Evening star., 1912-11-17

beautiful months. ana Wnen li"S SdS
that they tell the simple truth Few, u
any cities in the entire length anu
breadth OF the nation are blessed Win
az many scenic beauties as is the nation
capital during the two months of early
summer and early autumn and In sea-
sons such as the present the autumnal
Iaveliness continues far beyond the end
of October. until considering the al
u?anac and its arbitrary divisions of the
~ear summer seems 10 linger in he lap
of winter in a perfectly shameless, If
most enjoyable. manner.
And at this time of year no pleasure
that human beng enjoy quite comes UP
to the placid satisfaction of long cross
country rambles in and about the ou' ly
inr sect ons of the District. Becavse
Washiugtons autumnal loveliness IS not
confined to the city alone: it stretches
eiG. reaches into Maryland and Nir-
e.nia. and makes his whole part % Uncle
Sari's doratn u canvas whereon Nature
~pTs ads her love'iest colors with lavish
ness that is was.eful, all of
natures own. unsnterfered-with proc
ess"s.
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Wherever one turns, TO the east north
cast. north. northwest west from the
city. are the same bew ldering vistas of
tinted woodlands, long low-lying ridges of
blue hills melting into the blue sky, dim
pied valley in between, trim, Well tended
farms-as well as those on which the
weeds run riot and the fences stand awry,
when they stand at all-and everything
in, al outdoors that warns the heart of
he man or woman who loves the open
and the. big free spaces and sweeps of
iii and wood and sky.
-op.r on the Virginia side. perhaps. the
ragbier who likes rough country for his
davS afield will be best suited The bold
:Sirifics.- rough. rocky hills and the ever
Tecu- ring glimpses of the Potomac make
day in the open one TO be remembered
foF various reasons. For the uninitated
in hill l. imhing. sore muscles and aching
limbs. and back will testify to the fact
that YOU get plenty OF exercise along
with Your scenery in the course OF Il
jaunt over the Virginia hills
suppose, however, you banker for more
esustble grades: your taste runs to gentle
hills, goodiy stretches Of rolling meadow
land and fields, interspersed with woods
and with few brooks in which 10 get
NoUr feet Wet. Take q ear on any of thu
lines running northeast or northward
from the city and go TO the District line.
or farther. Then walk i'll any direction
You can't go wrong
Th. first thing that will strike your at
tention. probably. will bc the manner in
which Washington is moving 10 the coun-
try. Ii is impossible TO go mile in any
direction. northeast. north or northwest.
without running across one or two new
Subdivisions, where the real estate man
has plated farm OF two into dig 10 s,
and where the city dweller who has de-
Veloped longing for breathing space
1.aS bu II his bungalow, his cottage his
more prctentious two-and-a-half or three
story house
: !.
IT, every direction from Washington
they are 10 be found, these little new
settlements, wherever an electric inter
Urban line makes il possible 10 get in
aud out If the city within half an hour
to an hour And the noticeable thing
about them all is the increased artistic
appearance Of the homes and the at
tractiveness of the grounds. Mostly. il
seems, lots IN these new sub-suburbs of
Washington are at least fifty feet in
width by couple Of hundred feet deep.
The houses many OF them. are modi-
neations of tire bungalow type, though
there are plenty of plain, solid looking
cottages and homes of larger dimensions
Ihey all have solid. comforta Die ap-
p"ardnCc. however, even the uncompro-
inislnsly square concrete structures that
depend wholly upon the attached wood
work and the surrounding grounds for
Whatever they possess of the orna mental
standing each in its own yard, sur
rounded by shrubbery. trees and gar
denS, they look like real homes: none
of your ready-made blocks sawed off
in lengths 10 fit the ground uIon which
they are built hut actual homes where
those who occupy them can raise a few
chickens, some garden truck, some
flowers NOV the grass at more or less
regular intervals, sprint for the 7:20