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number of camps on the Virginia side.
Close to the dam at Little Falls is Roar
ing Camp" named from its proximity TO
the noisy water rather than the character
OF its owners. An attractive log caoin
with a porch built into the side of hill
with q recent second-stOry addition on
the high side of the slope, several rustic
seats scattered over the brown lawn slop-
ing to the water and a big boat landing
make this a good place for joyous
week end.
Not far above is another camp, and
then above this is a shingled cottage with
a stone chimney built by journeymen car
penters and stonemasons and after a
honeymoon which was spent there the
place was dubbed by the couple Happy
Rest" The words are outlined on the
landing ladder by small cartridges.
At the same landing ladder ties up the
boat that carries a party of hill climbers
who, avoiding the dampness of the water s
edge. climb a stiff hill with rocky
winding way to their bungalow. Halfway
is a natural platform whence fine view
of the upper and lower river may be seen.
as we'll az elimpses of the canal. trolley line
river. 1t is especially pretty at night to
watch the lights on and near the water.
while every once in while a brilliant
flash through the bare trees means an
electric car, or a single faster fash above.
an automobile on the road There used to
be rustic rest at Halfway House. but
the storms of several summers and as
many winters have blown it down. Many
people think this should have been the
site of bungalow.
Resuming the climb. which grows stiff
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Potomac River Camps.

TAKE any car bound westward and
up the riverside any Sunday in sum-
mer time fair days in winter and
from morning until afternoon you will be
sure to see picnickers in khaki, middies
and sweaters, with fishing poles. oil cans.
suit cases or baskets Of provisions piling
in anywhere and everywhere and domi-
mating serious folk in civilized Sabbath
garb and frame Of mind with their merry
pefsihage.
From Chain Bridge to Cabin John or
beyond the disembarking continues some
times a solitary nature faker aiighting
and sometimes a round dozen men and
maids. Follow any Of the paths or many
fights of steps down to the canal. cross
lock. Sycamore Island bridge or In a
ferry and you will be amazed at the sum-
mer resort character of the lands along
the river.
Up the canal, in canoes. rowboats and
launches; up the towpath. on foot, and
down the hill from the cars come the
merry campers to their shacks or bunga-
lows (some are even of brick-that Is, the
houses. not the campers) for camp
dinner. il may be, cooked outdoors and
glorious day in the woods or on the river.
1t is impossible to make the trip from
the city to the upper river on account Of
Little Falls. but you may come out Of the
canal through the feeder at this point
and paddle around and beyond Sycamore
Island. circling the many islets between
Sycamore and the Virginia shore and
passing through Lovers lane. shallow.
shady stretch Of water between an island
and the mainland.
The more ambitious campers on the Vir-
ginia side keep their boats on the Dis
trict-Maryland side. However, in winter
they usually tramp It from Chain
bridge unless possessed Of an automobile
or carriage or by previous arrangement
with Farmer CAN'T and his mare Flor
ence and the milk wagon. But the RAM
bier last Sunday did not go that route.
Crossing the Potomac in slow and
steady flat-bottomed rowboat, the strang-
er will be delighted with the view up and
down from midriver and surprised at the
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likely that Mr.. Roosevelt will go north
upon one of these.
He might enter the Pilcomayo. near
Asuncon. and make his way up the high
lands of Bolivia into the Amazon, but
there are no steamers, and the upper
portions OF the river have not vet been
explored Indeed. IL is safe to say that
he will go north into Matto Crosse. and
probably outfits for the widest part Of his
trip at Guyana.
Some of the most interesting features
of this journey viii he the Indian tribes.
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,ary John r Mccarthy called attention
TO the fact that there had been pre-
sented TO the association the model "f
the first ship launched at the t-asoE
shtpyards in Washington in 1929. and
also the original permit issued under
the signature of Peter Force, May 26,
1870, TO William Easily to extend
wharf into the Potomac river"
This brings to the Rambler's mind
that not long ago he wrote. from data
given him by the daughter of Capt.
William Easily. sketch OF that
worthy gentleman and the story of the
family home at Pennsylvania avenue
and 9th street southeast. called by the
Easbys Warwick" and which previ
ously had been Tunnecliff's Hotel. Il
building which was erected several
wears before the removal of the seat of
government TO Washington.
Capt Easby's daughter has preser.e cd
interesting memories Of Easbys point.
She told the Rambler that the part Of
the city in which Easbys point is sit
uated was. before the establishment Of
the District of Columbia, part of q
tract belonging TO Robert Peter, anu
on the map of the first survey was
called Mexico. There were many
plats of ground variously named-Ham-
burg. beyond Camp HILL on the river:
above and to the north were Port
Royal, Widows Mite and Jamaica. and
among others was Mount Pleasant.
which also belonged to Robert Peter.
Mrs. Easby-Smith remarked 10 the
Rambler that she had often wondered
how this holding Of Mr.. Peter came by
the name Mexico and whether the
visit of the Spaniards to point on the
Potomac river supposed now to be Oc-
coquan, and who afterward returned 10
Mexico, had any bearing on the mat
teri
In dealing with the locality of Easbys
point il is interesting to recall a paper
which Hugh Taggart read before the
Columbia Historical Society May -, 1907.
in which he said: The mouth of Rock
creek of our day does not exhibit a
single feature OF its appearance in 17J1.
when Georgetown was created. At that
time the creek was a navigable stream
within which the tide ebbed and flowed
for a considerable distance above the
present street bridge: then. and for
many years subsequently, there were Wis
ible in 1t, on frequent occasions. the tall
masts of the trader TO European ports,
where now the only water craft to be
seen is the sand scow.
THE creek at its junction with the
river formed quite a large bay. its mouth
extended from the point near the old
Observatory grounds. where Littlefelds
wharf is located (Which point was first
known as Cedar point. and af,erward
successfully Windmill point. Peters
point and Easbys point to a point on the
present Water st eet between 31st street,
which was formerly known as Congress
street and Wisconsin avenue. which was
formerly known as High street"
When Capt. Easily bought this prop
erty upon which he decided to locate
there was only a bare stretch of land
and water from the point where a rock
cabin, supposed to have been the dwell
ing OF the keeper OF the vanished wind
mill. to the stone house on the rivers
edge between G and III streets. The old
stone house was very .arge and was prob
ably built for a custom house, being at
the confluence of the river and Rock
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and such of our sayages who inhabft
the northern part of the Philippine
Islands. They are of a copper color
and have Indian features. They have
a way of curing the heads which pre-
serves them forever. The bones of the
head are taken out and the skin then
so shaped with the hand that il re
tains its features III life. 1t is dried
and baked. and after this il is. so they
claim. practicaliy indestructible. ] saw
one of these heads in Panama City
only two years ago. and ! was offered
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bunaglow; the camp of Frank Bright and
Richard Oberly, the Seiger camp. the
K. K. K. camp, the letters of which. SO
the Rambler was told stand for the Kut-
ton kanoe Klub: the Corson camp and
the Lawton cottage. which stood SO close
to the new Letter placesthat it was pull
ed down after being occupied by MeNi-
can. who was head electrician in charge
of work on the big house. Opposite these
camps are those of the Washington Ca
noe Club on High Island. the Mahoney
camp, the Fracker camp, the place of DR..
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wilds into the regions of comparatively
thick population.
This trip up the Parana takes one north
ward from the temperate zone, in which
Argentina lies. and on into the tropics.
The vegetation grows more dense as you
go nortnward. Great vines and lianas
bind together the trees, and as the
steamer moves along the banks You can
see birds of brilliant plumage. including
mocking toucans and shriekng parrots.
There are plenty of monkeys almost
everywhere in the wilds Of Paraguay and
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war to a wooded hill west OF the steam
railroad tracks above Rives station, on
which Fort Thayer stood during the civil
war. 1t was the American center which
was thrown across the turnpike on the
high ground AT the spring. Most of the
casualties of the battle of Bladens5urg
occurred in the road and the open aelds
close TO this spring. As ii was the posi-
ton occupied by Barneys seamen it
came soon after the battle TO be called
Barney's spring, and the name still clings
to it.
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about |, 100 miles north from Buenos Aires
to Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay,
and smaller boats which run from there
on to Cuyaba. Above Cuyaba the Para
quay narrows, but il can be navigatad BY
canoes for a distance of 100 miles far
ther. ! am told there are many rapids,
however and that portage will have to be
made around some Of them. The town of
Diamantina is not far from Cuyaba. and
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Easbys point. | do not remember quite
far back as that particular l4th OF
July 1880. but ! do distinctly reco lect
events that took place when | was not
more than three years of ace. My first re-
membrauce is Of crossing the river to the
Arlington landing in a skin with one or
1t nv lr.f haws arI tive wan who
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go into the Benz and Mamore, two of the
branches which reach to Bolivia. and by
a short portage from the Mamore get
into the Pilcomayo, which flows into the
Parana system. l have seen the Pjlco-
mayo where it enters the Paraguay river
In the Gran Chaco. some distance above
the Argentine boundary, and have trav-
eled up the Paraguay almost to the
plateau of Matto Crosse, where rises the
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er, one soon comes to an old camp where
the remains of rustic tables and benches
Of various sizes and what was once an old
tent floor tell the tale of comfortable
outing place until two copperhead snakes
were killed under the tent floor. Continue
on and upward and at last you see a
bungalow of halved logs with the bark
on, a peaked roof, side porches, sleeping
and cooking rooms and LIS jutting from
either side at the back. Two oak trees
form the front corner posts. If any one
is at home, hammOcks are swinging
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creek. 1t was only few years ago that
this old landmark was demolished.
On square No. l. Capt. Easily built his
dwelling and tenant houses On the
square to the south the ship lofts We're
erected and afterWard the wharves. At
first. and until the residence was COM
pleted he and his young sons tiorat O
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stream swept through with enormous
force, and the captain told me the river
at that point was 2i0 feet deep. When
We stopped at Obidos We could not rely
upon the ships anchor to hold US, and
our boat was tied by cables to the trees
the banks. Obidos is a rubber settle
ment with cacao plantations nearby.
I envy ex-President Roosevelt his pow
er to make a comfortable trip down the
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Y the time this
letter is publish
e d eX- r 6 S i
d { mt Roosevelt
will b e about
starting upon his
eNpedition into the
tropical interior OF
South America.
lie will have al
ready visited the
civilized sections
of the I h r e Q
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horses used in the various branches of
Capt Easby's plant and was also the
driver of Mrs. Easby's carriage.
On Goth street, in the rear of the
Easby's garden. lived family, one OF
the sons OF which. John Fardy. learned
shipbuiiding in the Easily yard. Later
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among the oaks toward the river The
water is glimpsed between the trees
plainly when the leaves are gone-and
the roar of the falls is heard subdued TO
just the right music for soft conversation
in the hammocks or for sound sleep al
night.
From the back door a path leads down
a ravine TO spring and improvised
springhouse, wherein are kept milk, but
ter, mayonnaise. watermelons and other
things. If. instead of turning down 10
the spring. YOU follow the path over the
hill and beside some pine woods you come
to the backgate of a farmhouse. From
this spot an attractive rural landscape
spreads out on three sides. embracing
many homes and farms in the country
around Langley. Citywards. over the
woods. rise the water tower of Tenley-
town. the white marble buildings of the
American University. and. of course, the
Washington Monument
In season here you can pick enough
blackberries for a meal for your family.
or at a different time of year as many
persimmons you want. il you wan,
any. 1t is at this farmhouse that many
of the campers nuy their milk, eggs and
vegetables and thus tighten the load IL
be carried out from town. Going back to
the bungalow and down the hill to the
riverside, favorite walk is to climb 4
stile over a fence. There is meadow on
the far side of this fence where botanists
gather many specimens.
The photo Of this camp. which is the
Delano-Smith camp, is the picture OF
many others along the Virginia side OF
the river. Among the others are the Sci
fritz camp, where ther" is ! niano iii tfe
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y The Star OF re-
cent date ii was
announced that "a
pictorial history OF
w a S h / n gton is
the plan of the
Association of the
Oldest abitants
of the District of
Colu m bia. and
that at the la ST
meeting Corr
spending Secre-
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Copyrighted. 1913. by Frank 6. Csrpenter.)
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Il With THE RAE[BL[z] F s. 1llf[[|
II RI ccM MMhL1ha%MuZLnumG ZN&44HEEzHaa7

Isaac Stone and the camp of the Wash
ington Normal School
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Crossing the Potomac in a slow and
steady fiat-bottomed rowboat. the strang-
er will be delighted with the view up and
down from midriver and surprised at the
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woman Proposes

New Year week at B. F. Keith
rheater will introduce many new vaude-
vile features. the most conspicuous being
Woman Proposes a recent New York
hit by Paul Armstrong, author of Alias
Jimmy Valentine" The cast numbers
eight New York players of prominence.
headed by Ruth Allen. Edwin Stevens
and Tina Marshall. who are again in
vaudeville. viii present their merry hit.
THE Troubles of r. and j., a musical
burletta; Sophie Tucker. who claims TO
be the first to sing ragtime songs. Will
sing popular songs, and Louis j. Winsch
and Josephine Poore will offer the two
scene musical comedy, mo TrespassinG. ."
Other new attractions will be James Hus-
sey and Al Lee. in THE New Chauffeur"
Loughlins Comedy Dogs. Lew Lockett
and Jack Waldron; Daintee La Crandail
the balancing lady" and the Pathe
weekly review. Next Sunday there will
BE- two concerts. at , and S:15 pm. the
bill being composed of this weeks princi-
pal features supplemented by others es-
peciaIly eng" ged. The matinee dansantes
will continue from ! TO pm. daily ex-
eept Sunday. With pipe organ recitals at
other times.
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In the Bishops Carriage"

Charming Pollock's dramatization OF
Miriam Michaelsons novel. I'm the
bishops Carriage. will be revived by the
Poll Players next week. The play tells
the story Of d girl Who is brought up by
criminals. and becomes an expert thief.
but is finally regenerated through her love
FOR worthy man.
The opening scene OF the play discioses
the girl. Nance Oiden, and her pal"
Tom Dorsan. burglar, in the act of
ruObing the home of William Latimer. a
young lawyer. Latimer surprises and
captures the two crooks. He recognizes
IN Nance Olden young woman he had
befriended on former occasion when she
had fallen into the tolls of the law. Dor
San is taken away by the police, but Lati-
iner refuses to prosecute Nance. He helps
EeT TO obtain a position the stage,
where she shows unexpected ability and
becomes u theatrical celebrity. The de-
velopment of the story brings u happy
termination 10 a romance between Nance
and the man whose home she had at
tempted to rob.
The original production. with several
Important additions to the regular cast of
PoIi Players. vii be presented.
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The Great Adventure. :"

Next week, with regular matineeS and
a special matinee New Year day, at the
BelascO Theater. Mr.. Winthrop Ames
will present The Great Adventure by
Arnold Bennett, which comes from a run
~ Ir. AInes Booth Theater, New York
Il was sensation OF London and New
York. and is called by Mr.. Bennett "a
play Of fancy" His novel Buried
Alive." has been adapted and changed
wherever Mr.. Bennett found that by SO
doing he could enhance the dramatic
Value of the play.
- story tells of liam Carve-England's
greatest artist and the shyest man in the
world. who, when the doctor mistakes his
sick valet for the great artist and an
attractive but plain widow from Putney
appears In answer to the Wallets rnatri-
inonial advertisement, IL so abashed him
he cannot explain to either of them how
things really are. The results are en-
tanglements of all kinds which furnish
delightful comedy as well as the target
Tor Mr. Benefits sparkling humor and
satire.
An excellent cast includes Janet
Beecher, who will be remembered for
her delightful work in THE Concert .
and Lyn Harding. who, in his associa-
ton with Beerbohm Tree, is considered
one of the ablest English actors. The
play is in four acts, laid in London, at
rhe artists home, and at the Grand
Babylon Hotel. The time is the present
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banquet table in town will likely be
equipped with a block system for CAB.
Badger Needed Sleep.

When the North Atlantic squadron
returned from its visit to the undemo-
cratic forms of government on the other
side 1t ran into what is technically known
as "a whole gale" For three days Rear
Admiral Badger got little sleep. Then
he took to the quilts
.'Orderly-yeeow." said Admiral Badger.
yawning, do not call me unless 1T blows
harder.
Shortly afterward he walked to an I'M
easy consciousness that a seaman had
petrifed by his bedside in an attitude
of attention. He turned one misty eye
upon the orderly
Il have the honor TO report. sir said
the orderly. that it is blowing harder.
Very WE'LL said the admiral smuggling
into the pillows. Call me if It gets TO
blowing like the very deuce"
He was asleep before the orderly
reached the stateroom door. 1t seemed
only a minute before the orderly was
back The flagship Wyoming trying
to stand on her ear and succeeding ad-
mirab y. Every now and then a wave
washed over the No. turrets.
1T is blowing like the deuce, sir, re-
ported the orderly.
Very WELL" replied Admiral Badger.
thickly. Call ME when the gale moder-
ateS.''
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Chatterer Fixes Up His New
House.

''Whew.'' exclaimed Chatterer the
Red Squirrel as he scrambled up to his
new house, life is certainly very excit-
ing these days. First Shadow the Weasel
almost catches me and l have to leave
the Green Forest and then Black-Pussy,
that pesky cat from Farmer Browns.
almost catches me, ] wonder what will
happen next. One has to have ones ears
and eyes open all the time. Yes, sir,
it certainly is very exciting. Now, I
must fix my new house for the winter
and hurry to lay in a new store of food.
It's a mighty good thing that nobody
but Tommy Tit the Chickadee knows
where my new house is. Even Sammy
Jays sharp eyes haven't discovered it
yet, and as for Peter Rabbit, / don't be-
lieve he'll ever find it. / think it was
very clever of me to think Of taking the
old house of Drummer the Woodpecker
for my new one. Wouldn't he be sur
prised if he knew that l was here?"
Chatterer chuckled. He was thinking
Of how he had stolen Drummer's eggs
from that very hollow In the old apple
tree in the spring, and how little he had
thought then that he ever would be living
there
The idea of living in Drummers old
house had come to Chatterer all in a
flash the very afternoon he had come up
to the Old Orchard after being driven
out of the Green Forest by fear of
Shadow the Weasel. He had hunted all
along the old stone wall for a place to
make a new home and hadn't found a
single place to suit him. He had sat up
to rest and just by chance he had hap
pened to look over to the old apple tree
he remembered so well. and right in Il
fash the great idea had come TO him.
Everybody knew how dreadfully he had
been punished by Drummer the Wood
pecker for stealing his eggs in the spring
and no one would think of him going
to live in Drummer's house after that.
1t certainly was great idea You see.
Drummer had long ago given up the
house himself. He had no use for it after
he had brought up his family, and so il
was standing empty.
Sammy Jay had gone back to the Green
Forest. Peter Rabbit had gone back to the
dear old briar patch and Black Pussy
had sneaked back to Farmer Brown 8
house for that saucer of milk. now
there was none to interfere with Chat
terer and his work. After he had rested
few minutes he ran down the old apple
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TALL SPARS FOR JUPITER.
Big Barge to Be Fitted With Ninety
Six-Foot Oregon Pines.

Jupiter is the name selected for the
big barge which the P. Dougherty
Company of Baltimore is having built
at the Woodal shipyard, at that city,
for the bay and coastwise traffic. The
new vessel. it is said. will be one of the
largest vessels of her class afioat, and
will carry "a cargo of over 5000 tons
dead weight. The spars to go in the
vessel are to be made from pine trees
that grew in the forests of Oregon
state, and each is over ninety-six feet
long.
The sticks were received at the ship
yard Il day or two ago. and the work
of trimming them and putting them in
shape for the purposes for which they
are TO be used is in progress. The
Jupiter will be ready for service In
the spring. and, like the other barges
of the Dougherty fieet, will proba bly,
visit this city with cargoes of asphalt
or coal and will bring fertilizer ma
terial TO Alexandria.
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ALTOGETHER TOO EASY.
Taking Photographs Very Simple
Matter These DAYS.
rom The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
I'm in an organization where the
members are expected to furnish the
secretary With photographs OF them
selves.
Yes
Well. / hadn't been 10 a pnotogra-
piers for twenty years. hated to GO
/ remembered the old head clamp. and
the twisted spine. and the awkward
hands. and the depressed chin. and the
silly smile. IL seemed to me worse than
the dentists. But ] had to go. I walked
into the photogra pliers big room like a
Christian martyr, and the operator point
ed out a chair, and | sat down. and he
said That's ALL ! asked him to repeat
1t. He did. Then | got out of the chair
and went back TO my office
"Well?"
Well I don't feel right about il. II
didn't seem TO me worth while. I don't
think the photographer treated me right.
1t looked to me as If he had "A disagree
able job his hands and wanted 10
shirk it. He should have fused over me
more. What do l know about posing?
Besides, there wasn't time. That's all,
ne said. and Tipped me out of the chair.
They didn't snub me that way twenty
years ago. No. sir