The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-22

REAL Big One.
Lincoln very great in goodness courage,
other Srt an scattered along through on horv The
two greatest undoubtedly Lincoln and Washington Be-
Washington establish this free country Lincoln could
not have preserved it.
History perhaps will say that Washington up is
decision wouldn't Lincoln His object was to
will do no harm to review few facts in the career Of
biggest big man. whose birthday celebrate. A
DOING NOTHING Some might make an exception 70 the
doing nothing thinking for four five minutes about
the man to whose birth the holiday.
You discover at the start that Washington fighter
but begin at the beginning
One hundred and nineyone years ago Mary Washing
ton about to become mother for the first time Five
hundred times she had said to Augustine Washington
husband II hope will be boy And five hundred times
he had said kindly but calmly having been through
experience four times with his first wife, 0f will
Mary; don't worry
Luckily for us it was boy. And the boy was George
Washington.
He was different from many Of todays great men, for
he was first Of all fighting man When he young
IT.. to keep alive in your breast that little spark of
composition When he had finished went out and
hrashed all the he could get hold Of he played soldier
and made them let him be captain He wrested fought
trouble. ''"'' 40
When he fourteen his mother found very hard to
keep him from enlisting in the army.
At nineteen he had command in the militia
When still mere boy at the Monongahela, he had four
bullet holes through his and shot under
him This was fighting But he did spend the remainder
es a s; @ the Of war
any other sort Of that needed beatingand
they got from him whenever they felt that they needed it
For fourteen fifteen years he lived peacefully as mem
money and plenty Of opportunity cultivate fine aristo
cratic horror for But the love Of fight alive in him
all the time When he heard in 73 Of outrageous suffer-
ings Boston he did not suggest mlness and careful
investigation He did say that took courage to
He said: will raise thousand men, subsst them at nv
own expense and march with he at their head for the
Vulgar common, and quarrelsome, wasn't it7" it's
just what he said.
This quarrelsome Washington positively delighted with
the Declaration Of Independence.
Without any hesitation he undertook to whip England
with an Of about fourteen thousand soldiers
hundred struggling unarmed His soldiers
had just nine cartridges EACH and England at that time had
milton, and all England in to call upon.
Well Washington made England give up a good many
million dollars worth Of American real esatewhch she will
Frederick the Great sent him his portra-From the Oldest
general in Europe to the Greatest General in the world
come to stop When he sxytwo years old he
uprsngs in Pennsylvania against liquor He ready
to start at the head of the militia just quickly could
to quit.
When he sxtour years he accepted the command
OF all the troops raised to be raised the
and he ready at word fight France he had fouph
England he could easily have suggested peaceful talk since
But his motto was IF anybody wants trouble let him
apply TO the United States and he have it in to
suit" ~ "
When the time to die, he gave death a fight He
said: I die hard but I'm not afraid CO." When death
had finally he knew it and he still showed grit He said
to his doctors: II feel myself going pray you no
more trouble about me-
He set an example living and he set example dying and
ne Will set an example as long men-it fight
ing example
He first in peace and first hearts of his country
men because he first in war
When ne was dead and to Heaven where cowards-
Notwithstanding take second place, Napoleon bound all
his and standards with for days. ships
OF Englandthose that he had bottom the
sea-put their flags at half-mast
That American. If he were alive now he would
be called social disturber a lawless EXETER