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Show ! gncflftci': ebntat bet) granci$ fliln;, f 'Mf" "M";''r? J Jl -Jf "irl --rontisoisc. ot the Peon- ' f'''55!'?3Jfe K&$&Jp-4 s 3 JSisSsHI sy'vania German alma 0ff:3Slt . 'C5Vt:-1 o.c primed in 1779, iM'le -,S Six-:' Tdg xnown reference to t J aJMafca!.sjass;. AS&L'3gfaS3g&S. - - -a-S-WSd 3 Washington as "The "mr.'-r. "-r-n.TiiiimgiHT.w TSj Father of His Country." eighty. Washington was about two hundred. Washington was spare and Lincoln always thin. Both had narrow nar-row chests. Neither had a large head in proportion to his body, and that of Washington, while about the size of the average head, seemed small because his body was so large. Both men Car ried their heads well, on finely poised necks. Washington had enormous feet and hands; Lincoln's feet were about the size of Washington's but his hands were much smaller. Washington's Wash-ington's largeness showed itself in the bulk of his bones and the prominence of his joints. Lincoln's joints were not unusually prominent, but his bone were very long in proportion to their bulk. Both men were powerful physically physi-cally and retained their strength into later years. Each of these men, called to high and perilous responsibility in an hour of national peril, faced dangers, misunderstandings mis-understandings and misrepresentation Each of them remained true lo his convictions and unfalteringly loyal to to his country. Each of them was loyal to conscience, sincere, religious, sympathetic, sym-pathetic, courageous, patriotic and pub-lic-spiriled. Of the influence ot this "father of his country'' upon the nation which he founded and as a final tribute to the greatness of the man himself. Barton writes in the same chapter as follows fol-lows : American education was certainly not established by Washington nor is he the foremost example of it; but his was an early and emphatic influence influ-ence in favor of the development of education In America itself, that should train cur national leaders an1 enable every American citizen to think and act intelligently. In all his transactions with the government, gov-ernment, as private citizen, as soldier and official, no act of Washington fell below the high standard of honor which was inherent in his character. His personal integrity and his public probity were of the highest quality. The Influence of Washington is still to be found in the traditions that belong be-long to the Presidential office. With modifications such as have come naturally through the years, the dignity dig-nity and influence of the office of the President is what it is in no small part because Washington established its precedents and wisely thought out its customs. The relation of the United States with other nations are very Iprgelv what they are because of the wisdom of Washington in his definition of the American attitude. The United States after long struggles strug-gles with sectionalism and divisive issues, is-sues, have come to see more and more that Washington's vision of a great and completely united republic is America's true ideal. It is interesting to realize the high esteem of George Washington in other lands than ours. In Great Britain he is honored almost as highly as he it in America. In Europe, and throughout the world, his name is known, and newer republics have found inspiration in h'S character and wisdom. America has other and more recent heroes and there will be more In generations gen-erations t come But he stands, aud will ever stand, as a noble embodiment of all that in his generation was worthiest in American character. His honor is undimmed, and his nam takes on add'-d luster with l he passing o.' the years Kew nalions have such , name to stand at the head cf thel lists of national heroes. Amenta an? the world will ever venerate the namf of George Washington, the father or bis country. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON ff !ToV did it happen that George Washington came to lie j fa . known li.v the name of "The rjj Father of His Country?" s 4 The obvious answer to that JLl question is, of course, that a new nation, grateful to the man who had led it o, safely through the (lungers of a revolution against its former rulers, looked upon him ns its parent and appropriately elected him for its first President. But the fact remains that Washington Washing-ton was known by that title two years before the struggle for liberty had been won and at least ten years before be-fore he was called to the highest executive office. To a Pennsylvania German almanac, published in" Lancaster, Lan-caster, Pa., by Francis Bailey in 1779. belongs the honor of first applying that title to Washington. The frontispiece fron-tispiece of this almanac was a crude woodcut of a scene in which appeared several symbolic figures. In the upper left hand corner of the drawing is shown Fame as an angel, bearing in one hand a medallion of Washington with a laurel wreath upon his head and in the other a trumpet from which conies the words "Des Lnndes Vater" "The Father of the Country." Just how widespread became the use of that title ns the result of the publication of ttiis almanac is unknown, un-known, but In 17S1 It was used again by Count Dumas, a French officer in Rochambeau's army. In that year George Washington had gone to Newport, New-port, R. I., to confer with General Rochambeau. Although the inhabitants inhab-itants of that colony had suffered terribly ter-ribly from the ravages of the war and were desperately poor, they desired to give the commander in chief of the Continental army nn appropriate reception. re-ception. To help those who had been too impoverished by the war to purchase pur-chase candles with,, which to light their windows in his honor, the council coun-cil ordered that these be given to them free. The parade in honor of Washington Is described by a contemporary con-temporary writer as follows: The procession was led off by thirty boys, bearing candles fixed on staffs, followel by General Washington, Count de Rochambeau and the other officers, their aides and the procession of citizens. citi-zens. The night was clear, and there was not a breath to tan the torches. The brilliant procession marched through the principal streets and (hen returned to headquarters. On reaching reach-ing the door, Washington waited on the step until all the officers and their friends had entered the house; then, turning to the boys who had acted as torchbearers he thanked them for their attention This was glory enough for the young patriots. After his conference with Rochambeau, Rocham-beau, Washington prepared to return to his headquarters near West Point and Count Dumas was appointed by Rochambeau to escort the general from Newport to Providence. In bis memoirs. Count Dumas tells of the tnoidert end records the use of the I term "father of his country" as follows fol-lows : We arrived there at night on March 13. The whole of the population had assembled from the suburbs, we were surrounded by a crowd of children carrying torches, reiterating the acclamations ac-clamations of the citizens: all were eager to approach the person of him whom they called their father, and pressed so closely around us that they hindered us from proceeding. General Washington was much affected, stopped a few moments and, pressing my hand, said: "We may be beaten by the English: Eng-lish: it is the chance of war, but behold be-hold an army which they can never conquer." In connection with the use of that term in referring to Washington it is interesting to note that a recent biography of Washington has been published by the Bobbs-Merrill company com-pany under the title of "The Father of His Country." It is written by William E. Barton, noted as a biographer of Lincoln, and in his chapter, "The Influence of Washington," Washing-ton," Barton makes some, interesting comparisons between these two great men as follows : He loved his country and he was capable of loving every part of it. He was born in the South, but we do not think of him as a southerner. He spent his life in the East, but few men of his generation had so much faith in the West, or strove more earnestly earnest-ly and intelligently to bind East and West together by roads and canals Railways, of course, he did not know about, but he would have been interested inter-ested in them. There is something of close kinship in Washington's eagerness eager-ness to see a great national highway from the coast to the interior, and - Lincoln's great hope of seeing the completion of the Union Pacific railway. rail-way. Indeed, there are many fine qualities qual-ities which these two men had in common. Washington believed In education, and sought to secure a large American Ameri-can university. This country, as he believed, needed Intelligent citizens, nnd wTell-trained leaders. He believed In peace with all nations, na-tions, and he sought to secure that peace by lustice and honor. But he was a man of courage, and when national na-tional existence or integrity was at slake, he risked his life and his fortune for-tune tor his country. Lincoln was born In poverty and spent nearly all his life a poor boy and man. Washington was born in comfort and became a man of great wealth. Lincoln overcame the handicap handi-cap of poverty.' Washington overcame over-came the greater peril of wealth. . While none of the detailed duscr-fi-tions of Washington describes him as a man the details of whose appearance could be accounted marks of beauty, he was a man -of striking physique, and had a oertain symmetry that made him nothing less than handsome in his impressiveness. Washington and Lincoln were nearly near-ly of a height. We do not know what Li-icoln measured in his stockings, and he was proud to add the height of his boot-heels fo what would have been a possible gymnasium stature. He called himself six feet and four inches hv height and probably in his stockings was a little .over six feet and two inches Concerning Washington we have no precise measurements and a somewhat widely varying series of statements He probably was Just ybout Lincoln's height. Lincoln at his heaviest weighed ihont one hundred 0 The greatest number of racing horses registered in one year in Amer ion was in 1SNKS, when 4.48(1 thorough breds were enrolled on turf records. Joe Guyon. great Indian athlete, and for years a player in the American as sociation league, has been added to the coaching staff of Clemson college. El Quafi. the North African runner, is said to shout words of encourage merit to his opponents. Still, he speaks iD French, nnd passes the opponents rapidly, so often the meaning is losL |