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By lata May Smith
WEEK-END traffic accidents
real estate subdivisions
iiiflutlnn- ail night card parties
BdvcrtiHlnK- bl(! game hunting
scientific funning shopping
for a socoml-humi vehicle.
Not only are these conditions
to be met by the modern man of
1937, but they were conditions
that were met by George Wash
ington, born 205 years ago.
For Goorgo Washington, Judged
by all the standards of today, was
a modern. Although ho lived
when this country was very
young, ho was not only abreast of
his times, but was way ahead of
Ihom. If ho were allvo today he
would probably be driving one of
tho better cars, (American made,
of course.'), but one which was
easy on the upkeep, backing real
estate subdivisions, and attending
Rotary luncheons.
Lotteries wore popular and
legal In Washington's day, many
of them being for religious and
educational purposes. Washington
took his share of such chances
and recorded the results in his ac
count books, often with dry
humor. In 1766 ho wrote that he
"invested" In the York Lottery,
though with no beneficial results.
In 1775, though, two of the six'
tickets he held in the land lottery
In Ustor county, New York, were
"fortunate." On another occasion
he invested 1 pound 4 shillings In
a raffle for an encyclopedia Bri
tannlca, "which," he recorded re
gretfully, "I did not win." N
Washington was modern, too,
in his attitude toward advertising.
He appreciated the fact that It
pays to advertise. When he had a
parcel of land he wanted to sub
divide he put a large advertise
ment in the Maryland Journal
and Baltimore Advertiser, stating
that he had obtained patentB for
upwards of 20,000 acres of land
on the Ohio and Great Kanhawa,
and that he proposed to divide
tho same Into any slzod tene
ments that might be desired and
lease them upon motlcrato terms.
That doal also established his
si at us as a modern realtor.
Still further evidence of his
faith In advertising Is contained
in an advertisement in a New
cowboys ot today Hunting was
one of his favorite sports. How
ever, not all his hunting experi
ences were confined to foxes in the
vicinity of his Virginia home. In
the autumn of 1770 he went "big
game hunting" in the Ohio region
with his friend Dr. Cralk.
HE would have been right at
home looking for a good
used car. When his own carriage
had done its limit in mileage he
wrote to a dealer saying:
"Gentln; My old Chariot havg.
run its race, and gone through as
many stages as I could conven
iently make it travel, is now ren
dered incapable of any further
Service: The intent of this Letter
therefore is to desire you will be
speak me a New one." Washing
ton believed in enjoying both
stylo and comfort as he "exer
cised" for he went on to describe
the kind of chariot to be purchased,
saying it should have the newest
type of spring, be of the best
seasoned wood, in newest taste,
handsome, genteel, green in color
with light gilding around the
panels, light and cool leather lin
ing. He was particular about the
luggage compartment and wrote:
"Let the box that slips under the
Scat be as large as it conven
iently can bo made (for the bene
fit of storage upon a journey)."
"If such a Chariot as I have
described cd. be got at 2d hand
little or Aothg. the worse of wear,
but at the same time a good deal
under the first cost of a new one
(and sometimes tho perhaps
rarely it happens so), it wd. be
very desirable; but if I am
obliged to go near to the origl.
cost I wd. even have one made."
Washington's diary of April 7,
1701, described the usual week
end traffic accident, but Instead of
motor cars meeting head-on, it
was a case of four chariot horses
that were frightened while cross
ing on a ferry. They went over
board, chariot and all.
Washington's mind was so
modern, bo open, that ho would
probably not have been at all sur
prised by tho development of avi
ation. In fact, in a letter written
about 1784, ho said: "I have only
newspaper accounts of air bal
loons, to which I do not know
what credence to give; as the
tales relating to thorn are marvel-
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The First Presidential Mansion, At Pearl and Cherry Streets.
New York.
York newspaper In 1780 In which
he stilted that ho supplied Ills
house servants with ensh for ope
rating his homo (tho presidential
mansion), and that he would not
bo responsible for bills contracted
by them.
Washington, for presidential
tours, set tho precedent which has
been followed ever slnco and
greatly enlarged upon.
Depreciation and Inflation of
currency proved Just as puzzling
and troublesome to Washington
as It does to us. In a communi
cation to tho President of Con
gress on April 23, 177P. Washlng
trn said: "Is there anything
doing, or that can bo done, to
restore tho credit of our money T
Tho depreciation of It has got to
so alarming a point that a wagon
load of money will scarcely pur
chase a wagon-load of provi
sions." He was quito disgruntled
when tho price of pork advanced
after ho had placed an order for
sauio.
We are fully able to under
stand, since ll'20, the attitude of
tho Katlu-r of tils Country toward
speculation. "Speculation, pecula
tion, engrossing, forestalling." ho
wrote to n friend, "with all their
onneoniiliints, afford too many
melancholy proofs of the decay of
public virtue, and too glaring In
stances of its being the Interest
and desire of too many, who
would wish to tie thought friends,
to continue the war."
Despite the busy life he led In
polities, fighting, slid farming,
Washington had tho thing the
modern man is demanding more
and more leisure. He was a good
horseman. According to his ex
pense account his riding outfit for
himself and horse would have
been the envy of even tho niuvle
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lous and lead us to expect tvitt
our friends at Paris in a little
timo will come flying through the
air instead of ploughing the
ocean to get to America."
Another proof of Washington s
interest and knowledge of modern
devices was shown as early as
1776 when ho wroto Thomas Jef
ferson a description of a powder
charged submarlno torpedo,
which, when striking an anchored
ship, would destroy It. That same
year Washington spent the night
on tho dock at New York harbor
and heard tho explosion of the
first submarlno which was at
tempting to destroy Admiral
Howe's flagship, the "Kiiylo."
Washington believed in "going
West," though not in the movie
sense. Nor did he wait for 1 lornce
Greeley to point the finger In the
direction of tho setting sun. As
far back as 1748 he went West,
going over tho Alleghaneys, and
liked It so well that ho went W est
several times. He believed that
the West had valuable resources
and would be a valuable addition
to tho Atlantic Coast colonics. Ho
even predicted that Detroit would
ono day be an important trade
center.
Washington has been termed
America's first "Scientific farm
er." He did his o.wn experiment
ing and from tho results built up
his own theories lie tested the
seeds In various soils and tried
out a variety of fertilizers. He
kept a weather record and experi
mented as to the best tlmo for
planting. He rotated his crops
and kept records of his returns.
He was successful in grafting
llccausc tolvu-co tmixviri!,ivl th.
soil, he turned his tobacco fields
into grain, grazing, and orchards.
He studied and practiced methods
for conserving and Improving the
soil.
The best of tools and newest
productions of machinery were
demanded by Washington, and It
some new idea did not prove sat
isfactory, he quickly discarded it
for a newer, more practical one
He was not afraid of. departing
from the old way of doing things.
Washington was alarmed at the
Ill-treatment' of farm lands and
said that within a few years the
increased sterility of lands would
force the Inhabitants to stjek new
locations. He would not have been
surprised at the drouths and dust
storms of recent years. He
wanted to teach the people how
to improve their land and in
crease their crops. For that rea
son he tried to establish a depart
ment of agriculture to do for the
farmer just the things it is doing
today.
A keen Interest in commerce
and transportation facilities was
taken by Washington and he had
a vision of opening highways to
tho West so that Western farmers
might have a market for their
crops. He was financially inter
ested in several transportation
projects.
Washington shared tho modern
idea that parents fall short of
understanding their offspring. Af
ter the Revolution, when he was
a distinguished man and his '
house was constantly full of not
able visitors, his mother, Mary
Ball Washington, wrote that she
would like to visit Mount Vernon
and spend some time there with
him and Martha. In reply Wash
ington wrote that he did not want
hor to come; that she would not
understand the people who were
with him, and that they would
not understand her; that she
would be miserable in such so
ciety and that it would make him
unhappy.
Washington did a seemingly
unmodern thing when he refused
a salary as President. Although
he had Just been forced to borrow
money, he told Congress that he
did not wish a salary, but that
thev could pay his expenses if
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they desired. They did desire, anu
appropriated $25,000 annually for
this purpose. In refusing this sal
ary he set the precedent which
fortunately has been followed by
some public sprited men of our
times who have called themselves
dollar a vear men.
refused a crown,
ruler of an
dollar a year men.
Washington ref
and. like a recent
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