intimate result ami never falteted IL
his conviction that a representative
government for which they we're fight,
ing vas the proper ard hes; furm.
Location
Valley Forge Is about nineteen mile.
from Philadelphia. q small stream
having its rise in the bottom Of th'
Chester Valley and pours northWart
10 the Schuylkill River. About md
way UP the ravine was an ironworkin,
industry called the MountJoy Forge
bet the place was commonly called
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the acute nervous clsofde"
called failing in love.
II was An affair tha' might almost
be described as premature, tnasm uch
as the young lady IN the case Was Two
years his Junior. But girls seem 10
have grown IN much quicker in those
dAys, Anyhow. her father. a wealthy
Z planter named Faunt'esoy, residing
~ Fredericksburg. treated Washing
tons snit with contempt. ana ordered
him out Of the house.
The social organization In Virginia
n those times was typicaily arlsso-
III attc. and ii Is an oId SOY 9hat If.
Arss.ocracies arc ndamentaliy pased
upon wealth. Young Washing on
0mnse of an excellent family. and Was
received everywhere. but ne mad no
money. and on That account Mas re-
9AFded IS a hopeless detrimental
from matrimonial standpoint.
Ess a. tuss shows thsas- one never can
sfotf. Here was a youth destined 10 be
sh1s cuuntry's foremost citizen. 10 hold
snmoFNsne command OF It's armies. 10 be-
kn6ae President, and 10 die perhaps
~ richest man In the United states
4Dnf ~ ~as peer. and 50 coutd DOT
EAAsA Ss&tS~ FaNnfierov.
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about everything needed by those who
lived on it.
His Love Affairs


George had always a pronounced
weakness for the ladies, and was
confessed admirer of the fair sex.
Nevertheless. his early love affairs
were = = .ass n sstse.sssas FaY
cas-, Sleeps eye upon Mary Cary,
daughter of rich citizen of Hampton,
Va. but she preferred another man.
Later. when he was twenty-four years
old, he became enamored by Mary
Phillipse. who lived near West Point,
n. Y. But. after violent Irritation,
she refused him. and married Captain
Roger Morris, who during the Rerotu-
ton fought on the British side. 1t
MAS in the Phillipse mansion that
Benedict Arnold resided when he be-
trayed his country.
TWO years after this failure. Wash
ington met the widow Gusts. slightly
eidA-a thar himsaif ahn Mad lnsi hes
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H1 DHEN the greater part of the
world is confronted with evils
that threaten the existence ANA
pernanerre Of free govern
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AChroince of the Herosm oftEe Great Commander and
His Men During the Severe Winter AT Valley Forge.

Copyright. 19a0, The international Sy ndicste
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-02
Red Cross Nets $95

Jacksonville, December 1-(Speca1)- The Red Cross drive here November Il to 25 netted only $95. The lack of in- terest in prospective members Is. un- known,