Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 63, Number 39, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 February 1921 — Page 4

Historic Mount Vernon

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Eitredacon!-clr '' it3r a ih ontofüre at J per, Ind. under the ace of March 3, l7 nrriuii 2 0 iVr Year. Ihl pipe n.-iie! ralarly tele ijo:criDen antii a JeÖr:" äderte liecintinaeie receive! r ': arrcarr paid nfall: nniet fn n .-ftxeüon cf th publisher a JiCerent tcLVfe fheald be deemed &J?iiable. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 18. 1921

ADVANTAGES OF MIDDLE AGED. The middle-aged mothers who have successfully managed large homes arid sent out their children as Rood citizens have proven that such training Is Invaluable In any national or public work. Any organization requiring Intricate knowledge and care of detail work can be handled well by Mich women. Just as well as by the younger women whom we have been led to belleve are the only leaders of the 'new race,' fays a writer In Independent Woman. "The middle-aged woman has countless opportunities for world usefulness. One of the most vital opportunities to keep middle-aged women In active touch with the world of moving and dramatic values has been the granting of the vote. Already she Is being elected to responsible public office, serving efficiently on juries and receiving public appointments to positions of trust ami honor. She has found her place In the world procession.

Public sentiment towards birds Is changing. Their economic importance Is realized more today than ever before. It is found that nearly all of them have some part In aiding the farmer In his fight, against insect pests. It has been estimated that if the birds were to fall to come baqk some year It would mean a $.JOO,000,000 loss to the fanners of this country. Crows, owls and hawks that were formerly looked upon with enmity are now given credit for being of some use to mankind, ami they are treated with greater charity. We are rinding that we can afford to lose some corn and a few chickens to pay for the benefit derived from the destruction of mice, bugs, worms and various Insects that attack and destroy our crops. Obviously It is our duty to protect and encourage the birds. . In these days of expensive fuel It Is worth while to pay attention to a source that Is too often neglected: the old stump field, says Youth's Companion. Most If not all of the coniferous trees have no tap-root, but lay hold upon the ground with a wb spreading network of superficial roi,t that clutch the soil like a gigantic, many-fingered hand. Iioth stumps ami roots are therefore easily blown out by a shot or two of dynamite. If they ore the stumps and roots of any of the pine 'trees, thej are full of pitch and resin that burn with a flame as hot find cltnr as oil.

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REMARKABLE AERIAL VIEV OF MOUNT VERNON. This pcturesque view of George Washington's beautiful home on the I'otnmac was taken at a low altitude and gives almost a perfect representation of hia old hous and the outlying buildings and grounds.

The child phenomenon Is unusually

active these days and has appeared!

in various fields of endeavor, from the higher mathematics to evangelism. The stage, the church, the forum. thi championship sports and the college are alike subjects of this nttack, which In .electing its subjects Is regardless of sex, condition, position or pertinence. As with other epidemics, a suffering public can only wait patiently until its ravages are over.

The fact that the United States Supreme court, which Is usually two or three years behind in Its decisions found time the other day to decide that a woman in Hrooklyn would have to pay j dog license, indicates that the old Mea of equal Justice for great and small is not dead yet.

The sale of I0.om.o00 packs of play lng cards in HO may Indicate an in ciease in gambling or may mean mere ly that our leap year ellglbles Insist

ed on having their fortunes told again nflrtf Imvltii lwt filtH in t-a null l

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lf there's any smart nleckitude In h young man it's likely to crop out

when ho meets you In a revolving f

door." Kanas City Star. Just how do you go about it to meet a peron Id a revolving door?

A Frenchman brags about n

method he has ileus d for enabling vvomen tö dress quickly. Nonsense! Women could always dress quickly, when they wonted t. The ouly trouble Is, they've never wanted to.

' The census bureau reports that .'1.

SOS persons were killed In automobile j

accidents In the lt year, but so far no attempt hai been maiV to amend the Constitution to prohibit automo-fcllrs.

The home of George Washington is a tranquil place; it belongs to a frame of mind almost vanished. lint when the pilgrimage through the house Is completed and the eyes have begun to peer In vain for figures which are no more, but whose presence seems so vividly suggested, one steps out to meet spring sunshine, and the foliage that Is, Indeed, in keeping with the spirit of the past, observes a writer in the Detroit News. The venerable barn, wrapped in Ivy; the peaceful farm yards; the lazy lowhung buildings all of these echo with steps that vanish Just ahead, around each twist of wall. Uut the intimate work of Washington's heart Is In the surrounding grounds. The noble view from the portico, with Its matchless sweep of river and shore. Is the dazzling frame for it. It begins this work with the stately circle of the bowling green and ends down below the rolling deer run, where the willows weep over Into the Potomac. It Is Wordsworth's "brotherhood of venerable trees." As Washington planted and planned so, due to a reverent posterity, are the gardens and lawns today. In simplicity and fragrance the first of shrines; In reposeful Intluence the tonic of a nation. There are today 200 Important trees standing near the rnansion, many of them planted during Washington's lifetime; others were added, but also In-; variably in sympathy with his original' dans for the estate, so far as these! were known. Washington himself searched far and wide for the trees; he wanted ; he wrote his friends in va-' -i,is parts of America and abroadJ Hois It was that the estate is a spot ved of forester and horticulturist, ctnd the less sophisticated visitor gazes up Into the spreading trees, lets the eye linger on green sward and shelving shores, and gives over his spiritual burdens to the bosom of the Potomac. Washington's diary Informs us he was active In January of 17S3, locating elm trees for the grounds. Thi! majestic American elm on the west lawn probably was one of the trees obtained at that time. He was fond of the American elm, and there are at least ten of these trees near the mansion, some of them, however, of the later planting. Of the original elms, two Hank the walls, fringing the bowling green, on the cast side. They are picturesquely placed between the office and the gardener's house, although this pfiir may be more recent. A line elm stands on the east lawn. The bowling green, between the two gardens, Is an attractive study. At once attention Is attracted to the twin beech trees planted by Washington in the corners of the narrow end near the mansion. Their height is accentuated by their tall, straight trunks, and they form impressive focusing columns for the opening sweep of lawn stretching between the two gardens. Qu the west si do the next tree is an ash, planted by Washington, and across from them two coffee bean trees, the three forming an impressive group. Of four .notable honey locusts, one standing between the kitchen garden and the serpentine walk is credited to Washington. This is a fast-growing and short-lived tree, and others probably disappeared. lie makes note in his diary that on March 23, 17S0. he planted "between 17.000 and 1S.000 seeds of the honey locust." The seven buckeyes have a special Interest, for, Instead of the normal yellow (lowers, these have red, pink and flesh-colored Mowers, colors not found anywhere else. Moreover, the records show Washington gathered the seeds from which the trees were grown near the mouth of Cheet river, In what Is now West Virginia. Washington's diary also mentions planting four horse chestnuts, but It Is considered doubtful If either of the three big trees there now were among them. The throe pecan trees, all on the front lawns, are trees of history. They were given to Washington by Jefferson, who In 17SI first published a technical description of this tree, and apparently was the first distributor of living plants brought from the Mississippi valley. They are the oldest of thi trees planted -by Washington. Two curiosities may be noted. On

is a cedar of Lebanon, near the summer house, believed to have b-en planted In 1ST 1. It is the only exotic tree on the grounds. The other is a solitary (and symbolic) cherry tree on the east lawn. Apparently it sprang from a seed from one of Washington's garden cherry trees, dropped by a bird. Many trees mentioned by Washington as being planted by him are no longer to be found there; but of what he did plant a small forest remains, a remarkable tribute to the painstaking character of his attention to the estate. It is interesting, ami not without a touch of sublimity, to behold these splendid trees set forth by his own hand, now casting shadows over the lawns ho trod, their life spanning the history of the nation. The bowling green and its circle of trees bespeak Intimacy. The oast and west lawns are inspirational. The very shapes of the trees and their varied shades form ever new vistas, in which tranquillity is the keynote. Scarcely in the world is there a shrine to equal this; scarcely could there be a finer, a more enduring monument, than these symbols of eternity, these ever living trees, preaching their everlasting lessons of birth, fruition, decay and rebirth. It Is all so simple, so artlessly perfect. Not an ornament is there, not an obelisk, not a pile of bronze. Velvet lawns, quiet shrub, lowhanging trees.' perfumed .gardens and the 'gentle hum of the 'summer' air ' reposeful, purifying and unwinding itself between the twin ranges of hills, the Potomac and the everlasting enigma of the waters. . - It is what it Is; the home of a gentleman who loved not only the world, but the earth; in it he planted his inheritance. Wo share it. "

First Public Birthday Celebration. Hie lirs!- recorded celebration of Washington's birthday was in Richmond, Va., February 11 (o'd style), 17S2. It was celebrated there and In other places on February 11 of each year until 171 3, when February 22 was adopted according to the new style.

Saw Government's Real Aim. The. aggregate happiness of society, which is best promoted by the practice of a virtuous policy, is or ought to be the end of all government. Oeorge Washington.

Washington's Death Hour. W::shii:;:to;i died ;it the beginning of the lat hour of the day, of the last day of the week, of the last month of the year of the last jear of Uil century.

WASHir!GTO.N MONUMENT IN A WOST EFFECTIVE SETTING.

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DURING the past month, reports have come to us that at farmers' meetings charges have been made, sometimes directly and sometimes indirectly, that this Company has adopted a policy of refusing to supply repair parts for old machines in order to compel the purchase of new ones. This statement is absolutely false. Such a policy has never been considered by this Company nor suggested to it. Ordinarily we ignore such reports, because we have learned that any large company, no matter how fair and high principled, is subject at all times to unjust criticism. The facts are this Company has always recognized the importance of repair service and has used every effort to make I HC service the best. We believe we can truthfully say that the repair service furnished wherever this Company's goods are sold is equal if not superior to that furnished on any manufactured line. call attention to the fact that machinery "Fix-up Weeks," instead of being . something new and originated by the farmers in 1921, as some seem to think, were really an outgrowth of the movement started by manufacturers and dealers associations ;n connection with the Council of National Defense as a war con- ' servation measure. Perhaps no other agency has dene so much to promote 44 National Repair Weks" as this Company. The farmer needs machines which will be efficient and economical If his old machines can be repaired so as to render cfTicient and economical service, he would be foolish to purchase new ones. Vh:thcr the farmer utilizes and repairs his old machines or buys new ones is a question for him to determine. But in making his decision, we give to every farmer who owns any IHC machines the assurance that a full stock of repair parts will always be provided by this Company. Today, our repair stocks on the territory available for the farmers are 21 per cent greater than ever before at this timo of the year. An average of a quarter million pounds of repairs are sh:r-d from IHC factories for every working day in the year. Thirty million dciinr worth of repair parts are now ready, as insurance for the farmer when he i.oe J.s this service. In every International Harvester Werks manufacturing orders call for repair parts first and even when furnisliir them hr-.s meant cutting down production of new machines for which we had orders, repairs have always had preference. At every one of our 91 brand; hcucs trained men are on duty to see that all orders are filled and shipped promptly. Thousands of dealers scattered everywhere with an assortment of repairs in steck arc always ready and willing to render every assistance. This service which this Company has rendered through the years to those who have purchased its machines has been a matter of great pride to the Company, and is the foundation of the cordial gocd-wiil existing between it and its customers. We feel it is due the Company and those who have purchased its machines that we give the widest publicity to the fact that this service of repairs will be maintained and improved, and that any charges to the contrary are untrue.

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All puny and fluffy and tinkling and twinkling, With fringes of tinsel and pearl, They tell us the story of love and its glory,. In the hearts of a boy and a girl. j ' And those who display irf their tresses the gray,

Entwined with the black and the brown, Go back to the playtime of youth and its Maytime'

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. ( COF?INNE . GRIFFITH It vns particularly appropriate that Albert E. Smith, President of Vita-Cr-Aph, shocld have selected Corinne Giilliih for the leading rolo of Clyde Fitch's "The Climbers," for she has been steadily climhlns ever .since she

left her home in the south to become

a film player. Now she has reached the top rung of film success. In addition to her Imposing personal appearance and histrionic talent, Miss Griffith has the happy faculty of wearing beau

tiful and unusual powus with grace j

and has had a sptendid athletic training. Some of her most -recent features have been "A Girl at r.ay," "The

! Tower of Jewels," "Human Collateral"

aud "Deadline at Eleven."

Q)Jfj There s a ghost in tne street, ana its garments are sweei (Vr e laven(ler gathered and dried C

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j itcers in tlx necessaries of life, proI vlding tn ;iy lines and imprisonment. ; A toiuh on the pocket nerve and a taste of jail will do more than anything else to discourage the practice.

; "Unless there is reforestation, there will 1h no newspapers W yetirs hence, sr.ys the Syracuse Tost Standard. Unless there Is reforestation, there will be no forests, either, which will be nouHy as unpleasant.

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An expert says that human life was never so unsafe as it is today in the United States, and cites homicide figures to prove it. This increase may be merely coincidental with the Increased sentiment for the abolition of capital punishment.

An unu!:tl an-1 5trll Inffy nrttstic view of the Washington nuuiumont as teen tl.rouch the Kraxful columns of one of the cipitol's arrhitrctural rnriteriicccs. The brilliant liphtini: of the top of th thaft s caused by the rays of the late afternoon sun fhin!n; on It through a rift In the clouds. i'rom the New York Tribun.

The fatal tendencies of the man who didn't knyw It was loaded are fast giving place to the motorist who Is alv ays goinu at n very siv rate of spcd when he kills M- victims.

Wooden lints nr appearing In I'nlnnd. With some people it may he difllex't to tell where the head end and the gear begins.

A French minister has refused to fight a twelfth duel on the ground that it is a foolish practice. Having pone unscathed through 11 of the harmless things, it is no wonder that he begins to be a bit bored. Many changes have come about since the day of the old-fashioned dandelion that peacefully went to seil and never associated with home-mnde drinks.

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Gasoline may become so expensive that, outside the circles of hm;: established wealth, only bootleggers and highwaymen can afford to use motorcars.

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