Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1898 — MRS. WASHINGTON’S BEDTIME. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MRS. WASHINGTON’S BEDTIME.

A Homelike Picture Described in Mrs. Wharton’s “Martha Washington.”

lIS. JAMES GIBSON, whd frequently visited Mrs. Washington when, as the President’s wife, she resided In > Philadelphia, then 1 the capital of the i United States, gives n homelike picture of that lady and her favorite granddaughter. M r s. Gibson’s language barton in her "Mur-

tha Washington”: “Mrs. Washington was in the habit of retiring at an early hour to her own room, unless detained by company, and there, no matter what the hour, Nellie (Miss Curtis) attended her. “One evening my father’s Carriage being late in coming for me, my dear young friend invited me to accompany her to grandmamma’s room. There, after some little chat, Mrs. Washington apologized to me for pursuing her usual preparations for the night, and Nellie entered upon her accustomed duty by reading a . chapter and a psalm from the old family Bible, after which all present knelt in evening prayer. “Mrs. Washington’s faithful maid then assisted her to disrobe and lay her head upon the pillow. Nellie then sang a verse of some sweetly soothing hymn, and then, leaning down, received the parting blessing for the night, with some emphatic remarks on her duties, improvements, etc. The effect of these judicious hhbits and teachings appeared in the granddaughter’s character through life.”