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Evening star., 1942-02-08

did about 1859, It might never have been
abandoned. Regarding this early re-
claiming, the Rev. Thomas Bloomer
Balch makes this comment IN his Rem.
lniscences Of Georgetown:
This cemetery was long neglected: II
was overgrown With brambles, but re-
Gently several of our ladies, TO their
perpetual honor. have reduced the
thistles, reopened the walks, trimmed
the trees, planted fresh flowers and re-
established its PROSTATE gates. This
was q work worthy Of female hands, for
many Of our sires sleep In that con-
secrated ground. There men reposs
who once pulled the shamrock Of Erin.
the lily Of Gaul, the rose Of England.
and the Scottish hawthorn. and who, In
search of freedom. came bounding over
the waves Of the Atlantic to the heavens
Of the Potomac"
What . valuable. historic place this
was to be preserved. Ths burial placs
Of the founders Of Georgetown. Not
only its Revolutionary soldiers, but It's
soldiers Of the War Of 1912. and possibly
the wars that followed down TO the war
between the States.
How could We ever forget the names
Of such men as John Murdock. Thomas
Johns, William Deakins. r.: Bernard
OTeill, Brooke Beall, ]. ThreIkeld,
Walter Smith, Thomas Beall Of George.
Francis Deakins, Caspar Schaaf, who
are known to have attended q meeting
Of citizens at Frederick. Md, on Novem-
Der 18, 1774, and there as committee
decided to carry out the Association"
agreed upon by the Continental Con-
gress7 And q column Of the names OF
such patriots might be added to this
list.
The old Col William Robinson estate
Of Mount Hope which, no doubt, during
its best days figured quite prominently
in Georgetown social and political life,
and which has been purchased by Mrs.
Edward B. Mclean, has been q new
birth socially. and though there is now
no outward comparison between it when
It was the Robinson home and after it
was remodeled by Alexander Kirk, yet
we can assume that the fragrance of the
roses Of ante bellum days will hang
around the old place for many years
to come.
Evening star., 1942-02-08

ground, which was probably . cemetery
before the Federal Government decided
to make Washington Its Capital. Seven
hundred Of these-principally men Of
distinction-are said to have been re-
moved Besides family lots and individual
grave sites, there were at one time
upward of 10 tombs in this Gods acre;
two vaulted yards. l6 feet square. two
feet square, and one 7 feet square, sur
rounded by q brick wall 9 feet high, and
in 1901 it was said that Of the $4,000 or
$4,000 bricks used for this purpose all
have been hauled away by private in
dividuals for their own use elsewhere. !"
When the writer saw this cemetery .
few years before it was plowed over, 1t
did not appear to him as being beyond
reclaiming. Indeed, small appropria-
ton would have saved . sacred spot
wherein were inferred, as has been said
'the pride and wealth and glory of
aristocratic Georgetown" Had later
generations come to the rescue Of this
cemetery and put 1t In shape. as they
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Mount Hope Lives Again

Smithsonian Institution; Jane Threlkeld
Cox. who married DR.. Larkin w. Glaze
brook. deputy coroner of the District Of
Columbia for many years and q prac-
ticing physician here until his retire.
ment In 1928, and Sally Smith Cox, who
married Charles Hume, and Elizabeth
Underwood Cox, who married Stuart w.
Jackson Of Mount Clair, N. j., were
born at the Robinson Gay street (now
N street, home, to which the family had
later moved.
Like so many men who accomplished
things during their lifetime, Col. John
Cox, father Of Thomas Campbell Cox,
had an interesting career. At an early
age he was left an orphan. but fell into
good hands when a wealthy uncle, en-
gagged In the banking business in Balti-
more, took him to rear
He early came to Georgetown and
there married Matilda Smith, whose
brother. Clement Smith, was for a num-
ber of years cashier of the Farmers &
Mechanics Bank. After the death of
his wife, Clement married Jane, the
daughter Of John Threlkeld, by whom
he had seven children. John Threlkeld,
father of Jane, was Mayor of George
town In 1893. and was apparently a
wealthy man, for he owned an exten-
sive tract of land called Alliance when
the District Of Columbia became Fed
eral territory, and in 1922 we find him
conveying to John Cox in trust for the
latter's wife Jane for life, IL and 1/10th
acres, upon which his son-in-law, Cox,
soon erected a magnificent home which
he called the Cedars, and which stood
on the site where is now the Western
High School. 1t was destroyed by fire
one Sunday in January 1847. and was
subsequently rebuilt by Richard S. Cox,
son of Mayor Cox, whose leaning was
evidently toward the South. since it
was confiscated by the Government dur
ing the Civil War, during which time we
are told 1t was used by the Home for
Destitute Colored Women and Children.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
By Basil Gordon.

What time is 1t now?
The answer is-daylight saving time.
1t is also wartime, and that IN fact.
means that it Is time to conserve time
in these times, and makes this article
timely.
Time has long been recognized as
commodity, Intangible but none the less
real. Every one knows tnstincnVely
what it IS, although few can define 1t.
Prof. Einstein presumably knows more
about it than a lot Of other people, but
even he refuses to define it in terms OF
duration alone; he mixes 1t up with
events and with space. Perhaps the
best definition Of all was given some
years ago by q mere schoolboy, when ne
said time was the thing which kept every
thing from happening at once.
At any rate, it is the idea Of this youth
which has caused Uncle Sam to tinker
with the clock and adopt daylight saw
ing. For an extra hour q day 1t pre-
vents waking leisure from occurring ST.
multaneously with the necessity Tor
turning on light, and thereby will con-
serve two vital ssentials-electric power
and quite q bit of change IN the con-
sumer's pocketbook.
The idea of daylight saving is far from
new. It occurred to Benjamin Franklin
as far back as 1874; there Is . letter OF
his In existence, written from Paris IN
that year. concerning the subject. In
1916 when the United States was on the
verge of war, agitation for the adoption
of daylight saving began here. Not unui
we were in all the way did Congress act,
passir,e a law which took effect March
30. 1918. 1t required the national CLOCK
ia bet set ahead one hour on the last
Sunday In March Of each year, and set
hack again on the last Sunday In
October
There was much opposition, especially
on the part of farmers, and after the
war was over the law was repealed Au-
gust 20, 1919, although it had to pass by
q majority large enough to nulhfy the
veto of President Wilson. Since then
some States have had advanced time,
hut Others, such as Connecticut and
Maine. have had so little use for 1t that
their Legislatures have actually gone to
the trouble of passing laws against IT..
! Regardless OF opposition, daylight saw
Ing seems to be inevitable In warning
country. All belligerent nations OF
Europe have it. because they have found
at practical power saver. 1t has come
again to the United States in different
form this time 1t applies throughout
the entire year, with no setback IN
autumn. 1t may not save much daylight
ia rnidwinter, for the simple reason
Hhat there is less to save at that season,
Int as the days lengthen and 1t becomes
uossible to rise earlier by sunlight the
ssavins at the other end Of the day will
sket net instead Of gross.
As far back as July Is OF last year the
Eresident recommended daylight saving
an q message to the Speaker OF the House,
saying: The Government agencies
have advised me that there Is immediate
reed for the extension of this daylight
Saving time to other parts Of the coun-
sy, including in particular the South
eastern States, and that there Is also
need for tho establishment In various
partx or all, Of the country Of year
round daylight saving time"
Evening star., 1942-02-08

In 1866 it was restored to its owner, and
the Negro institution removed to .
building erected for its use ON tho
Eighth street side OF what Is now the
Banneker Recreational Center. Adjoin-
ing the Cedars stood the Threlkeld
homestead until destroyed by nre.
Mayor Cox was both lucky and for
tunate, for when his mother-in-law,
Elizabeth Threlkeld. died John Threl-
keld having predeceased herr she left
no will, and Mrs. Jane Cox shared
equally in the estate with her sisters,
Mary Grayson and Elizabeth Threlkeld.
A part Of this estate is now known as
Burleith. name yhich seems to appear
first in connection with this particular
tract, in 1858. when Richard s. Cox con-
veyed, In trust to Walter s. Cox, lot Of
ground lying west of Fayette, now
Thirty-f1fth street, and south Of Seventh,
now Reservoir road, containing So acres,
more or less Prior to the Civil War
there was only farm land west Of Fay
cite street and north Of the Upper. or
New Cut road, or. as it is now called. Re-
Servoir road, which was authorized IN
1888.
Before 1861 few people resided in this
neighborhood at that time, the entire
population Of Georgetown in 1860 being
8,733, and to the north Of Reservoir road.
from Wisconsin avenue west. Hved but
five families, or maybe they only owned
land there. But habitations are indi-
Gated on the map and it is likely that
w. Murdock. r. S. Cox. M. Stone. L.
Wetz and family named Hodge resided
on the land. A drovers' rest was about
where is now Terrace Heights, Colonial
house on Ridge road at Reservoir road,
between Foxall Village and Wesley
Heights, where once was Battery Gamer
on, manned by the Maine Heavy Artillery
during the Civil War. and close by were
hospitals, to which wounded soldiers Of
the Pine Tree State were taken after the
Battle OF the wilderness and where was
established headuuarters
Evening star., 1942-02-08
BY Sigrid Arne,
Wide World News.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. big, gen.
tle-eyed Mayor Angelo Rossi, as young
man, just wanted to be q good florist.
His white carnation is still as permanent
as his wistful smile. But he slid onto the
political escalator 50 irrevocably that
now, at So, he has been San Francisco's
Mayor for 10 years.
He looks more natural in sray-striped
pants than Jimmie Walker. His vocab-
ulary matches the pants. He wears his
topper for even little corner stones, and
he's pinkly pleased when the Musicians
Union remembers to send q covey to q
railroad station to tootle him in or out
of town.
But there's been . sudden tootling
moratorium. Rossi's big town Is in q
who forgot the laundry" mood. It's
irritated. jittery. and pointing q finger
1t didn't like the Monday after Pearl
Harbor when it had q sudden blackout.
The radio shrieked that 80 unidentified
planes were loose overhead.
Right while the planes were overhead
few could say. What Is an air raid shell
ter?" Men stood In darkened streets and
wondered nervously If An incendiary has
q front end. Wives. asked suddenly,
couldn't f1nd the shovel. and the hose
was behind the stacked magazines.
Fortunately, so far, the only casualty
has been the city's sweet disposition, and
Rossi's belief In smile and the world
smiles with you" So San Francisco
chuckles between grumbles. 1t chuckles
specially over the dressy mayors words
the morning after that Monday.
The morning all the people who
thought they could have done 1t better
descended on City Hall. The Mayor, for
titled behind fresh carnation, listened
in his handsome jovial manner. He's
never forgotten that he's an italian
miners son who rose to be Mayor of .
great city-"a fair city," as he puts 1t.
This headachy morning, then, was the
test by fire and Rossi chose the oil-on-
troubled-waters technique.
He listened. and when all the accusa-
tions were aired he looked paternally
around him and asked plaintively.
Whats everybody 50 worried about7
No bombs fell. did they?"
That rocked the city back on its heels.
For San Francisco that's the double-talk
Of all times. And the headaches that
followed were bigger and better.
In the first blackout the city used fire
sirens. But . determined mayor decided
his fair city must have the Mccoy. So
Rossi's aides phoned frantically and
finally found six afraid sirens in Chi
cago. ordered by Bangkok. 1t WAS too late
for Bangkok, 30 San Francisco not only
bought them. but winged them out by
airplane. ut . fancy express cost. They
shrieked the warning for the second
blackout. Half the town couldn't hear
them
The next day the letters-to-the-edit
people swamped the newspapers. The
Mayor read glunly the words Of one fell
low citizen: why, even q kid. had
sense enough to blow penny whistle be-
fore bought It,"
Evening star., 1942-02-08
BY John Clagett Proctor.

It may be that In time GEORGETOWN
will be forgotten as q once separate part
of the National Capital. And the time
may also even come when the little
stone house in the thirty hundred block
Of M street will not be called the head
quarters of George Washington. But it
is most likely that the territory which
lies to the west of the lower part OF
Rock Greek will always be referred to
by its old familiar name Of Georgetown.
The selection of the present site Of
the Nations Capital was not particularly
helpful to Georgetown. Nor did the
coming of the iron horse operate in favor
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. once
a principal source Of revenue for the
old town. For these and other reasons
Georgetown lost its grip. But 1t began
to stage a comeback about 80 years ago,
and today many Of its old mansions
which had once passed unnoticed are re-
garded very highly and now seem to be
much sought after by prominent per-
sons in quest Of fine old homes.
Among these might be cited the pur-
Chase 6OIIlc years ago VI VIlc 1tOUulcOl
house on r street just west of Wisconsin
avenue, by Alexander c. Kirk Of the
diplomatic corps, who not only bought
this old house and the ground surround
ing it but must have spent q large
amount of money in undermining it and
adding to it to such an extent that 1t
now has no semblance of the old home
built by Col. William Robinson about
1880, the year he came to Georgetown
from his ancestral home, Bunker Hill,
In Westmoreland County, Va.
In reading over family genealogies,
one is impressed with the idea that
the early Americans believed in marry
ing early and often, just as many believe
In doing today, and so, in looking up Col
Robinson's biography we find he was
married three times.
His first wife was Ann Aylett Wash
ington, said to be related to President
Washington. His next wife was Ann
Evening star., 1942-02-08
We're Setting the Time for Final Victory

Representatives Of farming States, but
in the end it passed. There was a mini
mum Of debate in the Senate and its
bill, too, passed.
The bills not being identical. the usual
conference committee was formed to
compromise. The result was the re-
introduction by Senator Wheeler Of an
amended S.-2160 and its passage in its
present form. The Senator realized that
the measure might be unpopular in his
home State, predominantly rural, but
opposition has never bothered him much,
when convinced that he is right. He Is
familiar with all the old arguments
against daylight saving, but considered
them non-essential If its adoption would
forward the war effort. He made 1t his
business to find out; assured by proof
that it would, he in turn offered his
proof to Congress, and won by sub
stantial majority. The main credit for
the accomplishment should 60 to the
Senator from Montana.
His bill is almost unique among war
bills-it needs no appropriations to make
1t effective. For wonder, it costs the
taxpayer nothing, and as a matter Of
fact actually gives him break, in lower
power bills. Testimony in the Con-
gressionaI Record showed that immedi-
ately after the repeal Of daylight saving
at the conclusion Of the last war, the
revenues Of certain large power COM
IN, n,,f
impressed Senator Wheeler most was not
the long-winded verbiage of political
sponsors or opponents. In his report to
the Senate as chairman Of the Commit
tee on Interstate Commerce, he attached
letter addressed to the President by a
hard-headed businessman-no less than
William S. Knudsen. head of the OfficS
Of Production Management. 1t is short
and to the point:
my dear Mr.. President: Referring
to your memorandum of December II
1t is estimated that national daylight
saving time will show q saving of 500 900
kilowatts per annum. Federal legisla-
tion Is essential In order to make the
time uniform in all States. Respect
fully yours, william s. Knudsen'
Half . million kilowatts is q lot of
power; enough to keep many q war plant
booming for many q day. Conceivably
the release Of this much power might
mean the difference between free use
Of electricity to citims and power ra-
tioning. No one can tell yet, but even
If power rationing Is due some day, day.
light saving should postpone it or make
it less stringent when it comes.
1t Is often said that time Is on our
side In this war. Daylight saving helps
conserve 1t. What to do with the extra
time thus gained is each citizens indi-
vidual problem. but If he happens to be
one Of those who do not want It, he Is
asked not to grun3ple. The best brains
and talent in the Nation do want 1t, to
help win the war, and that should be
and Is. enough. Many . man who has
almost never seen . dawn will now have
the opportunity. As he greets the rising
sun with its rays Of glory let him not
feel sorry for himself at getting up SO
early. but rather Leo him realize that he
is helping, just little, in the nnal set
ting, once and for all. of another Rising
Sun with rays Of aggression, lies and
treachery.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Frisco Not Frightened

1Hen Ine CITY aQmlnlStratlOn really
knuckled down. A survey showed the
town needed 81 sirens. At what cost?
Well, for everything, 100000 melted
rapidly. Then the figure was set at 81
100000 for sirens. extra police and fire.
men, Waterman guards hauling of sand,
posters. And now the Mayor says they've
about given up, and are just buying
where and when they can. 1t must
trouble RosSi much, because he still likes
to talk Of the city's low tax rate, and its
nickel streetcar fare. His smile Is hap
PLY reminiscent when he thinks of 1t.
Rossi Is q gentleman, in a gentleman,s
town. So he still hasn't bleated 'T told
you So" But he plaintively points out
that last August he appointed a Civilian
Defense Committee which wanted tn
spend $67 900. The Saturday befors
Pearl Harbor the city council had pared
them down to $4,000. Few remember
that now, except RosS. However, he has
nice printed pamphlet which tells what
to do in case of airraids and his COM
m1ttee Is plugging leaks as swiftly Al
possible. He likes to show the pamphlet.
He's cherubically happy about one dis
covery, even though he made 1t at the
unpleasant moment when the planes
were overhead. He was caught In CITY
hal. He saw his duty and done It:
Phoned the light company and COM
manded, Black us out. What's it take?"
"Just two switches, Mr. Mayor"
well. pull them"
But, Mr.. Mayor. If we do it'll paralyze
the place. What about people in eleva-
torso"
Roesi saw that Immediately, and or.
dered. pull the street lights anyway
That left neat pattern of display signs
for any enemy bomber, and an irate city.
But, anyway. Rossi and his city had dis
covered that it only takes two switches
to blackout the city.
Since then he's read about New York
"Just think" he murmurs, "it takes ST.
900 switches in New York. Just think,
It's only two here. Isn't that fne?"
Then there was the day 1t. Gen. John
L. Dewitt called the city fathers together
for an old-fashioned top sergeant bawl-
ing out. The Mayor must have been
very hurt as he heard Dewitt shouting:
Get this! Those were japanese planes
overhead last night. They were tracked
out to sea. Think the Army would pun
. hoax like that at this time?
Il never saw such apathy as you people
displayed. 1t was criminal. This whole
city is military objective"
The general kept right on shouting
while he added.
Don't get jittery. Learn to take It,
II you can't take 1t, get the hell out Of
San Francisco. Keep cool and you'll 1--we
longer"
The Mayor thought that over without
public comment. He just kept confer
ence-ing. But finally the reporters asked
him about it. He was ready for the occa-
sion. He said solemnly: 80,
Tell the people through the country
that San Francisco Is threatened but not
frightened. II the Japs want me. they'll
flnd me right here In city ball."
Evening star., 1942-02-08

The Senate Committee on Interstate
Commerce, Burton K. Wheeler, chair
man, went to work and in due time
drafted a bill, S.-2l60, authorizing the
President to advance, at his discretion,
time in all or any of the standard zones
of the United States for a maximum Of
Evening star., 1942-02-08

two hours, and retard 1t later if so de-
sired. In the House, the Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Clar-
ence F. Lea of California, chairman,
drafted a similar bill, but with some
differences The debate in the House
was long, opposition being furnished by
Evening star., 1942-02-08


Calvert Stuart, daughter of DR.. David
Stuart, whose first wife was the widow
Of John Parke Custis, and his last wife
was Frances Peyton Turner, whom he
married August IA, 1929. 1t was shortly
after this that Col. Robinson moved TO
the West End and built Mount Hope.
and here most of his seven children were
born-six sons and one daughter. The
daughter, Margaret Robinson-called the
beautiful Maggie Robinson-married
Thomas Campbell Cox, son of John Cox,
Mayor of Georgetown, and they con-
tinued to reside at the Robinson home
for some years, where five of their chill
dren were born. These were William
Robinson Cox, now of Mount Clair, N. j.:
Margaret, who married Lawrence v.
Benet: Frances Cox, who married E.
Eveleth Whiting, for some years en-
ployed in the paymaster's Office Of the
Evening star., 1942-02-08

brought from the private burial plot
on the Threlkeld estate.
In all there were probably 2,7oo bodies
inferred in the Presbyterian burying
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-26
Nazis Stir in
Desert Sectors

CAIRO, Aug. 26. (UP)-Tenslon
in the western desert was reported
growing today with movement OF
German armored forces in the
southern sector noted by British OBJ
servers.
British sources believed that at
any moment Marshal Erwin Rommel
may launch a new offensive against
the British desert lines.
In the northern area of the front
observers spotted italian troops
concentrating and apparently car
rying out similar tactical prepara
tions to those which occurred be-
fore the last Axis push started.
Air action was reported increas-
ing steadily with German night all
attacks in the battle area having
resumed.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-26
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Test your knowledge of correct
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lowing questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
!. If friend or relative invites
you to visit some time during the
summer, should you decide sudden
ly to do SO and send a wire saying
you are arriving next day?
.. Should there be extra blan-
kets in a guest room?
3. Should a house guest complain
that his hostess is feeding him too
fattening foods?
4. If you spend a week or two
visiting a brother or sister, should
you write a bread and butter let
ter when you return home?
5. Should you use your next-door
neighbor's garden tools without ask
ing. if they are out in the yard
where you can easily help your
self?
What would you do if
You visit your daughter and her
husband for a week or two
(a) Write your Observation-Disclosures
note to both?
(b) write your Observation-Disclosures
note to your daughter?
Answers
/. No. If you decide to visit,
write ahead of time and ask if it
will be convenient for your friend
or relative to have you.
2. Yes.
3. NC.
4. Certainly.
5. No.
Better What Would You Do
SOlution-(a).