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VSHIN'GTOX.—In the novel
of "Ivanhoe," Isaac the
Jew tells the knight that
lie knows it is the custom
of the Christians to put on
ijilgrims' garb and to walk
barefooted for miles to
worship dead men's bones.
There is something of a
sneer in Isaac's tone and
Ivanhoe rebukes him with
a truly heroic. "Blasphem-
er, cease!" I don't know how many
thousands of Americans KO yearly to
Mount Vernon to pay a visit to the re
pository of a dead man's bones, but
the number is something enormous.
If George Washington never had
lived at Mount Vernon, never had vis
ited there, never had died there, and
had been buried in the antipodes there
would be excuse enough for the visits
to the place of seventy times seven
tiie number of the pilgrims who go
yearly down the Potomac to stand or
the towering hill and to look of
the valley.
It is with an utter shame that it
is confessed that after four years'
residence in Washington one man
American born and with some lurk
ing pride of patriotism in his make
up never until recently wont to the
place where the father of his coun
try and the exponent of the American
school teacher's ideal of truth lies
buried.
Mount Vernon is the ultimate ob
ject of the voyage down the Potomac. ~
There are other objects every paddle
wheel stroke of the way, for the hills
on either side are hills of rare beauty
crowned with trees that saw the rev
olution and that in the fall are wear
ing the raiment which belongs to the
kings of the forest.
On the boat going down there was
a young German gentleman, who had
married an American wife. He was
much more interested in the beauty
of the Potomac's banks and in the
history of the country beyond the
banks and in the life history of
George Washington than was she.
The German asked his American wife
if George Washington was born at
Mount Vernon. She answered that
he was; which he wasn't, not by
many miles. He asked her many
other questions, to each and every
one of which, but with unening inaccuracy she
made answers. This was a traveled American
girl. 1 here is a fairly well-grounded belief that
she met and captivated her German husband
while she was doing Europe in an automobile or
was rhapsodizing on the lUiine.
Some day, perhaps—vedy likely, in fact—she
will go back to her husband's land and will
listen to his telling of his American trip, and in
the enthusiasm of the nature which he made
manifest on the Potomac he will tell the "his
toric truths" concerning George Washington
which he learned from his American wife
It may be that some of the Germans who
know something of the life of the American gen
eral who was the friend and fellow soldier of
Steuben will come to think, as some Americans
have come to think before this, that a little
American history might be included in the course
of study of the average American girl, and that
not a dollar should be spent on her passage
money to Europe until she knows without stop
ping to think whether it was George Washington
or Abraham Lincoln who crossed the Delaware,
and who, something later, forced the surrender
of Cormvallis at Yorktown. This may seem to
be a matter that is beside the mark, but, while
the listener had none too thorough a knowledge
of American history, there were some things
said on the boat plying down the Potomac that
if they had been said by an eighth-grade school
boy ought to have brought him a (logging.
Mount Vernon has been written about by
pretty nearly everybody who has seen the place.
It hasn't fallen to the lot of everybody to see it
in the fall. It is a noble place, a fitting resting
ground for the first American.
It seldom falls to man's lot to see such he
roic trees. There Is a giant oak whicUi stands
sentinel over the first burial place of Washing
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1909
ton. The body was removed from the base of
the oak about 75 years ago. It never should have
been removed.
It is said that Washington selected the place
where his body now lies and left instructions
that one day the change of sepulcher should be
made. The oak which guarded the first grave
must have been standing for three centuries.
The view from the place is inspiring enough to
enkindle the eyes of a dead man. The view from
the new tomb is fine in its way. but it is as noth
ing to the grand sweep of river, hilltops and for
ests which moves before the eye from the place
where Washington slept for 30 years.
Hundreds of visitors goto Mount Vernon
daily. They peer into the tomb and then
straightway goto the house. There is an inter
est, of course, which must attach to any of the
belongings of Washington, but it seems to be a
legitimate matter of regret that of the thousands
who goto Mount Vernon the interest in the mir
ror which Washington used when he shaved and
in the spoon with which he ate his porridge, if
he ate porridge, is far greater than in the forest
trees under which he walked and in the garden
whose hedges of formal cut were planted with
his own hand.
Indoors at Mount Vernon everything is dead;
outdoors everything ia alive. The forest and
garden are instinct with Washington; the con
tents of the house are as dust.
There is a real interest, however, in the
library of the old home. In the main the books
are simply copies of those which were on the
shelves in Washington's time. The originals, as
1 understand it, are in several libraries of the
country. There are two originals, however,
%vbich are open at the title page, so that if the
hi lit be good, one may road Washington's name
v. ritten in his own hand and the title of the book
word "Sentimental." The
wonder was, and the poor
light was responsible for its remain
ing a wonder, if the father of his
country had not in his quiet hours
been reading "A Sentimental Jour
ney." if the gentle Martha had
peeped into the pages and had re
proved George because of what she
saw there one can imagine his ready
answer that the book was written by
a holy prie3t of her own chosen
church.
The man with the megaphone on
the Washington "rubberneck" wag
ons tells his audience of passengers
as they roll by the Metropolitan club
house:"This is the club of the nobs."
In another minute, as the big sight
seeing bus passes another clubhouse
the megaphone man says:"And this
is the club of the cranks."
"The club of the cranks," as this in
formation howler calls it, is the Cos
mos club, and a most interesting or
ganization it is. Its membership is com
posed of scientists, some physicians
and clergymen, a few lawyers and
two or three newspaper men. The scientists are
in the great majority.
It costs a pretty penny to join the Metropolitan
club and to pay the dues and to live the life of
the organization. The initiation fee at the Cosmos
club is rather small, and the dues are light, but
there are scores of members of the Metropolitan
club,"the club of the nobs," who willingly would
pay twice or thrice the Metropolitan's initiation
fee and the Metropolitan's dues if the expenditure
could gain them admission to the club where the
"cranks" foregather.
Every Monday night is called "social night" at
the Cosmos club. Of course the clubhouse is open
at all times, but on .Monday evening the members
make a special effort to be present and there is
always a large gathering in the great, sweeping
rooms of the house where once lived Dolly Madi
son.
They don't intrude "shop" upon you in the
Cosmos club. The members are a genial body of
men and they have many guests from all parts of
the world. They find out what the guest likes to
talk about and then some one who knows the sub
ject is promptly introduced to him. There are few
world subjects upon which you cannot get an
expert opinion in the Cosmos club.
The members, of course, have their hobbies
and they ride them. In one corner of a room there
will be an astronomical group, and there will be
another corner witli a fish group and anotter cor
ner with a bird group and another corner with, it
may be, a mushroom group, it isn't all science,
however, in the Cosmos club. The members play
billiards and pool and bridge, and they have a fine
time of it generally and at no great expense, for
it is one of the hard facts of earlh that men de
voted to science have little money. Learning
doesn't bring high pay in the market.
I Pennsylvania
Happenings
The state Armory board at Ilarris
burg was called to meet 011 November
8 to consider a number of applicants
for armories.
The rabbit season will open 011 No
vember l. Many inquiries about it
are being made at the office of the
game commission.
A court for the trial of state tax
cases is being arranged for Novem
ber 2:i. The attorney general's de
partment will submit a number.
Very few violations of the game
laws are being reported to the state
authorities, even in regions where rab
bits are abundant. The deer laws ap
pear to be well observed.
Members of the state police are be
ing congratulated upon the good work
done in rounding up Carey Mack, the
Cumberland desperado. Black's cap
tors had worked disguised as hunters.
The Gettysburg anniversary com
mission will proceed with its plans for
tho celebration in 1913. Governors of
all of the states will be asked to at
tend. The next meeting will be held
at Gettysburg.
Dairy and Food Commissioner
James Foust was made a member of
the board of directors of the Ameri
can Dairy Union, a body which lias
been given full authority to manage
the affairs of this big organization.
The committee will meet in Washing
ton during tho month preceding the
meeting of congress.
State Health Commissioner Dixon
has been honored by election as one
of the vice presidents of the North
western Tuberculosis association, an
organization of Pennsylvanians and
New Yorkers, for the maintenance of
a sanatorium. Ex-Senator Emery is
president and ex-Representative R. P.
Habgood is a vice president.
Gov. Stuart recently announced the
following reappointments: William
A. Leisenring, Mauch Chunk, to be a
member of the fisheries commission;
J. ('. McNeil, Pittsburg, and W. H.
Ridge, Trevose, Bucks county, to be
members of the state board of vet
erinary medical examiners; Dr.
Charles B. Penrose, Philadelphia, and
Arthur Chapmau, Doylestown, to be
members of th'e board of game com
missioners.
Gov. Stuart has signed death war
rants in the following cases: Staney
Marcavich, Northumberland county, to
be executed November 1&; Fredlnand
Rossno, Lawrence county, to be ex
ecuted December 2; John Chogwaske,
Chester county, to be executed De
cember 2. The governor also issued
a respite in the case of Alfred Wnek,
Philadelphia, staying the execution
from October 28 until December 7.
A committee of citizens of Cam
bridge Springs appeared before Gov.
Stuart recently in an effort to secure
financial aid from the state to assist
the people who had lost homes in the
recent cyclone. The governor in
formed them that the state had no
funds available for such purposes and
that the act passed by the last legisla
ture prohibiting payment of any state
money except by specific appropria
tion. prevented advances being made.
Adjut. Gen. Stewart recently re
ceived nine sergeants of the United
States army who had been assigned
to the Pennsylvania state guard to as
sist in instruction of non-commis
sioned officers and privates. The ser
geants will be distributed to various
parts of the state to attend weekly
drills and schools of non-commis
sioned officers. The men were chosen
by the war department because of
proficiency and their assignment to
this state is part of the organized
militia movement.
State Health Commissioner Dixon
has approved the plans made for the
boroughs of Tarentum and Brecken
ridge in the upper part of Allegheny
county along the Allegheny river to
join in the construction of a joint
trunk sewer line and sewage disposal
plant. These boroughs are the first
in western Pennsylvania to unite in
such an enterprise, it having been rec
ommended by the state authorities be
cause of economy and efficiency. Sim
ilar recommendations have been made
for other towns in Allegheny county,
notably Mt. Oliver and others, which
it has been suggested join in order to
save expense. The commissioner has
approved seme plans for sewers sub
mitted by Washington borough, but
suggests that a general sewer plan for
the town be drawn up so that it may
know in future what it is going to do
in the way oi building a general sys
tem.
State Game Commissioner Kalbfus
says that few meadowlarks have been
killed by gunners so far this season.
It was feared that hunters would mis
take them for quail. But one arrest
on account of such shooting has been
made.
Numerous arrests of eel fishers who
have failed <0 make their boxes and
nets confoim to thu law are being
made through the state by wardens of
the fisheries department. Most of
them have been aloug the Susquehan
na river.
CALLED TO TIME.
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"Ain't she all right, Maria?"
"You might say something nice U
me, once in a while. Bob."
Experienced.
Non-Coin, (to recruit) —I don't sup
pose you ever smelt powder, hav»
you?"
Recruit—Oh, yes. I was In a drug
store before I enlisted.
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