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The Wakefield National Memorial
association, founded in 1923 in Wash
ington for restoring the old washing
ton homestead" to it's original state,
already has acquired 70 acres of this
long-neglected site
The plan of the association has been
to restore and replace the Wakefield
home in Westmoreland county to the
state it was on February %, 1892,
when Washington was born.
The name, "Wakefeld," which has
so long been yelled in obscurity, the
association points out, is destined to
bring to the nation q new meaning
when as a shrine it will be f1ttingly
emphasized as the birthplace of the
first President. During congressional
hearings held for consideration of
plans and authorization of adequate
celebration of the birth of Washing
ton it was suggested that the observ-
ance should begin at the beginning
Wakefield.
His Boyhood Home.
There at Wakefield, where much Of
the beautiful romance of Washington's
boyhood was lived, is a spot where all
americans may do homage
Referring to the visit of the Coolidge
Presidential party to Wakefield, DR..
Charles Moore, chairman of the ma
tional commission of fine arts and a
trustee of the Wakefield association,
wrote:
During his brief visit the Presi-
dent must have been depressed with
conditions prevailing at place so his
toric and at the same time so beauti-
ful in itself When he came to de-
part the ebbing tide made it impos-
fible for small boat to approach the
shore; and the government wharf had
long ago been so broken by the Ice
chat it survives only as a melancholy
md unsightly wreck. Therefore, the
party was compelled to drive eight or
zen miles to Colonial beach to board
the Mayfower, the Presidents yacht.
This was the best of an object lesson"
concluded Doctor Moore.
Granite Shaft on Spot.
Going down the country road some
forty miles below Fredericksburg and
a half a dozen miles below the little
settlement of Oak Grove one notes at
ne left small tablet inscribed, "This
ls Wakefield" Turning in, one ira
"erses for a mile or two road which
vas built through the combined efforts
OF the state of Virginia and the gov
ernment, and comes out into a little
clearing among the pines and cedars.
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Kenmore, the home of Col. Fielding
Lewis and his wife, Elizabeth Betty
Washington, the only sister of George
Washington, has been converted into
a national memorial by the Fredericks-
burg chapter of the Kenmore associ-
alton. The house is in Fredericks-
burg, Va, and is the only Washington
home that is not in the care of a pa
triotic society.
Washington himself spent many
days at Kenmore and received there
many guests who are now national fig
ures. 1t also was at Kenmore that he
met Martha Parke Gusts, who was
later to be Martha Washington.
The house is a beautiful Colonial
mansion, said to be the finest type Of
architecture of that period, and Wash
ington had a large share in the de-
signing of it, making the plans for
many of its exterior decorations which
artists, war prisoners whom he as
signed to the task.
Funds Raised by D. A. r.
The leaders in the movement for Its
preservation plan to make it a national
patriotic shrine, lesser Mount Yer
non. Some time ago it was threat
ened with destruction, but the men,
bers of the Fredericksburg chapter of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton raised the funds for its preser-
walton.
The house is Of solid brick construc-
ton. Colonel Lewis, when he built 1t,
was a man of wealth and taste, and
made it one of the most notable resi-
dences of the Colonies.
Imposing as its exterior is, its chief
glory is within. Its decorations are
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Washington's services fully entitled
him to be called first in war, first in
peace, and first in the hearts of his
countrymen," but these distinctions.
due to his part in the Revolution and
as President Of the newly formed re-
public, have overshadowed a phase of
his life that deserves careful consider
alton. Few persons are aware of Ne
service he rendered in developing the
internal commerce of the country, and
of his foresight in the problem of Sc
curing union among the states, Henry
Lehman writes, in the Philadelphia
Record.
At the end Of the Revolution, the
common danger that had been so
patent in holding the several States in
united action was removed and the
contemporary history indicates a
rather dangerous disposition on the
part of some of the portions of the
country to Ego it alOne"-a procedure
that would have led to an easy recon
quest by Great Britain. The most
powerful influence in the course of
nations is the economic one. The sew
eral states composing the original
thirteen did not have entirely con-
cordant interests and, naturally, obey
ing their impulses, showed an I'M
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to him. The Washington stock went
to the endowment of an institution
that had been established before the
Revolution and after it had been re-
named Liberty hall. This became
Washington college, ard is now Wash
ington and Lee university. During the
interval between 1888 and 1888. when
he was not in public life, Washington
made a journey through the Mohawk
valley, and in letter expressed the
view that that route would constitute
the best line for connecting the region
Of the Great lakes with tidewater. He
did not live to see the construction of
the Erie canal and the subsequent rise
of the port of New York to commercial
domination.
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Set Duty Before Pride

George Washington was elected as
president of the convention that drew
up the Constitution because he was
the idol of the people. He had the
confidence of the new nation anG his
dignity and strength of character COM
maMded the general respect as did
that of no other man of the time.
Washington was painfully conscious
that his scholarship was inferior to
that of many of his associates and he
realized that he was but an Indifferent
politician. In his hand the sword was
mightier than the pen.
But he was a soldier. Convinced
that it was his duty to take part in
this work, he accepted.
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moi IdnneQ or QampeQ, I'M
quenchably the same,
Too inward to be reached by flaws of
idle fame.
Soldier and statesman, rarest unison;
High-poised example of great duties
done,
Simply as breathing a worlds honors
worn
As life's Indifferent gifts to all men born;
Dumb for himself, unless it were to God,
But for his barefoot soldiers eloquent,
Tramping the snow to coral where they
trod,
Held by his awe in hollow-eyed content;
Modest, yet firm as natures self; I'M
blamed,
Save by the men his nobler temper
shamed;
Never seduced through show of present
good
BY other than unsetting lights to steer
New-trimmed in heaven, nor than his
steadfast mood,
More steadfast, far from rashness as
from fear;
Rigid, but with himself first, grasping
still
In swerveless poise the wave-beat helm
of will;
Not honored then or now because he
wooed
The popular voice, but that he still with
stood.
Broad-minded, higher-souled, there is
Lut one
VIII was all this and ours and all mems
Washington.
Lowell
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@0QUAL when fields were lost
HE ~ or fields were won,
| MRII1 With breath of popular ap-
VIZ plause or blame,
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Wosh;ngton's Hair a Gift

A lock of George Washingtons hair,
inclosed in IL crystal medallion, was
conditionally bequeathed to the Mount
Vernon Ladies' association in the will
of Boudnot Keith. lawyer, reformer
and founder of the City club of New
York.
The heirloom will go to the associa-
ton if it gives to Mr.. Keith's daugh-
ter a portrait of Washington willed to
the association by Mr.. Keith's aunt
Mr.. Keth's great-uncle, Elias Boudi-
not served on Washington's staff.
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Hart by CoreIessness

Nothing pleases rae better than to
see my farms in good order, and
everything trim, handsome, and thriv
ing about them; nor nothing hurts me
more than to find them otherwise, and
the tools and implements lying wher-
ever they were last used, exposed to
injuries from rain, sun, etc.-George
Washington.
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Foremost Citizen
Of ILL the Ages"

ENVY and malice have stood rebuked
l. in the presence of his towering form.
There is no language of literature and
culture which does not boast among its
adornments noble eulogies of the work and
character Of Washington Although, as history
reckons its periods, it is but little time since
he passed from the stage of life, he has been
claimed, wherever men struggle and aspire,
as the possession of all humanity, the first
citizen of all the ages.
$50 he must be a strangely bold and self.
confident eulogist who would attempt to add
anything to the total of affection, admiration
and reverence which has been reared as the
true memorial of Washington. 1t is impos-
sible for us to add to or take from the esti-
mate which has been fixed by the generations
of the world. From an address by Presi-
dent Coolidge at celebration marking the
I5oth anniversary of the day George Washing.
ton took command of the Continental army.
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ORANGE GELATIN
FOR YOUNG OR OLD
Good Way to Increase Days
Supply of Vitanins.

prepared by the United States Department
or Agriculture.)
Orange gelatin is a dessert that's
easy to prepare and thoroughly whole
some. 1t should be made Of fresh
orange juice, except for the small
amount of water needed to soften and
dissolve the gelatin, and the sugar.
The idea is to increase the days sup
ply of vitamins by those contained in
the oranges. Nutrition specialists In
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture point out that 1t Is especial
ly important If you have children in
the household to give them orange
juice as often and In as many forms
as possible. Elderly people, too, who
must often be careful what they eat,
may have this delicate and delicious
dessert without fear of bad results.
Fruit gelatins take only few min
utes to prepare. The proportion is
usually one envelope Of gelatin to one
quart of liquid. Put one envelope
or one ounce of gelatin into one-half
cup of cold water to soften for about
two minutes. Squeeze as many or
anges as you need to make 2A cup
fuls of strained juice and add the
juice of half lemon, to intensity the
flavor. Put one cupful of water on
to heat with Y cupful of sugar or less,
depending on the acidity of the fruit.
When the strip is boiling, take 1t from
hn ctr he 1Oie
tin into 1t. Stir until the gelatin Is
entirely dissolved, then mix with the
orange and lemon juice. In this way
the orange juice is not cooked at AL.
Strain and pour into a large mold, or
into individual molds If you like. You
do not need any sauce with this
orange gelatin, but soft custard
would be good with 1t, or plain or
whipped cream.
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Mesnerisn1 Does
ALUay With Pain

The theory of suggestion has re-
Gently cropped up in quite new form.
1t is now claimed that the pain Of
dental extractions can be allayed by
mesmerism.
The method used in this peculiar
form of painless dentistry Is to place
the patient in chair and put before
him an opticians test card. The suf-
ferer is invited to gaze steadily at a
particular letter on the card, after
which he must close his eyes and try
to fix In his mind a picture of the
letter.
After several attempts he win be
able to do this satisfactorily and &C
tually hold both color and outline In
his brain to the exclusion of other
thoughts and feelings When this
state Of complete mental subsection
has been reached it is possible for the
dentist to introduce the forceps with
out fear Of causing pain.
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CHAPTER Xxx
Home

A chorus of yelping certified to the
invasion of the main cabin, but its
note of triumph was changed to con-
sternation as Silver's bloodhounds
discovered that their bird had flown.
"Gone!"
1.-The - knave's scooped usw
BOATS, lads; boats!"
And presently the click-clock of
oars behind US caused Darby and me
to redouble our labors. We drove
ashore several rods downstream from
the town on the shallow bluff, and we
dared not wait to seek shelter within
it's log walls. Truth to tell, we doubt
ed now that the town itself spelled
safety to US. The Walrus' carronades
would make short work Of such de-
lenses as Savannah had to boast.
So we pelted up the bluff by a
sandy path that debouched upon the
cleared fields outside the stockade,
urged on by that persistent oar-rattle
and the shouts the pirates exchanged
betwixt their several boats Whether
they were following US we could not
discover, for the night was black as
a cellar-vault; but we left nothing to
chance, and ran hot-foot through the
plantations of the citizens, overhear-
ing, as we passed, the excited COM
ments of the men on the firing-plat-
forms of the stockade, who evidently
anticipated an attack from their ugly
visitor In the river. We never tarried
for breath until we had gained the
verge of the forest.
Peter was now In his element. He
could find his way about a strange
countryside by day or night as easily
as sailor could navigate the track
less wastes of the sea, and he led us
In a Decline north and east in the
general direction of the outlying set
Elements which interviewed betwixt
Savannah and the Carolinas. An hour
or so after dawn we emerged upon a
village In a clearing, whose inhab-
itants eyed US obviously until Darby
produced one of the golden doubloons
from the store he had acquired during
his reign as F1int's favorite.
These people had never before seen
gold, and for a doubloon and an onza
they sold us an old but serviceable
musket with bullet-pouch, powder
horn and store of ammunition, and
deerskin garments. They also sold us
a small quantity of salt and -four, and
put us on the trail to Charleston in
the Carolinas.
OF our journey thither I can say
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place a weight heavy enough to cause
the brine to come up to the cover.
If the Jar Is kept at temperature
of about SO degrees Fahrenheit, fer
mentation will start promptly. A scum
soon forms on the surface Of the
brine. AS this scum tends to destroy
the acidity and may affect the cab
bage, 1t should be skinned off from
time to time. If kept at SO degrees
Fahrenheit the fermentation should
be completed in six to eight days.
Set sauerkraut In Cool Place.
After fermentation is complete, set
the sauerkraut in cool place. II the
cabbage is fermented late In the fall.
or If 1t can be stored In a very cool
place, 1t may net be necessary to do
more than keep the surface SKINNED
and protected from insects and dust.
1t is better, however, according to the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, with sauerkraut made in small
quantities In the home, to preserve 1t
In the following way: AS soon as the
kraut is fully fermented, pack In ma
son jars and cover slightly with the
kraut brine. or If this is not possible,
with a fresh brine made by adding
one ounce Of salt to quart Of water.
Heat In water bath until the center
OF the jar shows temperature Of
about $50 degrees Fahrenheit, then
seal tightly. II stored in coel place
sauerkraut can by this method be pre-
served In good condition for a year
or more.
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CHAPTER XIX-Continued


We rowed on under the walrus'
stern, and there we came upon an
amazing spectacle.
A longboat was always towed astern
for the greater convenience in case
there was sudden necessity for its
use at sea. This boat had been
drawn beneath the stern windows,
from which a man was lowering a
heavy box or chest, which second
man was receiving into its bow. The
man in the longboat heard the rattle
of our oars and gave US one lightning
glance before he slashed at the moor
ing-rope and leaped to his own oars.
The tide carried him Immediately be-
hind US, and had vision of bloody
face wrapped In an old shirt. If he
knew who we were he gave no sign
He huddled onto thwart and pulled
downstream with the tide.
But the man In the stern windows
was not so reticent. He leaned far
out, wringing his hands and clamoring
to be saved:
"Oh, Master Bones, We wouldn't &C
for to leave poor Ben Gum as stood
by We stanch to the end, and held the
cabin door the while We shot the
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prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture)
Surplus cabbage may be made very
easily into sauerkraut, which is val
liable food. Unless very large guam
titles are desired, four and six-gallen
stone jars are the best containers.
Small quantities Of sauerkraut may
be stored in quart glass jars in the
way described below:
Select only mature, sound heads of
cabbage. After removing all decayed
or dirty leaves, quarter the heads and
slice off the core portion. For shred
ding, one of the hand-shredding ma
chimes which can be obtained on the
market is much the best, although an
ordinary slaw cutter or large knife
will do.
Fermentation Carried Out In Brine.
In making sauerkraut the fermenta-
ton is carried out in a brine made
from the juice of the cabbage which
is drawn out by the salt. One pound
of salt for every 40 pounds of cabbage
makes the proper strength of brine
to produce the best results. The salt
may be distributed as the cabbage is
packed in the jar or 1t may be mixed
with the shredded cabbage before be-
ing packed. The distribution of two
ounces Of salt with every Eve pounds
of cabbage probably Is the best way
to get an even distribution.
Pack the cabbage firmly, but not too
tightly, in the jar or keg. When full,
cover with clean cloth and close
fitting board or plate. On the cover
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Porto Be11O Gold
ARTHUR d. HOwDEN SMITH
Service Cuyidth ADH hs

were dissipated by the titanic conflict
of the Seven Years war, with Its
worldwide CONFUSION of nations that
set armies marching to battle all the
way from the parched plains Of India
to the forests of our wilderness coun-
try.
Here is no time to think of Han
overian or Jacobite," said she. "Ws
will all be English together"
der Irish, tooY asked Peter
gravely.
'Troth. the Irish will be the best
English" she cried. unless it be
the Dutch"
But 1 am galloping ahead Of my
story. Drop back across the years
it's no more of an effort than 1t was
for us to slide down the cable over
the bow of the Walrus that night off
Savannah-to the settle on the porch
of the tavern In Charleston. Ben
Gum was disposed of; our plans were
made for the northward journey along
the seaboard. All that remained to
be done was to come by q priest to
wed MORA and me; and that, it
seemed, was impossible short of Bal
timore, In Maryland. Yet at the last
our luck held, for the day we were to
start turned stormy and we delayed
our departure; and that afternoon a
French West Indiaman put into the
harbor under stress of the weather.
Among her company was a kindly
Franciscan, and he readily agreed to
perform the ceremony.
For the rest, we rode into New York
about four of the clock on the after
noon of April the oath, in the year
1865. My father was in the counting
room of our house in Pearl street,
and he came to the door at the sound
The sun was sloping out of the west
full into his eyes; and for the time
that it took me to dismount and swing
MORA down from her saddle he stood
dazed, fearful lest the dazzling light
was playing tricks with him.
us it truly you, Robert?" he cried.
''But it must be, for there are Peter
and Darby"
Eyes, father" 1 answered. "And I
have brought home another"
He opened his arms with an eager
smile
There's room here for two of you,
boy. Certes, you have but followed
in my footsteps and fetched home a
wife from your adventures"
"She is the little Irish maid +"
"Whoever she is, she's more than
welcome. But come in, come In, the
pair of you. Safe and well-and with
wife! Robert, can scarce credit
it. After whole year! Peter, God
bless you! / knew with you he'd come
to no harm. All, Darby, you have
more sense In that red noodle of yours
than when you left here; and If you
stuck by Master Robert y'are forgiven.
What tale you'll all have to tell!"
That night as l lay in the upper
room had occupied since childhood
was aroused by distant clatter and
jangling which became louder and
louder. At the corner it broke off
with heavy clang, and pompous
voice proclaimed:
"Past twelve O'Clock of fine,
bright night, and Master Robert Or
merod is home from his captivity
amongst the West India pirates. God
save the king and the worshipful
magistrates Of New York;"
Twas Diggory the Waterman; and,
listening to him, recalled how Silver
had cozened him the night 1 was kid
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Laundry Equipment Must
Not Be Placed Too Lou

Sometimes comparatively simple
change in the placing of ones house
hold equipment makes great differ
ence in the comfort and convenience
of the worker. In discussing home
laundering, the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture points out that
the working surface of nearly all
laundry equipment is too low. This
places the woman operating it so out
Of balance that she is soon fatigued
or makes 1t impossible for her to use
force where 1t counts most
The top rim of the washtub should
be placed so that the worker does not
stoop from the shoulders. If you use
portable tubs, raise the height when
necessary by regulating the height of
the bench; stationary tubs can be set
permanently at the best height for the
worker. Washing on board is done
chiefly about half way up the side Of
the tub. not at the bottom. so adjust
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Remove Iron-Rust Stains
From White Kitchen Sink

Iron rust stains may be removed
from a white-enameled kitchen sink
by bleaching them out with solu-
ton of oxalic acid, the United States
Department of Agriculture says. Bly,
one ounce of the white crystals Of
oxalic acid at the drug store and add
them to an eight-ounce, or half-pint,
bottle of water. Be sure to label this
poison and keep it out Of the reach Of
children. Pour a few drops of this
strong solution of the acid on the rust
spots, rinse 1t off with clear water,
and repeat until the stain disappears
If the acid is allowed to remain on
the sink it will injure the enamel.
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mapped, and thereat I fell a-chuckling
until Mora stirred sleepily and COM
planned
"'Tis an Ill thing If ye'll net sleep
the first night we viii be in your own
home, Bob"
"Ns, no, sweetheart" I said. 81
was but thinking what an odd bundle
Of accident is this life we live. For
If that fellow braying upon the corner
had net been stupid fool should
never have seen you after took you
to the Whales Head"
"Do you think sol' she retorted.
Then tbs you will be the fool, for If
Captain Murray had net carried you
after me / should have centrived to
return to New York, though it kept
me treading the highways and byways
of the world some fifty years. Now
get you to sleep! / am none of your
wives to encourage a husband In
loose fancies and romantical longings.
Your wandering days are by and done
with, and the sooner you square your
back on them the better will be
pleased. I'll not let you forth again,
and Of that you may be prime conf
dent !"
So I turned over and went to sleep.
1.-THE END