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ner Of E and Goth street. Capt. William
Easily had a vacant lot. A Russian gen.
tleman and his son induced Capt. Easily.
as an experiment. to plant that lot in
hemp. l do not remember what the out
come of the hemp crop was. but at the
same time Capt. Easily allowed these
gentlemen the use of a basement room
in one Of his houses for chemical lab
oratory.
THE old Frye mansion. not far from
the stone house on G or III street, was
a delightful visiting place, and 1 remem-
Der that approved especially of the
beautiful mimosa trees because they were
so easy to climb.
THE Fiiiebrower house. on G street
near 21st. was another interesting visit
ing place. The owner had been a sea
captain and he had many curios collect
ed on his cruises which he delighted in
showing to visitors. This house was
bought by John Ward Easily. He i'm
proved it and made 1t his residence.
dying there on June IL, 1894 It is still
the home of his daughters.
Commodore Forests residence was
Locust Grove. 1t was on Goth between
Il and + streets. and occupied the whole
square, or. at least, a great part OF it.
Commodore Forest was one Of the char
acters of the Washington of that period,
the forties. He had not adopted modern
fashions. but always wore knee breeches
and buckled Shoes
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curing a settlement Of the Tacna-Arica
dispute, whatever other faults Ii may
have can be condOned by the friends OF
peace in South America.
People are now beginning to ask what
the definite basis is for settlement.
There have been not only the inter-
change OF visits by workingmen' 8
delega tons. but also visits on both
sides by individuals who are influential
in the business and public affairs Of
both countries. The accreditfng Of min
ly, is looked for soon. After that hint
is given that the proposed treaty or
convention may be made public. The
report now Is that instead Of a post
ponement for twenty years an i'm
mediate settlement is to be proposed
by a division of territory, Chile to keep
africa and Tacna to be restored to Peru.
and Chile also to pay something for
the africa unconditional cession.
Should the two governments actually
conclude a Tacna-Arica arrangement
and be strong enough to get it ratified
by their respective constituencies,
commercial treaty is expected to fol-
low Peru sends sugar to the Chilean
refineries, as well as other products.
while Chile has market for certain
basis for mutual preference. The trade
Of both countries possibly would be
benefited, and possibly the effect
would be largely sentimental
Chile, 1t Is said. would have no difn-
Guilty in borrowing the small sum which
would be necessary to pay for the ter
ritory Internationally coded. She is not
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Transplanting Big Trees.

IN the upper regions OF Potomac Park
and well over toward the Riverside
drive is curv.ng roadway which,
though comfortable for riders and drivers
Of horses. has not been much improved
md is stIll little used by horsemcn. IL
IS far OFF the course v ich autos take
in whirring around the outer edge OF the
park. In going south from the foot Of
18th street and perhaps half way les
tween Is street and The Paul Jones mon
ument YOU viii see on the right
straight, narrow dirt and c.nder road
leading west On this road are two d.
lapidated wooden stands. In the earlier
days of the park trotting races ana
trotting trials and exhibitions were held
on this road. As this way approaches
the Potomac side of the park ii bends
southerly. making a fun aud graceful
curve and intersecting the Riverside drive
near the circle and. the site chosen for
the Lincoln memorial. This roadway IN
its curving part is bordered 10y Lou.
hardy poplars, about twenty-five feet
tall. and slender. as is the habit OF that
tree. 4
s number OF these trees are being taken
up for transplanting in the White House
garden. Perhaps the work will have been
completed when these lines reach the
publication stage. The Rambler was told
that Mrs. Wilson has Indicated her de-
sire for certain changes in the White
House gardens and that to carry out the
design agreed on these tall, slim, syHa-
metrical trees are needed. -
An excavation big enough for the cellar
of a email house is made around the tree,
the earth directly around the trunk and
covering the main root system not being
disturbed. The boil of earth around the
trunk is bound about with heavy oak
planking held i'm place with ropes and
chains Roots extending beyond the boil
are carefully taken out of the earth ana
wrapped in bagging. At the edge OF the
excavation a truck is drawn up and skies
run from this into the excavation and
to the base of the tree. dozen labor
ers with a cable and block and fall draw
the tree from the excavation. up the
skids and onto the body of the wagon.
Then it is hauled away by horses and
carefully set down into its new resting
place. =
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lawn-bordered and tree-lned roads call
to you to follow them. One branch of the
Soldiers Home road system leads east
ward and passes In the rear of the Lin
coin cottage and around the picturesque.
tree-rimmed oval on the north side of
the cottage. IL YOU follow this drive 1t
will lead you behind and around Scott
Hall. and on and on to any other part of
the reservation.
But before reaching that part of the
road which runs in the rear of the Lin
coin cottage you pass on your right hand
& brick-paved space, close set with
benches. This paved space is not square,
but nearly 1t is rectangular with the
longer diameter east and west. Twenty
five benches are set as close together as
would be comfortable for the veterans
who occupy them. Four or five men can
sit on each bench. fine tree stands in
the middle Of this bricked and benched
space, and in the season Of white sun
light and green leaves 1t casts it's cool
shadow there.
The benches face to the south and
from this place one looks out over the
parade with the tiagnast in the center
aud four brass field pieces on bat
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One great man once said that history Il
'his-story' and another great man has
said that history is lie agreed upon.
Our bows and arrows are better
than anything in that line that was made
In the time OF William Tell but to shoot
an apple Off boys head Is fancy shot
that would not succeed more than once IN
a hundred shots. \ good bowman would
probably kill nincty-nine boys before he
would split the apple
Robin Hood? Again | say tut, tut,
He was one of those bowmen We read
about, but which are not and never were.
II makes very good reading for persons
who know nothing about the possibilities
of the bow and arrow. but such shots a.
Robin Hood is reported as having made
were made only in the imag snation OF a
great novelist. Robin Hood did not make
them
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grounds. This elevated part of the city
which came to be called Observatory
Hill, was before that known as Camp
HILL Old residents of Washington and
those younger Washingtonians who take
their local nomenclature from them still
cali this region Camp HILL Some say
the hill came to be thus called because
during the second war with England
there was an American military en-
campment on this ground. Others say
that the name came from the fact that
Braddock's army encamped here in Its
progress from Alexandria to Fort Du-
quesne.
A woman whose memory of that part
of the city reaches back about three
quarters of a century and who in her
youth listened to recita:s of the recOllec-
tions of old dwellers there told the Ram
bier this
''Sloping gently up from Goth street was
Camp Hill, later known as Observatory
Hill and now occupied by the Naval Hos
pital. 1t was there that Braddock camped
in 100 and an epidemic caused the death
of many Of his men They were buried
on the side of the hill. When l first
recollect it the remains of shrubbery
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land or Virginia to find hotels like
those in these luxurious days.
The older men get the more toilet
articles they use. They usually use
toothpastes and tooth powders, mouth
washes and nose washes, throat gaTgles.
cold cream, several kinds of expensive
soap. more than one razor. plenty. of
looking glass. hand lotions. witch
hazel, bay rum, more cold cream, hair
tonic and hair dye, sponges. face cloths,
flesh brushes nail brushes. toothbrushes.
hair brushes. manicure scissors and
perhaps rouge for the lips and rosy
paste for the fingernails. Amt these
enough facts to start one to talking
about the decline of the Roman empire?
Now look down the line of men in
them barber chairs and study the socks
and shoes. Take the socks first. Do
you see pair of warm. thick and COM
Portable blue or gray yarn socks that
grandma used to knit? No. They are
so sheer that a man must be careful
when he puts them on the first time
not to tear out the heel or punch hole
in the toe. Look at the colors-tan
fawn. elephants breath, pearl. lilac,
white, blue and purple. These fellows
have done mental exercises in the selec-
tons of them socks. If this sort OF
thing keeps UP men will be wearing III J
length hose with butterflies and orchids
embroidered up the front. Look at the
shoes-patent lea ther. kid, russell and
low quarter pumps with satin bows on
EN-. Not a trace of mud on pair oI
EN- Not u halfsoled pair in the row.
Now study the neckties. All coiors
and shades. even tones. soft, de icatc
old ur-in-hands that you could buy
for a quarter apiece and put on in
jiffy? You don't see them nowadays
Watch that fellow tying his tie. DID
spend more time in tying a bow in her
pink silk sash than that gent is spend
ing in getting that tie to suit him?
And that chap writes jokes for the
newspapers on how long ii takes Il
taxi 10 take her TO the theater
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One of the Guggenheims.

sfTHERE'S nothing like putting the
best foot foremost-putting. the
best face on the matter" said OSWALD
Garrison Willard in a recent Baltimore
address.
"Why shouldn't we all emulate Mrs.
S,,ddon Ryches, whose father was Q
policeman
Lord Lacland said to Mrs. Sudden
Ryches at luncheon:
what business is your father IN
madam
.sShe flushed slightly. looked Lord Lac
land straight in the eye, ana answered.
Copper
And Lord Lacland, remembering the
pale palaces of the copper millionaires
overlooking the park, said: All! sageiS'
and was very much impressed indeed.
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More Winter Gardens.
WINTER gardens are being set o,

WINTER gardens are being set out in
W Potomac Park, and the great ex-
panse of the river-bordered playground
is being frightened with green that will
retain its cool and refreshing color all
summer and its gladdening hue through
out the bleak season Of the year. Dur
ing two or three weeks you may have
seen big gangs of workmen digging
round holes, out of which they would
take nearly a CARLOAD OF earth. or long
trenches in that part Of the park, per-
haps midway between the B street drive
and the line which leads from the Paul
Jones monument to the riverside drive.
The holes are In groups, and IN long
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rows picturesquely spaced. three or four
thick.
In these holes are being planted hum
dreds of small hemlocks. spruces. pines,
arbor vitae and cedar. so that soon wide
and deep thickets of evergreens will be
growing there. In the trenches are being
set hedges of these trees until they can
be transplanted in those groupings de-
signed by the cunning and taste of the
landscape gardener. Groves of young
naples, poplars and elms have been and
are being planted also, but, of course,
these are being set out for summer
beauty and effect. The pines and other
conifers are being planted TO relieve the
drear aspect of the park when the other
trees have been shorn of their foliage
and the grass has been turned brown by
winter.
Along the old trott!ng track. through
the middle of the north half of the park
from east to west, gangs of about hfteen
diggers and planters have been at work
When this was written several hundred
small hemlocks. fresh and green, had
been set out along the north side Of the
track reaching from the 18th street drive
to point in the park where 22d would
pass througll-23d street being that rough,
unpaved road-street which leads down
Camp hill along the east wall of the
grounds of the old Naval Observatory,
now the grounds OF the new Naval Hos
pital.
:: K
The planting of this hemlock will he
continued also along the south margin
of the trotting track This roadway IS
now bordered on both sides by a line oil
young and thrifty oaks. IT will be hap
by effect when these oak and henlock
borders become mature.
The north boundary of the park on the
south side of the horsepath between the
foot of nth street and the riverside drive
will also be planted with eNergreens.
An extensive thicket of conifers has
been set out in the northwest corner OF
the park above the north drive with the
intent of screening, at least partially,
the red brick walls of the brewery and
the stables and power plant of the Mu-
scum of Hygiene, the group of yellow
buildings on Camp Hill west of and ad-
joining the Naval Hospital.
Among the deciduous trees to be set out
are many saplings of Towering doswood
for the purpose of lighting up the park
with bloom at the earliest touch of spring.
4 number of japanese trees. presented
by the government of Japan and which
were not planted along the riverside drive,
and which have been temporarily plant
ed, or "heeled in at one of the nurseries
of the office of public buildings and
grounds, will also be set out in the park
this season.
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Colds light battery from Fort McHenry.
q battalion of marines under command
of Maj. Tyler, the Washington Light In
fantry, the National Blues, the Mechan-
zeal Ritfemen. the GEORGETOWN GreyS and
various other military commands from
Alexandria and Baltimore. Burial was in
Congressional cemetery, and his monu-
ment stands there today. The Rev DR..
Haw.ey of ST. Johns Church, who off,
ciated at the funeral service of President
Harrison otficiated at the funeral service
of Gen. MacomD. The funeral was at
tended by the President, the cabinet, both
houses of Congress. the diplomatic corps
and the corporation authorities of Wash
ington, Georgetown and Alexandria-the
three cities of the District of Columbia.
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terry on across the crest of the hill
topped with the statue of Gen. Win
field Scott and then out over the tow
ers, domes and steeples of the city.
Nearby the paved space is the band
stand and in proximity to ii are many
benches. but nowhere in the grounds
are benches massed as on this tree
shaded brick paved rectangle.
This is favorite resting place and
reverle place in summer for the vet
Grams at the home and on bright days.
at this season. they gather and clus-
ter there. One cannot help but think
of the wealth and variety of reininis-
cences of garrison, camp and field that
have been recalled. and for all time
will be recalled in this little brick
paved space.
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TENDER. He had been mayor of Lima.
and previously one of the vice presidents
of the republic. Much OF his business
career had been spent in Chile. and he
was very familiar with Chilean affairs.
Soon after Senior Billinghurst came into
power it was announced that an inn
portant feature of his policy would be
to re-establish good relations with Chile
and to secure the final settlement of the
Tacna-Arica dispute. At that time the
postponement of the proposed plebiscite
for twenty years, but on such definite
terms that there could be no question of
its meaning, was indicated as a part of
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the program. This meai:t, il east. that
the controversy would be removed from
the sphere both of Peruvian and Chilean
politics for twenty years, because there
would be no reason for misunderstanding
on either side during that period.
During the last year the subject has
been handled with great skill by both
governments. Apparently by concerted
action, public sentiment has been created,
or nodded. until it is getting to be ac-
cepted in both countries that the end of
the Tacna-Arica dispute is In sight. What
is called q current Of popular cordiality
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after ten years Peru should have the
option of redeeming them on the payment
of S5,tN,Uo. provided plebiscite showed
that the inha bitants were in favor of this
action. The treaty. however, did not
specify clearly who should vote at the
plebiscite.
Chile entered into full possession and
control of the provinces, but Peru still
considered them Peruvian territory. and
the Peruvian inhabitants enjoyed all the
rights of Peruvian citizens in other parts
of the republic.
The years passed, but there was no
plebiscite. Peru and Chile could not
agree as to who should vote, Peru claim
ing that the right should be limited to
Peruvians. and Chile maintaining that
the inhabitants of Chilean nationality
should also vote. l am stating the sub
stance Of the dispute in popular Ian
guage. and not with the niceties of diplo-
matte correspondence. There is huge
mass of such correspondence and of con-
troyersia literature on the subject.
The controversy threatened the rupture
of the Pan-American conferences. which
were held in Mexico City in 1901, in
Aires In 1910. The trouble was always in
arranging the programs Of subjects to
be considered. Peru, and usually the ma
jority of the South American countries.
wanted obligatory arbitration in a form
that would bring this subject into the
sphere of the conference included In the
program. Chile always gave notice that
she would be absent from any confer
ence in which 1t was assumed to con-
slider, directly or indirectly. Tacna- africa.
In consequence it was not considered.
though the existence of the controversy
usually caused friction and ill-feeling.
kA
Peru was wont TO look to the United
States for moral. If not physical support
In her contention. If il had not been for
the United States. she said there would
have been no Tacna-Arica cession 10
Chile, because at one period OF the war
OF the Pacific" Chile was ready To make
peace with Tarapaca alone as indemnity
but The Peruvians always maintained that
Secretary Blaine advised against peace on
those terms. and held out the hope of a
less severe loss through the friendly Of
fees of the Garfield administration
The action of the Arthur administration
in repudiating the Garieid-Blaine policy
furnishes an acrid chapter in American
political history. Any one who reviews 1t
dispassonateiy. which was not possible
thirty years ago. can perhaps form an
impartial judgment of the subject. But
whether Peru had a moral claim on the
support Of the United States or not, the
influence of the United States was exerteti
TO keep the Tacna-Arica embers from
being famed into a flame at the Pan
American conferences.
Bolivia and the Argentine Republic. and
to a lesser degree Paraguay. Were aligned
against Chile in the conferences. Ecua-
dor was usually with Chile, while Chilean
influence was also predominant in CO.
lombia and Venezuela. Brazil followed
a middle course, somewhat like the
United States. The South American
alignment has been shifted during the
last three or four years.
1t is to be said for both Chile and
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Camp Hill.

IN the right hand as you descend 23d
- street toward Potomac Park is
a venerable red brick wall somewhat
decayed along its whole length and
broken in some places. This was the
east wall of the old Naval Observatory
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Where the Veterans Gather.

TT is through the gate on the Rock Creek
: Church road. at the head of Upshur
street, that most people enter and leave
the Soldiers Home grounds. On entering
these grounds and passing the gatekeep-
er's lodge on the right, sme 9TH, well kept,
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that had been planted to mark the
graves, with a few sunken spots still
visible. interfered somewhat with a sport
to which the children. of that day were
partial-to lie down and roll over and
over down the hill.
a small portion of the old hill re-
mains intact just in the rear of one of
the brewery buildings and there the dust
OF some of the buried soldiers is still
undisturbed.
x
j. J:
Camp Hill was a favorite playground
for many of the children who lived on
and around Easbys point and my indig-
nation was great when on my way to
school one day / encountered crowd
of workmen digging for the foundation
of the observatory: and the opening of E
street through my beloved hill was, in
my opinion, but the adding of insult to
injury.
40 the north of the hill the Fletcher
family lived. On F street were the
Biggs, Linkins and Bolyais. Next to the
lot where the Byrams lived, at the cor
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Peru that at times the administrations In
power made sincere efforts to lind
basis of settlement. but in Chile, gen
orally, the military party was too strong
in opposition. and in Peru national senti-
ment was too pronounced Six or seven
yeas ago diplomatic relations were re
established temporarily. Peru sent Senior
Alvarez Calderon, who had been a very
popular and efficient Peruvian minister
in Washington. to Santiago. and Chile
accredited a diplomatic representative to
Lima. But. later the respective lega
tons were Withdrawn.
). ::
Peruvians and Chileans who can look at
the subject with some calmness of judg-
ment are in accord in the opinion that
the Tacna-Arica territory is not of itself
very valuable. 1t als>> is admitted oc-
casionally by Chileans THAI the Chileniza-
ton of Tacna-Arica has mt been very
marked The army officers marry Peru
Wan women, and the children Dire Peru
Wan In their sentiments and aspirations.
This fact has caused frequent shifting
OF the military forces. The permanent
population. however. Is not a large one,
nor is it ever likely to become large.
Chile, in her occupation of the terri
tory, has proceeded on the theory that
africa always will be Chilean, whatever
may be done with Tacna. She built
railway. not only across the desert which
is in dispute, but also over the volcanic
cordilleras of the Andes to the Bolivian
tabieland. The section in Bolivia was
constructed under treaty with that
country. and by the terms of the treaty
Bolivia ultimately will repay Chile, but
in n general way Chile expects To con
troll the Arica-La Paz railway.
The distance from africa TO La Paz by
this line is about $50 miles, and it is
therefore the short route from the Pacific
10 the interior of Bolivia. 1t completes
with the Southern railway of Peru, which
gets into Bolivia from Mollendo by way
of Lake Titicaca, and with the Antofa-
gasta railway. which runs up from the
Chilean coast to OIuro, the center OF tin
mining in Bolivia. The effect on traffic
is somewhat uncertain. since the AFRICA
La PaZ line, by reason of a long section
on which the steep grade is surmounted
by means of the cog system. has some
difficulties In the transportation OF
freight. Chile has provided certain ad-
vantages TO her commerce i'm the way or
freight rebates for Chilean products. but
this action does not seem to disturb Peru.
If it did, other and more weighty CON
sderations would doubtless cause II -
be ignored.
Renewed efforts for settling the Tacna-
africa dispute were made in the fall of
1912, shortly after the inauguration OF
the present administration. 1t is trib-
ute to the moral influence of the Pana-
ma canal that the desire of both Peru
and Chile TO enjoy the fullest benefit of
the canal has had much to do with the
renewal of the negotiations.
Senior Guillermo Biilinghurst was elect
ed President of Peru in May 1912, and
was inaugurated in the following Sep