, 1925-02-22
WASHINGTON ALSO FIRST In LOVE-WARNS
AGAINST FLIRTATTONSA AFTER MARRIAGE
Not All Tales Of His
Love Affairs Are
Found True.

Had George Washington been less
the dignihed fighting patriot that
he was. he might well have been
called tho daddy of all sheiks as
well as the father of his country.
The many stories of his loves.
some true. and some most assuredly
gossip. all agree at one point.
That is that Washington. after
marriage. was perhaps the most con.
tented great man in history. and
that there never was a domestic
rifle in the 40 years OF his welded
life with Martha Custls.
1t has been more than limited
that his rich experience in affairs
of the heart led him after marriage
10 write his immortal advice to his
adopted daughter. Nelly Custls,
when she was 16.
Man Speaks.
1T would be no great departure
from the truth to say that 1t rarely
happens otherwise than that a thor.
ough-paced coquette dies IN celibacy
as a punishment for her attempts
10 m!slead others by engaging looks.
words or actions, given for no other
purpose than TO draw men on to
make overtures that they may be
respected
When he was l6, he wrote a poem
to a young girl whose name long
since has been lost. telling of the
hurt of the heart. incurable.'
From that time forward there are
many entries in his diary which
would show that his affairs OF the
heart were not infrequent.
He tells one incident OF interest
TO many present day. lovers. On his
first western trip. carrying a mes.
sage into the French lines, he called
on an Indian princes, Aiiguippa.
He records in his journal that he
presented her with a blanket and a
bottle OF rum, and adds, which
latter was thought much the best
present of the two"
Only recently his platonic love
affair with Sally Cary Fairfax. wife
of his best friend. George William
Fairfax. has been revealed through
studies OF E. E. Prussing. an author.
She was the belle OF Belvoir. He
was a guest at the home. His at
lection. developed through her prod
ding him into even greater interest
in literature and history. was only
revealed months after In a letter
written on the v OF a military
campaign.
One of his most serious romances
before the one that was to fill his
entire life was that with Mary
Philipse. sister OF Mrs. Beverly Rob
inson. who lived in New York.
She was more than attentive to
him. His heart responded to the
attention from an older woman, for
so she was. but while Mary Phfipse
admired him she did not love him,
and Enthusiastically turned him down.
Two years afterward She married
Colonel Roger Morris. but washing.
ton had become engaged to Martha
Gusts.
Rushed" Widow.
While Washington was Fastening
to Williamsburg to lay before the
governor and council of Virginia
matters relating TO the march OF the |
British against DuQuesne, he met a
planter named Chamberlayne who |
was entertaining Mrs. Daniel Parker
Gusts.
Washington never had met Mrs.
Gusts and was persuaded to visit
the house. He left his body servant.
Bishop. outside. intending to con,
unue his Journey in a few moments.
But evening drew on. and stiIl
he did not return. He vas what
nowadays would be called rushing
the pretty young widow"
From the time OF their meeting.
no other woman had the power TO
charm Washington, He continued
his Journey next day. but on com.
pletion Of his mission returned at
once to visit the charming widow.
In May, 175s. he enters an item.
"one engagement ring, . pounds lie
shillings." but as Custis had not
been dead a year announcement OF
the engagement was delayed.
The following January II the
marriage was solemnized.