Show ADDRESS UPON WASHINGTON'S HABITS CAUSE OF HUGE STIR I I I I II WASHINGTON Jan J n iS-B iS It ByThe I The Associated A A speeCh ch by by Rupert Hughes the wrIter de- de descrIbing de dt scrIbing George Gcorge fon a as spro profane n Irreligious and pleasure pleasure- loving has hs d lil d members member of some of ot the th patriotic societies having headquarters It rs here hore to dig digI digInto Into the tho th flies files of ot th tha congressional con r I library for ammunition with which to reply The remarks remark were Wiro made mad at a meeting of ot the tho th DIstrict of ot Colum Colum- Columbia Columbia bia bla chapter of ol th he Sos Sons of the tho H and nd r resulted In a a re- re r bulie buke uke from ot or the organization Mr Hashes said he be merely was wa as statIng an truth hen hen he h ch ed Washington ton as u a great card pIa play play- Sr er r a distiller of whisky and a champion curser who consIst consist- consist ertly avoided religion s communIon communion ion ton He had not meant he lie said to condemn the th father ather of o hi his country for tor thes these thing things or to charge him with Immorality LIGhT ON OX GEORGE SAN FRANCISCO Jan 15 15 By fly The Th Associated press press- Press George Washington was wa well ufo on the tho th follies s of his hia time and although It Is Questionable whether he ever Indulged In inmany Inmany many of them h In cus cussed ed and drank like a 1 a gentleman and made Borne of the th best Whisky hisky In Jn Vir- Vir Virginia Vir-Cinta Vir ginia John Thornton WashIng WashIng- WashIngton Washington ton ton great grandnephew of the general sail Ball sal Thursday In sponsoring Rupert Hughes ad- ad ad ad dress dreps to the th Son Sons of oC the th Revo Revo- Revolution Revo- Revo Revolution Revolution lution in Washington John Washington who ts is I the tho th great great- trtat reat-trtat great grandson of Samuel Wash Vash Washington ington eldest brother of the th gen gen- general general cen central eral Is la a retired San Francisco newspaper man nw approaching sq 81 years year and a veteran of the Confederate army Why certainly George Wash Wash Ington drank John t Washington said Every gentleman of ot hIs hi day drank and smoked danced and played ed cards card Why hy I 1 can remember back bacle In 11 1861 1851 when Iwas I was Virginia we e iia d draak thai that 1 came from the f of Mount Vernon I remember that well because In those tho d diy s 's we w did not save have much food rood In the south and the wine win and a bit of corn bread I were often otten all th that thit t we Ve had for dinner lIE HE Ill W 8 WAS WS L MAN Why tri to place a halo around George Georgo Washington hea he hea hea a capitalist man a soldier and a a capital capital- 1st lie He typified the tir true Vir- Vir Virginia Virginia Vir ginia gentleman From what r I heard I Imagine he was wa not a religious ou man r True Tru ue he was wall wa a warden of the tho th OH 1 Christ Church In ChurchIn Alexandria but his pew wa more often vacant than filled He Hewa wa was the most Important man In Inthe inthe the vicinity and that hat Is why by he wu was called upon ro o 0 flu fill the most moat important lay po poSItion In the SWEAR Regarding R the h cursing reputed to 10 the general Washington said Oaths an were and were and 1 used are are used by gentlemen among or Of course George WashIngton never cursed In the th c of ot ladies lIe knew the oaths of the time undoubtedly and he h had a a tem tern temper the per per the WashIngton temper n said ald that he gleaned most of his bill facts from his sr grandfather with whom he lived In Virginia lnla lIe JIo II wn wee wa a man of his times timea a tru true truo gentleman In every sense of the th word was wa the th great great-great grandnephews grandnephew's find firmi trIbute |