Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-03-01 | Page 15 | George Washington Also First in Love; after Marriage He Warns Against Flirtation

George Washington Wahington Also First F in Love LoveAter Ater After I S Mariage Marriage He Warns Against Flirtation Had George Washington been less the dignified fighting patriot that ho he was he might well have havo bee been called the daddy of all al sheiks aswell as aswell well as the father tather of ot his country countr The many any stories ot of a. a his loves somo some true and some most assuredly assured assured- ly gossip all al ree at one point That is that Washington after marriage was perhaps the most contented great man in history and that there never was waa was a domestic riffle rif rit- rif- rif I lIe fIe in the forty ye years rs of ot his wedded life with wih Martha Custis It I has been been more than hinted that his rI rich h experience In affairs i of ot the heart led him after marriage I to write rIe his Immortal advice Ice to his adopted daughter Nelly NelY Custis when she was 16 MAN SPEAKS It I would be no great departure from th the truth to say that it rare rarely a happens otherwise than that a 3 thoroughpaced thoroughpaced thor thor- paced ough-paced coquette dies in celibacy as a punishment for her attempts to mislead others by engaging looks words or actions given gien for no other purpose than to draw men on to tomake I j make overtures that they may be I respected When he was 16 he wrote a poem to a young girl whose whoso namo long since has been lost telling of ot the tho hurt of ot tho the heart incurable From tha that time forward there are many entries in his diary diar which would show that his affairs of or the heart were not Infrequent He tells tes one incident of interest to many present-day present lovers On his first western trip carrying a I message Into the French lines hines nes he lie called caled on onan an Indian princess Al All All- Alli i I He records in his Journal that he I presented her with wih a blanket and a I bottle of ot rum and adds which hatter lat hat ter was thought much the best lat lat-j present of of the two Only recently his platonic love af af- af I fair aIr with Sally Saly Cary Fairfax wife of his best friend George William Fairfax has been revealed through studies of E. E E Ii an author au authOl au- au thor thOl She was as the belle bele of ot Belvoir He Ha was a guest at the home His ills at- at j developed develop d through her prodding prodding prodding prod prod- ding him into even greater interest inter inter- est eat in literature and ry was only revealed months after alter in a letter written on the eve of at a military mil mil- mili mili- tary campaign One of ot his most serious romances before the one that was to fill his isis entire life Bre was that entre with Mary wih Philipse sister of at Mrs Beverly Robinson who lived in New Now York She was moro more than attentive e to him Isbn His Ills heart responded to the attention from an older woman for forso forso so 10 she was but while Mary Philipse admired admirEd him she did not love him and unmistakably turned him down Two years afterward she married Colonel Roger Morris but Washington Washing Washing- ton had become engaged to Martha Custis I RUSHED WIDOW i While Washington was as hastening to Williamsburg to lay before the governor and council of Virginia matters maters relating rebating to the march of ot the I British against DuQuesne he met meta a planter named Chamberlayne who was entertaining Mrs Daniel Parker Parker Par Par- ParI I I ker I I Washington never had met Mrs Irs Custis and was persuaded to visit 1 I tho the house He lie left his body servant Zen ser vant Bishop outside intendIng ser ser-I to I ments menta continue his Journey i in t a few mo mo- mo- mo 5 1 i 4 S tt b t I. I fI fIr r jf r l L t. t c o iI f d I 7 t c cir I C ir S. S k t r I i ic c 4 S t v J b c 4 1 1 It iI i I i i ewas k ey yOU aLc j dW I I I I I But evening drew on on a and dst still he did not return He lie was what nowadays now now- I would be bo called caled rushing the pretty young oung widow From the time of ot their m meeting no other woman had bad the power power to charm cham Washington He continued his Journey next day but on completion com corn of his hits mission returned at atI once to visit the charming widow wIdo In May 1758 he ho enters an item one engagement ring 2 pounds 16 shillings but as Custis had not notI been dead a year announcement of the engagement was delayed The following January 17 the marriage was solemnized