Washington Keen Man of Business How does it come about that George Washington, a member of an agricul tural family, living In an agricultural state, and concerned primarily with the occupation and use of land, may be styled with absolute truth as the best and the most farsighted business mat of his time? It has been my fortune during the last three summers to search out the family history of Washington's ances tors, writes Albert Bushnell Hart, pro- fessor emeritus of history, Harvard university, in the Nation's Business. From William de Washington, who settied in the town of Washin Palatinate of Durham, In 1185, think we have a straight strain of 25 generations of Washingtons behind our George Washington that can be stantiated; and in that set of father to son, among men of va- talents and intellectual powers, | as yet failed to find a single In that line you find lawyer strain, You find judges. find for the most part holders of considerable estates, they administered successfully Line of Successful Men, There is in the Washington strong strain of practical and highly successful business men, Otherwise it would be Impossible to account for the manner in which Washing reached out beyond immediate field as a landowner to greater enterprises; and tine eventually he became the first practical tarnsportation man in the I'nited States Washingtor was a land. owner. That is, his prime was to run landed estates, It was a declining business when he took it up, when by the death of his fath and then of his two brothers he came into possession of very large properties, in- cluding the Mount Vernon estate and a number of adjacent pl Al. together he had 9.000 ind, pretty much in one tl Potomac, Including Mount That land he carried on as a ness enterprise, gton, we sub ances. tors, ried have the You landowners, which scalawagz, line a ton his io 1, of course, business ntations. acres of I: ong ng body al Vernon, as you would d were charged with such a respon gibility, to make 9000 iand pay if you could. He was the first Virginian that tohacco played out hecause the land was worn out: that the land would not stand the pressure of continued tobacco crops. So he turned to the culture of He bullt a mill to utilize that He you acres of to see was wheat, wheat and he sent it to market, had his own brand. Kept Accounts Faithfully, According to the customs of the time, he put up a distillery in order to make a different disposition of a part of his product. That is to say, Washington sought all the different kinds of agri enlture that could be maintained on his farm. He raised blooded stock of a superior kind. The king of Spain made him a present of a very valuable fnck. and he raised mulés and appar- ently raised them to advantage. Furthermore, Weshington was 8 natural accountant, and the proof Is in his diaries and in his account books, Almost the last thing that he put on paper was a little bit of hookkeeping. He kept his records in a clear, legible hnnd, le kept them according to the customs of the times. That is, he re- corded whatever went on, His diaries have been published in four volumes but they tell you nothing of what Washington thought. He put dovn no! what he thought but what he did, whe his visitors were, If he went to vliireh or stayed at home, That is, he kept a record to which he could refer to show very nearly where he wns every day and what he was do ing. fle was an analytic bookkeeper, and 1 suspect one of the first in America, Hence we find his accounts very care fully subdivided. We find an account for cach plantation, a general account, how much he gained out of wheat, how mueh from tobacco, how many gluves he had, what the expense had heen, and so op. He had that inex tinguishable love of figures that af jects some men, Even Gambling Losses Listed, Washington loved to keep books. One of Lis biographers has calculated his losses In gaming. He lost 70 pounds in a year, and he kept the ac- count and added it up. But the blog- rapher falls to notice that on the oth- er of the page Washington put down his winnings. lis winnings were 70 pounds. That he was 5 pounds to the good, because, after all, he had the fun of it and the fun must have been worth at least 10 pounds, Washington constantly holdings. He was a turalist. There Is in teresting correspondence Washington and a man named Blox- ham, whom he imported from England to be the manager of his estate. We have a letter from Bloxham telling what he thought of George Washing ton, and almost on letter from Washington he thought of plimentary came to understand Bloxham lived and ton's service, Washington itaral He was in correspondence Young in England, # such matters. He introduced seeds, planted raised trees and shrubs, He was a creative farmer, At least he made a living out of the farm, and left it much valuable than he found it, side is, increased his itifie agricul- existence an {o- between scler the same day a Bloxham, yf Come they and on either irted the imp fmplen i ents he could Arthur mer in he with « mgs I great rel cuttings, he more Found Joy as Surveyor, Again, Washi by profession, knows the long ngton He sixteen of hia Lord YeVS, wns a begnn—everybody in life. out have coples of the original the original hie rveying a bit of wed to handle the sur. He loved the ex- the science, surveyor it—at sears neighbor Fairfax, We have and Only ay or of age and to go employ friend, and make sur those drawings he plats surveys, We two before he was out su He le instruments pre veying perty. act ness ol Washington receiving the plaudits of the crowd after the inauguration as the frst President of the United States. Spirit of Washington Worthy of Emulation Even though we may find it neces. gary in certain particulars to modify the advice which Washington gave his country a century and a half ago—as, doubtless, he himself would modify it were he here today facing the world as it is—there Is in the spirit of Wash. ington as a citizen and patriot noth. ing that we could wish to alter, On the contrary we could ask noth- ing better for America than a revival of that spirit, There was a noble selflessness and a generous breadth of vision In his attitude toward his pub- lic duties which must remain through all the years the high ideal for Amer fcanism, He saw America as some thing bigger and finer than an oppor tunity for material success; he saw it as a spiritual adventure, a great ex- periment in human relations and In the development of human values, [It was his appreciation of this phase of American possibility which inspired his pride and devotion.—Chicago Post, It is customary te think of Washing. Black Generally Becoming to All Couturier Explains Why Women Are Divided Into Two Classes. A couturier only sees women ple- torially, and they are divided sharply into two classes: beautiful and ugly pictures, according to whether they are well or poorly dressed—poor In taste, says a Paris couturier in the Louisville Courier-Journal. Just as of- tentimes the woman without money 18 so because she has never exerted her- self in order to acquire means, women who are tasteless are usually so be- cause they have never goue to any pains to be otherwise, There was never a time In the his- tory of fashions when smart clothes were within such easy reach of the aver: pocketbook, nor when there was such limitless variety, facilitating an appropriate and becoming cholee, 30 that every woman, no matter what i her physical peculiarities are, is able | to overcome them in her dress without overstepping the boundaries of fash- nble correctness. Dressing ange lon smartly becomes a habit ifter a while, so that people get accus- | tomed to you becomingly at- { tired and used to thelr com- { plimentary remarks and flourish on them, TI! {ike the actor stimulated hy applause into Increasingly fine act- ing, you, gratified by being so on dressing better and better. Then the habit Is formed, and vou take on that much envied grand alr, and ever afterward enjoy seeing you get en, your very soul ie chie, go Evening Wrap in Black Velvet, With an Uneven Flounce, the special which In lege of dispensations modern social life are the privi the dressed wi Black is gen have used it In woolens, chiffon, tulle, crepe well man. erally becoming, and I broadcioths, gatin, crepe gette and lace, Men like black, Something about it what they like best in a nan. and sabily them: and velvet, de { repe chi o, geor hasi 78 conveys to sou entirely to my liking You must know | am not Seeking the ntfler of another, or I should wear something conspicuous he than appear in such conserva- tive taste” In their effort to improve the future,’ humans have since time immemorial turned to the past for enlightenment. This is all 1 urge you to do in matters of dress now, If you want to eapti- vate the men of days to come, find out what fascinated those in days gone by and exploit it to the limit in your coming conquests, Legs Are to Be Seen in New Sports Styles Although forced from her throne of formal fashion, the short skirt still remains queen of the sports styles, “Keep your skirts suort for sports— only a few inches below the knees,” writes Bettina Bedwell, fashion con nolsseur, in Liberty Magazine. “Let your waistline soar, but not too high, and remember that fitted clothes are not fitting for sports. Look upon the plaited skirt with suspicion. There are gathered and flared skirts that are much smarter, Cast out the sweater if possible and adopt blouse, waistcoat, or knitted dress. Let your gearf be part of your ensemble in color and material. Beauty in sports clothes is the beauty of usefulness, so leave off all purely ornamental knick knacks. See to it that your sports clothes look casunl—as if they just happened by some lucky accident.” ntion Double-Faced Tweed Is One of Season's Modes Whether you use the right side or the wrong side of the new double faced tweed coating you will be right, In other words there is no wrong side, for this clever fabric repeats the pattern on either side, changing only the colors. For instance, one surface shows the pattern in dark brown and black, while the other side reveals the game pattern ip light beige and black. pattern of either side may be found io a lightweight tweed. ON REARING CHILDREN from CRIB TO COLLEGE THE PARENTS" MAGAZINE How Is mother to rest and recreation? How is she to escape from the dally grind? Ope way to escape routine is to make I mechanical so that the mind is free to travel to pleasant places. Another, and less fortunate way of escape 18 to elevate the detalls to importance, make time for Do with children going to bed? Or do you keep the same bedtime from babyhood to five years, 80 that the child accepts it un- questionably ? Do you keep much med- icine on hand for sores and infections and fuss nervously about them? Or do you maintain a matter-of-fact attl tude in treating small ailments, show. ing children how to paint all scratches and ents with a good disinfectant? Dao you worry continually about drafis, damp feet and the weight of under wear? Or you teach children to exercise and keep a safe distance from running noses? you argue about do recommended und t HON, Ripe olives are physicians for children Contrary to universal oplr the ripe olive Is a food rather than the cond! ment it is reputed to be, through its association with the green variety. The ripe fruit has ng fat content and calorific or energy-gliv value, hy adulis, surprisi ing hen in- patient Experience has shown that, » fluenza Is present and a comes ill despite nll preventive ures, the outiook for the patient's re- covery Is distinctly improved if he Is promptly put to bed illed. The patients fighting the disease off the most seriou he mens doctor Is on guiier and a who Insist usually § consequences, Mental health is able to extract from the situatior oneself, of being interest an Yaopiness finds one of the hair In armful, t hats, are coloring Too freq: wetting galt water or cold she leading to falling hair. Tig which Interfere with cir Artif armies wreparati ent ywers is h } tat ion, to be discouraged. so-called | beneficial to the beautifier ons nor nies, with is neither convincing cures, ith. shampoos, as advertised, shoul used w out expert advice. 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