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So it will be a sur- prise to many Americans to learn that perhaps the greatest rider of them all Theodore Roosevelt, but was not George Washington! This fact is revealed in a book, “George Washington, Colonial Traveler,” written by John C. Fitz- patrick and published by Bebbs-Mer- rill of Indianapolis. Mr. Fitzpatrick is already known as the editor of the Washington Diaries and one of the leading authorities on the life of Washington, and his official position as assistant chief of the manuscript division of the Library of Congress, which enabled him to search every important document in the nati;nal storehouse of historical treasures has made it possible for him to pre- sent the first complete decumentarv record of Washington's career from his birth in 1732 to that day in 177) when his life as a colonial gentleman ended and he became commander-in chief of the Continental army. In his prefatory note, Mr. Fitzpat- rick makes this statement: Few inhabitants of Colonial America traveled the country so widely or con- tinuously as did George Washington and it is not too much to suppose that this acquaintance with his native land had a decided bearing upon that broad patriotism which was his distinguish- ing mark from the moment he took command of the Continental armies. In this, the first period of his life, he traveled from Williamsbarg, Va., to Lake Erie, from Mount Vernon to the Shenandoah, Pennsylvania and Fort Pitt, from Winchester, up the Shenan- doah valley to the North Carolina line, from Mount Vernon to Ohio and lower West Virginia beyond the Allegany mountains, from Williamsburg into the Great Dismal swamp and from Mount Vernon to ° Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, not to mention new Washington's False Teeth Until 150 years ago dentistry com- prised little more than clumsy meth- ods of extraction and was largely the avocation of barbers and the trade of traveling “tooth-pullers.” Paul Revere, patriot and silversmith, practiced den- tistry. John Greenwood, a Continental trooper, gained such a skill that he supplied General Washington with a full set of teeth carved from a hippo- potamus tusk. The most noted of the "A Young Colonia a voyage to the West Indies, frequent trips to Annapolis, Maryland, and the many times he traveled up and down the “Northern Neck” to attend the ses- sions of the house of burgesses at old Williamsburg. In these last mentioned journeys he often crossed into Maryland, to recross again into Virginia and vice versa, to avoid the mud and heavy going of the old Potomac path down the west bank of that river. The journeys to Wil- liamsburg, from Mount Vernon, by way of Fredericksburg or Port, Tobacco, Maryland, were made so many times that it is regrettable that none of the old inns, or “ordinaries,” at which Washington was wont to stay, have survived. The state of Virginia is now earnestly at work upon a system of markers, or tablets, for its historic spots and the locations of the more im- portant, at least, .of these hostelries will, doubtless, be fixed as a result; but as the buildings themselves disap- peared long before photography was recognized as a valuable art, there is small likelihood that authentic pic- tures of many of them will ever be found. Prior to Washington's marriage and while he was in command on the fron- tier, he traveled, almost entirely, on horseback and there are indications that the excessive and hard riding of those frontier days was largely re- sponsible for one of the severe ill- nesses of his life. Excepting the west- ern plainsmen of later days, there are few Americans who have spent so much of their lives in the saddle as did George Washington and few parallels can be found in American history for the riding performed by him in his services to his state and to the nation Nearly all of the riding, during the period covered by this volume, was through regions wild, or sparsely set- tled, minus the advantages of good roads and frequently upon nothing bet- ter than an Indian trail or hunting path, exposed many times to the arrow or bullet of the savage, Although the book fs in effect a “day-by-day” account of the activities of Washingten over this period of vears, complete only so far as ac- cessible documents make it possible to compile such a record, and there fore lacking the narrative appeal of other books on Washington which have appeared in increasing numbers during recent years, there is a world of human interest in some of these documents. There is, for example, Washington's account of Braddock's pioneers and the founder of dentistry in this country was Joseph Le Maire, friend of Lafayette, who landed in Newport in 1780. James Gardette and Josiah Flagg, two of his pupils, be: came leaders in the profession. Flagg was the first to use gold fillings. The First Inauguration George Washington was inaugurated as President the first time in New York on April 30, 1789, The oath of office was administered by Robert Livingston, chancellor of the state of defeat, the story of which has filled many a page of history in the 173 years since it occurred. From the Braddock Orderly Book is taken Washington’s laconic report on that disaster as follows: July 9, Wednesday. near Fort Duquesne: Monongahela, On the 9th, I attended him (Brad- dock) on horse-back, though very weak and low. On this day he was attacked, and (defeated by a party of Etench and Indians, adjudged not to exceed 300. When all hope of rally- ing the dismayed troops and recover- ing the ground was expired (our pro- visions and stores being given up) I was orered to Dunbar's camp. A few days later he writes from Fort Cumberland to John Augustine Washington : As I have heard, since my arrival at this place, a circumstantial account of my death and dying speech, I take this early opportunity of contradicting +he first and of assuring you that I have not as yet composed the latter. What a chance was lost there to anticipate by more than a century Mark Twain's celebrated epigram about the news of his death being “oreatly exaggerated”! But it could not be expected that Washington, with the scenes of that carnival of blead still fresh in his mind, would be inclined to comment report with humor. matter were iar ard they suggest hix having some strangely prophetic visior of the destiny that awaited him when he continued his letter with these words: By the all powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected be- yond human probability and expecta- upon such a any degree of whimsical different in tone, the possibility of tion; for 1 had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet csecaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me. And there are those who agree as to the “dispensation of Providence,” who believe that if the bullet which killed Edward Braddock, the British general, had struck down instead a young colonial named George Wash- ington, the history of the United States would have been vastly differ- ent. New York. Samuel Otis, secretary of the first senate under the Constitu- tion, held the Bible on a cushion while oath was administered. At the close of the ceremony the first Presi- dent bowed down and kissed ible. Common Sense The right ot property isn’t holy, but is just common sense. The man who is industrious enough to attain prop erty ought to have more rights than the loafer.—Atchison Globe, Instead his thoughts on the | the | THE PATTON COURIER . Nation's Life Dependent on Proper Observance ¢ and Execution of Law By JUDGE JAMES H. WILKERSON, U. S. District Court. ORE important than any problem of finance or industry, or foreign relations, or agriculture is the grave question whether we shall enforce our laws. Upon that premise hinges the question of whether the nation shall endure. Laws forced by reformers and propagandists upon the country without any regard to the ability of the government to enforce them are one major cause of the breaking down of all laws, Big business has trampled upon laws which hampered or impeded the race for money. The attitude toward law of leaders of industry and finance during almost a century of devel- opment is only too well known. ing the whirlwinds, I would point out also as a contributing cause to our condition the inadequacy of the courts. There is too much delay. There are too many technicalities. Those who advocate the doctrine of nullifying laws merely because they think they are unjust, are enemies of true republican government. That doctrine has no place in this country. There was a time when respect for all laws was fundamental and existed. Is that true today? We know it is not. People have come gen- erally to believe that the law has been broken down in this country. What can we do about it? We can be more careful in passage of laws. We can repeal those which clutter up the statute books, hiding in their maze the important laws. We can improve the condition of our courts, simplify procedure, remove delay. Life, property and prosperity are really dependent on the proper ob- servance and execution of law, and it is time that Americans awake to the danger which is at their door. They sowed the winds and we're reap- Scientific Control of Birth Rate the Solution of the Population Problem By REV. DR. HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK, New York. You cannot trust God to bring everything off all right if you lot the earth’s population double every sixty years. If we do so we will reap starvation, unemployment and physieal and moral decay. Dean Inge of St. Paul’s cathedral, London, has taken his share of obloquy because he has said in his straightforward fashion that “there is no hope for the basic social problem of population except in the sei- entific control of birth.” All honor to him. He is not a sentimentalist. He is facing the facts. We should take the shackles off the physicians, and let them tell the nation that there is no hope for the solution of the population prob lem except in the scientific control of the birth rate. Here in the United States we are sufficiently anxious over this situa- tion that we have checked immigration. I am a restrictionist because l am not a sentimentalist. A sentimentalist might say, “Let everybody freely in,” but one who faces the facts must see that from the stand- point of this country we cannot handle the problem either physically or morally if, with the pressure of population, we let the teeming overflow of the world’s peoples flow freely in, and, if we should, we would not solve anybody else’s problem. Childless Homes Largely to Blame for Divorces and Wrecked Lives By REV. C. F. REISNER, New York (Methodist). Childless homes cause more divorces and wrecked lives than does any other single thing. We are busier teaching people how to avoid parenthood than we are showing them what they will lose if they shut children out of their homes. Growing little ones teach, inspire, and de- velop character, waken ideals and insure happiness as can no other sub. stitute. Pleasures lost by the demands of children are mere soap bub- bles compared with the glory, satisfaction and vital benefits derived from building men and women out of our own sons and daughters. Some parents actually excuse their childless homes by insisting that without the responsibility of a family they can do religious, chari- table or reform work, which wonld otherwise be impossible, Some of | them had better give their days to raising and training one Lincoln, | one James J. Davis or one Michael Pupin than to spend fifty years in other fields for which they are unfitted, because they do not get the training nor the God-like development which children would bring them. Gain in the Disestablishment of Church and State in England ——— By REV. DR. DUNCAN H. BROWNE, (Episcopal) Chicago. Disestablishment of the Church of England from the state would be a decided gain rather than loss to the church. The prayer book which was rejected by the house of commons was a result of much study by the best minds of the Church of England. It seemed the best solution of the situation. Its rejection leads one to believe that disestablishment of the church from the state would be a good thing, a gain rather than a loss to the church. A great many members of the church would welcome such a dissolution. The debate which accompanied the action on the prayer book is one of the healthiest signs of life possible. This renewed interest will be ¢ It shows an awakening interest in the church. church. The church has been dead in many respects, and the debate and decided advantage to the | | } | “that | the testimony of Mike the Killer, re- interest created in the present situation will serve to liven the church | all along the line. Ineffective Training of School Teachers Hampers Education By NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President Columbia University. Educational delinquencies of appalling signifizance are resulting in \merica from a lack of education on the part of school and college oachers. The elaborate training which teachers often receive is a sorry ubistitute for education. urpose this trait may serve in other fields, it is futile as an instrument They are trained as specialists, but whatever I education. Intensive training from childhood in gainful pursuits is not a sign [ educational progress, it is a return to the Dark ages. What is lacking lay is that background of good manners, cultivated speech and hig andards of appreciation in art and letters which always has boun ugether those of genuine educational insight and competence and College | { | } | ! ordinary gas bag filled with hydrogen SAY “BAYER ASPIRIN” and INSIST! Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millicns and prescribed by physicians for 25 years. DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART Accept only “Bayer” package which contains proven directions. Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100—Draggists. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicachi And This Is Counted Good Legal Defense “Criminal trials are involved with so many technicalities nowadays,” said Attorney L. G. McCann, who at one time was a noted prosecuting attorney, unquestionably a great many criminals escape their just deserts, Leniency to women witnesses was largely responsible for the opening wedge ; and precedent, the bugaboo of all trial lawyers, has done the rest. “What could be more absurd than arrested shortly after doing time un- der the name of Jones? “ ‘Now, Mr. coos the prose- cutor, ‘isn’t it true that you were re- leased from the penitentiary only a month ago, after doing ten years for murder? “And Mr. Jones, alias Mike the Killer, who has read the newspapers, promptly answers, ‘lI don’t remem- ber. "—Los Angeles Times. sones,’ Balloon Stays in Air A balloon that will stay in the air for weeks at time has been invented by M. Lucien Bodin of France. Bodin claims that his new device precludes the necessity, of having to release all the gas from the bag in order te regu- late its altitude. Besides the balloon’s not sufficient to support it alone, the proposed craft will carry an auxiliary compartment filled with air to supply buoyancy, The pilot can regulate his altitude by heating or coellng the air, thus obviating the necessity of releas- ing any of the hydrogen.—Chicago Daily News, Plants’ Baths If your ferns, Jerusalem cherry trees and other plants look peaked, put them in the bathtub and turn the shower on gently. Plants need baths as much a» humans. Marriage is sometimes an illusion— and sometimes it's a disillusion. No one can keep up being “a regu lar devil” unless he's demented. PP ——— eater eeet eee Cautioned “Won't you have another helping of dessert, Willie?” “No, thanks; want more.” mother says [ don't any ALiniment 3 Soothes Pain from Strains, Sprains, Swollen Joints, Tired Muscles, Lame Back. Use It Today! The Geo. H. 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