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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
NE hundr yeat n
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the acad
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practiced
sin and Jowa
torney ded n
The man who
class of 1829 was
named Robert E.
graduation he bed
neer in
stood sec
After
assistant
young
Lee,
ame
the construction of what
engl.
known as Fortress Monroe in his na-
ate, In 1X37 he was ed to
the western frontier and
ears
tive st order
for
he served his
the banks of the Potor
stood his beloved “Ari
home of his childhood
Custis, home
marriage in During the
can war Capt. Robert E.
successively Major
Colonel Lee and C«
eral Scott
country
from
where
playmate,
Tit
Mary
er their
Mexi-
became
ant
and his own
1831.
Lee
Lee, Lie
Monel Lee,
uten
declared that he was the
fieid. In
class™
1852 the “second man in his
came back to West Point as
its superintendent and tha
held until 1855. Visit the office of
General Smith, the superintendent at
West Point today, and among the
soldiers who down at you from
their portraits on ti ralls is this
handsome young Virginian.
In 1861 the guns of Fort
shattered the hopes of a peaceful set-
tlement of the
the North and the
recalled from Texas to
and General Scott offered
he had praised so
mand Union army that
about to be put into the fleld. And to
Robert E. lee, pacing back and forth
on the veranda of historic Arlington
as he sought to make his greatest de-
must have
father, the
look
differences between
Lee was
Washington
the
South.
soldier
the com-
of the
nis
cision,
hia
come the
“Light Horse
Harry” lee of Revolutionary war
fame: “Virginia is my country. Her
will I obey, however lamentable the
fate to which It may subject me.” So
this was Lee's answer to Scott, ag he
sent in hi resignation from
army, “Save in defense of my nat
state, 1 never again desire to
my sword”
Then Virginia seceded
Union and Robert E,
Confederate gray.
famous
ive
draw
from the
Within a year he |
A New Valuation
offered for the
original social Innovation Is
by the friends of Col. Mihaly
Unsérrmeiner of Budapest,
Living Age.
The plan is to scrap the convention.
al and commonplace salutations of
“good morning” and “good evening,”
go frequently uttered without deep
feeling or genuine sincerity, and sub.
stitute a newer and more expressive
The award most
claimed
Aronfly-
says the
a tt
Cag
gene
Wolseley,
army in
he wrote:
delibly
he =
quer
my }
be ws ¢ h ¥ the ab
and seemed
have
ave had the t
and Prince B arck.
of the few mer
sressed and awed
lest
the greatest
ever versed with, an«
lege of meet]
' t greatness
ome and gone sine
jesty of
sweetness
pressive
style of dress,
my most cherished re
me ht
felt my own insignifica
than I did in his presence
was, indeed, a beautiful
of him it might truthfully
“In righteousness did he
make war. .
Such was the leader of the
Cause” whose n n career came
to an end in April, 1865. Then (and
this tribute is from an editorial in the
New York Times) “General Lee, who
hated war and opposed secession, and
set for reasons highly ereditable to
his character seceded with his state
and led the Southern troops to battle,
stated the Confederate cause with per-
fect truth and simplicity, saying:
“Lost
After four years of arduous service
marked 3 Uunsy 0 courage and
fortitude, ee 7 of northern Vir.
ginia has 1 orced to yield to over.
whelming imbers and resources,
No commander on the other side,
no Historian, whatever his prejudices,
has ever disputed the accuracy of
those statements,
As time has cleared away the pre}
udices and hatreds engendered by the
Civil war, more and more have all
Americans come to a realization of
greatness of Robert E. Lee and
phrase, adapted without variation to
all hours of the day or night.
If the new plan Is carried out, when
acquaintances greet each other, one
will claim, soulfully, “Better future,”
and the other will respond with emo-
tion, “God give!”
Properly Designated
Colorado Is called the “Centennial
state” because it was admitted to the
Union In 1870, the centennial anni
versary of the Declaration of Inde
pendence,
North has joined South in paying hl
honor. His memory Is preserved In
many ways—in the college at Lexing
ton, Va., which bears lis name and of
which he president In the
luter years of {ife; In the marble
fizure which stands In Statuary hall
in the National Capitol at Washing
ton: and in the preservation of his
home “Arlington” as =a national
memorial and a last resting place for
our soldier dead.
became
his
Recently a new memorial has been
added to the list and it is singularly
appropriate that this should be done
in the centennial year of his entrance
nto the country. For
on January 19, of his
birth, this year
wus made that
chapter of
the Cx Connecticu
purchased Stratford ball and
plantation of 1JI0 acres, where
spent hi bos
service of his
the anniversary
the announcement
iam Alexnne
Danght
mfederacy
was hood yea
to be
barn,
preserved memo
turned ou
made before citizer
1570 upon the
General Lee in which he urged the es.
of a memorial to honor
ch every person who loved
sthern leader conld contribute,
lowing day Mrs. Lanier re.
letter from a friend visiting
ribing a trip to Strat.
asking why it could not
ceived a
in Virginia,
ford hall and
be preserved
The day Mrs
meeting of her chapter which re
in the passage of resolutions looking
to the purchase of the tract. The deed
of purchase was signed at Stratford
hall by the owners, Mr. and Mra,
Charles Stuart, after seven months
negotiations,
Mise Armes set forth the purposes
of the Robert KE Leo memorial
joundation, now being formed to
operate to the Mount Ver.
non AXE0L iatio n, as heing fourfold: To
purchase, restore and furnish the home;
to restore the famous old library, make
of it a center of research and to es.
tablish scholarships; to restore the
colonial gardens, the Stratford whart
on the Potomac and reproduce some
of the boats which two centuries ago
were tied there, and to perpetuate the
{deals and character of the Lees, chief-
ly by historical studies,
Stratford was the gift of Queen
Caroline, wife of King George 11, to
members of the Lee family. It was
the home of Richard Henry and Fran-
cls Lightfoot Lee, signers of the Dec
aration of Independence; of "Light
Horse Harry” Lee and other generae
tions of the family. Prior to the Revo
lutionary war it was a gathering place
for Virginia leaders and the origin
of much of the sentiment for inde.
pendence,
dent
same Lanier eall
Earliest Use of Iron
Specimens of Iron have been found
in Assyrian and Egyptian ruins, In
the British museum there is a plece of
fron belleved to date from about 4000
B. C. In the Black Pyramid of Abusir,
at least 3000 B, CO, Gaston Maspero
found some pleces of iron, and in the
funeral text of Tepl 1 (about 3400 B.
C.) the metal was mentioned. The
knowledge of iron spread from the
south to the north of Europe, and one
theory is that iron first came Into vse
in Africa.
Neglecting to Paint
Means Monetary Loss
wants to
dated neighborhood, much less a
shabby house, It is true that many
people are forced to, since neglected
houses won't sell, Their appearances
are against them. A house that is
old, In need of renovation and paint,
Is fast on its way to utter hopeless-
ness—and nobody wants it
Houses that appear neglected
through lack of paint depreciate in
value so much that an appreciable
property loss is Inevitable,
To become a little
on the subject, while
want the old,
game place
tion would Increase in
girabllity far beyond
improvements, Modernizing an
house makes it a
a neighborhood, and a place
pride in owning.
In modernization, there is
the slightest bit of structu beauty
in the original lines, for
reasons they should be allowed to re-
main. Minor cha
themselves to com
esqueness will be .
fresh paint in an attractive
scheme will add the
ishing touches,
Nobody live in a dilapi-
cheerful
may
the
ght renova.
more
nobody
w indswept
with
house,
ever so sl
its value and de-
the cost of h
desir asset
where
economic
nges which lend
fort and
suffi
pictur.
ent Kind
import
Growing Movement for
Trees Along Highways
The possibill
main hi
flowers
the hope that
will mu
in a
good th
Near
ities of beautifying our
ghways by means of trees,
insg
aemn
and blooming shrubs res
nd
some day public
possibilities
arieto
who desired
outside
Mr.
landscape dev
one
congested
ares
become
splendor,
“But
emocratic commu 3
necessity of these san
it was to secure reli
forget
the elements of stru
ings bj they were
-—
nig ¥ 1 ty
gestion io
which
Joy of Life in Country
Want is
3
there in country li
The shortest answer is that
everything in country living,
days, that there is in
and in less concentrated form.
is even more, for there is enough le
sure and sufficient impuise toward
the formation of really close friend
ships. It iz not difficult to
one's friends oftener than once a
month or once a year of city
ers, and it Is possible
them most of the things
life Important in
change,
nown-
big city living
too
dwell.
that
merica.— Ex.
Not Too Many Evergreens
Care should be exercised in
ng evergreens, weeping varieties and
ly misused and overused, Generally
speaking, except In houses of @ecid- |
edly formal treatment, a combination
of evergreens and
are better than just evergreens,
ever, if your house does not
a formal treatment,
evergreens is out
How.
of place.
Road Sign Interference
Effectiveness of the standard numer.
al signs and direction and danger
signals on the transcontinental high-
ways, which have contributed im
measurably to the convenience and
safety of travel, is hindered in many
instances by advertising signa which
are so placed as to obscure them or
withdraw attention from them.
There's a Difference
A happy place to live, indeed, Is the
city where Is constantly heard the
sound of hammer and saw, but some.
thing else again is the city where only
the hammer 8 heard —Exchange.
Popular Green Foods
Grown for Centuries
One of the oldest vegetables is the
onion, of Egyptian origin. The deities
of the 'tolemies used to swenr by It,
and lack of It was the
plaints of the Israelites agninst Moses
in the wilderness, Carrots, have
a long The ancient Greed
held them to be particularly beneficial
to consumptives, strengthening and
fattening them and helping their cough.
Many of the comparative
ers to the vegetable stand stil have a
Spin-
one of come
100,
history,
New Ccotn-
1d them,
the
England
record of centuries bell
ach, unknown to
has cultivated in
fincients,
since
though
been
India,
2)
plant native of
i Agl more than
before It appeared on the
froma which it
of its evil ms
mar-
kets,
« and broccoli, with which J
are just becoming
been eaten for more than
I's New York Times,
acquainted
100
Athenian Vase Prized
Possession of Museum |
1 1
o-figured krater,
Vise used
{eet helght
been broken
ogether a
rations of
been shed w
BOCCONI
i ithout
Ber
aration,
Four
been
disfigurement to the de
which is in unusually fine style.
possibly five, other vases have
ied to Polion—one In Na !
one. w tars painted |
on it and another v 1 ath t!
attrit ples
ie in
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en Dr. Caldwell started to practice
back in 187 needs for e
laxative not as ' great as today.
People lived normal lives, ate plain,
food, and got plenty of fresh
that eariy there were
purges for the relief
sich Dr. Caldwell did
rood for human beings.
rescription for constipation that
be used early in his practice, and which
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ay biliousness, flatulence, indi
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3
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ut even
arug
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