AMERICA’S NATIONAL SHRINE
MOUNT VERNON, HOME OF FIRST PRESIDENT
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Mount Vernon illustrates clearly the
Washington Great
Military Genius
In Soundness of Judg-
ment No Other Com-
mander His Equal.
Nothing new can
be said on Wash-
ington’s character,
statesmanship or
patriotism. Noth-
ing old can be sald
on these subjects
with much chance
of being better
phrased than Byron’s summary of him:
The first, the last, the best,
The Cincinnatus of the West,
Whom envy dared mot hate;
or Kipling’s more detailed presentment
in “If” But in spite of all that has
been written on the man, few students
have taken Washington's full measure
as a soldier, and fewer still realize
how far he prefigured the scientific
and Industrial age in which we are
living today.
The average person thinks of a great
general as one who commands a great
army. It would be possible to get
farther from the truth than that, but
not without prolonged effort. There
is a point at which the mere size of
an army taxes the genius of its com
mander; but that point was not
reached until the Twentieth century.
Judged by the real test, that of
achievement in proportion to means
and obstacles, Washington is one of
the four or five greatest commanders
produced by the English-speaking
race; probably the greatest.
Greatly Handicapped.
Consider his difficulties. To begin
with, he was serving a revolutionary
committee, not a real government ;
and was not backed by any of the
governmental powers which supported
European commanders, The congress
of that day could not levy taxes, could
not enforce conscription, could not pay
{ts men or provide supplies. The men
were enlisted for varying terms, al-
most always for short terms, The offi-
cers had little training. The different
colonies were unaccustomed to act to-
gether. There was only the beginning
of a national feeling and national
consciousness, and the British, what-
ever thelr weaknesses, had splendidly
disciplined troops and held the sea.
Yet, in the face of obstacles like
‘these, ‘Washington kept an army to-
gether and made headway against the
enemy until he could deal the finish-
ing ‘blow at Yorktown. His Trenton
campaign maneuvers were almost
equally sa. The skill with which ‘he
nalled .Olinton to New York while the
Continental army was making its 400- |
mile march to catch Cornwallis at
Yorktown is fully equal to that by:
which Napoleon caught General Maek 1
asleep at Ulm,
No Errors Mar Record.
On one point of military genius, in- |
decd, Washington is superior even te
the Corsican Caesar. who in all things
else ranks at the head of the martial
world. No man can put his fingers
on any point in Washingten’s cam- |
paigns and say: “Here this man made
a serious mistake.” The soundness of
his judgment was almost uncanny.
Perhaps this judgment was due in
some measure to the scientific quality |
of his mind, His approach to science
was more practical than that of
Franklin, but equally zealous. Wash-
ington conducted experiment after ex-
periment in drainage, crop rotation,
different methods of fertilizing. His
notes on these matters are worthy of
attention from agricultural colleges
today. He berated Virginia's depend-
ence on tobacco as bitterly as, more
than a eentury later, Seaman Knapp
lashed the dependence of the gulf
states on cotton.
Always seeking better and more
economical methods of production, al-
ways trying to utilize by-products, al-
ways ready for a “flyer” in land, which
was the Eighteenth century substitute
for industrial promotion, Washington
was startlingly modern in many as-
pects of his mind, Where this mod-
ernism fails, it might pay us to get
closer to the Washingtonian viewpoint,
even at the cost of being somewhat
old fashioned,
Ranks«With Noblest
Thoroughly human, absolutely fear-
less, conqueror of himself, we may
put George Washington's record un-
der the microscope of criticism and
yet gay, with the English historian:
“No nobler figure ever stoed in the
forefront of a nation’s history.” :
self-dependent life of a South-before-
, the-war Virginia plantation.
There are, besides the mansion, about
thirty buildings on the estate, includ-
ing the kitchen, the office, the garden-
er's house, Lhe carpenter shop, the but-
ler's house, the smokehouse, the spring-
house, the milkhouse, the cornhouse,
two houses for servants’ quarters, the
shelter house in the deer park, two
lodgehouses at the north gate, the pa-
vilion at the wharf, seven cabins, two
lodgehouses at the west gate, a coach-
house and a barn.
The mark of a dominant individual-
ism is all over the place, as assertive
and distinctive today as when Wash-
ington took over the premises on the
dently of hus hulf brother, Lawrence
Washington,” in 1752, and began to
tinker with the premises, up to his
death 47 years afterward. Washing-
ton was mole than a country gentle-
man.
He was lhe head of a household of
about 150 negroes—all of whom he set
free at his death—trained in the vari-
ous occupations so necessary to the
self-dependent estates of those days.
Washington loved trees with a de-
voted appreciation. He planted and
cared for them. He laid out his grounds
with expert judgment; those about the
house were made in the form of a
shield, the center of the shield being a
smooth, treeless lawn. About this level
greensward a background of trees and
shrubbery was planted.
Everything is as he left it—the open,
grassy lawn at the front of the house
and the furniture in the mansion,
Two courteous gentlemen of the old
school have the task of keeping green
this important Washington memory {or
the future inspection of all who love
the cause of liberty and revere tha
name of Washington.
Greatness Far Above
Any Human Frailties
The great meaning of Washington
is his noble and unselfish patriotism.
The philosophy of Bacon is not viti-
ated by the fact that he was “the
meanest of mankind.” Daniel Web-
ster’s oratory and Edgar Poe's poetry
are far more important than the fact
that the orator and the poet occasion-
ally became inebriated. Abraham Lin-
coln’s funny stories—and sometimes
silly stories and perhaps even ques-
tionable stories—are not the essential
points of the emancipator’s life.
Shakespeare's deer stealing is of no
weight in our estimate of him as the
world's greatest man of letters. Car-
lyle’s sourness of temper and mean-
ness to his wife does rot detract from
Lis merit as essayist and historian.
Even the frivelities and frailties of
“Robbie” Burns fail to lessen poster-
ity’s respect for the genius of the
peasant poet.
So it is with George Washington.
Only small faults which were com-
men to all gentlemen of his day are
alleged against him; whether or not
the allegations are true is a matter
of supreme unimportance. What is
important is that George Washington
was gifted by mature to be the leader
in one of the mest significant move-
ments in the world history. These
are the things that Americans should
remember on the twenty-second day of
February.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
FOR YOUNG AMERICA
The figure of Washington remains
vividly real and human in the minds
of the American people. He is not a
mere tradition. His peculiarities of
character are intimately known. His
words are currently quoted. His per-
sonal appearance is familiar. He is,
indeed, living “in the hearts of his
countrymen.” And that is why on
this annual occasion the country
pauses te pay him the tribute of grat.
itude and respect and devotion.
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HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
When the correct letters arc
spell words both vertieally and horizontally.
fndicated by a number, which refers to
hus No. 1 under
fll the white spaces up to the first
‘under “vertical” defines a word which
black one below. No letters go in the
tionary words, except proper names.
terms and obsolete forms are indicated
CROSS-WORD
(©, 1926, Western Newspaper Union.)
Horizontal.
1—Apartments of women in a Mo-
hammedan house
§—A musical instrument
9—A pronoun
10—Distinguished
i2—A note of the musical scale
14—On the condition
15—A period
16—Noting motion toward
18—Spherical
20—One who rends
23—A falsehood
24—An interjection
25—An implement for sewing
28—To deprive of horns
81—A negative answer
32—A diphthong
22—Upon
83—Group of five 36—Alarms
39—Like 40—A grain
41—Abbreviation for the ‘state
where the tall corn
42—Escorters
44—A collection of four
46—A printer's measure
47—A beverage
49—Same as 41 horizontal
50—East Indies (abbr.)
52—Pertaining to living organisms
65—A pronoun
56—A carousal
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67—Fear
Solution will appear in next issue
the column headed “horizontal”
black square to the right,
placed in the white spaces this puzzle will
The first letter In each word is
the definition listed below the puzzle.
defines a word which will
and a number
will fill the white squares to the mext
black spaces. All words used are diec-
Abbreviations, slang, fnitials, technical
in the definitions.
PUZZLE No. 2.
Vertical.
1—A pronoun
2—To pay back
3—A printer's measure
4—The center
5—Fondled
6—Within
7—Fasten
8§—From
9—An abnormal type
11—A negative answer
13—Garment to protect clothing
14—A pronoun
17—A conjunction
19—One alone
21—A genus of tropical plant
26—An age
27—A meadow
929—An elongated fish
30—An implement for rowing a boat
33—Cessation
34—Vibratory motion
35—The nature of a dose of medl-
cine
36—Listen 37—Attract
38—A girl's name 43—A pronoun
45—Sun god .
48-—A note of the musical scale
51--A form of the verb “to be”
53— Prefix meaning again
54— An assimilated form of prefix
Mn.
55— Doctor of medicine (abbr.)
Are Interested in New
Fish Harbor.
Sportsmen
(Continued from page 6, Col. 5.)
fishway is thirty feet long and seven-
teen wide, with a solid cement bot-
tom. The flood spillway is twenty feet
wide, reinforced with stone. Because
there was no charge for the engineer-
ing service, given by Thomas Morgan,
of the Maderia-Hill Coal Company,
and because much of the labor was
performed by members of the asso-
ciation, the cost was only about $2000.
The expense fund was raised by an
appropriation from the association
treasury and through contribution
from 115 individuals and business
firms in the region.
Black Moshannon derives its name
from the color, or seeming color, of
its waters. To peer into its depths
the water looks black, and the bottom
is of the same dingy color. How-
ever, when dipped from the stream
in a pail or drinking vessel, it appears
to be entirely clear. Chemists who
have made analysis of it say it is one
of the purest streams in the State. It
has its source in and treverses Rus
township, the largest township in Cen-
tre county. Much of the area is wild
and unimproved land.
No railroads are near the stream,
but during the summer the dirt read,
known as the old Bellefonte pike, is
usually in good condition. The dam
lies northeast of Philipsburg. The
surrounding territory is ome of the
best deer hunting grounds in central
Pennsylvania, and. because of its iso-
lation is the habitation of numerous
beasts of prey. It is a favorite re-
gion for trappers, who each year take
numerous wildcats and foxes.
The dam for several weeks has been
frozen over and has a blanket of snow.
An inspection the other day revealed
a tragedy of the wilderness. A splotch
of a water hole showed where a wild-
' cat, most ruthless of the killers, and
probably frantic from hunger mad-
ness as a result of the deep snow on
tha ground, had pounced upon a young
deer in search of water. A short dis-
tance back in the undergrowth was
found the remains of the carcass,
dragged there by the savage beast to
afford another meal.
A pair of beavers have also made
their home on the stream, and have
gnawed off a number of partly grown
trees with which to build their home.
They feed upon the trees during the
winter. These beavers were forward-
ed during the summer by the State
Game Commission to the keeper of |
the Rush township game refuge, who
had placed them on another stream.
The locality apparently did not please
them, possibly because of insufficient
isolation. They moved. Their presence
at Black Moshannon near the fish
dam, was discovered by deer hunters
early in the winter.
It is expected to make the fish dam
a recreation centre for all who care
to visit the place. Anybody with a
license will be allowed to fish there
in season, and boating and swimming
will be permitted. However, no mo-
tor boats will be allowed on the dam.
Motor boats are said to be destruc-
tive to spawning beds and the engine
exhaust frightens the trout.
The founder of the State Centre
Game, Fish and Forestry Association
and one of its most active members
| is Andrew G. Ericson, taxidermist and
secretary of the body. The president
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is Willis N. Zeitler whose untiring ef-
forts in enrolling members has made
the association one of the largest of
its kind in the State. He is deeply
interested in conservation and wildlife.
burg, was the association’s first presi-
| dent. He is now chairman of the fish
| committee.
| Harry B. Scott, of Philipsburg,
| elected in November as State senator
from the Centre-Clearfield district, is
chairman of the game committee. He
has been one of the association’s most
aggressive members. J. Frank Kep-
hart, devoted to both fishing and hunt-
ing, is treasurer. Paul Harper, wide-
ly known as an expert rifle shot, is as-
sistant secretary.
Among the members are other well
known citizens of the region. Twe of
its most active workers are former
members of the Legislature, Philip E.
Womelsdorff of Philipsburg, and Peter
McDermott of Clearfield county. The
latter is vice president of the organi-
zation.—“Brookville Republican.”
Humming Bird:
wm cegard to the materials used by
humming birds in constructing their
nests, I wish to say that no hair or
feathers are ever used. The nests are
built of lichens and attached to the
limb which is as nearly as possible the
exact color of the lichens used, hence
the difficulty in locating the nests of
humming birds with the human eyes.
The nest is never hidden but merely
cunningly camouflaged. — Pathfinder
Magazine.
Prefers Prison
| Miw:ukee.—Lonely outside prison
walls Rifichael J. Harris is going to
spend the rest of his life among his
the old-timers inside. Pa-
voted in 1018, he insisted upon return-
ne “home.”
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on an average every month. Care of
the disabled veteran is a foremost
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which the people can ehare by joining
its ranks during the Tenth Annual
Roll Call, November 11 to 25.
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