New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 22, 1929, Page 10

5y L e P e T ——— 'NEW-BRITAIN DAILY RERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1929. WASHINGTON LIED — \ WOMEN AND LiQUOr ' " ' | o ‘ —r=awe] The Sale You Have Waited For Westport, Feb. 22 (UP)—George s 3 ¥ Washington was no angel; he was a | typical early colonial’ country gen- ' : tleman who drank, swere, smoked > and enjoyed a risque story as he did : g 2 a trim ankle, according to his brother’s direct descendant, Wil- liwm Lanier Washington of West " ~ port. & Washington traces his lineage di- 1eetly to Augustine Washington, Lrother of the first president of the [ ] United States. The president had no children. A grey haired man who will ob- serve his G4th birthday the 30th of : next month, Washingtons occupa tion is chiefly custodian of the most precious collection of Washingtonia ! in the country. The old colonial | style home of the descendant over. | ’ looking the Doston Post road is ! named “Wukeficld” after the old | ‘Washington home d in West. | moreland county, Virginia, and is' an almost exact replica of the home ! from which it took its name. Its B . D walls are covered with likencss of | the Father of His Country and scarcely an important article of furniture was not used v the pa- | 1 triot. | William Lanier Washington de- | 2 A scribes his famed ancestor as a tall, | powerful, but flat chested man with blue eyes, sandy hair, misshapen | mouth and pasty complexion scarred Dby smallpox contracted in his travels o in the West Indies. He had a high- — — pitched voice and was quick to temper, according to Washington. “Even if he drank, smoked, played cards and enjoyed a risque story or a pretty woman, he was only like # most of the country gentlemen of i his time,” Washington said. “But i ] for all his high living. he was the § < soul of honor and a little liquor did i ol not make him any the worse.” 1 “Had there been ball clubs in ; i colonial time Washington said, 3 “George Washington probably would have been a player.” 4 He referred to the old story that the genmeral once threw a silver dollar across the Potomac river, | At present, William Lanier Wash- | ington is working cn a history of the Washington family. Besides his : own literary work, his desk is crowd- ) ed with the writines of ofher men upon George Washington, William Lanicr Washington lives in the past. Present day politic have little interest for him. He pre fers to discuss the Ife and accom- plishments of his illustrions ances- | [§ tors to the nows of the government » B s e WITHOUT RESERVE OR LIMIT ton rclics he hopes to live out his allotted vears and on his death 3 seebably will leave Wakefield and ~|Sale Starts Sat,, Feb. 23 at 2:30 P. M. a “lineal” i, he is the old vt direet d nt of tiie family bl el e AND WILL CONTINUE DAILY UNTIL ENTIRE STOCK IS SOLD the head of the family hy 1 cicty of Cincinnati, composed members of e Washington line, d The living Washington does not wish to sirrender his precions relics | t 2.30 o & tugeum, but he t.always gl a an 1o display them to visitors at Walke- | L] field. T the collection here are | h iany of Washington's personal pos- | sosxions, rings, shoe buckles, sur-{ . vor's instruments, his official seal, 4 ° o manuseripts and furniture, 5 A ° all hangs the Washington | escutcheon. This, Washington point- | e out, indicates the close associa- tion of the Washington family and Iection Indicating that the. roat | Living Rocm Suites, Bed Room Suites, Di~*~g Room Suites, Breakfast Suites, Lamp- of All Descrintions, Room-sized Rugs, American patriot traced his ances- e i T Throw Rugs, Cong-leum Rugs, Beds, S--'nge, Mattress, Davenport Tables, End Tables, Baby Carriages, Strollers and England. A portrait of the monarch Y who earned the name of “Long- 2 e th f . o e L in fact everything that goss to furnich the home. home shows a marked resemblance & T e 1o Tamer SALE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF C. LAWRENCE COOK CO., International Furniture Auctionezrs Willlam Lanier Washington s re- lated on his mother’s side to Sidney Lanicr, the poet. Although in his earlier years, Washington was an ardent sportsman, owning the New- | I castle, Pa., bascball team in the old . . 3 3 o g, iy i o | : ' 100 useful presents will be given fres to the first 100 ladies entering our store before the relics of his noted ancestor, he s e o B 2 P. M, Saturday, February 23rd. Doors open sharp at 1:30 P. M. The formation olla) sadleata of () B:autiful gifts selected from our regular stock to be given away free at each sale. : Buy Now at Your Own Price ings, nunibering some 90 steel foun- '3 having pinbined annnal ca- pacity of 375,000 metric fons of castings, was recently completed. o . po . Sore, Disfiguring Rashes Jucty v 4 overcom L The guickness with which Resi nol Soap and Qintment act in . most cases of skin_disorder amazes many people. Itching is ] often stopped at once. The soap cleanses the skin and prepares it to receive the ointment, which e ° soothes and heals. 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