Show fr i is btu cut ty f LI LV 4 g L F- F 1 1 v ily f P G u if Ir ut t J i a 4 of the German ama r t 71 mac printed in s i which made the fin i J f r- r mown t t Washington ar Th Fa of Country By ELMO SCOTT WATSON r OW OW did it happen that George Geurge Washington came to be lie U GeorgeU A knO J known by the name of or The The t Father of His Its Countr Country II I Ii Ia i The obvious lou to that that that- Ld question Is of course COUIe that p- p pa a new nation grateful G to the man who had led It ItA 4 safely through h the tho dangers of a revolution re against Its former rulers looked upon him as its parent anti appropriately elected him for Its first President But nut the fact remains hint Washing Washington ton was known b by that title two years before the struggle for liberty had been fore he-fore won and at nt least ten years her he fore he was called to the highest x executive To 10 a German almanac published In Lan Lan- Lancaster Lancaster caster Ia a h by Francis Bailey Dailey In 1 belongs the honor of nr first applying that title to Washington The fron fron- frontispiece frontispiece of this almanac was a crude woodcut of a LI scene in which appeared several symbolic figures In the upper left hand corner of the lie drawing Is shown Fame as an nn angel bearin bearing In one hand liand a medallion of Washington ton wIth a laurel wreath upon his head and In the other a trumpet from which comes conies the lie words Des Landes Tin ater L nt ne of u r- r ri i Just how liow widespread became tIle the use of that title as the time result of tune the publication of or this almanac is an- an un known unknown but ut In liSI It was tens used n again aln by Count Dumas n a French In army In Tn that year sear George Washington had tad gone one to New New- Newport Newport port R n I to confer with General Although the Inhabitants of that colony had hall suffered ier err r Ably from the ravages ages of the lie war and ni-ic ni IT arc poor the tiny they to give tile the commander in chIef of the ContInental army an re- re re reception To help those who had hen been too impoverished eli Impo by the war to pur pur- purchase chase candles with which to light their windows In his hits honor th the coun coun- cil ell council counell ordered that th these se lie he elven to them free The fhe parade In honor of Is described h by a con con- temporary contemporary temporary ry writer Titer as follows s Th The procession slon was I led d off by thirty hoys bOYt bearinG candles fixed on staffs do followed by General V Washington s Count and the other officers their aides allies and nn the tho procession of citi- citi zens lens The night was clear or and anol there Ihle The was wall not brilliant a breath to lan Ian the torches procession married through the tho principal streets and then return returned d to headquarters h r On i reach reach- Ing reaching th the door Washington waited on the step until nil all the officers and th their lr friends friend menus had entered the house e then turning to the boys bos who had acted ns as torchbearers he thanked them hem I for attention This was glory forthe enough for the young 1 0 ng pa patriots After Afler Iris his conference with wills beau beau Washington prepared cd to lu return GI Ills lilt headquarters near nar Vc t and Count Dumas was appointed by to e escort lIll the general from l Newport to lr Providence Ilu In his Count Dumas tells ells of fiji lio t and nd th tb use of ut the than term terra father Cather of his country as fol 01 fol- fol follows lows We arrived there at night on March 13 The whole of ot the population had assembled d from the suburbs we were surrounded by a crowd of children carrying torches reiterating the ac- ac ac acclamations of oC the citizens zens nil all were eager to approach the person of ot him whom they thy call called ell their father and pressed so O closely around us that they hindered us from proceeding General Washington was waa much affected stopped a few moments and pressing my hand said We Ve may he ho bea beaten ten by the Eng Eng- behold It Is the chance of ot war but bul be hold an arm which army they can never conquer In connection with the use of that of-that that ItIs term In referring to Washington It ItIs itis Is Interesting to note lint liat a recent biography of Washington tins has been published IJ the lie by Bobbs com com- company com company pany flany under the lie title of The of Ills his Country It Is written by WillIam E Carton Barton noted as a biographer of Lincoln and In his chapter Washington The Influence of or Washing ton iota Barton Darton makes some sonie Interesting lIet between en these two great men as follows He lie loved lo his countr country and he t a was capable of ot lovinG every ery part of ot It ft lIe was born in bi the South hut but we do not think of him as a southerner lIe spent his life liCe In the lie Fast East but few mEn of hill lili generation had so much faith In the tho West Vest or strove e more earnest earnest- earnestly earnestly ly Iy and Intelligently to bind East and West together by roads and canals of ot cours course he did not nol know about but he would have been Inter Inter- Interested Interested ested In n them There Is something ot of close kinship In Washington's ear pr n lS to see a great preal national highway from the coast to the Interior an and Lincol s Jr great at hope of or seeing the completion of the Union Pacific rail raL railway way Indeed there are many line fine qualities qualities Illes which h these two men hud hind in common Washington Wal believed belle In education and sought to 10 secure a lar large e Amen Ameri American can university This countr country an as h he belle believed needed Intelligent citizens and well trained leaders loaders lie believed Ed In peace with nil till na- na nations na nations ions and he lie sought to secure that peace b by Justice and honor Put Cut he was a man of ot courage and when na na- na existence or wn was at stake slake he risked his life and his for for- fortune for fortune tune tuno for hl his country Lincoln was 0 born In poverty and spent nearly all his life a poor boy bo and mall man Washington ton was horn born In comfort t and became a man roan of greal Lincoln overcame o the handi handicap cap of poverty Washington O Ir OUT came came the greater creator peril of wealth While none of or the tile detailed descriptions lions of Washington describes him us AlII usa dna It a man runn the details of whose whole appearance could be accounted marks of beauty he was a man Ulan of striking physique and had a symmetry tIa hail I Imade made him nothing les less than thai handsome In hi but impressiveness Washington and Lincoln were near near- nearly nearly ly Iy of at a height We do lIo nut not know ebat t hat l LI measured In his I stockings and he was proud to add the hel height hl of or his hili heels heels boot boot heels rn n 0 what w ha I would ha have nave e been II a VOl possible gymnasium sl stature He tie called himself elf six feet flet and four Inches In height and probably In ii hi his hiI lm was Wll a little over six feel end and Iwo 1 r inches Concerning Washington n w we have no precise measurements and anol a 1 somewhat widely tefle series or of lie Ill was wn I Just about oln's LIn-oln's oln's hi height ht Unroll at iii his hiI hea weighed hout one t I That Nebraska football coach mauled Bible presumably 1111 hi w will Iii tench Iii Ills his play players ers era to tn do duo unto the lie other team as they wIsh It I f rho do o unto until them Shupe-As Shupe Simile As silly l us as the fa ulous football conch who wiio by b b hll while tile the lie chorus ehorn girls line up In grid gridiron riol iron suits for Cor tile the lie ca I I Jack Jak Onslow who will t Newark's Ness IW arks ark's pitchers next season tins till tie l of or being u a lucky ion Jn Pittsburgh and andi 1 i 1 I won I won pennants with w us as conch cli c 11 1 li eighty Washington was about twO tw hundred Washington was waa spare an and d Lincoln always thin Both Bolh had nar nag narrow row ch chests cheats lIts Neither had a n large hen hea t In proportion to his hie body bolly and that Ihal or o f Washington while about the size o othe of the average l head seemed small hIs body was so large Both men car carried sled ried their heads well on finely pol poised pol ed d necks Washington had feet reet and hands Lincoln's feet about aboul the size of Washington's but buthi buthis buthis hi his hands s were v ere much smaller Wash Washington's ington's largeness showed ell It Itself in Ihl th e bulk of his bone bones and the prominent promInence of his This joints Lin Lincoln's oln's joints e not unusually prominent but his hits bone banI were bone were cry sery long In proportion to If thEir the r bulk Both BOlh men were powerful physically physically cally and retained their ml In later t f yea years n Haci laca of ot these men called to higl higland and perilous responsibility In an nn hour hourn hou hourt r n of national peril faced dangers mis mis- misunderstandings misunderstandings understandings and misrepresentation n Each Fach of them remained true to 10 his convictions an and unfalteringly loyal to toto toto toto to his country Each Elich of or them was loyal to conscience sincere religious Im I'm- pathetic courageous patriotic and pub pub pub- lIpi pub riled Of 01 the Influence of this father Callier of his countr country upon the tho nation w which he founded and as a u final Gnal tribute ute to the greatness s of the tho man hImself P writes HIles rites in 10 the same sallie chapter as us fol- fol follows fol Col follows lows American c education was certainly not established by Washington nor Is isho he the foremost buthis example of or It but influence his was an early and emphatic influence ence In favor of the development de of education In America It itself that should train our cur national nall leaders an ant I enable ery every American citizen to think act Intelligently In all nil Ills his transactions with the gov- gov gov government as private te citizen as s soldier and official no act of ot Washington tell fell the high standard of oC honor which was ns Inherent In Ills hits ch character Ills His personal per Integrity and his public probity were of the highest qua quality lit The Influence of Washington Is still to be found In the traditions that b be- be be long belong to the PI Presidential office With Wilh modifications ns such as have ha come com naturally naturally through the years the dig dig- city lity dig rity and influence of the office of the President Is what hat It Is In no small part because Washington e Its precedents and wisely thought out OUI Its 1111 customs The relation of the United State Slates with other oilier nations are very ery what whar they are ale because of ot tie of Washington In his bis definition of oC the American attitude The United Stites after tong long I struggles ll's with sectionalism and I I- I sues have come to see e m more r and more morp Thal Washington's tons vision of a great anti and completely ly ly republic I he Americas America's true Irue Ideal It Is interesting to realize the high esteem of George Washington In other lands than ours oura In Great eat Britain he heis he's s 's 15 almost as highly as he I Jr In America In Europe and throughout the world his name Is known kno and newer republics hl have ve found I inspiration rn lion In his character and wisdom America has hall other and more recent heroes and there will seW be more In n gen gen- gen gene e rations t tu come But he stands standI will VIII ever stand as a noble embodiment of all that In hi his generation worthiest In American character chara was ills 1118 honor Is undimmed and his name iiara nam taker takeI on added luster with the passing of o 0 the Ihl years ears hew I nations nation have hav such uh uch a name name to stand at the head of ot their lists of or national heroes Am America an and world will wilt I the e ever r venerate the name nam of ot Gc George G orge rge Washington the father of 01 o bif bl country |