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WASHINGTOP
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Sixty miles away from this nation's
capital may bd round the birthplace
or ili<? mini for whom th?> country's
political centn' was named. There,
loo. may be discovered u numerous
race, some of thprii Washingtons, oth?
ers or different names, lint all of
them blood relative.! of (he immoral
.statesman and soldier. The exact site
of the house in which the first Pres?
ident was born is marked bv a monu?
ment about thlrty-flvo feet, high, a
luiidlilure reproduction of the mlgh'.y
obelisk in tho capital city, it Is sur?
rounded by pasture and woods, nl! of
vh it'll was onco known as the Was'i
?hgtoti farm now called W'kofield.
a part of Westmoreland County, Va.
situated upon the western bank of
the Potomac.
Hut although the farm and tho City
or Washington are comparatively near
each other geographically, they are
long way apart socially. LI > is much
simpler In Westmorelad County than
In the District or Columbia. One of
the Washingtons or the present time.
Tor example, goes without shoes, be?
lieving that the prncUc'c is not. only
beautirul but healthful. The landed
proprietor or lite place, the man who
owns Wakefleld and Is counted as a
member or the Washington family
bevanso ho married a great-grandntece
of tho immortal Oeorge, rides around
the country in a rickety hup?v. who-e
top is so ragged that when It onconri
tors a breeze its flapping, fluttering
tatters give; it the look of a gigantic
scarecrow on wheels. And the Wash?
ington who now bears the name of
George is a farmer, who says he had
rather live In his old manorial lions-',
with milk from his own cows and eggs
from his own hens, than dwell amid
the splendors ol the While House. The
present George also says that he be?
lieves he is as proud or being the
lather or three children as was his
renowned but childless kinsman in
being'the Father or His Country.
Indeed, there are limes wh?n I UN
twentieth century George Washington
says his life would be 'happier if he
were only a plain Smith or Johnson.
Ills name on some occasions gives
him all kinds of trouble. He is for?
ever being held up by tourists and
asked to tell all about the genealogy
or the Washington family, from the
original John Washington, who came
to this country from England in 16^7
and settled in that very reg'oi down
to his own baby hov. who boars the
heavily freighted name or George Lee.
Swanson Washington. His question?
ers for the most part are of that curi?
ous und prying class of sentimenta?
lists who will travel across seas to
pluck a grass blade from the alleged
grave of some mediaeval crusader,
and yet not even bother to go around
tho corner to listen to (he address
or some great modern leader, some re?
former who is battling against the
foes of soelefv nt the present lime.
Not a few visitors to tho Washing?
ton country, furthermore, are more!
patriotic than learned, as: may lie In?
ferred from questions which they nak
the present George Washington and
of which the following is tin illustra?
tion:
"Did you ever see the great George
Washington?"?who dietl in 1700.
Those pilgrims who journev to the,
Washington countrv to behold the
very house in which the great George
LITTLE STORIES i
The cleverest t iding members of
the Stock Exch tige are the Jews
They take to the usiness instinctive
ly. They are bort traders?goon" los
ers as well as goo4 winners. In mini
hers too they nre]n powerful factor
On one occasion He fact was brought
out among some ofthe Christian mem?
bers Unit, trnding in a certain com?
paratively Inactlvl stock- controlled
bv two jew specialsts, was becoming
very difficult. WhWver a Christinn
approached the put where the two
specialists held Vrtli lie observed
that tihere was ir progress an ani?
mated discussion I Yiddish.
"I don" know wht they were say?
ing," explained oiu member, "but the
tone of it suggests.that it might he.
'I saw him first,' hd by the time I
got. there they h;\ fought it out.
drawn lots, and dethnlncd which one,
could trim me. Wh'li I tried to trade
I had to do so wit rone man and or
this terms, or not at|ll. All the tim?
they jabbered back -nd forth in Yid
dish. I was nt a ^advantage, and
obviously a victim."
Finally that post pit so bad tba"
the Christians calledtt tho corner ol
Jerusalem Street am Jericho Alley
?tho scone or tho pahle or the Sa
marltan?and then t hi Board of Gov?
ernors ruled that Eriish should be
the spoken language eithe floor from
ten A. M. to three plf.
Strategy of tl' Game.
There Is a great difrence in stock
brokers. During alull market a
broker received an ot>r to sell ten
thousand shares of ipertain stock,
and to uso his own dtretion In sell?
ing. He surveyed tSAirowd buying
and selling the stock :$ decided that
If he tried to sell It hovould be com?
pelled to make largo f-riflcos.
Accordingly he catonsly offered
a few hundred-sharotit the last hid
price, but did not sell hem. There
was a considerable lot interest, and
he discovered that on speculator a
room trader, was built tho market
and not meeting wijnnv success
After waiting for sevhl hours the
broker with the big Ider had the
satisfaction of hcarihftfee soeculator
bid "A hnlf for a thiJind!" which
was tho biggest bid (the morning.
The broker with thlen thousand
alia re order knew thane other fel?
low was bluffing?Hi he did not
-IS OF TODAY j
i 94&P&t>4&i>Q&i ?-?^-? ?
was born uro. bou 11(1 to 1)6 disappoint?
ed, t'?ir there is m?i a splinter of it
the ground, but II collupsed long ago.
Nor should the poet Becking tin inspir?
ation lor a sound entitled "The Cra?
dle of the Republic" go to the spot
Where the cradle of the infant Wash
Inglon was rocked nearly one bun
dred and seventy-five year.: ugo, for
it ncjw has n sepulchral look that
could <lo naught but depress a poetic
soul. On the site a granite monument
now sluuda, fenced ubont with a stout
iron paling.
Wore it not for the ugly fence the
thirty-five feet of stone would disap
pear under the hummers of vanda's |
inside of half a dozen years, say the
furnier folk who live near by. Van
dn'isiu destroyed all the otirl'c me
mo:mis of the place. Originally tli'-re
were it couple or brick clilmney.-t on j
0*0 site, relic.-; of tbe fire which do
tlvryed Washington's first home
But. brick by brick, the chimneys wert
pulled down ami carried off by
"souvenir hunters." Then a greai
bowlder of Potomac blue st .no
gneiss was placed on the site, ;uit it.
also was attacked by vandal.;, whol
chipped and hacked away at it until [
it too 'bad disappeared.
About a mile away from the monu?
ment "ties the old Washington burial|
gnniud ,u dreary field grown up t<
weeds and surrounded by a rickety
fence. Here inativ Washingtons have
been 1 ?tried, their graves even more
obscure than were their lives. Under?
neath the weeds only two or three
mouldering tombstones may he found.I
Once then* was a burial vault in this|
field, an excavation in the flat earth,
bricked up and arched over level with
the ground, but it collapsed long ago.
and Wie earth has sifted in until now
only it slight depression and a few
protruding bricks indicate where the|
original .lohn Washington, his wife
and his son Lawrence are believed to|
have been buried.
Within a short distance or tills tie
glocti d graveyard are to lie found the
hom< s of many of the present day
Washingtons, At Blenheim l-Iotisi
which was built by William Augustine|
Washington, live his descendants?
Mrs. Lena Washington Hunger fordl
ami her children. A few hundred |
yards further away stands the house
of Lawrence ? Washington, the bnre-l
footed member of the family. "Unolol
Law," as he is best known in. West?
moreland, is a milch pestered hy|
sightseers as the modern George
Washington. Usually the first 'ques?
tion asked of 'him is why he does not |
wear shoes, and his usual answer i^
"Coin" l-arfitt cured my rheuniatiz."
? Uncle Law" is so slek or talking
about his family thai if he gets thel
chance he will shift the conversation]
to the subject of crops, fishing or Iiis
Civil War record. Like all of tbe
Washingtons in that part of the coun-|
try his sympathies were with the
Confederacy at. tin* outbreak of the|
Rebellion, and be fought, for the cause
of secession as a member of tin" !Hh|
Virginia Cavalry. Wildtever military
qualities he may have had in commonI
with tlte corontandor In hhleif of lhe|
patriot army in the Revolution, they
at least did not cause his advance
ent in rank In the time that be was
in service. He entered the Confed?
erate army as a private, and as a
private he left it.?New York Tribune.
OF WALL STREET
want the stock, and was only trying
to make a market. An inexperienced
man would have sold the one thou?
sand, but the veteran didn't.
No one called the bluff, and the
speculator, believing that the field j
was clear and he would get no stock,
offered. "A half for five thousand|
shares."
No stock came out The specula?
tor grew bolder and shouted:
"A half for ten thousand share:
To his astonishment and chagrin the
broker with the big order quietly |
snapped tlio single word. "Sold!"
Tito bidder did not want the stock,
but he had to take it, and when the
sold he was obliged to liquidate at
a considerable loss.
The Career of Commodore Stockwell.
One of the meteoric careers of Wall I
Street was that of Commodore Stock-I
well, who died a poor man not vjery
'ong ago. Onco he had millions andj
-.ont rolled the Pacific. Mail Steam?
ship Company. His sense of humorI
was wiMi him in his adversity. AI
ihprt time before he died he said toj
a friend:
"When l arrived in Wall Street, I]
was plain Stockwell. When they
found that I had plenty of money,
was Mr. St?ckwell of St. Louis. When!
I got. control of Pacific Mall. I was
Commodore Slockweli. After I con-|
ducted my biggest deal in the mar?
ket. I was Commodore Stockwell, the
millionaire slock operator and the
Wall Street magnate. When | lost
most of my money. 1 became Mr.
Stockwell once more, and that was
succeeded by plain Stockwell without
the handle. When 1 went, broke t.iey
called me 'That red headed duck
from St.. Louis.' For the last, twenty
years no one has known that 1 am
alive. Most, of my old associates are
dead. The new generation never
heard of nie. That's 'Wall Street as
it is' for the speculator.''
j Peter Dennett's Insolvent Friends.
Peter Uennett. for twenty-five years
I bassoon a Wall Street reporter and
la wag. lie knows everybody, and is
1 a walking reference book of the fi
j nanclnl district.
One afternoon he was in a New st.
I cafe sitting at. a table With three stock
I brokers who had suspended.
"Have a drink?" said one. and win n
lit came the broker extracted a huge
roll or yellow notes and paid the reel;,
onlng.
"llavo another?" Invited broker N<>.
2. u arrived, and be reached down
and produced a tat. healthy looking
roll of yellowbacks and paid.
?'Have another?" asked broker No.
3, and ho imitated his suspended
friends by digging down and produc?
ing a bulging wad of yellow paper
money.
"llavo one on mo," requested Ben?
nett, and then he produced an anemic
roll of solid ones. "I can't understand
it." said Peter wonderlngly. "Here
am 1 the only solvent, man in the
crowd, and I am broke, while you
three bankrupts each liayo a roll nr.
thick as my leir. 1 would like to know
how you do It?"
Morgan and the Borrower.
A promoter widely known In Wall
Street as a clover but untruthful spec?
ulator was in financial trouble. Ho
was going to rail, and tho fact was
known in banking circles. Every?
body knew it but the promoter, if.
he reasoned, be could borrow enough
money, he would win out.
Finally he appealed to .1. Plerpont
Morgan, who knew the oxnet status
of affairs, for a big loan. The finan?
cier thought for a moment and said.
"Brjng whatever securities you have
to my office in the morning."
The next morning the promoter and
?i negro currying a tin box appeared
in the Morgan office.
"Let me see what unencumbered
collaterals you have?"
The promoter selected l.lien^ and
wns asked to place a value On the
lot.
"No," said the financier, "I won't
make a loan, but I'll buy (he lot."
The promoter sorrowfully accepted
Hie terms; but be had hoped for a
loan, believing that If he could get
the loan, ho could follow il. up with
a demand for a second one to save
tho, first. But the big banker,, know?
ing his man. saw through the scheme
and protected himself, at tho sani"
lime helping the promoter by taking
off his hands some sound but tem?
porarily unmarketable securities.
Tho promoter failed.
?S. A. Nelson in New York Tribune.
A Dinner Gown.
An attractive gown carrying out the
prevailing "panel" idea Is seen in j
deep ivory net with a bonier of heavy
guimpure, the skirt shaped like an
apron front and back, opening over
an under-petticoat of fine black chif?
fon frosted with jet. with a deep hem
of the ivory guimpure, headed top
and bottom with fine fur. The bodice
has a wide and deep square plastron
of the lace and net almost covering
it, hilt tho black chiffon shows at the
sides. The sleeves ure square shap?
ed and caught up with true lovers'
knots of fur. A bebe bodice of white
chiffon is drawn up into a circular
tucker of embroidery like a lingerie
beading witli silver ribbon run
through, but. having no bows to fin?
ish It off. A shaped bertha encircles
the shoulders, some five inches deep
all round, straight edged, of pale grey
velours, embroidered with a series of
interlinked _ circles of pailettes, a
change from the Or#ek design. There
are full elbow sleeves of the chiffon,
and the bodice shows below the ber?
tha. There is a silver belt und a
long straight skirt of grey velours,
bordered with the same silver em?
broidery. This is one oT the French
models.
The French Hat.
It may' be possible, yet hardly like?
ly, that American women will adopt
the real Parisian hat. A fow may
be faithful followers of this iargo and
ungraceful mushroom hat, yet the pic
turo hats in this ctylo arc genuine?
ly unbecoming to most persons. To
top off its many accessories of plum?
age, ribhons and flowers, a large veil
of another eoler is loosely draped
over the brim to be coquottlshly tuck?
ed Into a fancy how under the left
ear. It looks sadly awrry.
A Neat Picture.
A splendid little picture has quite
a boaiftlful frame made of ribbon. The
glass Is cut. oval shape and slipped
betwieen two pieces of cardboard just
a trifle larger than the glass, so the
edges can be sewed, holding the glass
in place. Small yellow daisies are
made by making a tiny rosette of yel?
low satin ribbon, forming the center
with a French knot of brown silk
thread. Tho leaves are formed with
dark green satin ribbon. Tako onn |
Inch of tho ribbon about one-fourth of i
an Inch wide, cross it In the middle.'
which forms a little beak for the leaf,
ribbon the daisy in the cente-tr of the
ribbon, and point both ends of the
green ribbon for Btems. They should
all be identical In size ami placed
very closely arond the edge of the
frame. The flowers aro sewed to the.
cardboard.
THE DOUBTER.
- -I
The Wizard says his motor
Will scare the market soon;
He claims when It's perfected
'Twill prove a mighty boon.
I think I've heard that story
A bunch of years or so;
Before I'm sure it's coining
I'll have to see It go.
They Bay the patent milker
Is ready for the fray;
You couple on the motor?
The rest is onlv play.
Bight cows for each contrivance,
They claim it cannot fall;
But I must hear the pVng-pong
Of milk within the pail.
The- tell me Mars is girdled
With lots of deep canals.
Which makes 'em think it's crowded
With men and an i mals.
Bill If there Is eanaling
Upon that twinkling midge.
I want to see the tOWpnth;
I want to hoar "Low Bridge!"
?Cleveland Plain Dealer,
D OLD POII
CROSS EXAMINATION
OF MRS. THAW BEGINS
(Continued from Flint Pngc).
j in Interrupt when an onjoctlon la bo
lllg Slilt. cl."
Mr. Jerome sat down.
Mrs. Thnw'a uroaa examination
proinlBca u duel between the two at?
torneys as well as between Mr. Je?
rome and ihe wll'i- of the defendant
Thaw Cheerful.
Thaw seemed in a very cheerful
frame of mind during the nftornoou,
especially when Mr. Delmaa was In?
sisting that the cross examination of
his wife should proCdcd.
The young man grew more tsobor
faced alter Mr. Jerome had l-Ogllll to
ply his ipicstlons in a way thai indi?
cated a relentless search Into Mrs..
Thaw s past life.
Mr. Jerome did not even forgol the'
incident of the act and the conductor
who wanted to put it off the train,
nor that Mrs. Thaw testified that sho I
had told her husband of the incident.
Mr Jerome also remembered that .
Mrs. Thaw hail told of eating cllQCO-!
late eclas at her fjrsi dinner with
Stanford White. "It was not dinner."
pouted the witness. "It was supper." ,
It Was Appendicitis.
Mr. Jerome questioned MnL Cain
closely and b rough I out many state?
ments from her with regard to Harry
1 "paw and Evelyn Nesblt. Among
those was the tact that Mrs. Ne.-bil
bail not acom pa tiled her daughter and
Hurry Thaw to Bnrono In ifJ04 the
second trip abroad, lie also got from
Mrs. Cain the fact that Evelyn Nos
bll told her that the operation which
ban figured in the case was for ap?
pendicitis.
Mrs. Thaw's Tectimony. /
When Mrs. Thaw resumed Hie
stand today she continued the story
or what she told her husband. In on
wer to questions by Mr. DolUlllB. ahe
spoke of what Thaw had said about
White's practices with other women.
SURPRISE SPRUNG BY
RECALLING OF MRS. THAW
Wife of Priconrr Identifies Many
Letters and Tells Story of the
"Pie Girl.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.?A decided
surpnlf.e was sprung in the Thaw
triil this morndntg by the defense
i c.Illing Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Tlinw
La the irtnnd immettaiitely after the
court coi'vened. Mrs. Ti'Jaw looked
pale and serious as she took her
place on tho stand. She appeared
'n 'ihe same simple, girlish costume
that she has worn every d.iv since
tho trial began. She smiled slightly
dis Ctxo caught, her husband's eye.
Thaw returned tbe smile and then
turn-d to Attorney O'RIoly with
whom He talked for a tminuto ox
c.IUnII.v. Then be returned to his
conversation with Dr. Evans, but
for the most part kept Oils eyes
oiP his wife only tuni ng occasion?
ally to whisper In t)v doctor's oar.
i-ictter after let'.er Mr. Dohnas
bonded the witness and tlhe Identi?
fied each one by a dVmplo Inellna
t.'on et her lieatd. El'ie took the
letters in her hand, one at a time
and only glnnctj at each before s3ie
I returned it to the attorney. When
Mrs. Tihfrw had Itlentl (i-<| thirty
Vtters 'Mr. D?lmes returned to the
counsel taible and (brought forth a
now package and the work of id< nt'
ficnllon continued. In all Mrs. Thaw
Identified forty-two letters. Slu"
was nearly half an hour at tho
task.
Letters From White.
Mr. Delmaa handed toto witness
six ol'icr letters and they also were
identified ay having como trom
Stanford Wli'te. The letters were
marked as defendant's exhibits Q.
R. S, T, If. V and W. Aft/?r a
moment's delay still other letters
wero identified.
As the examination of letters was
concluded Mr. Delm?ei turned to the
witness. "How- long have you known
.May Mackenzie?"
"Since. 1901."
"How long has Mr. T?aw known
her?"
"Since 1901."
"V?i you in May. 1909 relate to
Mr. Tbaw a converr.ttlon you had
with Mn.y MocKonzle, especially wtith
rot'eren.eo to wfhht she said to you
regarding Stanford White?"
Jerome objected to the question.
S'e .'aid Stanford White had re?
marked, "Pooh, it won't last, I will
get her back."
Mra, Tlir.w m\\ stoi met *Wihl.to
at May MacKenr.le's bedside in 1904
and he attempted to embrace her.
Sho als to said she Jiad a second
operation in January, 1905, nth left
was paid for by Thaw.
Continues Her Story.
iVirs. Thaw said thai Harry Thaw
always rttrit ble her III !i tilth tho
necessity of the second operation,
etc., to Stanford W ilte. Mrs. T\*iw
also fe.lSlflcd that Thaw had 'old
her he was go'n^ to lake up 'S'n:i
?ford W'vite's affairs with Anthony
Comsto-rk. "I told him it would do
no. good, that Sari ford W./.to had
many infltienilal frlcmlfi) and that
U' could stop 't. 1 told Vilm that
lot.v of people would ndjt believe tlie
th'ugs nbbV,t Stanford WV.te on ac?
count, of bis personality/\ "Did you
aal Mr. Thaw discuss the fatos ot
otj'Ji-r young wemrn M the hands ol
Stanford White nnd did you tell
folm ccitain names?" Mr. Jetvwne
objected] Mr. Delmns refratneii the
question and Mrs. Thaw- said rJhe
and her husband had dvu\sed a
r.nn'ibrr of young women, \
"P;d you and Mr Thaw dVtcuss
the fate of the 'p<> girl?'" V
Concerning the "Pie Girl." \
"Yc.-i; I told him I tiad, hc\i\I
Continued.
Gun Metal Calf, Lace or
Button
$3.SO
Patent Colt, Best tirade
$4.00
( TI168O are up to tho Minute) .
? Stmm
5 Queen St., Hampton, Va.
Ev-gg ??i1 ^iliTT miMM FT ViftMUmW W.Mil
First Class Stationery at Actual Cost
We have purchased, tho entire stock of statlonory front the
Hampton Nowa and Printing Company and now Is your chanco lo bo
euro tho very liest paper und envelopes at very small cost.
It Wop't last long, so you had heller cull early and get tho
cream or the selection.
We fill prescriptions an they should be. Patent medicines nnd
candles.
GARDNER & IiUDGINS, The Druggists,
North King Street. Phono 13,
HENRY L. SCHMELZ,
President.
FRANK W. DARLlKlQ,
Vico-Presldcnt.
HAMPTON, VIRGINIA.
IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST IN EITHER HAMPTON OR
NEWPORT NEW8.
CAPITAL,.$100,000.00
SURPLUS AND PROFITS, $! 10,000.00
e
DEPOSITS OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
The only designated Depository In tho Stato of Virginia In
Eastern Virginia. We malco loans on Ucal Estate?NOT PRO?
HIBITED?its aro the National Banks.
FOUR PER CENT. INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS.
NELSON S GROO/nE. Cashier
"iMwmwM ii mini 11 um ii'in nmiiii ?
massmamsam
Every Lady On the Virginia Peninsula
-SHOULD VISIT
KIRSNER'S NEW BEE HIVE STORE,
Before the Great Reduction Sale ia closed. Only a
few more days left to get the best of goods at practical
cost. Then too, tho
KIRSNER'S CLOTHING STORE,
Is offering unusual attractions to the men and boys of
the Peninsula,
Any $10 Suit or Overcoat now
Nothing but the best offered you here.
;<SR5NER
Just the Latest in
Novelty Post Cards
That's what attracts the crowd at
HAMPTON, VIRGINIA.
of tho pie girl, whose name WHS
known to both of us. Stanford
White told mo all about it. There
was a stag dinner, he said, and ttliIs
girl was put in a big pk) with a
lot of birds. S'.Je was very young?
about, flftecn years*. I think Jho said.
When the girl jumped out of tho
p'.o Oho birds flow all about tho
room. Mr. White and anothor man
hod trouble to koop ?t out of the
newspapers. He? said tefoy went on
llheir knees to the editor of one
newapaiper to keep the story out of
Hit? paper a^id finally through tho
inilucnco of a friend, had it sup
preecK tl. Mr. Thaw said ho had
investigated b?e story and that it
was true; Hhat afterwards the girl
married but her husband heard the
story of her connection with (Mr.
White; that ho cast. 'hfcr off and
that sVio died In great poverty and
disgrace. He raid Stanford White
ought lo 'bo in tho penileatlary;
tha.t ho got worse and worso all tho
thno ami someU'.iling had to 'be done,"
Boston Milliner on Stand.
Mire. Tna\v left tho stand. Mrs.
,f. J. Cain, a Boston milliner, tfhen
took tho stand and told of a Tpro
posal of marriage. "I was in tho
room when Mr. Thaw called. He
told Mrs. HoIman that ho wanted to
marry Florence." Florence being
the nanio of whidhi Evelyn Nesbit
was called 'by flier motiher." What
hapepned after Mr. Thaw made this
proposal?" "I then left tho room."
"Ho told Mrs. iNcsblt somctihing
about, his desCire to send Florence
to Europo and aald If she would
marry him \ho would sottlo enough
on Mrs*. Nesbit and Howard to kx?op
them forever. iMra. Nesbit Raid 6ho
would try and fix it so Floronco
would accept him. Mrs. Hoi man
said r.ho wanted mo to help fkor to
Induco Evelyn to tako MY. Thaw as
a hu3baad." ...;_..K?