Show I I ew ni tin ion Fog dogs H chet Washington in Love Live With Wife 1 II By Selma Miller George Washington Washing on is the of our country He was the first president president I dent of the United States led the American armI armies s In the the revolution of tho the thirteen en Jn in 1776 He had hada hadI I a little r red d h hatchet and d cut down his mothers mother's cherry herry tree tree- when hen a kid Idd He never told a lie He This is is' George Was Washington In a nutshell 11 That Is in fn the minds of the majority Now after after a a. hundred anc and fifty years or rr i some curious journalist with witha I a bent for things historical has blown the d dust st off oft of of soine some musty old volumes vol umes and dug out some information VOl-I VOl about George Washington the man Of course ourse the information is Is too late too late too toolate late as is generally the case with I great men men to to do Mr Washington any ny material good However it will not have been in vain if it points the way to others planning greatness George Washington loved his wife In these days of a 1 divorce every minute that that should be he worth some some- thing After many years of h happy j i married life when the went to Philadelphia the nations nation's capital capital cap cap- 1 ital Hal at that time Ume President Washington Washing Washing- ton wits was s f fis as S courteous to the charm- charm j Continued on p page g 8 8 S NEW NEI DISTINCTION Continued from page 1 Ing Martha and as gentle and attentive attentive attentive atten atten- tive to her as though they were still on their honeymoon In the words of ot the one who dug up the Information information tion Unless ill the president and his wife Invariably went to church on Sunday Sunday Sun- Sun Iday day morning generally to Christ Christchurch Christchurch Christchurch church church and the appearance of their coach at the conclusion of ot the service service service ser ser- vice always drew a crowd eager to catch a glimpse gUmpe of or Washington and his lady as he handed her Into the tho coach with all the tenderness of ot a a. young lover lo WIDOW WAS CHARMING It is Impossible now to doubt for a minute that Washington was head over heels In love with the charming young Virginia widow If his tenderness tenderness tender tender- ness and gentleness with the first lady of ot the land as he handed her Into the coach was s sufficient even in those grand old days of ot chivalry to tomake tomake make the populace stop and gape Further on the love that Washington Washing Washing- ton bore for tor his wife we are told that absolutely the only differences they ever had were on points relative to the proper dI discipline of ot their children and grandchildren and they can certainly certainly certainly be excused for tor that Washington Indeed was the superman superman superman super super- man if all the journalist tells us is true He Ho waited on I Mrs s. s Washington hand and foot When they were I preparing to move Into the presidential Ual mansion at Philadelphia I PresIdent President President dent Washington took the whole duty of ot fi fitting up the premises even to the minor details the details the hiring of ot servants I the packing and unpacking of ot the china and glass and other things accorded accorded ac- ac ac 1 corded these days as being tho the worn worn- j i I ans an's duties solely This Is exactly how Mrs 1 Washington had trained her beloved hero fighter tighter president In af affairs affairs affairs af- af fairs domestic in the words of ot the Informant in informant informant In- In formant Although Mrs 1 Washington has been described as a n notable table housewIfe housewife housewife house house- wife the correspondence of ot Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington concerning the fitting up of the presidential mansion indicates that she did very little to relieve the genera general of ot the trouble of ot household household house house- hold affairs so minutely does he en enter enter en- en ter Into the details of ot furnishing the new home homo and equipping It with it-with with ser ser- their duties c cd d clothes the packing of china nd nd glass the cost I of the butlers butler's table as compared with his own the selection of ot and hanging J of ot looking glasses and hall lamps the I Si orderIng Of a no mangle for tor Ironing I clothes He w even cven designed a wino wine coaster an an article which for tor twenty twenty- five lve years thereafter was considered Indispensable on every dining table HERES HERE'S ATTENTIVE HUSBAND Washington was very thoughtful of or his wife many letters show In one I to his secretary he wrote wrote- Furnish Mrs lUrs Washington V with all the money she may want and from Um time to time ask her It if she he does want any as she is not fond plyIng ot of applyIng ap- ap their How bankers many men to give nowadays their wives Instruct all the money they want and ask i them 3 S from time to time It if SS they S do want some Many labor under the impression that Just because the tho colonists fought the English for tor their freedom and for tor the sake saku of ot deu democracy that the spirit i of ot democracy reigned throughout the land and that Washington would as as' soon break creak bread with the lowly as with any other Nothing Is more er erroneous erroneous er- er than that belief bellet Washington was very very formal while president we we are told He Invited in invited invited In- In only officials and str Of i distinction to his dinners He always I asked the blessing at his own ta table e and in a standing posture President I Washington as chief executive was very formal in entertaining and even in private rarely unbent and it is I said of or him that he never shook hands with even personal friends The first of ot Mrs Washington's Vb leeves or at homes was was was' held on Christmas eve 1790 Full dress was required Refreshments were served to the visitors seated and all Were expected to leave early Washington appeared as a private gentleman neither neither hat nor sword And with this He lie conversed affably with the ladies la ladies la- la dies who excepting intimate rarely had other friends ing him opportunity of ot meeting meetIng meet meet- In this last we surmise that Wash Wash- s Ington not the social lizard I that hat hankered after atter the comP company nY ot l f the ladies He loved his wife wite irot J |