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occupied the grounds. Shortly after
ward-perhaps 20 years ago-the main
building. then facing east on Colorado
avenue, about 200 feet south of Ken
nedy street, was removed, and the
ground subdivided into building lots,
and the area where until lately stood
the Br.ghtwood Trotting Park is now
largely built up with handsome resi-
dences and few apartment houses.
In one of these homes happens to
reside today lady friend of the writer,
and close acquaintance as well Of
himself and family. In speaking of the
old race course to her the other day.
he suggested that If she were inclined
to having Nightmares, it might be due
to the fact that she was living upon
ground formerly used as a race track,
which joke was. of course, greatly en-
joyed by her. for it has been well said
that "a little nonsense now and then
is relished by the best of men," and,
of course, the ladies are no exception.
About in the center of the block,
between Longfellow and Madison
streets and Colorado avenue and
Fourteenth street, facing east. is still
standing an old square brick house
early owned and occupied by Stephen
Yost, who, in 1866. was conducting a
wholesale liquor store at Twenty-first
and K streets northwest Yost was
German born, while his wife was Swiss,
and tradition has it that one Of the
foreign Ministers resided here for
while during or shortly after the close
Of the Civil War. Gustav H Kuhn.
we'll known piano dealer, bought this
house about 1888, and lived in it for a
number of years. Today it looks as
good as new, though it may be re-
garded as one of the old houses of
Brightwood.
Another old residence is the John
Saul home, which originally faced east,
but which was shifted about when
Sauls Subdivision was laid out and now
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one played the accordion or the con-
certina while the grown-ups waltzed to
the tune of the Blue Danube" or
some other delightful German air. 1t
is quite plausible that it was these
picnics which created the idea of estab-
fishing the Schuetzen Park about 1866,
where the Washington Schuetzen Ver-
elm, for many years after, held annual
festivals.
Toward the latter part OF its exist
ence the Brightwood Trotting Park sort
of lost caste, and few, If any, first-class
attractions were held there. Indeed, just
before 1t was closed up entirely, only an
occasional mule race was run on its
track, Mat Myers mule usually winning
the event.
1t was in what was probably the orig
inal dwelling connected with the old
Crystal Spring race course that STAINS
bury Lodge. No. "a, F. A. A. M, was
formed in the early part of 1873. and it
Is said that. in connection with the
services of instituting this lodge, the
Rohr family Bible, printed in German.
was used. and continued in the service
Of the lodge for some time thereafter.
Only few meetings were held In the
old building, when the lodge moved into
the newer building, or what is better
known as the old Piney Branch Hotel,
the proprietor, Frederick c. Rohr, being
a charter member DR.. Benjamin w.
Sunny, vice president of the Associa-
ton of Oldest Inhabitants, was also a
charter member, and is now the oldest
living past master and charter member
Of the lodge.
COON after its formation. Stansbury
~ Lodge started building its own hall
at the corner of Piney Branch road and
Georgia avenue. the corner stone being
laid June 3d. 1873. and to the Bright
wood Hall-by which name it was
known-it moved within year after it
was chartered. This hall replaced the
old Moses Hotel or tavern which stood
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1t was severely remodeled then and now
bears no resemblance. to its former ap-
pearance. Mr.. John A. Saul tells me
that when his father bought the land
from Richard Wallach in 1854 the
house upon it was quite small. To this
he later added central portion and a
wing to correspond with the original
structure, and here he lived the remain
der Of his days and died here on May
IL, 1897.
p ICHARD WALLACE was mayor of
Washington from 1851 to 1867, and
probably only used the 80 acres-known
as Maple Grove Farm and which he
transferred to Mr.. Saul-as a cunning
retreat or as place to which he might
go for seclusion and rest. since the
house that went with the land did not
size up to the requirements Of a man
Of his Importance. The farm fronted
on two roads, the east front being on
the old Seventh street pike-later
Brightwood avenue and now Georgia
avenue-and the west front being on
Piney Branch road, only a short section
of which is now in existence. 1t ex-
tended on the south to the farm of
John A. Rupert. well known butcher
Of half century ago, and on the north
to the Patterson tract.
The old Rupert home stood until a
year or two ago at the northwest corner
of Upshur street and Kansas avenue
The District government bought this
property quite while ago and here was
raised large part of the trees used to
adorn our city's streets. The Junior
High School, facing Iowa avenue nearby,
is on the Rupert farm. as is also, quite
likely. the tuberculosis Hospital.
Farther out on Georgia avenue
Mr.. Saul purchased, in 1872, IS
acres from John H. McChesney and
others, the tract being known as Girls
Portion" He later increased his hold
ings here to 40 acres, ard here he
grew practically every tree adapted to
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George Washington Parke Gusts, Mel
lies brother.
X y \
TT will be remembered that when Gen.
Washington married Martha Gusts,
the 25-year-old comedy and wealthy Gin
those days. widow Of Col Daniel Parke
Gusts, she had two children living,
Martha, affectionately known as Patsy,
and John Parke, likewise known as
Jacky. Col Gusts left his widow and
children large sum of money. vari-
ously stated as 10000, $4,000 and
$4,000 pounds sterling, and large land
interests. Under the wise management
of George Washington the legacies in
creased in value. When Martha, aged
IT, died on June 10, 1773, John Parke
inherited her share, which made him a
well-to-do young man-in fact, at 81,
he was independently wealthy.
John Parke, while student at An
napolis, at the early age of 18, fell des-
perately in love with Eleanor Calvert, a
beautiful girl of 16. She was the Sec
ond daughter of Benedict Calvert of
Mount Airy, Md. and lineal descend
| ant of Lord Baltimore Both Martha
ard George opposed the marriage, as
! did the Calvert family, because of the
extreme youth Of the couple. John was
sent to Kings. now Columbia, College,
| New York. While there, his sister
Martha died and there was much grief
| at Mount Vernon.
At the end of three months. John left
| the college, returned to Mount Vernon,
and on February %, 1774, he married
Miss Calvert. Washington attended the
wedding, and Martha, too bereaved at
her daughters death to be present, sent
q loving note to the youthful bride:
MY dear Nellie: God took from me
a daughter when June roses were
blooming. He has now given me an
other daughter about her age when
| Winter winds are blowing, to warm my
| heart again. I am as happy as one so
affiicted and so blest can be. Pray re-
ceive my benediction and wish that
you may long live the loving wife Of my
| happy son, and loving daughter Of,
your afiectionate mother, M. Washing
ton"
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is new order of things. and you, as
others have done, may find, perhaps,
that the passions of your sex are easier
raised than allayed. Do not, therefore,
boast too soon or too strongly of your
insensibility to, or resistance of, its
powers. In the composition of the hui
man frame there is q good deal of in
flammable matter, however dormant it
may lie for time, and, like an init
mate acquaintance of yours, when the
torch is put to it. that which is within
you may burst into a blaze; for which
reason, and especially, too, as have
entered upon the chapter of advices,
will read you lecture drawn from
this text.
Love is said to be an involuntary
passion and it is, therefore, contended
that 1t cannot be resisted. This is true
in part only, for, like all things else,
when nourished and supplied plentifully
with aliment. it is rapid in its progress;
but let these be withdrawn and 1t may
be stifled in its birth or much stinted
in its growth. For example, a woman
(the same may be said of the other
sex) all beautiful and accomplished will
while her hand and heart are indis-
posed of, turn the heads and set the
circle in which she moves on fire. Let
her marry, and what is the conse-
quence? The madness ceases and all is
quiet again. Why? Not because there
is any diminution in the charms OF the
lady. but because there is an end OF
hope. Hence it follows that love may
and therefore ought to be under the
guidance OF reason, for, although we
cannot avoid first impressions, we may
assuredly place them under guard; and
my motives for treating on this subject
are to show you, while you remain
Eleanor Parke Gusts, spinster, and re-
tain the resolution to love with modera-
ton, the propriety OF adhering to the
latter resolution, at least until you nave
secured your fame and the way by
which it may be accomplished.
\ \
"WHEN the fire is beginning to
kindle and your heart growing
warm PROFOUND these questions to It:
Who is the invader? Have a compe-
tent knowledge of him? Is he man
OF good character, man OF sense?
For. be assured, a sensible woman can
never be happy with fool. What has
been his walk of life? Is he gambler,
a spendthrift or drunkard? Is his for
tune sufficient to maintain me in the
manner have been accustomed to live
and my sisters do live and is he one to
whom my friends can have no reason
able objection?
IF these interrogatories can be salts
factorily answered there viii remain but
one more to be asked--tl1at, however, Is
an important one: Have / sufficient
ground to conclude that his affections
are engaged by me? without this the
heart Of sensibility viii struggle against
passion that is not reciprocated-
delicacy, custom. or call It by what
epithet you will, having precluded all
advances on your part. The declaration
without the most indirect invitation Of
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Marina, was Dorm at AplHSQoil
house $50 years ago, on March
81, 1879. The shell of the house, which
is also the homestead of the Alexander
family, after which the old historic town
of Alexandria, Va, is named. is still
standing. 1t is not so far gone that 1t
cannot be restored with the help of a
Rockefeller. Henry Ford, or by pa
triotic- minded society.
The house is about half way between
Washington and Alexandria and is on
the new Mount Vernon Memorial Boule-
ward, which the Bureau of Public Roads
will construct within the next three
years. The boulevard will virtually run
across its front yard, which had ter
raced lawn, gravel walks bordered with
box bushes and shaded lane leading
to the river.
The l5-mile highway will begin at
the Virginia end Of Arlington Memorial
Bridge and will follow the Potomac
River as closely as possible to Mount
Vernon Thousands will motor over the
boulevard. and will pass the birthplace
of Nellie Gusts every year.
The old house is rich in memories OF
its close association with Mount Vernon,
and with such old and distinguished
families as the Masons, the Alexanders,
the LewiseS, the StuartS, the CalvertS
and the Fairfaxes. According to one
historian, it is the Oldest house still
standing in this vicinity. 1t is claimed
to have been constructed prior to 1877
by John Alexander. The first owner OF
the ground on which it stands was prob
ably Robert Howsing, Welsh sea cap
tain, who received, in 1859, patent OF
q ~ m HfrpShoc
the Potomac, for introducing into the
Colony Of Virginia 100 persons to in
habite"
Later he sold the land for 500 pounds
of tobacco to John Alexander, sur
veyor Of Stafford County. who settled
upon it q number of families, connected
with him by ties of blood and marriage.
The Pearsons, Vests and Chapmans
claim to have been the first to settle
here, closely followed by the Dades,
Stuarts, Hooes and Harriscns.
John Alexander died in 1877, and 1t
Is claimed that several years before his
death he bust upon the upper part OF
his patent a homestead called "Abing-
dom" 1t was built OF lumber hewn by
slaves from the native forests, and the
toists on the ground floor were the size
Of mans body.
while the house was not very large
or imposing" according to the his
torian, Charles H. Callahan, 'it was
beautifully located on the south side
of the Potomac and nearly opposite the
city of washington. 1t stood on an
elevation Of perhaps 100 feet above low
tide, and for about half mile, long
reaches Of the Potomac came in view
Abingdon was conveniently reached by
land or water from Mount vernon, ano
washington, In his diaries, tells OF his
visits to the place even after the death
of young Gusts.
washington, as the executor OF the
estate of Col. Daniel Parke Gusts.
bought the old Alexander homestead,
probably from Robert Alexander, for
Martha's son John. soon after his
marriage to Eleanor Calvert. John
Parke Gusts, on December IS, ITS,
added to the Abingdon estate by the
purchase Of the adjoining 100 acres
Of land from the Alexanders, upon
(which Arlington House was built BY
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Birthplace of Nellie Gusts Among Oldest of American Hom
BY JOYCE SAFER.

YELLIE GUSTS, the adopted
\ daughter of George Washing
y ton and the granddaughter Of
Martha, was born at Abingdon
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Capt. T.. G. IIullikin Still Uses These
DOGS to Run Dozvn Criminals in HeKenfucky
Hills and Together They Haze Caught 2, 900
LazUbreakers- Interesting Stories of
the Hounds on the Trail

in Harrison County KY. He gave me- circular
describing horse that had been stolen. day
or two later q man offered to sell me horse,
which refused to buy.
THAT night began to wonder if the horse
could have been the one that was stolen, and
get up and looked at the circular. 1t appeared
to be the same horse.
THE next day had the man arrested.
got a reward from the State, ore from the
county and another for the recovery of a gold
watch that was found on the mans person.
1.-The thief, strangely. enough did not dis
like me for having been responsible for his
capture, and he related to me the whole long
story of his career of crime. He told me the
inside story Of well organized ring of horse
thieves to which he had formerly belonged and
gave me enough information so that I was
able 10 help break up this lawless gang that
operated in Kentucky and Tennessee.
This gang was headed by a preacher, who
held many an un-Christian meeting with the
horse thieves who were numbered among his
unsuspecting congregation. He had a unique
system, too, for when the horses Of his
psrishioners we're tied up in the church yard
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WITH the acquisition OF q pair of blood
hounds Capt. Mullikin's career as 'the
bloodhound man" began. His experience with
the horse thieves revealed to him his liking
and aptitude for detective work. and when he
learned the value of bloodhounds in tracking
criminals he decided to make use of the keen
noSed CANNES in his chosen vocation.
Mullikin knew that In the crowded cities Of
the North, bloodhounds were of little If any
value in police work because the trails OF
criminals are so easily lost in congested streets
crossed and criSs-crossed with dstracting trails
But he likewise knew that in his country the
bloodhound was, in many cases, absolutely
necessary to the tracking and catching OF
breakers of the law. So he went in for the
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during q meeting he would cast appraising
eye over the animals and pick out the ones that
his henchmen were to steal
THE parson of course, was always shocked
and panied when members of his flock lost their
horses and suppose. he rallied against the
ungodly culprits who stopped so low as to steal
their brothers horses.
I'm order to protect their profitable and
crooked activities, the gang always sold the
horses they stole in Kentucky over in Tennessee,
and those they stole in Tennessee over in Ken
lucky.
Soon after my dealings with this band of
horse thieves began using bloodhounds. At
the time I was living at boarding house in
Nashville and one of the men living there fell
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sick He had no money and was looked upon
as something of a tramp.
cit happened that he belonged to a frater1lal
order of which was member so sort of
looked after him and paid his bills. When he
got we'll he told me that he was q detective
and that he had a pair of bloodhounds which
he wished would take care of for him. That
how got my first hounds and I've had
them ever since"
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- LII through the South, Capt ". G.
m Mullilzin of Lexington, KY, is known
~ by the rather fearsome title, THE.
bloodhound man." That's because
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SOUTHWEST:
n. SCHNEIDER, ZIG Az st.
ID. WEINBERG, $50 Az s..
NORTHEAST:

GUSTAVE HARTIG. 500 II ST.
HILLBRO0K HDWE. CO, 44th .
Mf RsaIG HiDwE. CO.. so12 18th
MODERN AUTO SUPPLY Co.. BIZ
PAUL i. MOORE, $500 18th st.
MOORE 6 CAIN 4th & II. I. Ave.
s sF2ETds H PsRk G G6 1as d Pia s as
TYLER q CUMMINGS, 81I II ST.
l.. WEDDING, is 18th st.
II. WOLF 1000 N. Cap. ST.
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SON OF BANKRUPT
SUICIDE TEST|F|ES
One of Six to Make State
ments at Secret Hearing
Held in MoscoWitz Probe.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 11.-Sidney Le-
vine, whose father committed suicide
after his affairs were thrown into bank
ruptcy, was one of six witnesses to tes-
tify yesterday at secret hearing being
held by the congressional subcommittee
investigating charges against Federal
Judge Grover Moscowitz.
The judge was accused in Congress of
having shown favoritism in bankruptcy
cases to members of his former law firm.
Levine charged in an affidavit pre-
scented to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives several weeks ago that
he was threatened with Jail unless his
mother surrendered a $4,000 mortgage
to meet the fees of former legal associ-
ates of Judge Moscowitz and that con-
tempt proceedings against him were
withdrawn when his mother turned over
the mortgage.
other witnesses were A. John Fyfe,
j. G. Rochester, Samuel Turner, Jacob
Hoffman and Charles B. Law. Fyfe
was formerly treasurer of the bankrupt
HartSdale- Columbia Corporation and
Rochester is president of its creditors.
Turner, Hoffman and Law were be-
lieved to have been questioned about
the $4,000, 900 equity receivership of Tur-
ners Towers, Brooklyn hotel corpora
ton, of which Turner was president.
Hoffman is Turner's attorney and Law
was attorney in the receivership.
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LAKE COTTAGES FLOODED
Winds and High Water Threaten
Much Damage in ontarios

WINDSOR, Ontario, April II R.-
Driven by a heavy northeast wind and
aggravated by the high Spring water
level, which is more than a foot above
the 1O-year average, waters of Lake
Erie and Lake St. Clair have flooded
Summer cottages and endangered
$500 acres of valuable reclaimed land
at Erieau.
Waves were breaking over the dykes
at Erieau and the approaches to a
bridge ON the fourth line road were
washed out, cutting off highway COM
munication with outside points. Men
were working with sandbags raising
the dykes in an effort to save the
valuable market gardens in the re-
claimed area from being flooded.
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grand jury on charge Of murder by
the coroner's jury which conducted an
inquest yesterday Into the death Of
Harry Townsend Of Milwaukee, who
was stabbed to death during quarrel
with Rogers in the lobby of the Stevens
Hotel Tuesday night.
Rogers refused to testify. He had told
police, to whom he surrendered imme-
diately after the stabbing, that he had
drawn his pocket knife 70 protect him
self. He said he had gone to see Town
send, his former employer, about q Job
and that Townsend had called him q
"scab" and knocked him down.
Townsend was superintendent Of the
Chain Belt Corporation OF Milwaukee.
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Ex-Soldier Returns
Service Bars He
Is Not Entitled To

The War Department has re-
ceived an unusual contribution
to its conscience fund in the form
of service bars from q former
service man who said he was not
entitled to them. The bars are
those Of the Meuse-A rgonyie and
Aisne-Marne offensive and de-
fe1sive sector.
The former soldier, whose name
was withheld at his request,
stated that his service In the war
did not entitle him to the bars
and he was sorry that his mental
condition at the time he made
application for them was such
that he should claim eligibility
to the decorations.
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Observing Jervis alight from a ma.
chine in the 1400 block of T street
McEwen noticed apparently misplaced
avoirdupois and Investigated.
Jervis was not so willing to submit
to investigation. but the detective con-
vinced him, and reported discovery of
copper container, intended to be form
/, fitting, strapped around Jervis's waist.
The receptacle contained three pints Of
alleged liquor.
According to McEwen, he had OBJ
served JerviS on a previous occasion.
but the "undercover" tactics misled
him.
Assistant U. s. Attorney David A.
Hart preferred charges of transporta-
ton and possession against Jervis.
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moved from Zionist ranks one Of the
most ardent workers In the Jewish
homeland movement, his associates re-
call. He was particularly instrumental
in organizing and developing a local
chapter OF the Young Judea branch OF
the movement. Members OF this organ
ization will presentsa memorial at this
meeting.
The evenings program Is being ar
ranged by committee headed by Rabbi
Louis j. Schwefel Others who will par
ttcipate include Rabbi Julius T. Loeb,
Cantor Louis Novick, Charles j. Stein
and DR.. Edward Cafritz, all prominently
identified with the Palestinian move
ment.
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MEMORIAL IS PLANNED
FOR DR.. MAX HELFG0TT
District Zionist Will Honor Mem
DRY Of Former Worker
Monday.

The memory Of DR.. Max A. Helfgott
prominent local physician, will be nom
ored Monday right at memorial meet
ing to be held at the Jewish Community
Center under auspices Of the District
Zionist organization.
DIR. HelfRott's death last month re-
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PROTEST BULL FIGHTS.
Cuban officials Promise Punishment
as Charges Are Made

HAVANA, April IL (P.-A protes
against bull fights, said to be held ever!
Sunday at Los Zapotes" farm, neal
here, was filed with the Cuban interior
Department yesterday by officials Of tn,
Band of Mercy.
Bull fighting In Cuba was barred
by military law drawn up under thu
provisional governorship of Mai. Gen
Leonard Wood The Band of Mercy
accusation that the law is being dis.
regarded is the first on record since
early days of the Cuban republic.
Interior Department officials promised
punishment under criminal code Of
those found guilty.
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F0RM-FITTING CAN
LEADS TO RUM CHARGE
Man With Misplaced Avoidupois Is
Held for Carrying
Liquor.

Gilbert Haymon Jervis, colored, As
years old, faces liquor law charges be-
cause Of 81 Invention that did not func-
ton so well and because Detective
William E. McEwen of the Eighth pre-
cinct believes a mans figure should be
well proportioned.
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MURDER IS CHARGED
IN HOTEL STABBlNG
Barton Rogers, Chicago, Refuses to
Testify Before Jury Probing
Death Of Harry Townsend.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 11.-Barton Rogers,
81 years old, was ordered held by the