Poughkeepsie Journal from Poughkeepsie, New York • Page 2A

Tl v. cage jwaAr i. fy r1 ti A 'M' 'i :2 ifcV '( i.i 4,. POUGHKEEPpSUNDAYNEWyOHKER: 'it if.ar SUNDAyAUGU3t: Statesman ffycre iw rarffc 1im vf Paulding Was 1tfVafct.VivlipaWraninjlirg niijia HfHim mthi TKote vhp have been curiout eriough to gtop and read the Uui and, whit rnarlter or the Suta' Education department. thai "alanda, half biddci by foliage, a mil north of Hyde Park know inaijaroea v.

rorreeiai not ina nrti rjyoe rarK.man.lQ nave ''aeryed ae Sectetary of the' Navy. ago' Janice Kirke 'Paulding lived on a' 40 acre estate that lay between marker and Pauldmg had served, at Secretary of the Navy tinder. Van Buren. I Th markeralio telli tlit PauldinguWat a distinguished it one time a collaborator, with Washington Irving. In wa hi writing that first led, to his appointment to high federal office, under Madison.

Although it sparklet with wiC.it it eldom read today because ha specialized in "pricking bubbles," cspotingJfathiohable, political and literary" follies that are now rTha story of Paulding's life is typically American.oT the yagt to richet achooL Heuid that at a.child hit family was "not only poor, but steeped in poverty." And, "from the experience of my early life I never wish to be young t'lMsii tht Tternhrtlnn Penldlne'sU i Befor th SevohiUon Pauldlnftp William Paulding, was prosperous Terrrtown storekeeper. ti was a member of tht first New York Commute of Safety, and wrhrt the war becan wu appointed Stat Commissary; to the tionary forces It wuthU appoint pent that canted i his' poverty: i fated first hit own funds, then went into debt to buy rations tor the M1U cr 'Osa'af Ktot ChUdrta Tsrrrtown wu stronglj Tory, tarly In, the "war, William 'Paulding moved hit family Jo, the rrOreat early land dlnlon now eorertdby the towns of Washington, Stanford, Clinton. Eleattnt Valley and most of Hyde Parkv Jamet Kirks Paulding." tht eighth of nine child, rtn, wat bora there Aug. 22, 1778. When ths wr wat'over Winiaa Psuldlng morid his family back to Tarrytown and petitioned tht state tor Hit petition wat Ignored, and ha wat tent.

to debtor's prison, a lot hut at Whits Plains, i And tTery. Saturday morning young Jamet! mounted an oldhonowed horn, and went 4 to White, Plaint with a supply of dean. clothes and whatever oomforta the family, could acrapa together tor his' father. "It wat a painful Journey, and I cannot think on It, even at thlt distant period, without painful James Kirke Paulding wrote lift In Ufa. He had not been there many months bet ore.

tht Jali.took art: my father. wat relested by this and nobody opposing, home, i where, he aver afterward undisturbed by hit craaitors." AlthOUlh hi irsl free. WlllluB Paulding's spirit wat broken, and he wu content to allow hla wilt; to support tht family by jsmsr tcnooung .) wat necestaruy canty and ended when he wat ,11 or; 11. At' li hs left: home and to New York, where an alder brother 'had secured a position, for nun tnt united states Loan of Ps" Beesma InWs rrtead One of Paulding! older sisters wat married 'and living in New Yorki Her husband wu William 'Irving: th older: brother of Wash Irving, then a youngster ot It. The two boyt had met before; Now' they became friends," and through Washington Irving, the country youth' became a member of a group of llyeiy New, York' TI wu excesshrely thu sUnped m.

may say. penecuy raw Hum now tag was so painful to me rldl Paulding of his Initiation. into thlt group of young men. rThey broke, ma In by qula Hng ms most unmercifully: but, though the perspiration', ot almost agony sprung, from the very, hair of my head I wu too proud to, show ndw suffered. s' "By this course I was drilled Into something Ilka cltlxen of the new world Into which I had been thrown.

ii wu a nnign cuscipune a isa' oi temperament: proved Vot greats scrrlce in arter me: and. tnougn look back on it with something like horror, hare always considered the leaaont" worth the pur enase. Pour of these Henry, Brt voort Jr. Oouverneur. Kcmble.

Irv lng and PauWlng, were Intimate Trlenda Ions they llred, and all four became outstanding successes. Jtatner' record, for group of youngstera wiia nouung mora it' tloua on thelrlmlnas than fun. Wrato far'PerladleabLii 'Betweara lWd andlJOJ Inrlng and Psuldlng both dabbled In newspaper work, mainly with contributions to "The Morning; Chronicle; of New "York, that wu edited by Peter Irr lng, a'hro thereof Washington. Jan. 2.

UOT tut two rnenas brought out the first, niunber, of rsalma a periodica Issued at Irregular Intervals, that made tun of fashions and foibles ot the fashion. able world In. jointly written. articles'. Although its authora hadnt hoped for, anything mora than local circulation, Salmagundi wu soon In, demand throughout the Country.

It wu abruptly abandoned i after two volumes had been: printed 'because the publisher declined, to share the profits with the authora. One bun dred dollars apiece wu all they em received tor ptuldtog continued to contrlbuta prose and poetry to the newspaper, and few months after the opening of the War of UU wrote rThr Diverting History of John Bun and Brother in HU he pub "The: Uy, of the Scottish another humorous; attack on set 3ritlsh, this time In the tnn.of a parody of the work of WeSer Soott; He followed thU la wn. Troe unua twatet ana HtgggggHgrtK igtttBBri' 'xatiiiiiiiiBi ttttttkkf1 attttiiiiB PHp'' 3'gt'fs'fiBn tttatttttttgttttt'1tkttttttt JvestaatV iitjrgrgrgrgl ls4444444 JAMKS Knuu PAtJLBiNa from water color made when ha wu about J3. he wu ureed to sit for his Dortrslt in laterveara 'he always excused himself on the ground, that he 'preferred to be: rememoerea a spruce young man rather, thaif an old As an old man ha wu bearded and: V. 1H Clf AasMUtad hrMsdUM theea pauimng wrote.

yean later, rreesa.were au pouueai. ad aitractad the attention ot Mir 'uatam. who has tinea Informed me gave) dlreetloni to the duT rant mint rr jjepenm' mi him vhan 'an offlca worthy tay. eeoeotenoa; becamevvacanu jsaieaw eucn ktwaisiiiij Commladoneri being Initiated. I wu 'appointed Ma Secretary.

Hit api yvmwilll. 1.W Mil VI na missea nu New Tone i mends, be enjoyed We in the capi tal, quite different city Iran what It Is today. He wrote that he had teen great numbers of quill, plover and snipe within, two or three hundred yards of the White and that deer were said to be plentiful half a mile 'fe''' He to Washington Inrlnc that hit new pott gave him "leisure. respect and which last It peculiarly gratifying from Its novelty.t All my life I have been fettered by poverty, and my vlrlclty checked by the hopelessneat'of the futura. Be added, The president Itvtry friendly to mt la deportment and, little attentions, and so art tht rest of the magnlflcos.

particularly the Becrttajy of the Navy, who smokes my In th politest manner Imaginable. To Henry Brevoort Jr. he wrote telling, of the, gossip of the. little especially, airectea agamst Hke myseir who couldnt "put on a or turn around, or pay visit, or apeak to a laay. wiuiout a Tea.party being called to dlcus, the matter In another letter to Brevoort written' three months later, Dee; 1, MIS, he wrote, "Did you erer sea a basket of crtbe, lifted up and soul, by taking hold of Iha too one Just so It Is here take hold ot the President, and you raise the whole city, one hanging at the ttU of tht other In a regular' gradation ol depend encer "Mr Fertaae Is' MadeT lHefound Madison a man of wit who relished wit in others.

In still another letter he told Brevoort, "I 'several timet made the. President laugh in a manner altogether unbecoming a great man; so that I think my fortune Is made, snug enouih. He became to much the friend khd confidant of Uadlsod that when the latter completed his; second term President 1(17 he told Paulding the lnsUa story of terersl Impprtsnt gorernment transactions. Thest revelauont made Paulding "History knows about much of tee rut she does or the Future. PauMlog.

considered Madison a sounder, "more nicely balanced' statesman that Jefferson who. he thought, "sometimes carried his doc trines to me verge oi pouueai ran atlclam." As a writer Pauldlna ad mired MsdUon's. ability to boll his addresses down to. essentials. He didn't alwsys do this.

Psuldlng ex. plained, because the public prefers to swallow tne trutn stromly dllut ed with erble." Paulding continued secretary of the Board of Navy Commissioners under President Monroe. Evidently hit duties were light, for he wrote serrn boots In six years, well a second aeries of "Sslmagundl," aione uua lime, since irring wu in Europe.v Tht series ran from Msy 10, U19 until Aug. 1. Ironically this generation la familiar with none ot.

his work except tongue twister from one ot hit nor, els, "Konlngsmsrke. the Long nnner wrutea in 1133. rpeter Piper picked a peck of pickled psppera." Where la the peck of, pickled peppers Peter Piper Married 'Oertrade KemUe Paulding had married Gertrude Kemblt, a sister of. his old friend, oouverneur. on Nov 11.

lilt. Shut to be. In: New York after tht death at hit father in law tlcmersjlhe following November. President Monroe appointed him Navy Agent tot, New York Jan. a.

mt.vns wrote new, appointment to Wsshtagtou irrlngj" "Tou hart heard of my transfer to New York, and all I ahalLsty of It la that tht situation It specially agree. able on account of there being little to da in whereby I eni afforded good time for scribbling, which hu become a most Incurable habit with mt. absolutely to till time. iwi KsecKoie on we score 01 being the free unsolicited gift ot the President, who WjU closely besieged by tl candidates." The letter also told how others of the finally were going inun world. HU brother WlUlsnv.he.

wu "already Brlgadler Oeneral and Mayor of the City." One successful drams, i srds of poetrn'and 14 volumes flctlon'ei ssys, sstlre. fslry tales and history nower irom nu pen in tne next .14 years. And all of it now forgotten. Which la too bad. for most of it lit with humor, Paulding wu adept at such ptassges at, "In.

one of' the' romantic and te. auestered scenes that tbound slnn. the banks of. thf resided, a few years ago, an old woman, who, wwuia dot lourscore, nso rsum ed all her faculties, esneclalir the taciuiy 01 speecn. I Hit writing 1Afi ahmmtlv ha accepted, with considerable' re luetance, thr post of.

Secretary of the Navy In Van Buren's cabinet In June, 1838.. This time his work in Washington wu heavy, especially heavy because Navy discipline had become lax. He wrote to Irving in July. "My young midshipmen tnd lieutenants too, are extremely bilious at thU season ot the year, and "when I erderthem fniervtce answer mfby a requesi lor permission to accompany' mamma to. White Sulphur Springi for their health.

I am you know a pretty obstinate feUow, and have already begun to let them know that these, things will no long er pernuuea." To Brevoort hewrote. In January, 183, )t believe I have done tome good already, and is Congress and the newspapers don't prevent me. may do some more." Pout, months later told the ttmt old flend, "I mutt necesssrUy, make many: enemies, and these csn Senty of party newspapers In which vent their spleen. Approbttlon not half to active abuse, and enemies are always more Industrious than 'trlenda' Still I am content. There It a diabolical uUsfactlon In tht exercise of power, and the head of the Navy It tht most absolute of all despotic It has been tald that Paulding stubbornly opposed the Introduction of steam driven vessels Into the Navy.

Which lsnt quite fair. In the late 130a there wu an 'at'taUtm to build war stesmers similar to thou ot England and France. Paulding wanted to be certain that they were practical oeiqre.tney.were ordered. Certainly the old Pulton watnt practical; once In motion, her momentum wu so, great that It wu almost Impossible to stop her. "I am STEAMED to death" he wrote, to hU friend and brother in law.

Oouverneur Kcmble. "Jf 1 had tune, 1 would endeavor to Place tht subject before tht public on BOTH with i view to allaying the steam fever now raging among us." And later: J. i 'According to' custom we nave had. boards to ait and and disagree, ana compromise, so thst In tht end nobody will be responsible for a failure rlf one'ahould take pUce.lt they don't settle the mst ter soon, I shall dissolve them into empty air, and take the whola met ier on my own snouiaers. tm controversy, ended with: the building of two steamers, the Missouri and the Mississippi.

Planned Retirement By March, 1840 Pauldmg suspected that Van Buren mlsht be de feated for reelection, and began to plan eft. hU own retirement. That doesn't mesn thst he wasnt bitter about the attacks on himself and other' admlnUtratlon leaders. He wu. He wrote to Irving.

Tf things On in thUwsy.no gentleman will consent to tovern such a pack of scandalous rogUes, ana oiacxgusras omy will conae scend to become great men." But when the vote wu In, and tne aammistration detested hs was content, even relieved. end. Bgrj j1 zJiBm 7 tr tr 'KSeaBiuaiiiiiHiikBf 1 1 frein lT ntftirifci vrTr hl trtl'MgJMitaatttMiMBlBtaptf JaTlw 'BiSt i fy1aitttttttttMtfcTTJ yi mffjaiWaaWtxattttttttttttttW PLACENTIA, THE DYtil PABK bomt of Jamet Kirks' Paulding, Van Buren's Secretary of the Navy, The bouse had been built In the early by Nathaniel Pendleton who'was considered for a cabinet post by' Washington. fid lost the appointment because Hamilton "feared he was somewhat tainted with the politics of Mr. Madison and Mr.

Jefferson." In lta. he resigned at Secret vmM ed hit public career In March. 1841 after 43 years in tht federal govern'' ment. He wu then ex Since he had no permanent home, he began looktng a place to "pitch my tent." In a letter to Irving he wrote, "I feel a sort of yearning, after having completed the circle of life, to return and end where I began. I thai not be able to call myself rich, but when I re member that set out with seven dollars In, my pocket, I ought not ompiein Meved te.Hyda Park In the summer 'of 1845 he bought Utacentla, a small estate a mile north of the viuate 01 Hjos part, and moved there the following October.

ThU knows the property part of the Huyler estate, which wu broken up and sold a tew years. ago. Patrick J. Cuff, who now owns tht old Placentla es tate, calls It The Shagabok Perm. Paulding resumed his writing in hU new home and became an ardent amateur fanner.

Here he wrote five volumes, the a two volume novel In 1849, and numerous contributions to newspapers and reviews. He also kept up a brisk correspondence, mostly about farming, with Van Buren wb6 had bought a much largebestate near Klnderhook. And of course with his three old friends. in reoruary, uu, ne compiamea to Kemble of the proposed Hudson Valley that, would cut across bu property and nu oeiovea river valley, scenery, "I am of tht opinion though It goea against my own particular, feelings thst both tne interests 01 tne puouo ana tnose of the Company require the Rail Road to be canted along the edge ot the river," he wrote. shall submit like a true patriot to be annoyed lor the good of 'the Public, though no compensation I can expect to receive will prevent me from wishing it had pleued Providence to render the other route more advantageous." The characteristic thread of wit still brightened the pattern of his published work and hU letters.

In "The Puritan and HU Daughter." lus last novel, ha complained of the "exceedingly camlvouroua literary taste of the public and, tht "blood pudding literature" turned out by "authors who do not mind committing murder in cold blood any more than they dp borrowing an' Idea from tome old forgotten writer." In; a letter General Thomas Cadwsllader ha tald growing old wasnt so unpleasant to long a man "can relish bit dinner, tipple hU whlsky.punch, and turn up the ace of trumps now and then." And to Kemble, "Today spring, and I am happy a fly the first time he tuns himself at the window." During the IS years of Ws retirement until his death April 8. 1880 at the age ot 81. he continued to enjoy life, although, his lut years were very quiet As he grew older he left home less and less often. HU answer to an Invitation to help Oouverneur Kemble celebrate, lus birthday wu: "There no disguising or denying that I am growing old. and that, like a rickety chest of drawers' though I many.

hang together If left alone In a corner. It won't do to disturb me, for fear of my falling to 17.7. T. In Other Words Oovernor Dewey, according to some quarters, too young to be President because he only two score and two. That means 42, to you moderns.

To youngsters who this year win be voting for the first tune that excludes members. ot the fairer sex who really have voted five or six times but wont admit It this argument the first to confuse their tender minds, Imagine a. mellow fellow ot 43' being called young. "What kind of jpolltlcal chicanery a.k theyJ. Age is now you 100a at ana now 11 sisxes dsck ai you.

When you are In your teens, the doddering age of 30 beckons like the grim band of fate. Ypull be Just about washed up. When you get to be 30, though, you find you still are spry and actually not very old at that. But 401 BUll going strong, playing 18 holes ot golf Instead of nine. But 801 Taking It easier because you have found out your heart hu other missions than being the cradle of love but still going strong.

But 801 Phsaw. you go out to the firemen's clambake and win the 40 yard dash. And soon. It Mr. Dewey la "too young" at 42, the argument ha't been the needle to a lot of 4A ers who had taken to, the rockers ever since "over JS" took much of the alp out ot Victory Ssrden Miseries Hsve a pity for the man Who strove to grow a spud; When he dug into the earth He found a punyone lnch dud We once saw emphatically Illustrated the fact that outward appearances dont always tell you what kind ot machinery churning around Inside.

We had stopped to call on a fellow who wsf editor of a magazine: While waiting for him to find tree time, a bedraggled looking! fellow wandered Into the waiting room, with a mass ot manuscripts under his arm. Still motivated by the old hope, we thought. The kind of a.guy who kept 1 turning out stuff, certain that someday something wu going to click. rresenuy one or tne associate editors came out ana almost emoracea tne old codger. "Where In the, world have you been the last couple ot months?" he said happily.

"We have to have some to your stuff right away." The old fellow thrust the handful of manuscripts at him and with a nonchalant smile turned and walked out again. He had clicked long ago I Wa dont know, perhaps. It wu the.heat While we were on the comer waiting tor 'a bus, a man walked up, snapped bis fingers, turned on hU neeu and went from whence he had come. A few momenta later he re appeared, snapped his fingers wain, and went off In another direction. YOu know, snapping hlaiself Into something but he couldnt make up his mmd what.

Former Poughkeepsfe newspaper people now quartered in Washington are' almost numerous enough to form their own chapter ot the Press club. The list Includes Fred W. Parker Jr Sanders Klein and A. Paul Harrison, witn united press Mrs. Dorothy w.

Thomson, owi; Major Ferry J. Walsh, OS Joseph P. McCaffrey and WUllam Jenkins, radio wiup; waiter. Wagner, wasmngton bureau Of New York Times, and C. Edwin Alley, Harlson Ewlng.

A formidable staff. Indeed, Persons who. attend auctions these "dsys are interesting examples, in most Instances, ot the fsct that in solte of evervthlnn there must be a lot of excesr money floating around. A friend tella.ua he wu attracted to a nearby tale which offered an extension, ladder, He had only occasional use for such a gadget so he wu hesitant to purchase a new one. The auction promised Just the bargain he But the sale dldnt turn out that way.

The ladder, much scanrd from use, brought the price of a brand new one. Almost dally thera are reports of automobile collision snd frequently you etc the' appended note, "the cars were badly That dldnt mean, much once, but It's quite a penalty now, what with parte hard to get Ask the man who drove one I SjmBBjBJJSKSjISBg KSXU ffiJ StB 1 DOROTHY TRAPPED A Page Out oHhe Past News Stories That Appeared in Local Press. Ten, Twenty fiYe, Fifty Years Ago Aagast1, 1834 Automobile accidents In Dutchess exclusive of the city ot Poughkeepsle, resulted in It deaths and. Injuries' to 151 persons in the first seven months of 1934, according' to Medical Examiner He said the death toll wu considerably under the average of previous years. The Foughkeepsle Bear Cats won their third straight match from the Kingston horseshoe pitching club, taking 20 of the 30 games pitched.

The winners heaved a total of 873 ringers sgalnst 811 for the Kingston club. Harry. Rose led the local players with tour straight wins. Soldiers of Bstterles and local unite ot tht 198th Field Artillery, returned to the city after two weeks ot training 2 at'. Fine Camp.

Oreat Bend. Captain Rosen had commanded Battery Captain Young, Battery Mrs. Josephine Kahn, president bf Vessar temple, disclosed plans for the proposed merger o( Temple Beth and Vaster temple had' been abandoned. there "a definite need both congregations." Eggs Aurust t. 111 and tomatoes flew in an arrest of 23 persons, mainly women.

There wu a greater shortage of sugar la the city than, at any time during the war. Ot six city Interviewed: only one had anv suear. he wss doling It out In one? wWutrtjl Viaevw i vwtust tvtgts VridersherUfi Harry Briggi'of lng In Columbia county. Wapplngers Falls was planning a three day Old celebration during the Labor day weekend, when veteran soldiers, sailors' and marines would be welcomed home. At a spirited meeting of the Highland Board of Education, decision wu made to buy the Dean property near the west shore railroad the tlta for the proposed Oaks school, to replace the one that had been condemned by the state.

If was estimated that the school and ground would cost approximately 112,000. Oscar Smith and William M. Slote were appointed delegates to represent Vtil Wolff post, VFW. at the national encampment to be held at Providence, R. I.

Aagast (, UH Water wu at such low pressure the dty before that the organ motor of the Second Reformed church gave out twice, once In the middle of a The ld hand pump had to be put: into. Use ajsln, It was expected that the new epg lne house tor. NUgara Bteamer company would make great Improvement In the appearance of the corner of Main and North Hamilton tireeia. early morning riot between striken 1 The effort of the Retail JfercrU and workers at the Samuel DavUfantt': asjocUtlon to. have the rail cigar and resulted In the Uotds running Into, the city bring tn.

excursion to Poughkeepsle once a wees aeemea Ukeiy to succeed. At the regular meeting ot the New York Milk exchange in New York, the. price of milk wu fixed, at accentsaccents until further notice. The'Aui. Lust prjreot the year; before waa at VCsBVtt.

One of the People: JuniiDiExectftWeP Dorothy Troupe! Heads Savings t3ank Department' S.MJVJ WUIUt HISIUi, Ever sines tht. fashion magatlnei broadened their scope to Include the Jobs, after work activities and homes of gtrte who world as well their Clothes, the editors have been pointing with pride toward Junior execuw Uvea, ernlhlns such girls as, Dorothy. TreupeL. They hold up these, alert, poised, well groomed young women u.moaeis for college and high school girls. Not bsd models, either.

Dorothy Trsupel doesnt take her self seriously. As aha tells It, she simply "works at. the Poughkeepsle Savings bank." Bhe wu "fortunate In getting right JAW the bank" soon after graduation from Poughkeepsle High school She says, "I dont think that what I do would be par tlcularly interesting to anyone else, but I do have fun." Mist Traupel heads her own small but busy department' at the' bank. Bhe and her two assistants, Dorothy W. Laftp and Mrs.

Richard O. Bryant, are the girls who receive your payments In the Chrtstmutnd vacation funds, keep track of the accounts, and send out the checks In June and December, (Mist Traupel the tiny, blue eyed one.) They are also In charge of school savings accounts of the city. Another of their Jobs to open and count coins' In ths small metal banks sola to "customerrvbo find they csn save small amounts painlessly by dropping ipirechange where they can't fish It out again. Usually the coins are deposited In savings accountt or used to help psy for Wsr bonds. Miss Traupel says.

Occasionally someone whq has been tsvlng the coins for a special purpose will uk to have thenvreturned. "There's not always much money In the banks people think Miss Traupel will tell you. "Youngsters love to drop things In. buttons. bobby pins, or just plain plus.

People are forever apologising for the things we find in their banks, but of course It doesnt make any difference to us." The coins are turned, out of tht metal banks onto a a flat metal scoop with round holes thst sifts out the pins, beads, bobby pins and dust. From th scoop they are dropped Into the top of the mechanical coin counter. "We use the coin counter constantly, not Just for the money from the home banks but for collections for deposit In the savings department and for War stamps, and youngsters always stop to watch It work." Miss Traupel uys. "For that matter, so do adults. Lots of them are fascinated by It.

They call it our coffee grinder. It fascinating, and It does work very much like a cbffee. grinder. After the coins havt been dropped Into the wide metal top, and the twitch turned on, the pennies, nick let, dimes, quarters and half dollars whirl around In plain sight, without even a protecting cover of glass, before each drops into Its respective drawer. An Indicator at tht left tells the amount to each drawer.

LiteraryLuggage: August, Forgotten Month? Whst there to say about It almost like the "forgotten man" of the twelve months. Then are no holiday! In It to break the, montony. Many of the vacations art over. Many are' Just beginning to leave 'the cities to avoid the heat. Weasked a small patron what she thought of we said August.

"Hotness and she replied promptly. But there are a few things to be said for August. It wss, for Instance, the favorite month of the Emperor Augustus. It had originally been called "SextllU" because to early timet it wu the sixth month. Tb name August was choeen In honor ot the Emperor.

It ctme about In tills Julius Csesar had already had a month named In his honor: July. When Augustus succeeded him he wanted a month too, so he chose SextllU. It had been a entered Hudson Bsy In 1810. Na. HAHt Tt ai Kiev Ua tna A haaii alajtfad L.

1. 1 1' month for him. He had been elected uonsui in inai momn ana naa completed the conquest of Egypt. Having chosen lus month a difficulty arose. July had 31 days, the newly named month had but 30; Julius Caesar, therefore, wu more honored than Augustus! That did not suit Augustus.

So a day was taken from poor February, already tht shortest month of the year, and added to August everyone wu pleued I In there begins to be a tort 61 itinnesi over the countryside though Nature wu resting before the fullness of. the harvest tune. Bright color! gradually appear among the wayside flowers. The purple; clusters of wild "asters, bright red lobelia; lavender thistles, red clover, milk weed, and the great, ear. city by bicycle 'a few days before tor a vacation with friends In Jersey City, ran into a severe stord! on the way and a postcsrd that read.

"I got here all right. Pop, but you ought to tee the wheel." Poughkeeps'lani were looking tdf ward to teeing a new attraction In New York, the Castle Oarden which wu expected to open in oepiemoen A'fVimmAn jviitnr fl oVlByda Park and hi family aft camp Fred Anderson, who bad kH thai paoperty DeOarmo. whs bad asked the city to extend College avenue, through hit erty. ttooket. avenue; pets of golden rod covering the fields.

"In the first drowsy hett of August noon Comes the plumed goldebrod with flaunting train. And lifts her yellow head along the way." In August there are an unusual number of shooting start to be seen. If you watch them carefully their trails teem to come from ont spot In, I tne sky. Whenever they are ar ranged like this astronomers say that a 'shower of meteors" going on. The showef named after the name ot the constellstlon In: which the spot located.

So the shower of August meteors called the Per selds because they seem to come from the constellation Perseus. Some lmportsnt events have happened In the month of August. Co lumbus first landed on the Amerl can continent In 1502. Henry Hud. "Miss Traupel also assists at the new account desk and helps Issue war Donas.

Hers it a busy, respon sible Job, and Mrs. Bryant uys of her a co worker, "Dottle ont swell boss." High praise for any executive. Junior or senior. Miss Traupel lives with her moth er and sister, Mrs. Harry a.

Traupel 'and Mrs, John I. Tompkins, In their new home at the corner of Cedar avenue and the Spackenklll road. Tne house wss begun in November 1941, Just before Pearl Harbor, and finished the following May. and Jack Amy sister and her husband planned the house, and of course he expected to be here with us," Miss Traupel says. "But he went in service the July sfter It wu finished, so now It's Just us three Women together.

"The house really all Edna's work. She designed It and picked out all the furnishings. But I helped paint It, and that wu fun. I think gardening and mowing the lawn and A1 Common council committee wti appointed, to confer' With thUNarnillartluough your history books. poleon Bonaparte wu.

sent to St. Helena tn 1818. Robert Fulton's Clermont made Its trial trip in 1807. Manila surrendered to the United Btatei In J898 and In. 1914 England declared war on Qermsny In the first World War.

One of the Europeanountris hu a legal holiday Id August, ThU Switzerland Whose Independence dsy August first. ThU hu been celebrated since 1291. This holiday corresponds to our own Fourth of July: Famous, blrthdtyt: are sprinkled plentifully through thlt month. Tenhyson wu born on the sixth. Those who love to fish should 'remember the ninth, for: thU tht blrthdty of Ixaak Wtlton who was born In 1393.

ThU tame date marks the birthday ot Francis Scott Key of Star Spangled Banner fame, Ernest Thompson Seton. the well known writer of 'animal sterlet wu born on the 14th. David tne great scout wu born on the nth in 1788. In August 1387 Virginia Dare wat tne nrst white child to be bom on American soil. The story of Virginia' Dsrt connected with Uktt of the lost colony of Virginia witn.

wnicn you are protebly Napoleon Bonaparte. Halter Scott Meriwether, "lewis, the 'explorer, Olivet WcndtU Holnua "art 'a doing the things a nun would etd. Inertly do fun." That's fortunate, for' tht proper largt and there's plenty of outside work. Together the sisters trt working garden of approximately 50by 150 feetkeeping a largt lam, part ot tt terraced, under the mown, and sickling tht rest of the grtta Mist Trsupel very proud of their garden. "Wt have acorn squash and summer, squash and potatoes," she vU tell you.

"Oh, and our watermelons, they're coming along beautifully. We have muskmelons, too. And kohl rabl, and cucumbers, and beets, ana carrou ana scauions ana let tuce. Did I uy beans? We bsrt green beam and wax beans snl Umu. And of course, tomatoes snl cabbage.

Wt did have pets, bit they're gone sana ana 1 wortea tne tiroes, and we have a very good friend. Dorothy Merte. who helpr quits I bit. we eat a lot of the Stuff, snl mother's been canning." The girls are also planning to by a stone wall at the edge of the bank at the back of their property. "Jtck dug the trench, and we're solos Is Uy the wall You see we hsvt lbs stones all collected," she points out with pride.

You might think that Miss Ttvi pel's work at the bank and at hams would account for all of her wsklni hours, but you Would be mistaken. Bhe an active worker In most of the organisations of St. "JohnV Lutheran church, especially Its Luther league, that sponsors both social and serious activities far young people of the'ehurch. It trains them Sunday school teschers, ushers and pastor's assistants, and many ot Its members hsvt beepmt missionaries, ministers tnd deacon esses. Miss Traupel will tell you.

"I belong to everything tt ths church except the Council and.ias Brotherhood, and that's only because they dont have women mem ssys. "Why; leveri preached a sermon once." She hu taught Sunday school for severs! yean and now prttnsiy superintendent. She tlngi alto parU In the choir. She Is advisor ot Obi Scout troop No. 9 of the church, sat hu held almost every possible lotsl and district office in the Luther league.

St. John's church, she a plains. Is Included In the Rhlnebect district that extends south te New burgh, north to Valatle, cut to Chatham and west to Mlddletowiu "I'm district secretary will tell you. "At one time I wsi vice president of the state lesgus, district president and local president all at once. "My sermon? Oh, thst wu for the league.

Our pastor wu HI a number ot weeks, and the lesgm hsd the service ont Sundsy. Wi divided the sermon in three ptrtt, and I Had one." It would take art" executive to all Miss Traupel does Into 3t bour days. The Brighter Side The gay nineties" were In full sway when John L. Conine of Hud ton entered the employ of the New York Central railroad. Last week, railroad offlclaU remembering he had become a railroadman on July 30, 1894, presented him with a 50 year gold annual pass, permitting his traveling to any part of the country.

Mr. Conine still actively employed a towerman. Mrs. Vargaret Michael, town, of Newburgh resident, celebrated her 100th birthday. Sunday and expressed a wish to meet Augustus W.

Bennet, aspirant for the Republican nomination for Representative from the 29th Congressional district. Mr, Ben net obliged by calling on her. She cut her vote for him In. Tuesday's primary and also made known she looked forward to voting for Oovernor Dewey in some others who char birthday honors this The following' books, be In th Children's department ot the dty Ubrtry.sWill help you to become better acquainted with 'the month of August, and tht event which have taken place then. Baker rWhen th Btart Come Out.

Brandon Land ot William Ttu. Councils Stories of the tnd Days: Eaton Betty's Napoleon. Oordy IIow. the Ooloniet Ortw into States. Ouerber Story ioT tht Rorasns, HyUhder The 'Year.

Round. LowiU Mr. Key't Sqng; RourkeDaTV Seton Wlld. Animals tyjV; 1' 'H" viM 'Wi 'w: Lift continued at 40 for Edward H. Meslck, 40.

of Valatle. WaUUnf across 'a narrow bridge spannlni KInderhook creek near hU borne, he plunged 40 feet Into the wster Lucklly he landed in a deep post swam to the, bank of the crwta climbed out unharmed. While tome communities hsve been urtable to reach their Series bond sales quota In tht Fifth War Loan drive, the city el PeekskUl reversed the situation. For the first time since tht gov e'rnment savings program 'under wtv more than two yesri: ago. It topped Its Individual quote.

TTie city sought re ported 1811.420.. a tv Mrtl.Agnet Clark of Port JenJ exhlbted another Victory garaen oddity. It wu a cucumber thst grown into a perfect circle wa the hole in the.center giving appearance of a cruuer. 'i Fill HAILS GENEEAL i' Brigadier Wales, who.hu turned over command of 'H1 rvfenii FnirB to Brisadler O. Dlu mer.

returned to; WelUm New Zealand, to earned tude of th Itlandera that an elaborate "ceremony fito at :suva.on0tb'v'ot'u partur. Among those all natlv membert wf.S tlve' Council JWJJuC ttelrWg; est 'V tpeclallj lDscrii whelc't I runt 85 percent futer than WWJJ and canty 40 percent mOrt'08 it if'.