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Evening star., 1932-12-04
{. S. BEALL FUNERAL
SERVICES TOMORROW
Rites Will Be Held at Home, Fol-
lowed by Requiem Mass at
st. Matthews.

Funeral services for Everett Stanton
ploye who died suddenly Friday morn
ing while at work. will be held tomor-
row morning at his late home, 20l6
Hillyer place Requiem mass will follow
at St. Matthews Church at am.
Mr.. Beall had been employed in the
War Department for IS years. He WAS
one of the first Stenographers in the
Government service, and in that Ca
p2city was in the Office of a number of
adjutantS general of the Army. He had
walked out of his Office in one of the
temporary buildings at Sixth and D
streets southwest when he was stricken
by heart disease He died shortly after
ward in the first aid room.
Idr. Beall had written many maga-
zine and newspaper articles and for
many years had charge of the official
correspondence in the Adjutant Gen.
erals Department.
AS tribute to his efficiency CO.
workers at the department are prepar-
ing a portfolio Of his letters and official
correspondence for future reference.
Mr.. Beall was a direct descendant of
Georgetown, and of Col. Ninn:an Beall
His father, Charles Beall. was a pio-
neer builder of this city and Baltimore
He is survived by a son, Everett s.
Beall, jr.; four daughters, Mrs. Theo-
dosia Lowry. Mrs. Lille P. Altman
Mrs. Florence B. Lowry and Mrs. Dor
othy Courchesne, and a brother, Dr. w
w. Beall of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1932-12-04
TRIBES FIND PATH
TO PARADISE HARD
CoIorful Mythology of Miskito
and Sumu Described in
Monograph.

It's a rough road to Heaven for the
Miskito and Sumu Indians!
These two tribes, who occupy that
vast region of Honduras and Nicaragua
known as the mosquito coast, are the
subject of monograph just issued by
the Bureau of American Ethnology of
the Smithsonian Institution. Hitherto
they have been practically unknown to
science.
The most colorful phase of the myth
ology of these peoples, as described in
the Smithsonian monograph, concerns
adventures of the soul after death.
When the Sunlu dies. it is related, the
spirit Immediately sets out for Para
disc, which is situated under the earth
toward the East where the sun rises.
First it is attacked by macaws and
moths which attempt to devour it. 1t
defends itself with two sticks of wood
tied together in the form Of cross with
cotton thread, which always is at
tached to the dead person before burial
Worm Dcvours Women
Then it is met by a gigantic worm
which devours the women who have not
always been faithful to their husbands
Men are not molested by this monster
as they make themselves invulnerable
cookies. The road then leads through
the domain of small, black lizard liv-
ing on trees, which tries to catch the
soul and deliver it to a toad. The
latter has large pot full Of boiling
water on the fire, into which 1t throws
ell bad spirits. The soul may easily
escape from final destruction, however
by offering some beads to the lizard
who is very fond Of such ornaments.
The toad also may be bribed.
The next stage is high, slippery
hill. The relatives of the dead man
smear the soles of his feet with bees
wax to facilitate his climbing. This
obstacle overcome, the soul makes its
final entry in the Sumu paradise.
Difficult for Tribesmen.
Even more difficult Is the journey of
the Miskito tribesman. First the trail
leads between two pine trees which
constantly are moving to and fro. catch
ing and annihilating those persons who
have behaved badly on earth. Then
the road comes to a vast chasm spanned
by bridge the width of human hair.
Below there is a huge pot of boiling
water. into which falls any spirit that
loses its balance.
The next obstacle is very large river,
which may be crossed in a canoe pad
died by four tcads. This stream
swarnls with ravenous fish. All souls
which have been evil on earth are upset
and devoured by the fishes. Across
this stream lies Paradise.
The Sumu. 1t is related. never kill any
of the creatures they must meet on the
final journey. When it Is necessary to
secure the skin of toad for making a
drum head. they do not kill the crea-
ture, but fay it alive and release it.
giving it few berries from certain
tree as payment for its skin.
Evening star., 1932-12-04
EARLIER YULE SHOPPING
APPEAL TO MEN is URGED
Retails' National Council Research
Group Advises Merchants of
Washington.

Advertising appeals for earlier Christ
mas shopping should be addressed al
most exclusively to men, Washington
merchants have been advised b. the
research department of the Retailers
National Council.
The councils opinion, 1t was ex-
planned in statement Issued Yesterday
by the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, is based on q study Of De-
cember shopping tendencies made last
year by the council. In a letter to Ed
ward D. Shaw. secretary of the associa-
ton. the research department of the
council said:
Women are always much more ex-
pert in shopping and, of course, devote
much more attention to the subject.
AS a result, when the stores finally de-
cided to meet the demand for earlier
gift buying the adept women shoppers
were quick to take advantage of the op-
portunity.
Last years figures show, however,
that the sweep of the new movement
apparently failed to penetrate the con-
sciousness OF most men"
Evening star., 1932-12-04
DpathH.

ALSOP, THOMAS FRANKLIN. On Thurs
day. December /. 1892, at the residence
OF his son, Norman s. Alsop. River road
near Tuxedo. Md. THOMAS FRANKLIN,
late Mary A. AIsop tnec 'tHfinira Hiiier}. He H is
survived by three children John B. Al
sop. Alice I. Friday and Norman s. Alsop
Funeral Sunday. December f. at . pm.
Lincoln Cemetery.
BAKER, GEORGE II. On December 2.
H, ,aged IL years, beloved son OF Anna c.
ana William H. Baker. Funeral from
H. NJ. Padgett's funeral home, I3I 18th
ST. Sc. on Monday, December s. at .
pm Relatives and friends invited. In
terment Cedar Hill Cemetery.
BEAIL. EVERETT STANTON. sR. Sud
E VEEkE 5fANfGN 5fNsfeS Bsssnoef BsSnh sr l. des1y hss
beloved husband of the late Mary joyce
Beam Funeral from his late residence,
2o1B Hillyer pl. NV, Monday, December
8: REQUIEM mass at st. Matthew's Church
Interment private.
BERRY. MAE E. On Friday December .,
n952' Mar At her residence: 49A Bates st.
of Walter r. Berry and daughter of Fan
ME u. and the late John Carter and sis
yer OF Arthur F. Carter. Funeral from v.
l.. Speare Co., 1909 II ST. NV. on Mon
day. December 5. at . pm. Interment
Glenwood Cemetery.
BOONE, RosIA. Departed this life Thurs
pay pay Rosna BOONE es 6veg t Hs6
Thomas Boone sister OF Mrs. Elizabeth
Edwards and Andrew Smith She also
leaves other relatives and friends to
mourn their loss. Interment at Harmony
cemetery. Notice Of funeral later. Il
Evening star., 1932-12-04
Marriage Licenses.

Jouett Shouse. 50, Metropolitan Club, and
Catherine T. DoGd, SO, $500 o St.; Rev
Georse L. Fsrnham.
Stanley T. Davis. 21. and Helen L. Locks,
ossph + Eaison S. sS 1891 ha Sherman re9Te ans
ana Sconson Smith, 20, 1887 Monroe st.; a;
Rev. Daniel Washington.
William Jones, 33. 2013 Vermont ave,
and Ethel Davis, 26. Fairmont Heights, Md
Rev. William b. Marsh
Samue! B. Cramer. 80. 1880 Sherman
Rev; Aaron yolkman.
Harry F. Saunders. 90, 1872 ST., and
Elizabeth J. Shissen &c, 924 B st. s.w.; Rev.
Clarence Smith, 90. 126 ard st. Sc. and
Rev. James T. Morris
r,ti Earl G. Spaulding. 21, IoI4 10th St. and
Alan Parsons
John II; Clark, 35, 1899 Florida ave. and
MOL Mo1lie Miller, 25. 1431 w St; Rev. J. Al
James J. Kotmair, 81. and Catherine u
Eauer. 20, both of Baltimore; Rev c. j.
Frank WASHINGTON, A. and Fannie Car
roH' 70. both OF Indian Head. Md; Rev. c.
Roscoe Wright, 21. 1853 Benning I'd, and
Agnes Cole. is. 1868 Benning rd.; Rev
Richard Scott, ~, 1910 1st st. sw.. and
yuLa yut Lippkins' 81, 14l6 1st st. s.w; Rev.
=. Joseph = Sander. .a1, 4sa N st. s.w, and
Ethel r. McGaha, Is. 4S9 st. s.w'; Rev,
Alvin Ehrlich, %, 721. Princeton pl and
Jeanette Leon. 10. 507 Decatur St.; Rev S.
Charles B. Far-an. SO. eeo st.. and
Tolson. '' 40 w.
Evening star., 1932-12-04
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported
% the Health Department during the las
a hours: -1'
Clarence H. and Brclicia Conger. ir., boy
Jeremiah and Marie Cullinane boy
JoSl2S and Mary Cooksey. boy
George L. and Hazel Skinner, boy.
Byron e. and Jane Richardson, boy.
Louis and Anna Bordenick. GIRL
Newman and Airline Bumstead, girl.
John and Annie Castiegnau, girl
Willis and Inc Smith. girl
Daniel and Irene Walter, girl
James J. and Edith Burroughs, girl.
Bernard j. and Rose Carlin, girl
John and Morine Honnell. boy
Elmer and Lillian Robinson. boy
James c. and Margaret Williams, boy
Arthur and Mary Mudd. boy.
Charles L. and Margaret wilkinson, boy
Ambrose r. and Thelma Swan, girl
William A. and Georgia Hunter. girl.
Oliver w. and Marietta Perry, girl
Henry and Media Klopp, girl.
Joseph D. and Mary johnson, girl
Joseph P. and Phoebe Gibson, girl
Raymond c. and Louise Stevenson, boy
Charles B. and Ruth Shorfer girl
James and Nancy King. girl.
William and Odeal Smith, boy.
Arthur C. and Aurg Chichester, girl.
John l.. and Lottie Green, girl.
Evening star., 1932-12-04
GarAa nf Chunks.

ALIEN. ESTHER G.. The husband. father,
ALIEN enee aeeeased seay wishes 81 Nrs @ ReaFts
thank all those who extended their sym
ss Of to oSr Hs II pelSSed SgT
deeply moved and consoied by the noble
spirit and loyalty Of her associates in
and enre force auo' OF the ReEss
enue Department. Truly their sympathy
power in. our grief and sorrow. Again
we wish to express our gratitude and ap-
probation to them. O. E. ALLEN.
CARTER. ISABEL FRANCISCO. I desire
deep fha msd9 o EeT Rcbaqa f T
Rev. P. a. Scott. the Masonic Craft and
1t, Its r,S1o s,Sdoptiys tive branches the, Tuxedo Club
cross easier to bear by their services,
flowers fL RS and nd expressions Of sympathy dur
beloved wife. ISABEL FRANCISCO CAR
JAMES A. CARTER AND FAMILY. j.
MONROE, JAMES S. We wish to express
our gratitude to our many relatives and
friends. for their kindness. flowers and
JA JJzAnRahg 3 i MoaRof hs f'ath r 9i our 9F9her
family of JAMES S. MONROE, who was
buried Tuesday. November -. 1892. from
his residence sos L st, s.w.. wish to ex-
their many friends % for pgfs's9irT their sympathg
and Kind services.
TURNER. AMY c. I wish to extend sin
cere thanks to- my many friends and rela-
tives for their beautiful floral tributes
. ana expressions of sympathy during my
bereavement at the death OF my daugh-
ter. AMY c. TURNER
MOTHER. MRS. FANNIE MALLS wHAY-
VAUGHAN. ALFRED T. We wish to thank
our friends and relatives for their Kind
ness and for the beautiful floral tributes
N our recent bereavement. the loss of
ny son and our brother, ALFRED T.
MRS. FANNIE VAUGHAN SHIPPERS AND
FAMILY.
WERDIG. WILLIAM. We wish to thank our
many relatives and friends for their ex-
pre5SlonS of sympathy and beautiful floral
oHerings at the death of our beloved ia
ther, WILLIAM WERDIG
HIS CHILDREN .
Evening star., 1932-12-04
MEMBER
OF CONGRESS D|ES'
DR.. Joseph B. ShowaIter, 81,
Served Three Terms From
Pennsylvania.

DR.. Joseph Baltzen Showalter, former
Republican Representative in Congress
from the Butler, Pa, district, died at
! his home. 1857 Wyoming avenue yes
| terday. He was 81 years old.
| DR.. ShOwalter. who was elected to
the Fffty-fifth Congress April 20, 1897,
end served through the Fifty-seventh.
was born near Smithfield, Fayette
| County. February II, 1851. His par
| ents were Levi and Elizabeth Showalter.
He was educated at Georges Greek
Academy and studied medicine at the
| Lcng Island College Hospital in Brook
lyn and at the College of Physicians
and Surgeons in Baltimore. receiving
his degree in 1854. He practiced medi-
cine IN Chicora, Pa, and later became
associated with his brothers in the But
ler. Pa. oil fields.
Dr.. Showalter entered the Pennsyl
vania Legislature in 1886 and served in
the House and Senate until 1892. His
service in the Capital was from 1897
to March 8, 1903
Surviving the late Representative are
his widow, the former Miss Ella M
Mckee: two daughters, Mrs. A. Wilson
McCandlesS of Pittsburgh and Mrs
Milton w. Leggett of this city. and
son. John B. Showalter. also of Wash
ington. His eldest daughter, Genevieve
died while he was member of Con-
! greSs here.
Dr. Showalter was closely related to
the late United States Circuit Judge
John D. ShoWalter of Chicago, for
many years law partner of Walter @.
Gresham, President Cleveland's Secre-
tary of State; Jackson Showalter,
famous chess champion, and the late
w. B. Shcwalter, who was editor Of
Editor and Publisher Magazine. He
was more distantly related to DR.. Will
liam J. Showalter of the National Geo.
graphic Magazine.
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at Speare's
funeral parlors, 1923 Connecticut ave-
nue. The body will be taken to Butler,
Pa, for burial.
Evening star., 1932-12-04
SUICIDE VERDICT GIVEN
IN RAIL DEATH CASE
Liberia Nasello, SO, Held to Have
Placed Himself Before Train
Last Tuesday.

A verdict of suicide was returned by
q coroner's jury yesterday in the case
of Liberia Nasello, SO, who was killed
Tuesday when he placed himself on a
railroad track in Northeast Washington
in front of the Capitol Limited.
Testimony at the inquest showed Ma
sello had written note, the contents
OF which police could only partially
make out, and then laid down on the
tracks. Nasello lived in the 2I00 block
of Fourth street.
Funeral services had already been
held for the man and burial was in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery. The coroner's jury
was sworn in Wednesday, but the in
quest was postponed in order that an
other witness could be brought before
the jury to testify.
Evening star., 1932-12-04
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

TODAY.
Meeting, Washington Simmons Club,
PIC Albany avenue, Takcma P-rk, pm.
Meeting. United Lodge of Thecso-
phists, Hill Building, BIS pm.
Meeting. Liberation Group, Y. w.
c A, pm.
TOMORROW
Luncheon, Alpha Delta Phi Frater-
nity University Club, 1890 pm.
Board meeting. National League of
American Pen Women, Willard Hotel,
$50 am.
Meeting, National League of Repub-
lican Women, Willard Hotel, $3.50 pm.
Election meeting, Ruth Chapter
o. E. S., Brightwood Masonic Hail.
pm.
Ecuador is trying to promote an i'm
port restriction program.
Evening star., 1932-12-04
STAR EMPL0YE DIES
Harry G. Simms, Colored, 81 Years
in Composing Room.

Harry G. Simms. colored, a machinist's
helper in the composing room of The
Evening Star 81 years, died at Gallinger
Hospital Friday.
Simms was born in Georgetown and
had lived in the Capital all his life.
He is survived by his widow Mrs
Mamie Simms. Funeral services will be
held tomorrow afternoon at his late
residence, 49 Florida avenue.
Evening star., 1932-12-04
HI, Mp,ttnriattf

BURDsALL, FRANKIE. In sad but loving
FRaNRs B T5o VGa daa deSarts6 Sg9t6sit fi
lie fourteen years ago today December
Tne saR s were F9ad hand fefng e emb rough
He gently c!ozed his loving eyes !.
His weary kou-s, his DAYS 5 ci pain.
Eis weary nights are past;
His eTer-Datient werhcr5 frame
HIS LoVING MoT-=E-s LED EROTaER. I,
EVERETT. ANNA T. In loving memory OF
EVERETT, wfo p departed i'pfr pnis EN1 iiie thre
years agos todey. December 4 1929. !
IN the .g7a-den o3 Eenembrance there is q.
Fragrant With b!2o-ls aud beauty CT the.
No dos Ese fn iHfSs-is-3es tSS gsee fo-c- brisste
Than the !ittle, flower that Whispered.
Always We will remember you"
HER DEVOTED HUSBAND. JOHN IT,
E55STET7 Gy5S4T A,'D rAgcyrER' E!A
LOCKWOOD. MARY HELEN In sad anG
loving remembrance Of my dear mothera
MARY HELEN LOCKWOOD. who departs;
ed this lie four years ago today. Decem-..
HER DAUGHTER. HATTIE E. wHEATS
LEY
AND CHARLES NJ. In memory OF ours
loved ones, CHARLES r, RICKETTS,, who,
passed awey December 4. 1915; CHARLES.
1892 THE FAMILY
STANCE. JACOB II, In loving remem-:
brance of cur dear husband and father,s
JACOB H. STANCE, who departed this
lie one year ago today, December A, 193i,t
A place is vacant in our home z
That nerer can be filled
LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN q
STEPPER, CECILIA In loving remem-
brance of our dear mother. CECELIAs
SLEEPER, who passed away twenty -fves
years ago, December 3, 1907.
h. Iosing thought. silent tear. >
Sadly missed
DEVOTED. DAUGHTERS, ANNA AND,
BARBARA T'-
Evening star., 1932-12-04
COMEDY TO BE GIVEN
st. Stephen and Incarnation
Church Group Entertainers.

Church Group Entertainers.
Bachelor Boarders," comedy in
two acts and an epilogue, will be pre-
sented by the dramatic club of St.
Stephen and the Incarnation Church
in the parish hall, Sixteenth and New
ton streets, Friday night.
The cast includes Albertine Huston,
Maude Cutting, Constance Kramer,
Ridgely j. Belt, Lucy Wright, Dorothy
Milne. William Clark, Stephen Grey.
Judith Gayle, John Brazel, Herbert
Farmer and Philip McKim. Miss j. A.
BealS will direct. Dancers include Sue
Pentz, Blanche Fletcher, Rosemary
Sudduth, Jane Sudduth, Marie Baldwin,
Madeline Wright, Jaqueline Auguste
and Genevieve Coon.
Mayor Edgecombe of Bournemouth,
England, has dispensed with the annual
mayoral banquet and will devote the
necessary 81 900 to aid unemployed
Evening star., 1932-12-04
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported
to the Health Department during the last
"a hours:
Jane Jerome winder, SO, 1865 Massachu-
sets ave.
Robert w Fisher. rs. 1o16 Florida ave
John william Sherman. 7s. 1133 Gath St
Everett S. Beall, Sr,, 90, War Department
Building.
Robert s. Jones. "a. 9f7 Farragut St
Esther T. Shaw, so. 2130 2Sth st. ne
Louisa J. Chittick, 50, George Washington
Clara Lee Hill, 56. $50 Butternut st.
Mae Elizabeth Berry. SO, 49-A Bates St
ptal
Edmund W. King, "a, Walter Reed Hos
infant of Mary Morrisey. Children's Hos
ptal.
John NJ Swami, II, Casualty Hospital
Robert Digs, &c. 1850 3rd st. s.w.
Cloe Smith. So. Stoddard Baptist Home.
Edward A. Williams. 55, 1914 18th st.
Worth Isley, AZ. Casualty Hospital
Lorenzo Walston, Al, tuberculosis Hos
pital
Robert Glaston, 81, 80 53rd st. ne.
Charles Morris, 35. District Jail.
Alberta James. 35. Freedmens Hospital
Ernest Ewel 90, Emergency Hospital.
Unofficial efforts of engineers, post
men and clerks in the British post Of
flee department in the last three
months resulted in $135,000 in new
telephone contracts.
Evening star., 1932-12-04
FOUND.
LOST.

LOST.
CAMERA. left on running board at Navy
Yard: hlm exposed in camera; important.
Please notify at once 1905 st. NV. Tele-
COLLIE DOG. part shepherd; tag No. 2OO19:
strayed from home Dec. 2. Reward. 619
B ST. ne. Lin. 2744.
DOG-Black female Pomeranian. white un-
der neck, named "Vamp''; at 14th and Mon
roe SITS. NV. Dec. 1. $50 pm. Return to
1343 Otis pl. NV. Col. 7454.
GENERATOR for Essex car. between 9th and
Kennedy NV. and 2nd and T ne. Reward.
Ga. 4167-J. Call evenings or Sunday.
GOLD BRACELET. three blue sets; valued
as keepsake. Reward. 226 A ST. ne.
PACKAGE-Will the lady who took valu-
able package in error at Peoples Drug Store
No. IL 1858 Pa. ave.). Thursday night,
kindly return to that store. A.
POCKETBOOK. small yellow, with SIT or
SIS rent money: Lanshurghs, sat; afternoon.
PURSE, brown silk, in Fox Theater: valuable
account Of keys; name and address in purse.
Liberal reward. Apt. 8. 1919 Park road. 5'
WRIST WATCH, name "Graee'' engraved:
vicinity 10th and sts. NV. Saturday. Re-
ward. Atlantic 1s42~
WRIST WATCH initials II C. B." on back,
27th OF November, bet, Union Station and
Trinity Towers. Reward. Call Adams 3g46.
WRIST WATCH-Buieva; white sold; IN
itials 'T. d. d.; between Hechts, Lans-
bursh's and woodward & Lcthrops. Re-
ward. Adams 160ls
Evening star., 1932-12-04

Meeting. Liberation Group, Y. w.
c A, pm.
Evening star., 1932-12-04

Friday December 9. 1882, at Georgetown
University Hospital DOROTHY GER
and Gertrude Milburn Hourihane. Fu-
neral from the residence of her parents.
$3.50 5th st. NV. Monday, December D,
at 7:45 am; thence to Nativity Church,
where requiem mass will be said at S:I5
am. for the repose of her soul. Inter
ment Mount Oltvet Cemetery. Relatives
Evening star., 1932-12-04

Ecuador is trying to promote an i'm
port restriction program.
Evening star., 1932-12-04

H0EY, JENNIE G. On Saturday December
3, 1882. at Providence Hospital. JENNIE
G.. HOEY. Funeral from the w. w.
Chambers Co. funeral home, 400 Cas-
pin ST. NV. on Monday. December 3.
az am; tnehce 10 q. IhoInaS ApossIS
where mass will be offered at 9:30 I'm.
for the repose of her soul Relatives and
friends invited. 1nterment Cedar Hill
Cemetery
Evening star., 1932-12-04

Meeting. United Lodge of Thecso-
phists, Hill Building, 8:15 pm.
Evening star., 1932-12-04

Meeting. National League of Repub
lican Women, Willard Hotel, $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1932-02-21
Prince and Pauber

EORGE WASHINGTON was no stranger|
~ to personal hardship. In his youth, espe-
ciaIly, he was intimately acquainted with ardu-|
Gus toll. As surveyor, he was Ibis own cook.
having no spit but forked stick, no plate butt
a large chip" and for months at time never
knew the luxury Of q decent bed. He had to
be his own quartermaster, his own financierI !
his own business manager throughout the
major part Of his career. There were occa7
sions when the country owed him large sums
Of money. His expenses were Unfortunately high
Friends and strangers descended upon Mount
Vernon like plague Of locusts. Washington ]
In later life the richest man on the American
continent and one Of the most generous was
commonly expected to be extravagantly lib
eral, nor was the expectation unjustifed. He
practiced consistent open-handed hospitality
He neglected his own personal affairs to re-
spoud to the Nations demands But, as the|
historian Bancroft says, he was only "a widows 8
son" whom God had selected to give an i'm
pulse to human affairs"
Evening star., 1932-02-21

novels, plays, pageants that any one can
concoct; but let US have also the closest
record we can Of what the great man
actually was-what he wrote and said
and did.
There is no room here to go into de-
tails of the disproof, but he who is inter-
ested can easily convince himself that
the following well known things about
Washington never happened:
He did not cut down the cherry tree.
Braddock's troops were not ambushed
and Washington did not take command
and rescue the remnants.
He did not escape from the defeat of
Long Island with the aid of a diyinely
sent fog. There was no fog; but the devil
or something actually did send fog to
defeat him at Germantown and mix up
his troops 50 that they fired at each
other.
Evening star., 1932-02-21

$1,O00,000 for q chapel to commemorate
an incident for which there is no direct
evidence, and all manner of contradic-
ton in the direct evidence, not to men
ton its utter contradiction by every
known quality of Washington's character.
The cherry tree story is not at all I'M
possible as an incident Of any boys child
hood, but Parson Weens, who fathered
it, was a notorious fabu1ist, and the Ian
guage he puts in the mouth of the young
George is as sickening as the appalling
bosh he puts in the mouth of Georges
father.
When historian gives long scene in
dialogue 1t Is safe to say that it is almost
II not quite wholly fiction, for who could
have taken down the words? Who could
remember them Tor half century?
The willingness Of any historian to de-
scribe events IN the form OF dramatic
Evening star., 1932-02-21
The Great Voice

IA /HEN George Washington made his cele1
w brated crossing of the Delaware he had
with him his friend and companion In arms
Col. Henry Knox, . man who was possessed of
lone excellent quality Of an artillery officer, 4
namely, a voice Of stentorian power. On thi3
occasion he was Of the greatest assistance, due
to the fact that his orders literally could I'D
heard from one side Of the river to the otherI
Knox fought through the entire Revolution|
from Bunker Hill to Yorktown. and attained
the rank of major general. He enjoyed IN d
high degree the esteem and confidence Of hid
chief, and served under him IS Secretary Of
War. He died At Thomaston, Me-, in OCTOBER
1906
Evening star., 1932-02-21

George Washington for than do for
aus defending false legends uh do not 'cfrcse" the
protesting COMPLETE Picture of HIM the
false Wasom and hiding the Wango" from
dvespeet tho oetsal
~osng short of sxbs~e They also
thousand biographies hG7c proclaimed
Because he the little things his
fasc;ramg could bost
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HIM b countless things
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