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bier one of Baron and Defender of the Holy 

 Sepulcher. During the single, year of his rule, 

 he was successful in repelling the Egyptian 

 attack at Ascalon, and with the assistance of 



HIS TOMB 



It is in Jerusalem, and dates from about the 

 year 1150. 



others of the pilgrims he drew up from the 

 various feudal statutes of Europe the elaborate 

 medieval code of laws known as the Assizes 

 of Jerusalem. 



During one of his expeditions into the terri- 

 tory of the Moslems, he was visited by several 

 emirs who expressed surprise at seeing their 

 conqueror without a guard, in a common tent 

 which boasted only of a small, rough bed such 

 as was allotted to the humblest soldier in his 

 train. Such was his simple mode of life. The 

 minstrels sang of his valor, and the fairest 

 ladies of his land wrought with loving fingers 

 the devices upon his banner. He died at the 

 age of forty, but in his short life won a name 

 as one of the foremost representatives of the 

 chivalry of his age. 



GODI'VA, LADY. According to legend, Earl 

 Leofric, lord of Coventry, was a stern and 

 harsh feudal baron, who taxed the citizens of 

 the town to the utmost. Lady Godiva, his 

 wife, seeking to help the people, begged her 

 husband to ease their burdens. "Ride naked 

 through the town," said the Earl, "and I will 

 grant your request." Lady Godiva issued a 

 proclamation requesting everyone in the city 

 to remain within doors on a certain day, and 

 not even to look from their houses. Clothed 

 only in her long hair, she mounted a white 

 horse and rode through the streets. Legend 

 further states that the only one who tried to 

 see her was a tailor, who peeped through a 

 hole in a shutter, and was immediately struck 

 blind. This is the origin of the "Peeping Tom" 

 tradition. Earl Leofric was true to his prom- 

 ise and gave great concessions to the towns- 

 people. For centuries a fair was held at inter- 

 vals to celebrate Godiva 's heroism. 



GOD SAVE THE KING, the national song 

 of Great Britain. It dates from 1743, the year 

 of the victory of George II over the French 

 army at Dettingen, and is a prayer for the 

 glory and happiness of the sovereign. The 

 origin of the melody is obscure. It is variously 

 attributed to John Bull, Lulli and Handel, 

 although Henry Carey (a musician and poet 

 born in London about 1696) is generally ac- 

 credited as the author both of the words and 

 the music. The song has spread across to 

 the Continent in more or less altered form; 

 in fact, Germany and Switzerland each claim 

 it. The music was formerly used by Russia 

 for its national air, while in the United States 

 one of the most popular of patriotic songs, My 

 Country 'Tis of Thee, which has become in 

 effect a national hymn, is sung to it. The first 

 stanza of the English song follows: 



God save our gracious King, 

 Long live our noble King, 

 God save the King ! 



Send him victorious, 



Happy and glorious, 



Long to reign over us, 



God save the King ! 



GOETHALS, go'thalz, GEORGE WASHINGTON 

 (1858- ), an American civil and military 

 engineer, under whose efficient administration 

 one of the most important projects of modern 

 times, the Panama Canal, was brought to com- 

 pletion (see 

 PANAMA CANAL) . 

 He was born in 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 and was educated 

 at the College of 

 the City of New 

 York and at the 

 United States 

 Military Acad- 

 emy at West 

 Point. On his 

 graduation from 

 the latter institu- 

 tion in 1880 he 

 was appointed 



sprnnd lipntpnnnt ganizer and leader of men, 



leutenant whose lasting glory is con- 



in the corps of nected with the building of 



. the Panama Canal. He is 



engineers, and now a major-general in the 



rose steadily in United states army - 

 rank until he reached the grade of major- 

 general, in March, 1915. His promotion from 

 the grade of colonel to that of major-general 

 was a fitting recognition of his genius as direc- 

 tor of the great Panama enterprise. 



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GEORGE w. GOETHALS 



Resourceful engineer, or- 



