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Newspaper Page Textt 6 THE OREGON SUNDAY ' JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 211915. KITCHENER DIRECTS AND FRENCH EXECUTES ENGLISH STRATEGY WAR OFFICE AUTOCRAT RULES WITH IRON HAND Kitchener Cares Not a Bit What His Countrymen Think of Him; His One Idea Is Efficiency in Military Opera tions Under His Control. " ' ON CONTINENT FRENCH IN CHARGE OF ARMIES ' His Reputation as Europe's Foremost Cavalry Leader Won by Hard Work; Achievements in South Africa Evidence of His Military Efficiency, HIS WORD IS LAW AND EVERYONE IS AWARE OF IT LIKE HIS CHIEF HE HAS NO USE FOR PRECEDENT s ' i ': u ! :' By Herbert Corey. "(Copyright. 1915-, by Herbert Corey.) GNJC of the members of the British cabinet was in conversation with jl friend not long ago. Tho friend said the cabinet should take a certain course of action iaia matter then on the hooks. .." agree with you," said the cabinet Member. "How do -the other members of the cabinet feel?" "They agree with you, too," said the cabinet member. "AU exoept Loiu , Kitchener." "Then," said the other fellow, "wny don't you do It?" - The cabinet man heaved a sigh. "1 assure you,", tald he, "that we have very little influence with Kitch ener." That may seem to be an exaggerat ed statement of conditions in the Brit ish cabinet. But It is an absolutely -truthful one. Kitchener is the cabinet. With certain limitations, he is the house of lords, and tho house of com mons, and- the royal family. lie Is easily the most powerful man in Eng land today- no. exception whatever be ing noted to that statement. This Is the explanation. r The leaders of every party in Ens land recognised that this war threat ened the very life of the empire. Britannia is fighting with her back against the 'wall, they did the very sensible and very, extraordinary thing of selecting, the biggest man they had In stock to handle the war for Eng land. Then they did. the equally sen sible and positively revolutionary thing of letting him handle It. No veto power can override his will. There Is a monarch in England and that mon arch Is toeing the lino with the rest. Kitchener is supreme. K Scorned a Prince. Prince Albert wanted to go to war. (Albert Is a slender, delicate, blond little chap. If he were not a prince one would say that he is positively bashful: If It were not tragic, it would be ridiculous to see this boy 'trudge along by his. towering grena dier guards. If he were not a prince, one would, describe him at "nice." By no stretch of the imagination could one credit him with value In the field. King George and Queen Mary opposed hia ambition, Finally they yielded. ; "You .may go," said they. Then Albert needed Kitchener's ' on sent. . He. called twice at Whitehall to see that gentleman. The second time he was admitted. Kitchener a giant of a man. wide shouldered, thin flanked, brick red bent his cold, heavy eyes upon the princeling. Albert stated bis case. i "You can t go," said Kitchener. That settled it for the time. T,ater on he changed hfs mind. The Eng lish troops were getting frightfully banged about in France. They were Standing up to their medicine gamely, ; but that medicine was bitter. They ' needed a bit of encouragement. So that Kitchener, who Is supposed to disregard psychology in favor of force, sent the Prince of Wales to France. Those who were on the battle lino say t the moral effect of his arrival was tremendous. There are no more loyal - people than the English. These starved, freezing, bloodv, vermin ridden Tom mies in the trenches cheered their gal lant heads off when tliev heard that a little boy a slender, earnest, ambl- tious boy had reached headquarters, ile was their prince. , - When the war began Kitchener was out of military employment. He had rowed with the war office all his life, lie is an efficient, unpleasant, cold ; blooded administrator. The war office ; Is was completely tilled with de : lightful gentlemen. NOTABLE COLLECTION OF Many Personal Belongings of First President in Pos session of Alexandria, Va., Lodge. WHAT is declared to he the largest collection of personnl relics of George Washington In existence, with the" possible exception of that at Mount Vernon, is in the "possession of Alexandria (Va.) Lodge, No. 22, An cient FVee and Accepted Masons, of which Washington was the first mas ter. The members of this lodge assisted-Washington in laying the corner stone of the capltol, and later had tho honor of conducting the ceremonies on that bitter winter day when the body of Washington was laid to rest in the Mount Vernon tomb. Tho lodge, however. once possessed more Washington relics, among them thvMer on which he was borne, to his . tomb, the crepe that draped the door of Mount Vernon while Washington's f body lay In state, several pieces of fur nlture nsed bv him, among them his card table, numerous personal letters, : his military saddle, the flag of his life guard and the flag that floated above his tent at Vorktown. These were de stroyed by fire In I7. Yet, for all these losses, the lodge 'possesses a large number of Washing ton relics. Several cases occupying niches In the walls hold mememtos of great historic significance. The Williams portrait In pastel, done from life in Washington's later years, and in Masonic regalia, is unlike any : other portrait of him in existence. - It Ja one of the lodge's most prized pos sessions, for which SrOO.OOO has been refused. In 179S the lodge, by resolu tion, requested General Washington, then president, and living in Philadel phia, temporarily the national capital, Vto eit for a portrait. The consent readily-gained, the artist, Williams, re ceived the commission for the work. . Washington approved the portrait, and that It was accepted by his brother Masons, hia friends and associates in his private, military and official life, would seem to indicate that it was at .the tme an excellent likeness of the general, then in Ms 62d year. From the portrait, which seems so Intimate not alone of his life, but his s well, one turns to the little Because he knew he had no chance to get the right sort of a Job at sol diering he had accepted the one im portant civilian appointment in Egypt, lie had named his staff, and the staff had been ordered to meet him at Dover. Then Kitchener went to the country the war trouble developed his staff was recalled by Whitehall and Kitch ener reached his steamer alone. "Where is my staff?" he asked. The telegrams sent him by the gov ernment had for some reason miscar ried. Kitchener had Just begun to frown when another telegram reached him. He was actually in his state room. 'Return to London at once," was the order, "to accept the post of sec retary of state for war.' Even those who do not like Kitch ener, and there is a surprising num ber of such persons, admit that he knows Just what to do. lie went to a telephone. He chased every one out ot the building in which the tele phone was located and ported guards about H. to see that no one ap proached. He had no right to com mand the police to do that sort of duty. Never mind. He commanded them, and they obeyed. The cabinet has told all that is known about the talk. "I will accept only On two condi tions," said he. "My will must be supreme. You may not even question It. And I will serve only for "three years." Those terms were accepted. If the government felt like refusing them which isn t likely their hand was forced. Tlrere was no other man i" England to do what Kitchener would be called on to do. He had to build an army and clean out a war office simultaneously. He has done both. As fast as one man can cut the red tape that tied the war office he has cut it. He has been on the job all the time. I Sleeps With His Job. "Where is my bedchamber? Kitch ener asked when he walked into his suite of offices at Whitehall. The question was shocking. No one could remember that there ever had been a bedchamber there. The logical de duction was that there never could be. "There is no bedchamber," they told him. "There will be." said he, 'by 6 o'clock tonight. See to It." It was seen to. He has a distress ing way of getting down to brass tacks in doing business. There was a parliamentary inquiry Into certain failures to feed and clothe the new recruits for while parliament is obedient it is not muzzled. The fact was shown that requisitions for nec essary supplies were shuffled through a dozen hands before thev were fllled It is not likely that Kitchener had Known of the delay or the cause. He is not omniscient. He got reports by telephone of the revelations. Before the clamoring on the floor had ended Kitchener had sent a telegram to every officer in command at a re cruiting station. - Buy what supplies you need and send me the bill," was the purport of this telegram. "Never mind previous rules. Get the stuff. I'll get you if you don't. ' There was one promising little scan dal that went by-by right away. Kitchener isn t extravagant in his use of government money in one of his Soudan campaigns he offered to do for GOO. 000 pounds what another sol dier had estimated would cost 3,500, 000 pounds, and then he turned back a good deal of the money but-Just now he is not counting the cost. He is too busy to flyspeck cost sheets with audit marks. His subordinates are told to buy cheap when they cai spare time but that hours are worth any premium. Once in South Africa his engineers were trying to throw a mahogany mantel clock which was in Washington's bedchamber and which EJisha C. Dick stopped when Washing ton died. It is said to be the only ar ticle of Washington s bedroom furnish ings not returned to Mount Vernon. With its weight and cat-gut cords, sev ered by Dr. Dick, and which stand be side it, it looks out from its glass case and forever silently proclaims the mo ment of its great owner s passing. In another ease is Hen era! Wasning ton s Masonic apron and sash of silk, embroidered by the Marquise de Lafay ette and presented for her, together with a rare little box of inlay, to General Washington by the Marquis de Lafay ette when he visited Washington In 1784. Tho apron is of heavy cream sat in, once white, but yellowed bv vears, heavily fringed and embroidered in gold, with the United States flag and the French flag crossed above a com plicated design of embroidery of a bee hive and fairies. Incidentally, the lodge also possesses the key of the front gates of the Bastile, a huge thing of five pounds' weight, ' presented by Lafavette at the time of his last visit, and also the Charles Wilson Peele por trait of Lafayette in colonial uniform. Washington's pocket Knife. In the same case also are. such per sonal things as the -general's wedding gloves, a blatk glove he wore while mourning for his mother, his pruning knife which he used at Mount Vernon, and his pocket knife, given to him by his mother when he was 12 years old. and never out of his possession until the time of his death. Concerning the gift of the knife, an Interesting bit of Washington's life is revealed. WTien George was 11 years old, his father died, and shortly afterward tbe boy went to live with his half-hrothrer, Lawrence, at Mount VernoD. and visit ed at Belvoir. the home of William Fairfax, friend and neighbor. George conceived the notion that he would like to become a midshipman in the British navy, and Lawrence and the Fairfaxes secured him the commission But the idea didn't please his mother. When all preparations had been made for his departure, unable to persuade him that his choice was unwise, she forbade his going. Sorrowfully. heurrendered his commission and his cherished hope, and returned to his mathematics in prep aration for a career as civil engineer. The very next order of goods that Mistrese Mary Washington sent to Kngland contained the item, "one good penknife.- This "good penknife" he presented to her eon George as a re- ( - a V ''y' S, . 1: 1 ' V1 i, -v;JT ' Vci, i fill Vl7 fill " filTri 7i "v JJJJ Left to right Lord Kitchener, brldge across a river, under hea.'y fire. ' ou are slow, ' said Kitchener. The engineer in command said that was true. But he was protecting his men. -He could save an hour's time bv another method, but It might cost 50 lives. 'Save the hour.' said Kitchener, turning awav. '"We can spare men better than we can spare time." It recalls a more recent story. A manufacturer of khaki, called at the war office to ask for a commission. In time he was ushered into Kitcn ener s office. He remained standing by the door. "Any military experience?' asked Kitchener. The manufacturer said he had oeen an officer of Territorials, and this and that. '"What's your business?" asked Kitchener. The manufacturer said he made khaki. "Hive you any government con tracts?" askei Kitchener. The manufacturer swelled with modest pride. He said he had sev eral contracts good contracts which would keep his mills busy for months. Kitchener's head dropped down again over the figures he was studying. He did not speak. lie Just jerked his thumb at the door. The officer in attendance took the manufacturer out. That sort of man is more valuable at home Just now than in the field. Kitchener h estimate when the war began was that it would last three vears. A recent incident seems to show that he has not changed his mind. A manufacturer of certain goods was WASHINGTON ward for his obedience and counseled him to "Always obey your superiors." He carried the pocket knife con stantly, and years later told Its history to General Knox; When Valley Forge, surrounded by his ragged and half-starving troopers, for whom a timid congress had made no provision, in a fit of despair and disgust, he wrote his resignation as commander In chief, and, summoning his staff, read the res ignation to them. One of the officers who heard him was General Knox, who reminded him of the knife and his mother's words, "Always obey your superiors." "You," continued Gen eral Knox, "were commanded to lead this army, and no one has ordered you riSSq 1 ' N f s ' YN J If' 1 (E&trr ;'i -14 '! -Ill I ll- -i'pll 1 MM i h-'-1-"! s'f- I rr-iv . iwr I I itlV.'! 1 i - x I ' W' r fefefafe s3Sv; as mjj i IHTNtwSStRVlCt- ho rales the British war office with an iron hand; Field Marshal Sir mand of the British forces on the continent. asked if he could not largely increase his output. '"Not without doubling the capacity of my plant," said he. "I cannot af ford to do that unless I am assured of at least three, years' business." "Go ahead and double," said Kitch ener. "You'll get the business." His past history is an open book. His quarrels with slack and inefficient ad ministrators at home and abroad are known. That his achievement in rais ing a new army at home and in feeding the old army in the field is of the high est order is admitted Where Kitch ener has incurred the most bitter criti cism is in his management of the press. He is an absolute autocrat. He has made a joke out of that freedom, of the press of which Anglo-Saxons have boasted wth this exception. Control of the Frags. Kitchener hasn't cared what edWors have said about him. But thev must not print tabooed news. The English papers esipecially the Harmsworth group in London have attacked the military censorship with great bitter ness. Nothing has been said on the American side of half the edge and weight of venom that is being said al most daily in England. Kitchener doesn't care. He Is oblivious to public opinion. Here's a story that proves it: It was charged against him in South Africa that he had ordered his troopers to ride into the tall grass "and bring out the wounded natives on their lances." Tht was almost inhuman, of course. A preat rowdy-dow was raised about it. The papers shrieked over it. There was a parliamentary inquiry. Kitchener didn t say a word. He didn't RELICS OWNED BY MASONIC LODGE OF WHICH HE Washington's mansion at Mount Vernon, as it appears today. to cease leading it. Think it over." Washington thought it over. Half an hour later he had torn up his resigna tion and announced his determination to fight to the finish. . On its walls Alexandria lodge dis plays another of its valuable posses sions, and which is intimately con nected with Washington s early life at Mount Vernon. This Is a life size por trait of Thomas, sixth Lord Fairfax, father of William, whose daughter married Lawrence Washington. Lord Fairfax, who emigrated to Virginia in 1741. came to take possession of 6,500, 000 acres of rich Virginia land Inherited- from his mother, and It was on these lands aa a boy of 16 that George deny or explain. Finally some one got to him and demanded that he epeaK. 'Damn them," said Kitchener, slow ly. His red face turned redder. His angry eyes turned slowly upon the questioner, under his heavy brows. "Damn them. They hamstrung my horses." That was all. When his men rode into the grass natives who had been Wound ed or pretended to be wounded laid in wait. As a horse passed they ham strung it. Then they chopped the rider. That order of his was as much forced by military necessity as was the burn ing of Lou vain. He did not apologize for it. He didn't care shucks what anyone thought of it. The clamor died out when the English people an es sentially practical race learned the truth. So Kitchener has muzzled the press in this war. He has ruthlessly sup pressed information which might be a weapon in the hands .of the enemy or make trouble at home. He would not let the story of the sinking of the Audacious be told. He has not let the English public know that Japan Inter vened at Great Britain s request, br that China has protested against the violation of her neutrality by both Eng lish and Japanese troops. A long list of like actions by the censor might be cited. It is Important to get at Kitch ener's viewpoint He will not permit the publication of anything which he, as a soldier, thinkB may add to the difficulty of his task. He Is the sole Judge. W here a doubt arises, he rules against the newspapers and lets em rave. But they can say anything they choose about him. Washington did his first considerable work as a purveyor. The portrait in the lodge room by Sir Joshua Reynolds is tbe only portrait of this Fairfax in existence-Two Priceless Kelica. In the upper end of the chamber and now protected In a great glass case, though it was kept in constant use for more than a century, Is the chair Washington used when master of the lodge, and which he had brought for that jmrpose from his library in Mount Vernon. About tbe walls are 17 ma hogany chairs, still In constant use, and which constituted a portion of tbe old lodge's original furnishings. Possibly surpassing all .other relics rtARKIS ft E.WI N&. John French, who is in com- SIR JOHN FRENCH SDME years ago elaborate man euvers were held at AlUershot 'n England- The regular war corre spondent of a London paper was in validated at the time. A greenhorn was sent down to cover the review. "I was in despair, ' he said later. "I knew nothing of military affairs, but it was essential that I succeed with that assignment." By some chance he fell in with a square, dumpy, red faced old gentle man. The old gentleman didn't look like a soldier. He wore no uniform. He didn't even carry a stick. He was leaning against a fence when the de spairing correspondent encountered him. "What." asked that Individual, piteously. "are they doing now?" The old gentelman discovered the youngster's plight. Then lim said he thought he could help him. . "I know more or less about this sort of thing," said he, modest. y. "Beastly technical, you know. Per haps you'd best take rather careful notes." So the boy took careful notes, and the old gentleman told him all about the maneuvers, and what they meant, and what each commanding officer had been trying to do, and why he failed or succeeded, as the case might be. That report made a war cor respondent out of a previously harm less reporter. He's over in France now, dodging arrest and bullets. When he satd goodby he diffidently ex pressed his thanks. in historic value is the ivory handled silver trowel which waa used At the laying of the cornerstone of the cap ltol at which Washington officiated. The trowel has been engraved with a simple statement of Its history, lest doubters rise to question Its genuine ness. Still More Treasures. In a glass case Is the yellowing; old lodge charter granted In 1788, which contains not only the name of General Washington as master of the lodge, but tne autograph of Edmund Randolph, who was at the time grand master -of Virginia and governor of tbe common wealth, who wag a member of the con vention which framed the constitution. "Will you tell me your name?" he asked. , "Oh, French," said tne other care lessly "Sir Jonn French." Vow a rield Marshal. French Is now the field marshal in command of the English forces In France. He conducted a retreat fol lowing the disaster at Mons whtcn has been called by critics one of the finest fcata of arms in the history of British wars. Nothing short of that was expected of French by those who were even slightly familiar with hla history. He has been named as the foremost cavalry leader in Europe. He wa the one British general vhoo reputation was enhanced by the war in South Africa. And yet he had Just ' escaped retirement because he was too efficient. The British war office was so dry in those days that It rattled. Those high in authority had made routine their god. French was Just the othar sort. He was continually studying. Though by no means a bookworm, ne is familiar with the history of every Important campaign. There is no step forward in strategy that he has not mastered. Lord Roberts -once said .of him : I inspected his regiment once French then being a major. As be came across the parade ground I abked his colonel: " 'Of what value?' "'Forever reading military books,' was the reply." After service in the Soudan and elsewhere French waa given command of his old regiment, the Nineteenth Hussars, In 1898, and was stationed at Aldershot. He had the chance to try out some new moves on the mili tary chessboard. When the maneu vers of 1899 came he put them in op eration, v The old timers said that he was too reckless. It was perfectly true that he was uniformly success ful in peace practice, but they said he would be cut tejiieces in war. He would have been recommended for re tirement, save for Kir Bedvers Kuller "Give him another chance," said Buller. "There's good stuff In him." Then the South African war came, and Buller insisted that lrench be given his chance on the veMt. The other officials of the war office pro tested. They pointed out that every move made by French was a depart ure from sacred and time honored precedent. Buller said that possibly something of that sort might he need ed in Africa. He said he didn t be lieve the Boers knew enough about precedent to care if French did err once In a while. And Ki Did Wla. "What we want.'' said Buller, ' Is a man who can win." French did win. He was uniformly successful. No one, perhaps, except the men most intimately concerned, know whether there was ever any personal hostility between French and Kitchener. But the injudicious friends of both kicked up a mighty shindy. They Insisted upon comparing tho rec ord made by the two men In Africa. French had many victorious battles to his credit. It was pointed out that Kitchener only laid claim to one that being the defeat of Cronje and that he would not have won this fight if French's 3000 cavalry men and horses exhausted by fantastic exer tions had not coene up from Kimher ley in time to arrest 'ronje retreat. Whatever may be the truth. It la certain that the two men have worked well in double harness since the pres ent war beean. French had been inadn field marshal 24 hours before Kitch ener took the portfolio of cecretarv of state for war. Kitchener has repeated ly given pralpe to his Miihordtna te for his services in the field. French has had no opportunity to he equally gen and who later served in Washington a cabinets as-attorney general and secre tary of War. From time to time the assertion has been made that Wash ington whs not actually u Mawon. The old charter under which Alexandria lodge till has authority effectually puts to rest such I'He contention. Aft er the -necessary preamble, the instru ments declare, Know ye. that we, Kd mund Randolph, loq.. Governor of the Commonwealth aforesaid, and Grand Master Of the Most Am lent and Hon orable Society of Free Masons, within the same- by and with the consent of the Grand Lodge of Virglniadoiereby constitute and appoint our illustrious and well-beloved brother, George Washington, Esq.. late General and Commander in t hlef of the forces of the United States of America," and continues with the statement of Wash ington's being made charter Master. The minutes of the lodge, faithfully preserved, contain what is probably the only absolutely 1 authentic and first hand account of the funerHl of Gen eral Washington, which was conducted with Mason in ceremonies by the Alex andria lodge. Washington's lyiother DVillxa Washington's youth the Impression his mother, Mary Ball Washington, made upon every body was that of being "She-who-must-be-obeyed. ' It was not merely that her Own children paid her the tribute of profound deference and awe, for tnat was not uncommon in the eighteenth centurv. but that she created a similar f feeling among ethers. She was an awe-inspiring person, as was her son later in life, though prob ably neither of them had the least idea of the fact that mot of those with whom they carpe in contact stood some what In fear of them. This fear .lid not prevent people from liking Mrs Washington any more than it after ward prevented them from liking her on. : Yet a contemporary called her course with her son George "fond and un thinking." He was her favorite child, and there was nothing of the parin mother about her. The time was near when she was to prove it by standing in his way in life for fear he would get hurt, and she was toiteep up thatattl tude, to his considerable annoyance, all through his life. All through her life she struggled desperatwly to keep him from the dan- erous in public. But not long ago a staff officer Is said to have complained to Irlm that certain men and supplies which were sorely needed- had not yet arrived. "They are not dim for two davs." said French. " Then they will be here. Kitchener is seeing to It." French Isn t at all the sort of man In appearance one expects a cavalry leader -to be. He is short and squat in figure. His seat upon a horso has been called absolutely ludleroun, mi-1 though It is conceded that few horses, can master him. lie could never play polo well enough to get exercise out of the pastime, and he has h.id more than one accident in the hunting field. But he la untiring at least one; ir the South African war he ivtt up the only bed to a fatigued iirltrrv who was 20 years his Junior, and slept well upon the floor Siid he unites caution to apparent rock'esM ness in his field operations. "It is Instinctive with him," sull one of hia Juniors. "He pauses Just long enough to get the terms of the problem fairly before him, and then his decision is Instantaneous. Time after time he led his men Into what seemed murder. It proved to be the only road to safety." Jk Sense of Kumor. He is a quiet, unassuming man, who rarely speaks until he is spoken to, unless among friends. Then he. Is a most excellent companion. By times he is fond of a practical joke, as shown by the story told of his bet at the mess table. The talk had turned upon shooting at the butts. ' I will bet a box of cigars," said her s'that I can correctly call the result of 10 shots at 600 yards tomorrow, without waiting for the marker." borne one accepted the wager. The next morning the whole mess was at the rifle range. French carefully se lected his rifle, took careful aim and fired. After each of the 10 shots he called out: "A miss!" Underneath hie heavy mustache Is a very sensitive mouth. He is, in fact, a shy and retiring man. His slater, Mrs. Despard. one of the leaders of English, suffragists, once commented on this, ' I had been telling John how hard it ( was for me to make my appear ances in public," said she. "I was afraid that some day I would be un able to play my part. He laughed at . me. "'That s . nothing,' said he, 'I've never been able to do anything worth while in my life lhat I didn't have to screw myself up to it first.'" hot all his kindness and his diffi dence he Is hard as nails when duty in in question. He does not excuse incompetence or slackness. One of his Tommies once put the case very neatly. 'Ole French," said he. "don t bark much but doesn't he Just bite!"' French Is 63 years old now. He comes of an old Oalway family. Hla father had been a commander in the royal navy and French himself served four years t-n It. But the servico never appealed, to him, and after a time he retired and made a try -for the army. The competitive examina tion kept him out of a' commissi n, and so he got In "through the oh i door" by taking a commission In the militia arid obtaining a transfer His promotion was reasonably rapid. HURT JOURNALISTS AIDED Paris. Feb. 20. The Anele-Ameiionu Tress association has Just given $101 to the fund for the benefit of wounded French Journalists, the number of whom ban already reached 20. Minis ter Briand, ex-Premier Iiupy. and the Hritieh and American u mbaKsadors have promised to attend the mhhocim t Ion's weeklv luncheon Monday. WAS MEMBER His Mother Had No Desire for Washington to Become Famous in Fact She Qpenly Opposed It. gerous path of glory. She cared nothing for his achievements, and probably did not understand their Im portance; certainly, she did not under stand his fame. Kach time he entered upon a new venture she saw only, as she heart-brokenly expressed It, "more fighting, more bloodshed." Whether or not her course with him an a hoy was "fond and unthinking," it surely merited that description in his man hood. But the first manifestation of this spirit reunited In her rendering an In estimable service to mankind. When George was a young lad, he wanted to enter the British navy, llln mother opposed it succesaf uily. But she never succeeded again in slaying his steps In that preat career, though she always tried. When Captain Rob ert Orme, one of Braddoek m aids tie camp, wrote bv the generals' order offering Washington a place on hi staff, the brilliant opportunity offered him aroused only consternation In tier. She hurried to Mount Vernon and tried to prevent Mm from accepting it. Washington was a man now,-snd hls own master. He refused to bo dianuad ed, and went on that campaign from which he was to reap so much renown Tbe last straw was when she learned that he eldest son was not only Komg to be a rebel, but was te be tit'- chief rebel of all, the commander of the rt'tn'iii'. Her language wa vchem ent, iwi her f rlends-Tould not comfort her. Ultimately she relented; embraced her son, and gave him her blewwlng , The general saw Mttle of her during the war. . She went about her daily work as usual, and dally, seated in an old-fashioned open chnlse, she went out to the farm and superintended the work. Xfayette's Visit. Lafayette, who had met Mrt. Wash ington before, visited her after the bat tle of Yorktown. and came upon her working in her garden In a homespun dress and a straw bonnet. She did not change her dress In honor of the yu-ung - nooicman. sne listened to m cntnusi- asm over her Idol, Washington, and (Continued on P:.k- .Ten.