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FROM portrait AT belVoir house.
time into a perfectly polished social life
polished as 1t can only be when there
is a woman Of great charm to preside
over It, Sally Fairfax was PROBABLY the
most charming and the most beautiful
woman OF that whole charming and
beautiful Virginia aristocracy. She was
Just the woman TO lead the young
Washington into the cultivation of the
finer things Of life-social graces. high
ambitions and Intellectual interests.
She probably saw in Washington an
uncut diamond that In her hands
might have its rough angles smoothed
and its facets polished.
AS for Washington. he was COM
pletely enmeshed. Like Henry Esmond
with Lady Castlewood. he saw the Older
woman not only as the most beautiful
of her sex but also as one who had all
the intelligence and sophistication that
we're beyond his years. He was at her
side constantly. often reading books
with her which would have been un-
known to him except for her guidance.
Charmed-but never speaking word
that would have embarrassed
Even in the letters that he writes 70
Mrs Fairfax when he is in camp-he
could overcome his shyness IN letters
there is the same respectfulness of
tone. Between the lines one can read
his emotions; there are little pa-en-
theses Of spontaneity, but the general
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His CoutryW WneB e Was e
Difficult Tasks ind Dain bkm of nd dP@msPr

temporal sense We know her name.
but We know nothing else; the best Of
our historians here fail us. That we
know the name of the cruel maiden Is
due to the fact that George wrote An
acrostic upon 1t, forming the lovely Syl-
lables. Francis Alexander.
George Washington a lovelorn swain
writing verse! Not only that. but such
verse-as bad as lovelorn swain ever
wrote! Read. for example. the following
lines of the acrostic:
"Ah! Woes me that should Love and
conceal
Long have wished but never dared
reveal.
Even though severely Loves pains I
feel:
Xerxes wasn't free from Cupid's Dart.
And all the greatest heroes felt the
smart"
The last two lines can scarcely be
interpreted as q presentimeNt Of future
greatness. for the whole poem expresses
anything but the self-conhdence Of a
youth expecting to be father Of his
country.
In another poem of the same calf age
George Washington again appears as a
lovelorn swain indicting plants against
some cruel Phyllis-possibly the Jane
Strot!1er that he romped with a, school.
Hc speaks of his Poor ResistleSs Heart"
that now lays bleeding every Hour"
For her that Pityless of my grief and
Woes
And will not on me Pity take"
X
THE most interesting Of all Washing
tors calf loves is with one whom.
for want of any other designation that
he gives her. We speak Of as the Low
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A LTHOUGH there is universal
~ interest In the love life Of the
"a great, more enhanced than ever
4 4 in these days of Freud and Emil
Ludwig, the fact confronts us
that there has been almost no popular
discussion Of the love life of the great
est OF our great. George Washington. in
honor OF whose birthday We celebrate
next wednesday as holiday. This Is
With Martha, so little of 1t existed. On
the contrary, 1t is because so much OF
II existed aid because so much of 1t
vas, most amazingly. unhappy.
There is nothing discreditable in any
OF WaShington'S' pre-marital loves ana
yet all but one or two OF the more
recent of his innumerable biographers
have stcered away from the details
OF this highly interesting phase Of
his life. 1t is as though they regarded
II as discrediting 10 their country's glory
that the First American should have
had such a difficult time Of 1t in any
problem of life-should not have been
gloriouSly successful in everything. To
some OF us. however. repelled by the ex-
cess OF cold majesty in Washington's
fame. ii will come as something endear-
Ing to learn that he was mortal like
other mortals. capable OF loving much
OF being rejected by the unperceptive
fair ones he loved. of suffering greatly
when he was rejected.
Take it as one likes. We are hidden by
George Washington not TO lie, and the
truth is that the man who was first in
the hearts of his countrymen was turned
down at least Ave times before he could
win his way into the heart Of any Of his
countrywonen. Not because he was un-
ettractive-he was turned down simply
because Of a combination Of ordinary
hard luck and his weakness mot at al
revealed in those firm features Of the
portraits> for falling head over heels in
love with every pretty girl he saw. He
loved not wisely but TOO well-indeed. h
loved 50 unw:sely that tho last Of his
unhappy loves was directed toward one
Whoal his high decency forbade him
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cheste and troublesome Passion In the
grave of oblivion or eternall forgetful-
ness for as am very well assured that's
the only antidote or remedy that I shall
be relieved by or only recess that can
administer any cure or help 70 me. as
am we'll convinced was I ever to at
tempt anything l should only get de-
nial which would be only adding grief
to uneasiness."
The "Lowland Beauty" may have
been either Lucy Grymes. who married
Henry Lee and was grandmother Of
Robert E. Lee, or Betsy Fauntleroy Of
whom portrait hangs in the Washing
ton Museum o! the Masonic Lodge at
Alexandria. Both Of these would have
none OF Washington. and the latter
kept him waiting for three years after
she rejected him.
But even while pining for the Low
land Beauty" we see in this letter that
Washington was sufficiently tickle to be
noticing the agreeable Young Lady"
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whose honor our tnimitable
Y National Capital was named
~ wanted more than all else TO
rank as the leading farmer
and agriculturist OF the New World His
hobby was scientific farming. OF all
the books in his extensive library. those
which related 70 agriculture were most
read
our first President cherished the de-
sire 70 spend his days al Mount Vernon,
where he could experiment with seeds
and plants imported from foreign
fields. He wished 20 solve the perplez-
ing problems Of the virginia planter
He aSp.rec 10 develop Mount vernon
into the finest plantation and stock
farm in the Western Hemisphere.
Pate shunte6 Warrington from the
peaceful pursuits Of the i1usbandrnsn
into the ruthless strife Of persistent
warfare. BY choice this famous VIZ
girian would have remained close 10
lis nocks, herds and pastoral fields.
When duty called. however, ne re-.
sponded. He fought through the cruel
years of the Revolutionary War with
yearninss for Mount Vernon and home
s.saec temporarily In his loyal, gtanch
REAR. He served as President Of the
United States 70. eign, years. Wing IN
Philadelphia the while. wsen the urge
10 return 70 his Potomac River estate
st times almost made him forge: the
:rcessSnt duties Of statesmanship.
WsxfingtgY4 was one OF America 8
earliest eTz!2men. master OF many
sciences. an expert II diversified trade
and caliings Even today. the traces Of
his hznc3@ork still are outstanding a
Mount Vernon. When ne ren1cdeled the
Old nonls o! Lawrence Washington and
A. s..41 kss n
resist the multiplied attacks Of time,
he acted as his own architect and d.
sinner. When ne planned and laid out
the gardens. planted ornanlentals and
.thervls< beautsfed the grOusads a.
Mount vernon. Warrington played the
part of ski!ief landscape gardener
When the winding roacs were stakec
out and when ho9ndary snc 'eflre lnfE
we're definitely established washington
handed the surveying tools and clc
ts1e engineering Sofk
Eminent American architects VINO
have mace careful studies of me con"
s.rajctlon u Mount vernbns q mansion
tsy 'hst tie i9osisH as compleEo w
Wsshsn2ton Nss b9ilt 70 "itnAlsn6
sever " eight centuries " service. Ine
frsu1s ~ the home consisted of hand
rexn v9ljse osk ,ln1teyS which were
atyitleG b,gfti3er with wcodeI dowei pins
sf.s4sr u spikes the foundation %at
bqilt " endure ss long e. the tock 81
sees some of tie sandkboEe waiis
cSn BARK " the days ~ Augustine
Wssilington J. is pf0Dss2lf t9at TOO
years from nov the sn2nfion VIII s'iil
b. s1ancing a& cradle u history hnc
Shrine u patriotism.
Perhaps st soIns time bf other when
you have visited Mount Vernon you
have BEEN impressed by the nastnodieal
arrangement of tie barns, spinning
houx Kitchens, Dffles, gardeners nodhe
seed End tc&kouses, carpenter shop
laundry snoEeiouse AID other out
buildings History believes that George
Washington tflA leading Mason 81 nix
cay, designed TIE layout of MS esosh
buildings 10 represent tnf outlines o'
Masonic synIss,la The modern nlid
man viEo fisG nls plane loy over Noun
vernon Easy he aols ~ FscogDlz& f1s
curious insignia scToiasd Ia s.rBetlTes 81
iriek sns yaoo
xyen though Mount Vernon wer'
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phatic adycrb had much tribute in it.
Strangely enough. the letter describing
one womar's charms was addressed 10
another woman: probably Washington
could prefer arousing jealousy to being
always conventional.
The main story in any account Of
Washington's love-l!fe must always lie
in his devotion to Sarah Fairfax. Here
we have a real human drama. one Of
those dramas OF the love OF q man for
woman who belongs 70 another q
love which has no earthly hope OF pos
session.
HCALLY FAIRFAX. as he called her,
- was the wife of the brother-in-iaw
OF Wash!ngton's brother Lawrence. who
had married Anne Fairfax. daughter of
Lord Fairfax. Her husband was George
Fairfax. who was Washington's good
friend and took him as guest 10 the
estate OF his father at Belvoir. There
Washington entered for really the first
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who lived In the same house. This Uas
Mary Cary, who was not so agreeable.
however. as 70 save Washington frcm
still another disappointment In love
The story is told that in this instance
Washington did not even get beyond the
father. who. as soon as Washington
made known his serious intention. cut
him short with; IT that is your MIS-
sion here. sir. you may as we'll order
your horse. My daughter has ever been
accustomed 10 her coach and six"
Washington's means AZ that time could
not yet support the elegant manner OF
conveyance.
In 1857 comes the next, Mary Phil
lipse. whom he met on a visit TO her
brother-in-law. Beverly Robinson of
New York. We know that he was much
though not madly. enamored of her as
in letter he speaks OF her as a very
agreeable Young Lady" Agreeable" was
Wash!ngtons pet term for the young
women who attracted him and the en-
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other warriors. The agents through
| error sent bronze replicas Of Bacchus
! and Flora. Anchises. Creusa ard
Ascanius instead.
When George Fairfax. l;ieiors
friend OF Washington. returned 20 Er.S-
land from Virginia. the latter pur.
chased most Of the mahogany, mirrors,
kitchenware. hardware. bedding and
similar articles OF the "Belvoir Estate. -
/ ity goods. He always ordered his agents
TO buy the best articles ohtaiase!e
! which were neat, attractive and fash
! ionable"
| washington was one Of the New
| Worlds champions Of landscape beau
| tification and forest preservation. He
| moved trees OF more than IS Gigerer.
| varieties from his woodlands 20 the
Mount Vernon lawns No rso5srn
| landscape gardener could have selected
more appropriate sites for this soreS,
t!nery. He planted the wonderful box
wood hedge which still nouriShsS a.
Mount Vernon. He set out borders ~
Ivy and covSlipS around his rose gar
den while he planted walsways ana
drives with lsrkSpur and other brilliant
blossoms. Boundaries Of EnSl.Sh haaa
were established 10 prevent the Srac;:,S
cattle from suaying !rcm their pas
lures
George Washington in his home
managrmen'. farming and daily eI.S:-
ness AFFAIRS Was St,ckler fcs Seta.!
thorcushneSS and work well done Once
he told his farm manager. land Wash
ngton; Il would rather hear tha. tne
grain seeding VAS DELAYED than ;as;
II should he Sown before everything
VAS III perfect order: for II is a f!xs3
tvNtA ~
done should be we'll doae"
Once Washington assigned 10 one cs
his farm helpers the task ct counting
the number OF honey lccGs' seeds III
one quart This vas ordered ~ rs ~
ascertain the correct amount IL use IL
planting, The count showed 3.ooo
seeds In the quart which Was measured
This was sufacient IL plant fear rows
100 feet In length III the way III which
Washington desired the ssed planted,
On another occasion. when the farm
manager at Mount Vernon reported
that several M the ioremen were steal
ms and selling the seed which MAS
SVEN them 10 plant. Washington Mas
ready With an effective remedy sog thar
evil, "Mix in one euShe! Of we'll dried
eartn," he replied. AS many pin,< cf
seed Al YOU allow 10 the acre and
LEI II I've SoWn In this manner. Two
valuable results viii be gained. THE
Seed III this state Is rendered un>Asaale.
while person not skilled In Scwtns
small SeedS will d. IL more regularly
when they are thus MIXED"
~Nx
| ono before the time waea S;isace
began 70 Investigate the important
prcelems ct meat production and aa;-
NAL industry IN this esan,ry oeSsse
Washington eNregsmeated With various
feeds and mixtures at fee<sS - deter
mine which were hest adapted fur the
manufacture ~ heetstsaks hess es lamb
and superior han and hays.n In c,se
af his farm rec>u.d e<S'As YOU may read
II Neu eho>sse SSsncerntns ans ci his cv>a-
templated tests II think Il we,,ld ce
no unsatisfactory experiment te fat one
eullc~S altogether With sN,sas,sss an.
other a'tcgether with Indian meal ANA
4 third with mixture Of hesh. Seepins
An exact account ef the time they ATE
fatsing ana What Is eaten W each, ana
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CRY interfered with the agreeable i'm
preston of other women.
We learn of the existence Of the
"Lowland Beauty In a group Of three
OF Washington's letters, not discovered
till late and so misspelled and awkward
that biographers wished to make little
or no mention Of them. The following
sentence, in which he refers to he
"Lou'land Beauty" is an example Of
their style II one reads to the bitter end ::
My place Of Residence is at present
at His Lordship's Iord Fairfaxl where
might was my heart disensag'd pass
my time very pleasantly as there's a
very agreeable Young Lady lives In the
same house but as that's only adding
Fuel to fire 1t makes me the more un-
easy for by often and unavoidably being
in Company with her revives my former
Passion for your Lowland Beauty where
as was / to live more retired from young
Women I might in some measure eliviate
talleyiatel my SorrowS by buryin2 that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-21

pearls, but the pearl industry is
making them rich, the department
of commerce has learned from its
representative here.
The pearls these fishermen sell
are only herring scales. These are
'rought up and made into pearl
'aste, used in the, manufacture of
,welry. So extensive has this bust
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-21
'HUSKIES' SPEED
TO ARCTIC With
YULETIDE MAIL
Hazards Faced in Carrying
Cheer to DWelIerS in
Frozen North.
BY CECIL OWEN
United Press staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. Glover a
wilderness of snow, far into the
Attic Circle, the United States dog
mail team is winding its laborious
way with the Christmas mail.
More than month ago, the car
rier and his dog team left Kotzbue,
southernmost point of the 650-mile
route, for Point Barrow, the Jump
ing off place" of the North Ameri-
can continent. Unless the unfore-
seen occurs, the dog team will ar
rive in Point Barrow just in time
for Christmas.
Delivering the Alaskan mail in
winter is regarded as one of the
most hazardous jobs of the postal
service, whose annals are crowded
with reports of heroic mailmen in
all parts Of the United States and
its possessions.
Many PerilS Faced
Frozen Snowbanks, icy winds,
pitch black Arctic nights and blind
ing Alaskan blizzards are some of
the hazards encountered on this
perilouS northern star route.
In spite of the hardships of the
route, the northbound winter man
has been so regular that it is spoken
of as 1.-THE Christmas Mail"
Barrow is accustomed to associate
the coming of Santa Claus with the
arrival of the mail carrier. This is
a particularly apt comparison be-
cause some Of the carriers, instead
Of using dogs, occasionally drive
a. team Of reindeer.
For some years, until Alaska is
covered with a network of railroads
and the air mail is general, the
dog musher and his team will con-
tinue to be indispensable on the
outlying routes.
On the Nenana-T ditarod route
the dog teams for years have made
regular weekly trips, carrying 800
pounds of mail each day with 100
pounds additional in food, equip
ment, and feed for the hungry huS-
kies. The pay is $86363 and a
round trip consumes about IS days.
The mail service in Alaska Gov.
ers distance of more than $500
miles, besides the dog mail, all
other conceivable types of trans
portation are used-including the
"dog carr which is operated on an
abandoned railroad running out Of
Nome to mining camp.
Here the enterprising Arctic cir
Gle mailman bitches his dog team
to q hand-car and scoots up the
mountain side with the post.
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ness become that one enterprising
old salt made $3.50 in one week from
this source and a German firm
plans to erect a large pearl paste
factory there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-21
AGAINST WIFE TRADING

Judge Scores Two Couples in Suit
for Divorce.
CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 21.--Judge
Carl v. Weygandt has gone on rec
ord here against wife trading.
In a suit for divorce brought by
John Kader against his wife who,
he charged, left him for another
man whose own wife had come to
Kader, the judge said:
"They divide their children life
so many wheelbarrows. They trade
them like groceries. Some call two
linen their fathers. It's the most in
human thing I've heard Of in 1000
divorce cases"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-21

Dull eyes may be due to indi-
gestion, late hours or too much
reading.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-21
Guarding Against
the FLU

Any cold the 1u the surest way TO avoid
flu is to avoid colds
To avoid coming down with a cold make prompt use
ofBayer Aspirin.
Don't wait to see cough is going
to be cold Take Bayer Aspirin at the first sign ofany
cold and be safe
And whatever you do, don't neglect throat these
days; gargle with Bayer Aspirin and remove the
infection.
Guard against the flu by guarding against the colds that
make you susceptible to the flu germs that urk in
crowded cars public Places wherever there people
Bayer Aspirin tablets indispensable at such time.
Get the pocket box Garry it with you.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-21
RICH ON FISH SCALES
Pearl Paste Industry Adds to Pros
perity of Coast Towns.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Nev
Brunswick fishermen may find fey
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-15

playing split weeks. Mrs. Aliens
notion of necessities was rs hats,
10 topcoats. SO ,frocks, Is tailored
suits, 100 pairs of hose, same as a
lady centipede, and SO pairs of shoes:
Even If they drink, husbands Will
like Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt,
Assistant United States Attorney
General in charge of prohibition
prosecutions and California dele
gate.
First, she said that q. discriminat-
ing woman could attend conven-
ton for a week with clothes cost
ing "about the price of two suits
for a man."
IF every / marry, I hope it's TO
a girl who agrees with Mrs. Willie
brandt on everything but prohlbi-
ton. Ny Sunday suit cost SIX
walk up two flights and save 80
smacks).
Most women" said the As
sistant Attorney General, allow
little dress Interruptions when
they've a job to do. They cont
close the 12-hour service laundries
to women. you know"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-15

"Whar shall / wear at the con-
ventiOn?" is a question which John
M. Delegate can answer while step
ping from the tub to the bath mat.
One hat--last year's--is plenty. One
suit, provided he's not planning to
sleep wherever he falls, will do.
That goes ditto on the tie. With
hotels giving 12-hour laundry ser.
vice. he can stuff an extra pair OF
socks into his watch pocket, wrap
several handkerchiefs, union suit,
color and shirt into yesterday eve
ming's paper and he's off,,
And don't think lot of the boys
didn't ccme here just like that.
Not So with Women
But, with the women, it's an aria
from another opera.
1t you sit in the Massachusetts
delegation wearing the same burlap
YoI had on yesterday, a catty mem.
be- several rows behind is bound
10 notice it and say, tits pity that
the poor things husband drinks
so much and fritters away every.
thing OH the horses.
Being a child in these matters, I
asked several women delegates what
they thought a woman ought to
pack along, not to resemble a man
nequin, but just tsstefuIly dressed
person whose husband is getting
along well. paying the gas bill
regularly and even laying by
centime or two.
Mrs. Jacob Stecketee, of Grand
Rapids, Mich, thought woman
could do nicely with three hats. two
top coats, tour frocks, one tailored
suit, seven pairs of nose and four
pairs of shoes.
A Few Suggestions
Mrs. Helen Varicl1 Boswell, of
New York. thought two hats ade-
duate with one top coat, five frocks,
one tailored suit, eight pairs of
nose and three pairs of shoes. These
she described as ''scanty, but nu-
merous''
Either Mrs. Mary Allen, of
Bangor. Me-. is kidding. or else. her
luggage on the way here made the
baggage car men think she was a.
number two "Ben-Hur" company
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-15
Pearson Again Heads
Drug Exchange Here

Paul Pearson is again president
of the Washington Wholesale Drug
Exchange, following his reelection
at the thirtieth anniversary banquet
last night.
others elected were: w. P. Herbst,
first vice president; Charles e.
Gross. honorary first vice president;
r.. L. Quigley, second vice presi-
dent; Fl. G. yesterday, secretary;
Robert N. Harper, treasurer; F. I.
Stone, n. d. Parker, w. 7. ker.
foot, A. v. Burdine and F. B. Tip
ton directors
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-15
RRnnKLAND MINSTREL

The Mothers Auxiliary of the
Brookland Boys Club will sponsor
a minstrel show and dance Mon
day night in st. Anthony's parish
hall, Twelfth and Monroe Streets
northeast. Proceeds will be used
for the boys camp this summer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-15
MiLady,s Convention
Dress Ve1us Vary
BY ROLAND KREBs

KANSAS CITY, June 15.-n the matter of wardrobe as
everything else in politics, the still get most OF
the gravy.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-02
BREAkTAST MEETINGS

The noon luncheon club situation other opinion seems tenable i'll view of the scheme that has been broach- cd among merchants Of this city to hold their luncheon meeting in the morning instead of at noon.
 The plan seems sound. There will be no competition. No other lunch con clubs to which merchants owe attendance can take up their time to the disadvantage of the Chamber Of Commerce. If the breakfast meeting is held at th. right time there ought 70 be scarcely any absentccs.
 In due time, if such q plan lS started, there will be other Breakfast luncheon clubs, and the early morn- ing field may get 10 be as crowded with club meetings as the noon hour. Then others may find it necessary to get going al , or 6 ?. Ill. A good joiner, iA that event, could be ill at tendance at such events morning, noon and lat" afternoon. with rol haps lodge meeting throwA in a' night. Before all this occurs, how. ever, the patient woman at holn' may have ft| remarks to mako