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Recreation Room Trimmed Nautical By RUTH WYETH SPEARS ''T'HINGS that have to do with the sea are a good theme for decorating a recreation room, a boy’s room or a summer cottage. A ship model has a salty flavor but is hot a necessity. One youngster made a map of a desert island complete with a legend of hidden treasure. No one knew more than he about the island or treasure for he invented both of them. He ~ EMBROIDER L » BASTE ANO THEN V v/'/ STITCH FABRIC XW STRIPS OR TAPE \ TO FORM ANCHOR also salvaged the steering wheel from an old boat and hung it on the wall with ropes. His mother made a smartly tailored navy blue couch cover trimmed in a red anchor and a red cushion was adorned with a blue anchor. Straight strips of material I-inch wide after the edges are turned under will make an anchor 12-inches long and 8 inches across as shown here. Bias tape fnay be used for the smaller anchor which is just half the size of the large one. NOTE; Mrs. Spears’ Sewing Book No. 2 contains a complete alphabet to be made of straight or bias strips; also illustrations of five processes of fabric mending; 36 embroidery stitches; making doll clothes; and numerous gift items. Ask for Book No. 2. enclosing 10 cents to cover cost. Address: Mrs. Spears, Drawer 10, Bedford Hills, N. Y. Women in Majority In most countries the female 'population exceeds the male. For every 1,000 males there are 1,088 females in England, 1,071 in France, 1,058 in Germany, 1,103 in Russia, 1,097 in Portugal, and as many as 1,139 in Esthonia. Only a few countries have a larger male population than female. They include the United States, with 976 women for every 1,000 men. And in Cuba "the women are comparatively scarce, with only 888 for every 1,000 men.

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Francis Bailey and Henry Lee Were Authors of Historic Phrases About Washington Known to All Americans

By ELMO SCOTT WATSON (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) COMES the 22nd of February and we’ll be hearing a great deal about the “Father of His Country’’ and “First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” For those words are almost as familiar to Americans as are the words “George Washington.” How did it happen that George Washington came to be known as the “Father of His Country”? The obvious answer to that question is, of course, that a new nation, grateful to the man who had led it safely through the dangers of a revolution against its former rulers, naturally looked upon him as its parent and, naturally also, elected him as its first President. But? the fact remains that Washington was known by that title at least two years before the struggle for liberty had been won and at least 10 years before he was called to the highest executive office in the land. But who first gave him that title? Historians are virtually unanimous in giving the honor to a certain Francis Bailey, publisher of a PennsylvaniaeGerman almanac in Lancaster, Pa. In 1779 Bailey issued his annual booklet with a frontispiece that was a crude woodcut of a scene in which appeared several symbolic figures. In the upper left hand corner of the drawing was 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 comes the words “Des Landes Vater”—“The Father of the Country." Just how widespread became the use of that title as the result of the publication of this almanac is unknown. But in 1781 it was used again—this time by Count Dumas, an officer in Rochambeau’s army of French allies. In that year Washington had gone to Newport, R. 1., to confer with General Rochambeau. They Called Him ‘Father.’ When Washington finished his conference with Rochambeau and prepared to return to his headquarters near West Point, the French general appointed Count Dumas to escort the American leader from Newport to Providence. In his memoirs, Count Dumas tells of the incident and records the use of the title “Father of His Country” as follows: 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 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; it is the chance of war, but behold an army which they can never conquer.*’ Thus Washington during his lifetime probably heard himself referred to as the “Father of His Country” many times. But it is probable that he never heard that immortal phrase, “First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen,” for it was not uttered until after his death, which occurred on December 14, 1799. Nearly two weeks later congress assembled to hold a memorial service for the country’s lost leader and to Henry Lee of Virginia was given the honor of pronouncing the funeral oration. Lee’s Eulogy. On December 26, 1799, Lee delivered the oration in congress which, in part, follows: r First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was second to none in the humble and endearing scenes of private life. Pious, lust, humane, temperate and sincere; uniform, dignified, and commanding, his example was as edifying to all around him as were the effects of that example lasting. To his equals he was condescending, to his inferiors kind, and to the object of his affections exemplarily tender. Correct throughout, vice shuddered in his presence, and virtue always felt his fostering hand. The purity of his private character gave effulgence to his public virtues. His last scene comported with the whole tenor of his life. Although in extreme pain, not a sigh, not a groan escaped him; and with undisturbed serenity he closed his well-spent life. Such was the man America has lost I Such was the man for whom our nation mourns. Methinks I see his august image, and hear, falling from his venerable lips, these deep-sinking words: “Cease. Sons of America, lamenting our separation. Go on, and confirm by your wisdom the fruits of our joint councils, joint efforts, and common dangers. Reverence religion; diffuse knowledge throughout your land; patronize the arts and sciences; let liberty and order be inseparable companions; control party spirit, the bane of free government; observe good faith to. and peace with all nations; shut up every avenue to foreign influence; contract rather than extend national connection; rely on yourselves only; be American in thought and deed. “Thus will you give immortality to that union, which was the constant object of my terrestrial labors; thus will

Sincafttr; Qcbrudt ben granci'g Wry B IEIpI □CTyi Frontispiece of Francis Bailey’s Pennsylvania German almanac, printed in 1779, which made the first known reference to Washington as “The Father of His Country."

you preserve undisturbed to the latest posterity the felicity of a people to me most dear, and thus will you supply (if my happiness is now aught to you) the only vacancy in the round of pure bliss high heaven bestows.” Two Claims to Distinction. Even if Henry Lee had not been the first to utter those historic words, “First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen,” his name would be deserving of remembrance for two other reasons. He was the brilliant and dashing cavalryman of the Revolution whose fame is perpetuated in the title of “Lighthorse Harry” and he was the father of one of the greatest soldiers in history—Gen. Robert E. Lee, rpilitary leader of the “Lost Cause” from 1861 to 1865. Born in Westmoreland county, Virginia, January 29,1756, “Lighthorse Harry” was the son of another Henry Lee who had married Miss Lucy Grymes, the “Lowland Beauty” for whom young George Washington had “entertained an unrequited passion.” Young Henry Lee was sent to Princeton college in New Jersey for his education and after wK'kKWw his graduation there in 1774, he returned to Virginia to take charge of the private affairs of his father who, as a member of the house of burgesses, was engaged at the time in negotiating a treaty with the Indian tribes. Soon after the outbreak of the Revolution young Henry Lee received an appointment as captain of Virginia cavalry under Col. Theodoric Bland but it was not until September, 1777, that he joined the main Continental army. He soon attracted the notice of his fellow-Virginian, Gen. George Washington, by his skill as a leader of cavalry and he was promoted to the rank of major and placed in command of a separate cavalry corps which, when it was completed, included three companies of horsemen and was known as “Lee’s Legion.” As head of the legion, Lee more than justified Washington’s faith in him. One of his most daring enterprises was a successful attempt to surprise the British garrison at Paulus Hook, where with the loss of only five men, he captured more than 150 prisoners. Congress promptly voted him a gold medal for this exploit. He was promoted to lieutenantcolonel and in the autumn of 1780 sent to South Carolina with his legion to join the army there which was being reorganized by Gen. Nathanael Greene after the

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disastrous battle of Camden. During Greene’s famous retreat through North Carolina in February, 1781, it was Lee’s legion which covered the rear of the American army and engaged in some lively skirmishing with the dragoons of the hated and feared Col. Banastre Tarleton. When Greene crossed the Dan into Virginia, he left Lee south of the river tg harass the enemy. Although he failed in his attempts to surprise Tarleton, he did defeat a body of 400 Loyalists under Colonel Pyle and at the desperate battle of Guilford Court House he routed Tarleton. Next he accompanied Greene to South Carolina to drive out the British commander, Lord Rawdon, and during this campaign “Lighthorse Harry” proved his skill as a besieger of cities as well as a dashing cavalryman in the field. He captured Fort Watson, Fort Motte and Fort Granby and after a siege of 16 days forced the surrender of Augusta. Lee then rejoined Greene, aided in the siege of Ninety-six and played a very important part in the victory at Eutaw Springs. Marries His Cousin. At the close of the campaign “Lighthorse Harry” returned to Virginia where he married a cousin, Matilda Lee, who owned Stratford House where he lived thereafter. In 1786 he was appointed a delegate „to congress from Virginia and he remained in that body until the Constitution was adopted. He was a member of the Virginia legislature from 1789 to 1791 when he succeeded Beverly Randolph as governor of Virginia, an office which he held for three years. In 1794 occurred the famous Whisky rebellion in western Pennsylvania and when President Washington sent Federal troops to suppress the uprising they were under the command of “Lighthorse Harry,” who did such a good job of it that the rebels were dispersed without bloodshed. Five years later he was a member of congress and upon him fell the sad duty of pronouncing the funeral oration of his old commander and friend. ♦ Meanwhile, his first wife, by whom he had a son and a daughter, had died and he had married Anne Carter. She bore him two daughters and three sons, one of whom was destined for future fame as the beloved “Marse Robert” of the men in Gray. In 1801 Colonel Lee retired to private life but his declining years were shadowed by financial difficulties which led eventually to his being imprisoned for debt in 1809. During the time he was in prison he wrote his famous “Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States.” In 1814 he happened to be in Baltimore when a mob attacked the office of the Federalist Republican, which had been opposing the second war with England. In his effort to defend the property of his friend, the editor, Lee received injuries from which he never recovered. He went to the West Indies hoping to find relief in the change of climate but when that failed he started for Virginia. He reached the home of Mrs. Shaw, the daughter of his old friend, General Greene, near St. Mary’s, Ga., and there he died on March 25, 1818.

One October day in 1775, His Excellency, Gen. George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental army, encamped at Cambridge, Mass., received a letter, written at Providence, R. 1., which said: Sir: I have taken the freedom to address your excellency in the Inclosed poem and entreat your acceptance, though I am not insensible to its inaccuracies. Your being appointed by the Grand Continental Congress, together with the fame of your virtue, excite sensations not easy to suppress. Your generosity, therefore. I presume will pardon the attempt. Wishing your excellence all possible success in the great cause you are so generously engaged In, I am, your excellency, your most obedient, humble servant, PHYLLIS WHEATLEY. The poem which was inclosed contained these lines: Shall I to Washington their praise recite? Enough thou know'st them in the field of fight. Thee first in place and honors—we demahd The grace and glory of thy martial land. Fam’d for thy valor, for thy virtues more. Hear every tongue thy guardian aid implore! Presumably the general was too busy with his task of driving the British out of Boston, for her letter remained unanswered for four months. Then on February 28, 1776, he wrote her as follows: Miss Phillis: I thank you most sincerely for your polite notice of me in the elegant lines you inclosed, and however undeserving I may be of such panegyric, the style and manner exhibit striking proof of your poetical talents. In honor of which and as a tribute justly due you I would have published the poem had I not.been apprehensive that, while I only meant to give the world this new instance of your genius, I might have Incurred the imputation of vanity. This and nothing else determined me not to give it place in public prints. If you ever come to Cambridge or near headquarters, I shall be happy to see a person so favored by the muses and to whom nature has been so liberal and beneficent in her dispensations. I am. with great respect, your obedient, humble servant. GEORGE WASHINGTON. Who was Phyllis Wheatley? She was one of the most remarkable characters in the early history of the United States. The date or place of her birth is unknown, but when she was seven or eight years old she was dragged more dead than alive from a slave ship in Boston one day in 1761. A Mrs. Susannah Wheatley took pity upon the girl, bought her, gave her the name of Phyllis and made her the special servant of her twins, Nathaniel and Mary. One day Mary saw the little African girl trying to form letters on the wall with a piece of chalk. So she began teaching her the alphabet and how to form words. The girl’s progress was amazing. Sixteen months from that time the WF PHYLLIS WHEATLEY slave girl was reading the most difficult passages in the Bible and within six years this prodigy had become so proficient with the English language that she had written a poem. Her health failed when she was 20 years old, due to the long hours which she had spent in study. So when Nathaniel Wheatley went to England on business in 1773 he took Phyllis with him. London society “took her up.” A London publisher brought out a book of “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, by Phyllis Wheatley, Negro Servant of Mr. John Wheatley of Boston in New England.” Finally arrangements were made for her to be presented to the king and queen of England. But before she could enjoy this honor, Phyllis learned that her mistress was ill and she hastened home to attend her. Soon after she reached Boston Mrs. Wheatley died. When Phyllis was 25 she married a i. an of her own race and bore him three children. BUt her life thereafter was an unhappy one. Her husband lost all of his property in the Revolution, was imprisoned for debt and was unable to support his family. Her three children were almost continuously ill and apparently she was unable to get any aid from the Wheatleys. She was working in an ordinary boarding house when she died on December 5, 1784, at the age of 31. Although “Lighthorse Harry” Lee is indisputably the author of the “First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen” characterization of George Washington, he must share some of the honor for the thought behind that historic phrase with an African slave girl who, 24 years earlier, had called Washington “first in placa apd honors.”

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