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order TO be ready at the first peep of
dawn.
The hunting grounds in the District OF
Columbia are limited to the Eastern
branch from Anacostia to the District
line. Most of the hunting is done between
Lincoln banks. the north. and Anacos-
tia bridge. Benning bridge is the most
popular starting point because it is the
most central and is easily reached RI and
1ath Columbia Heights cars go to the
bridge.
Hero boats may be rented. but as they
arc IN great demand for the first day it
is we'll to be on hand early 4 rowhoat
can he rented for the day for 81 so or a
skff for s,oj There is also on hand a
supply of ''pushers. az the men who
propel the boats are called. These may
he hired by the day, or. if one prefers. ne
may here push his own boat. II row.
boat is chosen as many as four or five
can manage very nicely with one boat.
Very little of the actual shooting is
done from the boat when it can be
avoided. Tho boat is used merely to
enable the shooters to get from one por-
tion of the marsh to another. When the
time comes for shooting the party dis
embarks and shoots from the marsh.
There are two Very good rea sons for this.
In the first place, however careful one may
he. If there is more than one person in
the boat it is really dangerous to attempt
TO shoot from 1t. And in the second
place. the boat is always more or less
unsteady. and it is much more difficult
to shoot accurately from it than from the
marsh.
The reedbird lives in the marshes
among the tail grasses and reeds, usually
where the water is two or three feet deep
at low tide, The possibility of having any
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April he enters the southern part OF the
United States. Here he is called the rice
bird AS summer draws nearer he comes
still farther north and spreads ont
through the meadows. In the north he
is highly priced as a song bird and il
called .ha boholink In the fail. N
soon as the young are grown. the adult
birds change their pumage 10 green
ish yellow. They then begin 10 gather
together into companies. and these In turn
into immense Cocks. DIR. Fisher or the
Department OF Agriculture says that he
has seen the birds so numerous that they
looked like a smoky cloud.
In the late summer and early tau these
little birds hetake themselves TO the
marshes. and where rice - cultivated they
go Ia tho rice field. In any case they AT
tack the rice before the grain Is matured
while IL Is still soft and OF a yellow.
creamy consistency With their bills
they pierce the grain and suck out the
Juice. This is very nutritious and they
get so fat their bones arc very sofG 4
well known reedbird hunter I'm Washing
ton says that often the birds are SO fat
that when the shot hits them they pop
open.
These little birds are delicious TO eat
and during tho sea son may be bought on
the market for 1.aa a dozen. hut any old
reedbird hunter viii tell YOU that they
taste much better if they are favored
with Your own No. II shot.
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the domination OF the mere men of the
Wilson campaign committee. so she
Marshall organization. with these women
as active workers: Mrs. Hartman. chair
man; Mrs A. s. Alexander. Mrs. Caroline
B. Alexander. Mrs. A. s. Burleson. Mrs.
J. Sergeant Cram. Mrs. Josephus Daniels,
Mrs. Joseph Davies. Mrs. j. B. Eustis.
Mrs. Thomas P. Gore. Mrs. Frank Lyon
Polk and Mrs. Oswald Willard. They are
running their bureau in their own way
without any interference from the men,
and all confidently expect to elect their
candidate. They are making plea direct
to the women of the country on the high
cost of living and the tariff.
In the Times building, on the seventh
floor, in New York city. is the women's
committee. presided over by Miss Helen
Varick Boswell. an organizer of expert
ence and ability, and Miss Mary c. Fran
ces, writer. Mrs. John Frances Yaw-
ger, president Of the New York State Re
publican Association, has charge of the
work in the state. and Miss Elizabeth
Toombs, chairman of the New York
city committee. devotes her attention to
the local end of the work.
In one way the womens bureau of the
republican national committee is better
equipped to do campaign work than the
other two organizations, because it has
been organized for years. and it knows
just how to go about to get the best re-
While Mrs. Hartman and her woman
While Mrs. Hartman and her women
workers have to organize parades and
hold mass meetings to get to the people.
and Miss Carpenter and Miss Keller write
voluminously and plead with the women
to take an active part in their organiza-
ton, Miss Boswell and Miss Frances are
as well intrenched as the regular republ-
can machine Of which their bureau is an
integral part. and 1t Is no difficulty for
them to reach just the kind Of women
who can influence votes, if they don't ac-
tually cast them.
While the leaders of the three wo-
mems organizations are working to elect
three separate candidates and are using
somewhat diverse methods to accomplish
this result. all admit that they will ar
rive at the same end in the final analysis
SO far as the advancement of the cause
Of womankind is concerned. This, as
has already been said. is the putting Of
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full educational plan that appealed to
him. He has been won to suffrage
through his deeper interest in the per-
lis of the workingwoman and the dan
gers to children. which some OF US have
constantly brought to his attention these
last two years, and which he dealt with
as President.
Neither did Mr.. Roosevelt write the
platform. as has been said. That plat
form was written by groups Of special
ists-immigration experts wrote one. suf-
fraGe experts wrote one, health authori-
ties one. social workers. the industrial
plank. lawyers. the judiciary planks. etc.
This is not the platform of one man Or
one party. but Of hundreds of people Civ
ing their best thought and experience
One of the real accomplishments ID
the change of women's interest from the
one interest. the vote. to the triple in
terest-the vote. the home and women
and children. The vote is only tool
the things to remedy are just impor-
tant. and the conditions should be known
and the remedies understood. Already
the narrow suffrage lines are breaking.
women are becoming progressives and
democrats and republicans fast as
these two old parties can take them in.
Why. the movement is popular fol-
lowing the lead OF the progressives. that
there are Wilson organizations working
ord for it: Taft organizations of women
are organizing. just 10 preserve the party
from this new danger. The socialists are
lukewarm on suffrage i'm Wisconsin,
afraid that the conservative and work
ing women's interests will sweep their
program.
THE Indiana suffrage organization is
reported from Chicago to have come over
in body to the progressiyes. and the
National Suffrage Society is canceling
the engagement of speakers who have
become progressives and is reprimand-
ing the officers who are out for the
cause. 1t is no longer women for the
vote alone. it is women standing for the
right and protection of working women.
the preservation of children, help TO the
stranger aliens. insstence on health
standards. and. above all. on freedom of
thought and action. To do what they
think right. and act for the best good.
The crusaders spirit is abroad In wom-
en- for womenkind. and tho parties and
their leaders arc but instruments In tho
cause"
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first time the democratic committee is fol-
lowing this good and long-established ex-
ample. From the several parties cam
paigning appeals will go out to the wom-
en- of the country We feel that the re-
publican party. with its record of accom-
plishment. with its greatness of measures
and of men, will gather to it's support the
intelligenu patriotic womanhood of the
United States, and We welcome their in
terest and practical support.
Miss Boswell also outlined the meth
DDS of work which her bureau has taken
up already.
Miss Carpenter. for the bull moose
party. told of her methods of work:
I'VE call the attention of the women
of the state to the progressive party.
pledged to the work OF the protection
of children. of overworked women and
of the home," she said. I'VE wish to
emphasize the fact that the platform
must appeal to women who in any
capacity are trying to better conditions
of life. and we offer to them the me-
dunn of a great political party as
needed and desired. Our party has al
ready drawn into it's ranks as lead
ers men and women who represent to
the public disinterested service. where
by we may know that the pledges they
have laid down will be fulfilled. The
progressive party. as party. pledges
itself to these principles. which only
individuals in the other parties can do.
This is a man and woman party.
A woman. to belong to it. does not
have to be a suffragette. We are all
fighting together, and think this new
idea in politics will advance our coun-
try greatly"
This is the way Miss Kellor sizes
up the duties and responsibilities OF
women in this campaign:
hni in, Oracc clk a
for it's splendid tribute to women, the
eminently satisfactory way in which
the men are working together with u.s.
the utter disappearance Of all sham
and hypocrisy and sentiment in the
battle for the ideals in which We be-
lieve. There is accusation that Mr..
Roosevelt is making a bid for the sup
port of the women, and his only in
terest is to win. This Is not true.
The whole womans program Ii
is being carried out was suggested to
some of the leaders first. and then
taken up with him, and it was the
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~F any one had suggested during the
presidential campaign OF 1908. or
even less than a year ago. for that
matter, that in this presidential year
Of 1912 women would take almost as
prominent a part in the management OF
tne campaign as the men, that eacn OF
the bir political parties would have thor
ousbly organized women's bureaus. and'
more marvellous STILL that one of the DIG
narties would unequivocally declare for
woman's suffrage, and even go to the eN-
tent of eIecting woman delegates at large
IA its national and state conventions as
well as putting women OH its national and
state committees. that person would have
been scoffed at if not actually called In
sane.
Yet all this has happened in the snort
space between presidential campaigns.
and IL has created less excitement than
any understanding tournament by
London sufYra gettes 1t is all an indica-
tion of how rapidly they do things in
America. and with what little fuss IT
may also foreshadow the coming WITHIN
a very short time of the granting oil
equal franchise rights 10 women In
America At least the suffragists look
upon Il in that way and cheerfully main
tain that they will obtain without trouble
or martyrdom all the rights their London
sisters have been battling for SO long.
Hut. whatever the ultimate result is
TO be- the remarkable thing about 1T is
the way in which the present presi-
Dental campaign has suddenly become
femini1ed. OF course. many sacred ira
ditions and precedents have been
thrown overheard this year by the bolt
ing Of Col. Roosevelt and his follow
ers from the regular republican organi-
zation and the formation of the bull
moose party. This alone is respon-
sible in a large measure for the sudden
interest taken by the campaign man.
ayers of the other parties in the affairs
OF women and the recognition of their
ability as vote satherers.
The bull noosers set the pace when
they declared for woman suffrage and well
coined women to their ranks. and as the
race is merely a yote-getting one after
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the coming nation, and unless they are
protected, their health conserved and the
condition OF their lives made enduraDle
we cannot look forward to strong ano
able race of men and women.
Women should add their influence to
those who are struggling to bring politics
into the open. to make poiitics the pusl-
ness Of the whole people. for how else can
the common interest be promoted? NOW,
these conditions. much to be desired, can
be brought about. or at least brought
nearer to accomplishment. by partner
ship, irrespective Of former party affilia-
tions. Of all women in the United States
interested in the enforcement of meas
ures for the benefit of children, women
and the home.
I'VE believe that much more will be ac-
complished by the election of Gov. Wilson
to the presidency than any other candi-
date. for Mr.. Wilson does not promise, he
performs. His record in behalf Of better
laws for women and children since he has
been Governor OF New Jersey is but an
indication OF what he will do II his sphere
of influence is enlarged. 1t was through
him that the first law relating to women
wage earners ever enacted in New Jer-
sey was put on the statute books. | refer
to the law limiting the employment OF
workingwomen to sixty hours week
What he has accomplished in behalf of
fills a large pamphlet which We issue as
campaign literature
Miss Boswell, for the Taft bureau. ar
gues that the republican party is respon-
sibie for the giving of the franchise to
women in the voting states.
1T is the republicans that have passed
the best laws for women and children"
she said enthusiastically I'VE ask wom-
en- to study the standards of living in this
country as illustrating the wisdom of the
principles and the constructive policies of
the republican party and to contrast them
with the unwisdom and the dangerous go
as-you-please. irresponsible suggestions
of the democratic party or the will-o'-the-
wisp promises of the brand-new bull
moose party. and we do not fear the final
judgment of the average woman when
she accepts the fact of her wider sphere
in politics and informs herself.
women have always been welcome in
the councils of the republican party. In
every campaign since 1898 the republican
national committee has maintained de-
partment in charge of women. For the
Evening star., 1912-09-01
Aunt Patsy WON Hasbamd With Beehive and Chisel

said Aunt Patsy. when Craig and ] stop
ped at her gate soon afterward and ask
ed her about the skeleton. I've always
wanted swarm, and | caflate to turn
this stump into hive for 'em. I'll have
the top rooted over IT seems to me it'll
be real handy place for EN-
THE following day Aunt Patsy went
into town. She was gone week, and
when she returned she was provided with
a boxful Of chsels and other tools, Of
whose use even the village carpenter was
ignorant When the first warm spring
days came Aunt Patsy began her work
on the unique beehive. For two weeks
she labored. cutting and chiseling the
BY and by it became apparent that the
side of the hive facing the turnpike was
taking on the semblance OF a human
face. Aunt Patsy smiled Grimly when
Craig leaned over the fence one night
and asked her whose portrait she was
carving.
It's the face of the man I'm goin' to
marry she said.
That report spread rapidly and there
after Aunt Patsys open-air studio was
throneed with people anxious to discover
through the lineaments OF the sculDtured
face some clue to the identity Of the in
tended husband / don't know anything
about the work of professional sculptors,
but l will venture to say there isn't an
artist in New York who could bring his
work SO near to completion that IL would
require but a few finishing touches to
produce most strik ing likeness, and yet
keep people in the dark as to who the
model was. R:: that was what Aunt
Patsy did. One day when the twilight
came Aunt Patsy laid aside her chisels
md the crowd went home much at sea
a. ever as to who'n she intended to
marry. The next morning there were a
few deft touches. and we saw before us
as if III life. the squirting eyes. the far-
ing ears. the high forehead and the gap
ing mouth of Craig. | had been sent down
to the village store for some groceries
and was one of the first persons TO make
the wonderful discovery. My bare feet
scarcely touched the turnpike as l ran
home to tell the news. / found Craig out
back of the orchard plowing.
Craig l gasped, It's you. Aunt
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The New Sleeves Are Over "a Century Old.

presercer than anything else. And If a
modern child of four or five were afflicted
with the cumbersome clothes of two CEN
;urics ago what howl would be raised? ?
Even the iitiie girls wore stays and full
skirts that barely escaped the ground.
1t is difficult to see how they ever ran
anoiIt and PLAYED.
Those typical of the later colonial days
consisted of what was called the petit
coat, which was often heavily quilted
and was made of the ilandsomest of ma
terials. The skirt overskirt. II should
be called. was made of contrasting
color or material and covered all but the
front of the petticoat and the bodice.
This latter was boned stiff and tight,
with large loose sleeves often Of a ma
terial different from either, bodice. petit
coat or skirt. The collar and cuffs were
generally of white goods and lace. and
were starched very stiniy or were wired.
After this came the full beflounced
dresses of the first half of the nineteenth
century, too we'll known to need descrip-
ton.
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new laws on the statute books that Will
benefit humanity In general and women
and children in particular Miss Car
penter and Miss kellor argue that this
result as we'll as the emancipation of
women will be accomplished quicker
through the election of Col. Roosevelt
Mrs. Hartman believes the election OF
Gov. Wilson to the presidency Will oe
country has ever known, and VIII ad-
vance the cause of women more than
anything else could possibly do. While
Miss Boswell and Miss Frances argue
just as ardently that the feminine mil
lenium will be haStened more Dy the re-
election of President Taft.
And all assert that the cause OF Wom-
anhood is bound to be materially ad-
vanced no matter who is elected, simply
because Of the tremendous ACTIVITY OF the
women in this feminized campaign. Just
what each woman hopes to see accom-.
plished by the success in November OF
the party she represents is summarized
by each In her own way.
"About the most remarkable thing or
this whole remarkable campaign" said
Mrs. Hartman to The Sunday Star re-
porter. 'is the fact that for the first time
in American history the active support
and influence of women have been openly
SOUGHT Dy all the STcdt
What greater proof of the growing power
of women in political affairs could be had.
and the women everywhere should not
fail to understand and seize the opportu-
nity. There are many crying needs for
reform in the treatment of. women and
children in this country, and women. Dy
taking an intelligent interest in the ponti-
cal problems before the country can DO
much to help themselves or their more
unfortunate neighbors.
To
conditions which make it possible for lit
tie children to be deformed under labor
which they have not strength to perform
Likewise conditions which permit chill
dren to be sent to work before they have
the opportunity to acquire common
school education are of supreme interest
to all women. Women should also inter
est themselves in all measures which
havt to do with the provision of proper
play places for children. The condition of
the workingwoman is also the immediate
concern of all women. for workingwo-
men of the country are the mothers OF
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Hat Problem in 1880.

The Handel festival was originally given
in Westminster Abbey. and the official
notice Of 1870 announced that mo ladies
will be admitted with hats. and they are
particularly requested to come without
feathers and very small hoops. II any"
AS ecclesiastical law demands that female
.worshipers shall cover their heads in
church. this regulation was curously
anomalous. A suggestion in regard to
ladies' headgear was also made by Sir
Frederic Cowen in 1905 when he gave
it as his opinion that the ladies might
discover in their wardrobe some tex-
tremely fascinating fiat hats" which
would not obstruct the view. The 'fasci-
mating fiat hats were, however, chiefly
conspicuous by their absence, owing.
presumably Eve write subject to feminine
correction), to the fact that the nat hat
was not among the fashions of that year.
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Taft or Col. Roosevelt, as the case
may be.
1t was the managers of the bull moose
party. as has been said. that set the rapid
pace for the women in this campaign
The democratic campaign managers
quickly saw the drift of things, and fol-
lowed suit by organizing woman's bu-
reau and encouraging the women to get
out and hustle for votes. The more con-
servative republican party was slower to
see the value of spectacular fight by
woman vote getters. and 1t proceeded more
deliberately. But finally it fell in line
by having it's regular women's organiza-
ton establish headquarters alongside the
man workers. and the Termination of the
campaign bureaus was complete.
Upon the twenty-fourth floor of the
Metropolitan Tower. New York city, the
women's bureau of the progressive bull
moose party hold equal sway with the
mems 8 bureau across the hall. In fact, State
Chairman Hotchkiss of the mems bu-
reau emphatically says that the women S
bureau is not to be an auxiliary affair. but
will have equal voice with the men In
every phase of party management. The
managers of other bureaus have not
dared to go so far The destinies of the
bull moose womens bureau are presided
over by Miss Alice Carpenter. wealthy
club worker of Brookline. Mass. AID
Miss Frances /. Keller of Brooklyn. who
has already done much good in the way
of bettering the lot of women and chill
dren, and particularly unfortunate aliens.
Miss Mary Dreier of Brooklyn is also do
ing effective work. Miss Dreier was a
delegate to the bull moose national con-
vention at Chicago, and Miss Keller an al
ternate. Miss Carpenter has been made
a member of the party's national COM
mittee.
Across Madison Square. in the Fifth
avenue building, New York city. where
the headquarters of the Wilson campaign
bureau is located, there is busy hive of
women on the tenth floor in active charge
of Mrs. j. Borden Hartman, wealthy
society leader, clubwoman and philan-
thropist This is the most ambitious bu-
reau of them all in the way of work, for
the wives of many of the democratic ma
tional committeeman have allied them
selves with the bureau and are working
hard to elect Gov. Wilson.
Mrs. Hartman did not want to be under
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ance of idiocy. which greatly belied him
in the opinion Of the neighbors But
however much he might be ridiculed by
others ! had firm faith in his judgment.
SO when he proposed that day that we
stop and see Aunt Patsy a minute,
assented quite willingly. As we neared
the house We saw Aunt Patsy herself
standing at the front gate We went up
and stopped on the other side.
Aunt Patsy. said Craig, L don't
want to be pryin'. but I'd like to know
what you had that tree whacked over
for?
For moment Aunt Patsy seemed
embarrassed.
az reckon she said. there's a whole
raft of people hereabouts d like to know
that very same thing
reckon said Craig. there is
Well. returned Aunt Patsy. L dom t
they won't hold their breath till they find
out. Not but what they're goin' to some
day. for they are. but they'll have to
bide my time
Craig nodded respectfully. And what
YOU goin to do with the stump, Aunt
Patsy?' he asked. You ought to have
that drug up by the roots.'
"I oughtn't do anything of the kind.
retorted Aunt Patsy. I've made all my
cal'lations regardin' that stump. and I
certainly don't cal'late to have it drug
out
"'Well. then,' suggested Craig. I'd
train honeysuckle or something around it
next summer. 1t don't look very well
standin' up there rough an uneven, like
that
AUNT Patsy locked at Craig quizzicaI-
ly. i made my cal'lations, was all ~Stc
said
That was in the fail. All winter the
oak stump stood in Aunt PatsHs front
yard, bleak and drear, but carly in the
spring two men who were used to clear
ing Off were called in for consultation.
and Aunt Patsy gave them instructions
to burn out the heart of the stump. A.
week later the only thing remaining of
the prize oak was an outer shell about
four inches thick.
I'm goin' home to get some bees