The Washington times., 1913-02-28

| talk to all Corners. She is a TRUMP
! Certainly, one sight of her would in
spire all onlookers whether they
were in sympathy with her cause
| or not.
| One thing that impressed me was
| the flattering comments of the six
| teen war correspondents from the
big American dailies and news asso-
| Citations with the army upon General
| Jones and her fellow pilgrims. They
| spoke in the highest terms of all and
| in every way seemed to try to defend
| them and make their hiking easier
| This is a real tribute because news
! paper men look with critical eyes
| upon the subjects of their stories and
| are not slow to recognize human
weaknesses
one of them told me with tears in
his eyes that American history does
| not contain a more heroic scene than
| that of diminutive Corp. Martha Elat-
schkin creeping for three miles along
| lonely country road on a freezing
! than be carried or abandon the en-
terprise.
Young Publisher a Hiker.
The mixers have the distinction of
having the youngest newspaper publish
er in the country with them, Norman
L. Sper, editor of the Boy Scouts Re-
view and Aeronautical Bulletin. He is
called the Boy Scout and has enjoyed
every minute of the walk. He is a very
wide awake lad. but has no heart for
romance. He said he would be eighteen
the day he got back home" A little
questioning drew from him reluctantly
that that day would be Saint Patrick S
Day.
l print this so he can have the ad-
vertisement and get every IrishInan In
the country to subscribe for his breezy
little magazine.
Young Sper denied the rumors of
romances that had been prevalent and
said they had all been manufactured
by the war correspondents to make
copy as they wrote their war dispatches
on the roadside to the sputtering light
of badly burning matches. He described
with a great deal of glee the predica-
Jment of student with a. s25-roll who
accompanied the army for several days
prettiest pilgrims" to candy and sodas
along the line of march and had to
telegraph to father to get back home.
1t is TO be hoped that the young stu
dent will never spend his last cent
again without remembering to purchase
a round-trip ticket
1 personally felt like a tenderfoot
when l kept the whole army waiting for
me 10 put on my rubbers before I ven
tured into the mud for a little hike-I
almost said swim. So thick was the
Maryland sacred soil, just the right con-
sistency for glorious mud pies. They
took our pictures as soon as 1 Joined
them. and Corporal Martha Klatschkin
conferred a mighty favor on me by let
ting me hold her Votes for Women"
banner.
So We trudged along, talking and
laughing, everyone in high spirits to
be So near the end of their long jour-
tourney beginning.
and the mud was getting heavier and
heavier. / must confess / felt rather
happy to know that just back of me
was a nice automobile in which, when
had walked my stint and must return
to town, / could rest my tired feet
/ have considered myself in times
past somewhat of an athlete. 1 humbly
acknowledge ! must have been mis-
taken. For the beautiful streets of
Washington are no test OF ones stay
ing or walking powers. / found that
out yesterday. / had left my faithful
exactly how far walked. 1t evidently
seemed much farther than 1t really
was
Bladensburg woke up from its years
of sleep when we arrived. The old
town whose beginnings date back to
the time of Washington has not seen as
mucn excitement since the British cap
tured Bladensburg bridge. in 1s14-the
last historic event Of the town.
I did not have the pleasure of meet
ing individually all the pilgrims, but L
am sure that one and all they de-
viction.
The car used yesterday and today by
Miss Genevieve Clark in covering the
entry of the suffragist pilgrims into
fttd ahok
car, a duplicate of the one purchased
last week in New York by the Duchess
de Tallyrand, formerly Miss Anna
Gould.
Despite the deep mud and water holes
in the route between Hyattsville ana
Washington the car came through with
flying colors and Miss Clark was loud
in her praise of the machines per-
formance.
There were some places that looked
impossible for the automobile to ne
gotiate.' said Miss Clark, as she left
on street, but il never faltered and
brought us through in fine shape. /
congratulate the Duchess de Tallyrard
in having a car of so much power
A Buick touring car furnished by
the Washington branch of the Buick
Motor Company and driven by Robert
II. Martin, manager of the branch,
was The Times press car today. 1t was
here, there. and everywhere on the
road between Hyattsville and Washing
ton. and the clever driving of Manager
Martin enabled the members of The
Times staff to cover every angle of
the final hike" into Washington.
a Buick car. equipped with Weed
chains, was used by Mrs. Olive
Schultz, as a scout car throughout the
hike" My car did not give me the
least trouble on the 250-mie journey
over all kinds of roads, said Scout
Schultz, as she completed her long
journey today.