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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-05

Richmond, Va.-Lieuteant- Colonel
Hanford MacNider, national COM
mander of The American Legion, vii!
be in Richmond Wednesday, Anril %.
as the guest of Richmond Post, No. I.
of the legion A joint meeting of the
Richmond post and the woman's aux
iliary was held in Muphy's Hotel
last night to arrange for thc visit OF
Colonel Macnider. Details of plans
for the entertainment Of the dis.in,
guished soldier and head of the Amcri-
can Legion have not rs yet been fully
mapped out. but will be at subsequent
meetings of 4 special committee
named to perfec. arrangements for
his coming and his stay as the guest
of city and post
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-05

Norfolk, w Arrested in Balti.
more early today. Edward r. Mercer
denied any knowledge Of his wife's
murder and declared that he can ce-
tablish an alihi from the time he left
his wife at his mothers nome in Nor
folk until his arrest Mercer. 81 years
old, was recently DISCHARGED from the
Coast Guard service. He expressed
his Willingness to return to Norfoll,
without requisition papers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-05

Richmond, Va.,-The total result of
the Democratic primary yesterday
was the nomination of eight new men
to City Council, with the defeat Of
two veterans from Lee Ward, one
from Clay and one from jefferson.
while the other four will fill vacancies
caused by the dropping out of four
members of the present body, who
did not stand for reelection. Of the
new men one John IIirs-hberg, is >
former member Of the body. The old.
or present members, with the except
ion of those mentioned. were all re-
turned with good maiorities. When
the total vote is figured out tomorrow
by the election commissioners, it IS
believed it will indicate a poll of less
than 10000 votes
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-05

EVERY BIT OF DULLNESS disap-
pears with a Golden Clint Shampoo
ADV
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-05

Petersburg. Va, April Floyd
Lamb. PeterSburg's wireless wizard,
has just finished installing in the
Petersburg High School q radio out
fit at cost of approximately 5000.
Mr.. Lamb stated that the appara-
rus already had been tested out sat
isfactory Radio news was received
at the High School today and mem
bers Of the school board Gistened in
tonight to concerts and speeches hm-
dredS Of miles from Petersburg.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-05

Richmond-Cheese manufactured
by one Of the prisoners at the State
Farm will grace the table of Cover
nor +. Lee Trinkle today. The cheese
was presented yesterday through
Professor Saunders, of the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, under whose
supervision the convict was laugh;
to do the work The Governor viii
also enjoy today six pound gray
trout, which was presented to him
yesterday by d. L. Mountjoy, OF
Rescue, Isle Of Wight, oyster and
game inspector for that county. The
trout was the first catch of the sea
son. Mr.. Mountjoy also brought the
Governor a five pound shad.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-05

Petersburg Petersburg Ki,
wants Club met this afternoon at
the Hotel Petersburg for luncheon
and business session, John !.
Jolly, president, presided over the
meeting, and Louis Levitt was in
charge Of the entertainment Mr..
Levitt made an excellent talk to the
members, urging them to stand
behind the city government, which
has proven to be everything that is
necessary to make q good city, and
told the members that now was the
time to support the members in the
Improvements going on, and espec-
tally the Better Business" cam
paign, Of which City Manager
Brownlow is the head
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-05

Children's mercerized Isle E0c
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in all colors, tomorrow, spe- ENc
Startex Toweling, 2 IA yds. E0c
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-05
They Make Women, Too, a Puzzle!
How 6. S. S. Stops Skin
Eruptiors Positively.

Pimples and skin eruptions have 4
price,--you pay for every pustule'
pImplcs produce prejudice ard prevent
PROSPERITY. Your heart may be SoldI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-19

II. ITO" The picture was pre-
scented "in loving memory Of Mary
A Livermore." by the Massachu-
sets Daughters of the American
Revolution, April 10, 1910.
The subject was suggested to
Darius Cobb years ago by an older
letter from General Wash ngton to
Colonel Lee, telling him OF the
weight Of responsibility that
pressed upon him as he stood on
Dorchester Heights Just before
dawn, viewing the disastrous Of.
fsots Of the tempest on the British
fleet that wus 70 have stormed the
heights tho preceding night.
Darius Cobb. the palntsr. vas q
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twin brother Of Cyrus Cobb. the
sculptor. Nine decorative paint
ings Of French history by him
adorn the beautiful Hotel Tuileries
in the Back Bay. Boston.
And now for the Capitol. where
there are almost too many Wash
ington portraits for our brief time
today. Every one OF these pictures
has a history. interesting enough
II properly told. though tedious
perhaps as a recital Of dates and
names. In the Senate gallery 10
Charles Wilson Peale's important
full.length Of washington, painted
about 1929, for which great work
the artist received only $3.50, but
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by Rembrandt Peale, the son OF
the former artist, is a composite
portrait, created in a frenzy OF
inspiration during three months
in 1S23.24, a likeness said TO have
been highly sa sfactory to many
who had known Wash .ngton well.
Rembrandt Peale had been granted
three sittings by Washington
twenty-five years before.
Another noted Rembrandt Peale
Wash ington," which the artist
intended for the Rotunda Of the
Capitol. is the immense eaucs.
train composition, Wash ,ngton
Before Yorktown" now q splayed
in the Corcoran Gallery.
In tho Rotundn cr ~ Cap tol
IA the full.iength Wash ngton" IA
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in 1881 Congress paid for II 5000.
Peale began this picture at Val.
ley Forge about ITS, by order Of
Congress, sitting in Philadelphia,
but before the completion Of the
work the battles Of Princeton and
Monmouth were fought, SO that in
the language Of a fellow soldier,
the artist, also a sold err, "fit and
painted. and painted and fit"
Congress adjourned without MAX
ing an appropriation for the pic
ture. 80 Peale sent II TO England,
hoping. as he said, ITO get some
thing clever" for II. Years after
ward II was returned to this coun.
Try by Count de Menou. and It was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-19

claimed that It had been at some
time the property Of Louis XVI.
After varied experiences, from the
Smithsonian to the Philadelph. a
Academy in 1875, and later to the
Corcoran Gallery here, the artists
son. Titan Ramsay Peale, in 1882,
contaminated its purchase by Con.
gress as ordered nearly 100 years
before. SO 1t is now in the Capitol.
INSPIRED PORTRAIT.
A contemporary portrait of
Washington by Peale was bought
for the French court by order Of
the Marquis de Lafayette. and 10
now in the gallery nj Versa lies.
An interesting Washington"
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when he saw 1t in later years, and
said It was an inferior copy made
by one Winstanley. of Philadel-
phia. to whom Stuart had en-
trusted his picture for shipping,
but who. 90 he said. had sold the
original in England. Yet old
receipts In the Treasury Depart
ment attest the purchase Of this
picture from Stuart for $500, July
s. 1900. And It is undoubtedly
the Washington portrait assoc -ated
with Dolly Madison's wild flight
into Virginia on August "a. 1914.
when the British stormed the
White House. though whether she
did astually cut the canvas from
its frame, or merely sent II to the
proprietor Of the Crawford Hotel
in Georgetown for safekeepingg, is
all conjecture.
A replica Of the White House
full-length Washington may be
seen in the National Gallery Of
Art. another Lansdowne, which
is claimed by experts to be an
authentic Stuart portrait, lent by
the Supreme Court Of the Dis.
trict.
QUAINT FIRST LADY"
The Martha Washington" fun.
length portrait in the White
House. such a favorite with US
all, is by the late Eltphalet Fraser
Andrews. a prominent Wash .ns-
ton artist, who was for many
years head Of the Corcoran School
Of Art. This work he painted
years ago for the White House.
so his widow. Mrs. Minnigerode
Andrews. tells US.
The White House portrait Of
Martha Washington" explained
Mrs. Andrews. when seen at her
studior and residence, 1880 Six
teenth street northwest, wis
based on a Stuart portrait. But
Mr.. Andrews always sought to
vary somewhat the details of such
a picture. He painted, IN 1905, a
second similar portrait of Martha
Washington. which was presented
to the d. A. r. by our daughter,
Mary Lord Andrews, and It now
hangs In the auditorium of Me-
mortal Continental Hall, where tho
sess ons Of the conference are held.
A third Martha Washington BY
Mr.. Andrews is in the Cosmos Club
Of Washington.
In this charming picture Of tho
quaint First Lady," she Is gowned
IN fancy ball costume. with quilted
rose-colored skirt. and wears an
usual the dainty lace-frilled cap.
In Memorial Continental Hall.
while we are about It, we might
fnd a dozen interesting portra. tn
and busts Of George and Marth.
washington. the latest of which In
the white marble bust of Washing.
ton. somewhat less than life size-
presented at the last ID. A. p CON.
eress. In April. 1921, from tho
French government through nj.
excellency the French Ambassador
M. Jusserand.
But there 70 an important and
striking life-sise Washington can.
vas In the d. A. r. auditorium
"Wsshinston on Dorch.,ter
He Ghts." BY the late Darius Cobb
OF Boston, an American artist Of
note and a pupil Of the landscap,st
1nness. This extremely large com.
position II based on actual history.
and was one Of the painters IN.
vorits works. Wendell Phil ~
posed for the firurs Of Washing.
ton and oliver Wendell Holmes
lent wnshinFton's original fleid.
siass 10 the artist, who described
IL on tho inscription ~ "our Ma.
tlonai Hero on Massaoh usetts soil
viewing tho disastrous effects Of
the storm on the svasuatins Brit
ish fleet in Boston hsrbsr, March
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AND MEMENTOES OF GLORIOUS AGE OF INDEPENDENCE
RE- SRINIED i'm RELICS FROM LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

admired painting Martha Wash
the from the the
White use by Eliphalet Fraser Andrews
At the left photo of the Prince Of Wales the tomb of
Washington The picture taken Mt Vernon during the recent
visit the Above the smaller picture vista
of the approach to the tomb.
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THE by Houdon, per-
haps the most striking of all portraits of George Washington The
artist caught the attitude and the the face Of the
American from life.
Above is fine conception Of the Washington Monument from
point the Speedway.
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And We have laughed at the
cherry tree incident as a myth.
We have said facetiously Of the
tradition that he never told a lie.
THAT was the biggest one!
Tea literature teaches us that
after q time hundreds Of years
perhaps, great classic dramas are
written of the heroes of history,
when a sufficient period has
elapsed to brighten their haloes. to
tinge with rudy romance the IA
bles Of their careers. Soon, then,
there should arise from some OBJ
scure corner in America or France
the unknown playwright with suf-
ficient imag nation to create for us
the true Drama of George Wash
ington, British Gentleman and
American President" A romantic
play it should be. with plenty of
revolutionary blood and thunder,
graciously relieved by the lovely
ladies' Of colonial drawing rooms.
able to fight equally with their
husbands in the war.
Patriotic societies we have. who
review our early history and who
have doubtless preserved for us
3ust the material which this new
and as yet unknown American
dramatist will make use of in the
composition Of his great master
piece. He will strip it Of all non
essentials, he will not make It too
realistic, but he will tinge it with
the idealism VIII CHI transformed the
staunch Virginia gentleman into
the rebel general and first Presi-
dent Of the new land.
The Marquis de Lafayette will
hit through the play with that'hint
Of French inspiration which was
his gift to America And Benja-
min Franklin. too, who made such
. happy hit as American ambas-
sador to France, a good Partisan
he was, must appear. with a hun
dred other actors whom history
honors.
ROMANTIC COURTSHP.
But central in this production.
half history and half tradition,
will be found Gen. George WASH
ington and the Lady Martha. from
their romantic courtship to their
self -abnegation in war. when
Wash .ngton was many years alb
sent from his beloved wife ana
home, until finally the happy con-
clusion when they are installed as
President and First Lady Of the
Land, in the Capital of that day
Philadelphia, not Washington city
and there must be. perhaps, an
epilogue to show George Washing
ton the surveyor in his choice of
the present site for the National
Capital.
When Victor Flambeau present
ID at the White House Offices his
note of introduction, begging
permission to see the pictures of
George and Martha Washington
In rooms not usually open to the
public, there was no delay in
granting the request. He found
himself at once under the
guidance Of kindly White House
guard, leading the way through
winding passages, upstairs and
down, into the East Room. the
Red Room. the Green Room, the
State Dining Room. and dispensing
bits Of interesting information,
identifying various portraits, sx-
planning White House china,
replying as to the health and
spirits Of Laddis Boy. and other
fugitive but fascinating facts.
until at last Victor Fiambeau was
standing before the old canvas,
supposed to be the Gilbert Stuart
Jsnsdowne portrait. q very royal
standing figure Of George Wash.
ington,
The painter Stuart. 20 George
o. Mason, his biosrapher, insists
IN his Life and Works OF Gilbert
Stuart" disciaimsd the White
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By VICTOR FLAMBEAU.
In farasuay Mount Vernon
Our Hero sleeps today,
While De, his grateful people,
"A loyal tribute pay.

As Washingtons Birthday once more draws near
IA how shall in the Capital City, selected by and
named for the first President of the United States,
honor the Father of His Country We have all
visited Mount Vernon and gazed at it's reminders at
the tomb Of Washington, the rooms he once occupied
the significant souvenirs, the old family bible record
ing his birth February 3d. 1872 Qess than 200
years ago, at the portraits the Houdon bust the old
Key Of the Bastle from Paris, and thousand other
mementoes of the glorious age which ushered in
American independence.
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PORTRAITS BY STUART
AND HOUDON'S WORKS
TREASURES OF NATION

Victor Flambeau Tells of the Many Works of Art
I'm the National Capital THAT Were Inspired by
the Dynamic Personality of the Great General
-l90th Anniversary of His Birth Finds
Mount Vernon a Veritable Treasure House of
Historical Effects.
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Charles Wilson Peale had been
employed to paint a full-length por-
trait of Washington as a model
for Houdon, but this did not salts
fy the sculptor, so he crossed the
ocean and was for two weeks a
visitor at Mt. Vernon. Washing
ton N his diary records the WIG [
and the slit ngs.
Ioudon received 900 Eng
guineas and his expenses to ii
from Virginia, and in addition mIs
life was insured during his six
months absence from Paris-yet
this was but a comparatively small
remuneration. At Mount Nern n,
Houdon made the life mask ana
plaster casts 80 familiar, ard lac
also took the sCulptor's usual *
act measurements of his SUD- :.
Washington was six feet AMI 20
inches tall. and this is the actual
height OF Houdon's marble statue
of Washington. now in the Capt..
toll at Richmond. The pose Is splr-
tied. and was caught by Houdon.
II is related. while he was watch.
ing the Father Of his Country = I
somewhat iInpcrlously with
horse Jockey. who had just "a
him price which was cXorbit
IN those days for II pair Of !"
which Washington rnu"od
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-06-19
prince and 1 were small, very young

prince and were small, very young
people"
"And what reply did you give your
mother2"
II do not remember. She counseled
me. and made me promise-but have
forgotten. The prince can ride and
shoot. He recites all the songs of Ii
Po. He is twenty-four years old, q
pure Mongol."
If this were wantOn torture, she de-
livered 1t with perfect calm. Levlng-
ton caught his breath, and storm
threatened within him. 1t was both a
relief and an agony to know that she
did not love the prince. Levingtons
personal state was sunk deeper when
he recalled that he was himself q pris-
oner, and would doubtless be out of
the way In a short while. And then he
caught the sentence from her lips, a
casual mention:
sour nuptials begin at the new
moon."
Andrew March leapt to the center of
the rug, and his eyes were ablaze.
Little girl, you do not know lifei
You speak of things unbearable. This
Is criminal. You are white, as your
mother tried to impress upon you, and
they have made you forget 1t. You
cannot be handed about In the oriental
fashion. They are crazy out here.
Yes, they are devilsr
Now the withered and double
Scared Chinese servant entered the
room, and at his heels came four of
the huge soldiers, the same who had
ridden down the white men in the
ravine, and who also had appeared
against them before the prince. Their
swords dangled and chinked. Their
boots were free from dust, and the
cioaks upon their high shoulders were
Of heavy raw silk, golden yellow.
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slant-the MongoI mark that chilled
Con unreasonably. Her hands became
idle. He set the record going, and
into his own emotions came the hot
house sentiments of the big American
tenor, who sang strenuously. Con was
glad for this further touch Of home,
and Helen was pleased; yet neither
was moved by the singing. They
were pitched more intensely than the
music. And for the girl, there was a
yellow web Of tradition between the
Western song and herself. She found
this merely wonder-toy, part Of the
American tradition that had been
brought to her, three costly trunkfuls,
across two continents and the largest
ocean, over deserts and mountains,
deep into the wilderness Of Sha Mo.
She thanked Lexington for his cour-
tesy, and her small hands came to life
again as she talked to "Sir Father"
Sunshine fiickered through the leaves
Of the white oaks at the window.
trees that had been transplanted at
heaven-knew-what inhuman cost eight
cen years before. when she was a babe
imported also to sustain North Ameri-
can tradition. Chez Ming. as vizir to
the monarch, was q man Of perfection
I'm details.
In at the window bounded q tiny f1g-
ure, the pale-faced monkey. Helen
made soft noises with her lips, and
leaned forward. Each Of the three
persons in the room received the mon
keys quick consideration. Then he
dropped down to the rug. crossed
soberly to Lexington. and glanced up
at him for permission, which was
Kiven. he leapt, and Con held him on
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CHAPTER TX.
Below the Walls.

Below the Walls.
On his roof again. Con noted that
an awning Of green silk had been
stretched over his doorway, and q
couch placed beneath it in the open
air, for his added comfort. A silver
pitcher Of wine stood on taboret,
and he found that the wine was ac-
ceptable, having been cooled in spring
water. But all was secondary, even
the silent departure Of the guards, for
he was thinking in whirl Of Helen
March.
Her innocence was amazing, like her
wisdom-an American personality
with strange diagonals Of the Orient.
Con loved the tang Of desert sunlight
upon her face. her throat and arms.
Her shoulders were neither wide nor
narrow. end she was not tall. He re-
membered everything she had said,
and was unable to evade her final ut.
terance, which became more and more
a sublimated poison to him. He turned
back to yesterday, recalled how she
had ridden, how her pony had gal
lOped from the top of the ravine after
her word had saved them, how her
brown hair had streamed out from the
soft gray cloak. No Chinese princess
could ever have ridden at such q pace
But, again, there was the gentle, al
most lifeless movement Of her hands,
and the low fullness Of her voice when
she talked Of Tau Kuan.
She was a delightful sorrow to Lev.
ington, as If all his days, too, had fore
told her. She did not know herself.
She was eighteen. The ways of these
outland people were familiar to her.
and 1t was natural she should love
their national interests, strangely like
Americas, bitterly different. The red
dish palace was home. Her mother
was gone. The grand vizir had
brought her American gowns, street
suits, and other articles the models
had displayed at Sperman's in the city
terribly far distant.
There was no estimating the pains
the old Chinese had taken to secure
such things for her. Con knew at least
Of his connection with the Wedger
house, which must have been arranged
by secret means, and 1t was clear that
Chez Ming had taken many a point
from Cecil Wedger's incipient queens
Of the cinema. The vizir had been
content to cook for a young snob,
merely to garner some information as