Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-05

Of having rockers, and the eafilesf mace
by WadSworth ihs cotemporarieS date
from about 1870.
MI. David Llov0 George has frankly
acknowledged that his remuneration Tor
contributions 10 magazines and news
papers of this repGhlic made a total OF
i25 900 pounds STEERING, which. though
not realizing quite quarter OF MIL
lion dollars, as the exchange would have
been 10 wears ago. was still a tidy sum
He has furthermore declared that every
penny of this amount has gone into
his Sliperfarm at Churt, for the building
of barns stables and houses for ten
ants and most Of all for the purchase
of those famous implements the use OF
which he learned in his visits To the
Middle West The former premier has
been describing his possessions as filled
with seeds statistics, straw. Stats and
sheds. pigs and potatoes. milk and ma
nure and some half dozen other ALTER
ative things associated with agriculture.
The big barns known as the Meegan
buildings look as though they might
be located in a rich farm Of Illinois or
Iowa. and tractors and reapers in the
field add 10 the resemblance Miss
Meegan George the pretty young
daughter who with her mother has a
third interest in the farm, has entire
charge of the dairy products, and while
she follows the time -honored ways Of
England and Scotland. she has taken
several leaves out Of the book OF New
York dairymon and from the cheese
makers in Wisconsin.
Mistress Dolly Madison is credited
by many chroniclers of the White House
during the term of the fourth Presi-
dent with being the first occupant OF
this hallowed mansion to serve frozen
sweets 10 her guests. DR. Samuel L.
Mitchell. who was a member of Con-
greSs from New York in 1902 and one
of the earliest descriptive writer's of the
new Capital, wrote his wife, who had
not accompanied him TO Washington, of
a dinner given by President Jefferson
that he had attended the night before.
The dessert he wrote in detail. was
OF frozen fruit juices. well SWeetened
and shaped like a ball incioSed in a
Steaming hot pastry. placed on fair
sized plate. the whole covered with
rich sweet cream Mistress Dolly no
doubt improved on the Jefferson way
and served her frozen dainties in glass
dishes much as they are offered today.
But ice cream as a commercial offering
according to the researchers into the
history of this industry, now one OF
the assets of the Nation, had its home
in Philadelphia A negro from Jamaica
named Augustus Jackson had shop
in which he made cakes. pies and other
pastries and in 1892 he advertised to
sell frozen sweets such as we're served
at the tables of the gentry and pre-
pared after an accepted French recipe
Records OF the day show that his busi-
ness rapidly increased and that he
charged 81 quart for his novelty
and could hardly fill all his orders.
Jamacai rum was generously besprinkled
in his frozen fruit buildings and that
was the favorite dessert in the Quaker
City for nearly ID years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur B. Clafiin have.
by the erection of one of the most pic
turesQue and ancient looking windmills
on Long Island, quickened the hopes of
those who wish the village OF South
ampton restored to its pristine charm
as it was in the middle of the seven
teenth century These artistic denizens
would like to see the men on the streets
in doublets and long hose. with shoes
fashioned after the Van Dyck and
Rembrandt paintings and hats like those
on the canvases OF Holbein For years
there has been a clamoring against
gas. electric light, piped water and all
the other contrivances of modern times.
1t was permitted TO use these mighty
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way. the street lights being of the fam
beau variety and home electric lights
in what seem fat wax candles South
ampton frown. heavily on innovations.
and any maid brave enough to attempt
the beach IN the popular Powered pa
tamas would soon realize her mistake
Bathing suits are more than decorous
and the maids have taken to those of
ancient cut with the old fioppy straw
hat rather than the natty rubber cap
The town constable is q quaint figure