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Evening star., 1942-11-13
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OF Women Is Entertained
Sonora de EspH Hostess at Tea
Honoring Sonora de Guerrero
BY Katharine Brooks

By Katharine Brooks
fendness and eodaty the contacts which
oeega TO the
Women country Scores of small and
INFORMAL parties have been visitors women leaders in
c ana haon affairs OF their countries
proportions are on their schedule through will be
New York next week being arranged bv
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her infant grandchild, Hunter Mel
son Norman. Col. Norman is
an instructor at the United States
Military Academy at West Point.
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with books; It was almost like q
public library, and her plan of
giving away one book a day to
get shelf room" never seemed to
make any noticeable difference.
She loved to argue a bookish
point and If necessary she wouldn't
hesitate to scissor up a volume to
prove her contention. Once, in a
good-natured controversy over a
title, she clipped a page from one
of her books and sent it to her
correspondent, who returned her
argument in kind.
No Slave to Her Books.
You make me very happy send
ing a cut from your book" she
replied. Because I do that sort of
thing, even out CT good books, and
my friends think I am scum of
the earth But shall we be slaves
to our books, or they to us?"
But there was one set of books
that received no such t-eat.nent-
her remarkable Walt Whitman ccl-
lection.
She undoubtedly had the greatest
gathering of the good gray poet
in the world. Not only one copy
of each Whitman item, but, in most
cases, two. and all in pristine con-
dition. When she started collecting
Whitman she went all-out.
Whenever Miss Wells suffered her
sieges Of insomnia it was her Gus
tom around midnight to phone an
old friend. Alfred F. Goldsmith. with
whom she had collaborated on two
Whitman books, for a chat.
Exactly at midnight on the day
she died Alfred Goldsrnith's tele-
phone rang.
He took down the receiver. But
no one answered
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Three Men Will Be Selected.

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On a commission basis that will evemu-
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Starting salary $40 week guar
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marketing of very essential and highly
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children's school work in the State. Of
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Salary or commissions and bonus. Car
essential Call in person Monday or
Tuesday morning. Mr. Wallgrens 524
Investment Bldg.
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majesty When she entered. the foreign
ministers and ,royal family were all
awaiting her.
"The Duchess of Cambridge, Kent and
Sutherland entered with her, and also
the Duke Of Sussex, who is a perfect
Goliah in size The Queen looked very
young-was attired simply and very
graceful Our introduction was between
the quadrilles. We all assembled in one
room, but she escaped us and danced
the second time, which was an unusual
thing After this Mrs. S. curtseyed to
her and introduced me. She (the Queen
asked me how long I had been In the
country and how was pleased. bowed
and went on.
"All the nobility of Europe I should
think were rresent-it was most i'm
posing scene. The supper superb, and
the gold on the sideboard of every device
and enough 10 dazzle one. ate and
drank as if I had been among my friends,
but confess in other respects felt very
insignificant. I never care to witness
such pageant again. =" AS passed
the gate, the day was quite bright
o'clock in the morning-never kept
such hours before I" " ="
The Websters were more circumspect
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Walter Smith, Thomas Beall of George,
Francis Deakihs. Caspar schaaf, who are
known to have attended = meeting of
citizens Of Frederick. Nd, on November
1s, 1774, and there as 4 committee de-
cided to carry out the Association"
agreedN upon by the Continental Con-
gress? And a column Of the names Of
such patriots might be added to this list.
No city could boast Of a more repre-
sentative class Of men and women than
those who were carried to this cemetery
to sleep until the day Of judgment, but
whose little mounds have been obliter-
ated and whose resting places are no
longer known.
One OF the oldest stones there, as the
writer recalls it, was that to the memory
OF Capt. John H. Higginson of St.
Marys, VINO died May 4, 1915, aged IS
years. A verse said:
Weep not, my friends
For am gone to my eternal home,
Far from you and 4
In hopes 1Cith the Just to rise that last
day
And 1Oith God
FOreDermOre to Stdu
Fitting Place
The idea of abandoning this grave
yard was not unanimous by any means.
But the citizens association wanted it;
the church apparently wanted it, and
SO 1t was obliterated, and what has
been done can never be undone. But
it might he good idea to follow out
the suggestion made by Prof Ely Of the
public school, wrote, in 1917:
"The cemetery, or graveyard, was gen.
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Old Trunk Yields Rare Webster Diary

after the guests had gone, we had a
bottle of porter and sandwich, which
I did not partake Of. ...
"Mr. w. and the ladies came home
about (am)"
Visit to Buckingham Palace.
BY far the two outstanding events Of
the Websters' trip that began May l8
and ended December % that year of
1889 were their visits to Buckingham
Palace and to Paris.
1t was at the Queens ball at the
palace that Mrs. Webster herself ad-
mitted having slipped somewhat on the
question of drinking. Nowhere in her
account did she mention Mr.. w., who,
however, is assumed to have done all
right by himself, since the party didn't
break up until o'clock:
Monday night-At 10 left our lodgings
in company with Mr.. and Mrs. Stevenson
and Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderpool for the
Queens ball at Buckingham Palace-a
splendid one it was. We entered in due
form-I followed Mrs. S. who by the by
with Mr.. Stevenson are very kind. We
entered the saloon and there awaited her
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NJ streets wv. until 1873.

Gated in P street near Thirty -first street
NV
Prior to 1908, the senior Mr.. Birch,
before referred to, and his son and Sue
cessor Isaac Birch, had removed from
the Presbyterian Cemetery the remains
OF upward of 300 bodies. In ALL there
are said to have been 2700 internments
made there, and that all the remains
were dug up and removed when houses
were built in this vicinity. In grading
the square, during or shortly after 1908,
the bodies on the Thirty fourth street
side are said to have been removed,
while those on the eastern part of the
square were left undisturbed. However,
among these there were undoubtedly
many members of prominent George
town families and number of Revo-
lutionafy patriots left there at the time.
Later in checking up the names of the
patriots, whose remains were removed
prior to the time the cemetery was
turned into a playground, the writer was
able to account for only seven, although
he believes there were few others. Sell
den M. Ely, whose interesting paper on
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orally used by rich and poor of all faiths.
The pastor, who said the last sad rites
for more than so years over the bodies
as they were lowered in Gods acre.
was himself loved patriot. Seven cof-
fins of the more prominent have been
removed; the ashes Of six certainly, and
doubtless many others are still there,
but memory and gratitude belong to
all. Then what more fitting place in
the National Capital than this hal
lowed land, now the Georgetown Num-
'capal Playground, upon which to erect
a monument or memorial fountain to
the courageous spirits Of the Revolu-
tionary period? Certainly, it would be
a lesson 10 the youth of today that
courage and patriotism are virtues that
republics highly honored. Then, too, 1t
would be tribute due old Georgetown
as splendid center of active patri-
otism"
And this is all right, so far as 1t goes.
but the playground, under the circum-
stanes, should not be continued there,
for little sentiment can be inculcated
in children who are permitted to romp
over the graves of their sires.
On October %, 1907, William H. Mono
que, then prominent attorney OF this
city, wrote 20 the District Commissioners,
saying:
Il respectfully protest against the
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'The District of Columbia In the Amer
lean Revolution" ETC., printed in the rec
ords of the Columbia Historical Society,
records the following Revolutionary SOL
diers whose remains we're removed from
this cemetery to other places in the
District:
Joseph Carleton, to Arlington, Novem-
ber 13, 1907; Thomas Meason Cor Mason),
to Arlington, May IL, 1892 James House,
to Arlington, May IL, 1892; Caleb Swan,
to Arlington, May II, 1892; James Giles
pie, to Congressional, April 4, 1892;
Uriah Forrest, to Oak Hill, January 81,
1883, and Rev. Stephen Bloomer Balch,
to Oak Hill, in 1874.
Besides family lots and individual
grave sites, there were at one time up
ward of 10 tombs in this Gods acre; two
vaulted yards, 16 feet square, two feet
square and one feet square, surrounded
by brick wall 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 individuals
for their own use elsewhere"
When the writer saw this cemetery a
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few years before 1t was plowed over, 1t
did not appear to him As being beyond
reclaiming. A small appropriation would
have saved q sacred spot wherein were
inferred, as has been said, "the pride
and wealth and glory Of aristocratic
Georgetown" Indeed, at an early date,
other generations had come to the rescue
and put the place In shape, according to
the Rev. Thomas Bloomer Balch, who
makes this comment in his "Reminis-
cences of Georgetown:
This cemetery was long neglected; 1t
was overgrown with brambles, but re-
Gently several of our ladies, to their per-
petual honor, have reduced the thistles,
reopened the walks, trimmed the trees,
planted fresh flowers and re-established
its PROSTATE gates. This was the work
worthy of female hands, for many OF
our sires sleep in that consecrated
ground. There men repose who once
pulled the shamrock of Erin, the lily Of
Gaul, the rose of England, and the Scot
tish hawthorn; and who, in search of
freedom, came bounding over the waves
OF the Atlantic to the haven Of the
Potomac"
Unforgettable Names
What q valuable, historic place this
was to be preserved. The burial place of
the founders of Georgetown. Not only
its Revolutionary soldiers, but its soldiers
of the War of 1872 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, jr.; Bernard
O'Neill, Brooke Beall, Joseph Threlkeld.
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on q certain Tuesday evening, October
40. when they dined with Louis Philippe
and his Queen, the Princess Adelaide,
Princess Clcmentina, an unmarried
daughter Duke de Nemours. Duke Mont
pensier and younger one still. ="
On this occasion, Mrs. w. took no
chances on Daniel hanging around until
the small hours of the morning. Came
9 pm. and she arose abruptly. leaving
her husband with no alternative but to
follow her.
THE Queen" Mrs. Webster chronicled,
entered with our Minister, Gen. Cass;
the King followed with Princess Adelaide,
Clementina, and with the Kings
fourth son, Duke de Montpensier. Julia
(Websters daughter by his previous mar
riage, to Grace Fletcher) with the nth,
Duke of Aumale. Mr.. w. followed with
the principal lady Of the household, 4
great lover OF the Duke of Orleans and
his Duchess; she is q very fine woman,
educated in England.
"Mr. w. 50. on one side of the Queen,
Gen. Cass on the other; next to the
King on one side was the Princess
Adelaide and next her Prince Mont
pensier, and next to me q nice person
Of the household. 80
Dinner very superb. The King helps
the soup, both tureens before him, and
the Queen the hsh. first rate attendance;
gold platters and silver plates and forks.
Second course gold spoon, dessert knives
and forks, but as you use one fork an
other is placed at your side, and the
same with your tumbler Of water: as you
empty 1t, 1t is filled again and again,
you ask for nothing.
Every kind Of wine handed you, first
claret, then sherry, then burgundy, then
champagne. then malmsey, etc. Dinner
all small dishes, not half We have in
America; chocolate and ice cream to-
gether. coffee, ice moulded in jelly moulds,
everything 50 nice. The finger bowls
await you on resting; the servant stands
behind you and holds it and 4 moment
only to wash and clean the mouth, while
the King and Queen are performing the
operation.
II took the little tumbler, tepid water
favored with mint, and rinsed my mouth
As had my gloves on. The gentlemen
had theirs placed on the side table. - =
I'VE sat until about and then I
arose and bade adieu to the Queen and
princesses and ladies and to the King
In passing and to the officers; and the
gentlemen (including DanieD followed.
I found after leaving that the Queen was
to have had fine music, purposely for
US, but We erred on the safe side, fearins
to remain too long,"
The Kings Sea Story.
She quoted the King as having told
the following "sea story:
when he tthe KING went to America
he took passage in 4 swedish vessel, the
captain and crew Of which were very
indolent; they never changed the sails,
or hoisted more. One day the wind being
fair, the King enquired why they did
not put on more sail. Oh! said the
captain. the wind viii change Again. and
then Ne shall have the trouble Of taking
thsm down again. The consequence Vas,
his passage WAs : long cns.'
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Georgetown's Most Historic Cemetery

Arlington, orator Of the day. Music.
Capt. Stull's Rifle Corps, commanded by
1t. Kurtz. Hearse, with the horses clad
In mourning. Four venerable pallbear-
ers, with white scarfs, on each side Of
hearse. Mr.. George Lingan, the generals
son, chief fourner. The generals horse,
In mourning, led by groom. Family
and relatives of the deceased In coaches.
The wounded veteran, Maj. Musgrove,
who survived the midnight massacre in
which his brother soldier fell, bearing
the generals sword and supported by two
heroes OF the Revolution. Mr.. Hanson,
and other survivors of the band, who de-
Tended the liberty Of the press. Veteran
Band of the Revolution. Strangers OF
distinction. Citizens from the Counties
Of Montgomery, Baltimore, Frederick,
Charles, Prince Georges and st. Marys
and from the cities of Georgetown.
Washington and Alexandria Marshal
on horseback. Capt. Peters troop Of
horse commanded by 1t. John s. VII
liams"
Bronze Marker
The interment of the body of Gen.
Lingan was made in the grounds about
the home on Foxhau road, short dis
tance north of Conduit road. In May,
1903, Dolly Madison Chapter of tire
Daughters of the American Revolution
put a bronze marker over the patriots
grave, and in November, 1908, the body
was transferred to Arlington National
Cemetery and reinterred with the hon.
ors due an officer of his rank.
1t would hardly seem consistent to as
sociate a'banquet with cemetery, and
yet in these very grounds force Of 280
men, under the command of Maj. George
Peter, was dined and wined by the citi-
zens after that force had returned from
its march to Benedict, Nd, in search of
the British in June, 1914. Two months
later this same Maj. Peter led the artil-
lery company from Georgetown in the
battle of Bladensburg, August "a, 1914.
1t was a part of this densely wooded
tract of land that was purchased in 1847
by w. w. Corcoran, who spent an initial
sum Of $4,000 in its improvement. On
March 3, 1849, when the charter of the
Oak Hill Cemetery Co. was passed by
Congress, he generously conveyed this
land to the company for the purpose of
a cemetry. 1t originally consisted of but
IS acres, which were purchased from
Lewis Washington of Jefferson County,
Va. Subsequent purchases - including
the Samuel Davidson tract, near which
stood his handsome residence known as
Evermay-brought the acreage up con-
siderably. For the first Is acres Mr..
Corcoran paid $4,000; other expenditures
brought the total amount up to $4,000.
Looking through this city of the dead,
we find the graves of many whose names
have become historic, such as Edwin M.
Stanton, the great War Secretary Of
President Lincoln A monument marks
the last resting place of Gen. Jesse Lee
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BY John Clagett Proctor.

y -
Georgetown's most historic cemetery to
survive the ravages Of time Is Oak Hill,
located at the head of Thirtieth street,
In one Of the most picturesque spots in
the District, early known as PARROTS
Woods" a favorite place for the Fourth
of July and other celebrations and
where famous orators of more than q
century ago explained to eager listeners
the causes which led to the American
Revoluation and which made our glor-
ious country free and independent.
It's early name, PARROTS Woods" was
given it because here Richard Parrott
had his rope walk-just to the west of
the cemetery portion, now called Mont
rose Park, which is part Of the original
tract called "Montrose." 1t was in
PARROTS Woods, where one of the most
notable events of its time took place,
this being the paying Of funeral honors
to the memory of Gen. James M. Lingan,
for many years citizen Of Georgetown.
JUS where he got the title of general
no one seems to know. He did serve as
captain in the American Revolution and
became an original member of the So
ciety of Cincinnati.
He was a personal friend Of Wash
ington and was, besides. an original
proprietor of the District, owning that
part of the tract known as widows
Mite embraced within the city limits.
Useful Citizen
Lingan helped the first President ma
terislly in acquiring title to the property
necessary for the seat Of Government,
and was in every way a prominent and
useful citizen.
The year 1912 was election year, and
war had been declared against Great
Britain on Friday, June 10, of that year.
Lingan, in politics, was Federalist and
the Federal Republican, the organ of
that party was being published in Bal
timore, with Alexander Contee Hanson
a editor.
The sentiment in Baltimore was DEM
ocratic and not in sympathy with Lin
gans party, which was against the ad-
minktration, and on June 81 400 men
and boys assembled with axes, hooks,
ropes, etc., at the ofiice of the Repub-
licar, corner Gay and Second streets,
and destroyed everything in sight, in
clueing the furniture, presses, type, and
even the house itself.
The paper was then removed to
Georgetown. where it was published for
q short while, when Mr.. Hanson re-
turned to Baltimore and continued the
publication in small house on South
Charles street, although the actual print
ing vas still done in Georgetown.
When he returned to Baltimore, he was
accompanied by Gen. Lingan, Gen.
Henry Lee Light Horse Harry, father
of Gen. Robert E. Lee, c. S. A.; Capt.
Richard Crabb, DR.. Philip Warfield.
Charles J. Kilgour, Ohio sprigg, Ephraim
Gather and John Howard Payne, the
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author Of Home, Sweet Home" all ar
dent supporters of the policies for
which the Federal Republican stood.
Heavily Armed
Here, on the evening of July q, the
house was again attacked by the mob,
and the Lingan party, in self-defense,
was forced into shooting DR.. Gales and
William Smith while they were at
tempting to gain entrance. Both parties
were heavily armed and determined, aud
the militia was ordered out, and those
within the house finally marched to jail
Here the mob finally got the upper hand
of things and 50 brutally beat Gen.
Linean that he died soon afterward. Gen.
Lee received fractured skull and other
injuries from which he never fully recov-
cred and which undoubtedly shortened
his life.
The body of Gen. Lingan was returned
to Washington. and all respect due to MS
honorable services in the Revolutionary
War paid his mortal remains There was
then no church or structure in Washing
WI VI NJCOlSCVoWA AdlSC SAAouSAh w oS-
commodate the crowd which desired to
attend his funeral, and PARROTS Woods
was selected for this purpose.
The procession started from Unicn
Tavern at Thirtieth and M streets, to
the strains Of funeral dirge. and moved
thence to the place where the services
were held. Minute guns were fired from
a new ship in the harbor owned by
Washington Bowie, 4 Georgetown nler-
chant, and named the General LingAn,
and Waslington's tent, now In the Ma
tional Museum, was spread over the
stand erected for the speakers.
Francis Scott Key, author Of "The
Star Spangled Banner" was invited to
deliver the oraton. but so bitter was the
party feeling that he was unable to ac-
cept the invitation, and George Wash
ington Parke Custis, owner of Arlington
snd grandson OF Mrs. Washington, was
substituted.
OF interest is the following order of
the funeral march as it appears In the
records Of the Columbia Historical So
eiety:
Marshal on horseback. -Four clergy
men OF different denominations COM
snittee On Arrangements. Mr.. Gusts Of