Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-22

<AN@&# ELL into view with
8 e.s.S%sgSsNe43 the lapse Of time.
S..x$%SF xS@St and no one dis
ly@E N&Mt uutes these days
~NeSxsI I'M that he was the
We N&es greatest man or
his time. and the
., American. Hts conspicuous
.., ass ,-,.aot patriatism and his
.Hla IA tae ultimate triumph 81 rlEht
r..f. iDssllo the Independence of me
\I.-ri, an Colonies from the Mother
,gtttrv, ana to him more than TO any
.t6.r Individual does the world owe this
sId,udld NampIe Of the success or a
government of the people by tho peo-
PIE for the people" as President LIN
,arr once summarized our Republic.
Perhaps the life and achievements
NVaahington have been recounted
fuau every angle. for there arc count
loss volumes appraisinE the services
~ the Father Of His Country" but the
f-fttt,aatc personal sides Of the Great
.st American are always interesting and
Eliminating. especially at these rocurr-
ius anniversaries OF his birth. Present
81 IN graphic paragraphs from author
itative sources they are additionally
clarifying. especially to tho youth. for
many of the minor interesting features
Cf tho life Of Washington are obscured
~ the more conspicuous services he
rendered the nation and tho world. CON
.sqaently the fncts set forth below are
worth careful peru.al. The authorf-
t..s are given Al tho end OF the para
Kraphr:
when and Where Born.
1ohn Washington was the founder Of
tie washington family In America, and
George Washington was his great
grandson. horn. Fob. q. 1879. on Popes
creek. Va. about one-half mile from
the Potomac Successful Careers.
IIc was horn In Westnoreland Gown
IT, Va. near the confluence of the
Isridc,s creek and the Potomac river.
l'e hruary %. 1732, and was the oldest
+.n ~ Augustine Washington by his
,econd wife Marry RaI-The New In
tsrnational EncycIopedia.
Washingtou's Ancestry.
Tie came Of good English stock. being
descended from the Washingtons OF
Narthamptanshire.- Standard Bncy-
.'apcdia
lie Was desoended rom an old and
tiiled Erslfsh family. and was the cid
..t child ~ his fathers second wife.
Nary Fall-Renson !. Losing LII d.
His Fathers Death.
~o,~ after Georges birth his father
d., we'd 20 a farm on the Rappahnn-
r..., river. opposite F>redericksburg.
where he died in 174s This estate was
hogf.. athetf to George: the other chill
dreu ere handsomely provided for.
&c ~ New International Fncyclo-
pedia
THO - 6to6 .1,ssar,N~ ~ --s9
leaving -a awrence the estate or the
l'etomac. forwards known as Mount
Vernon. a.5 to George the lands and
r.lusion whore they were then living
1rsrv of Historic Characters
washington's Mother.
Ills father died whom George was
small child and the task Of the eduoa-
tion and guidance OF the future leader
through the dangers OF youthhood de-
volved upon his mother So Judicious
was her training that Washington.
through ltfe. remembered her affection
LOSING. p. 1881
His mother WAS a woman OF strong
character. Of whom George WASHINGTON
Parke Gusts wrote: she held in re-
serve an authority which never depart
81 from her. not even when her son had
become the most illustrious ~ men II
seemed 70 say. I am your mother. the
heng who gave you life, the guide who
directed your footsteps when they
needed the guidance Of age and wisdom
the parental affection which claimed
YOUR love, the parental authority which
cuInmanded your obedience; whatever
may he your success, whatever your re-
nown, next 70 your God. you owe them
most 70 ms Nor did the chief dissent
from these truths: but to the last mo
uIents Of the lf- Of hts venerable par
ent- he yielded 20 her viii the most duti-
ful and implicit obedience, and felt for
her person and characted the most holy |
reverence and attachment"-Thayer.
George inherited his mothers pru- |
denoe. dignity. and reserve. and he at /
tr7buted the success Of his career to the /
moral intellectual an6 physical train /
ms received from her-Library Of His
Iorfc Characters
Wsshfngton's Education.
He received his education from a
private tutor; and w4s particularly in
struCted IL mathematics and engineer
ing-T L. Blake D. D.
George was very manly boy. John
Fitzhugh wrote Of him. He was born
e man he began 10 attend school at
five years OF age though It was a poor
one. taught ty one Hobby. who lived in
? tenement belonging 70 Georges
father. .'--Thayer
The rudiInents Of education were re-
celved in the old field" school, under
Master Hobby. Some Of the books con
taicing MS school exercises are stiu
l.re ser. 60, and show the nlethodicaI
"a fulness which characterized him
II 1ghout lfe-Library OF Historical
0tatacters
t ten years q age George was sent
Mr. Williams school III BRIDGES
=. one Of the best schools in Vir
~ ~ tho time. Here lac added book
nIng ard surveying to the branches
ldy pursued. de gave attention
50 - drawing and sHetching. His IN
sTy and application won the highest
4se of his teacher. He advanced. too.
inauliness. and was implicitly trusted
.- 4 truthful reliable and model boy
lha5er
Iiis school days closed q month he
Tore his sixteenth birthday Thayer.
Appointed Surveyor.
soon after leaving school. George
went 70 live with his brother Lawrence
't Mt Vernon, (namcd in honor of the
tdulral1 where he devoted bfreo.lt fo,.