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frequently read references Ia memorial
drinking fountains. fountains set up in
memory of some good horse or doS ior
the benefit of other horses and dogs
In Boston there has recently been Set
up. at a cost of over 5000. fountain for
horses. dogs and men in memory OF
Charles Taft. who was once the proprie-
tor of the famous old Cornhill Gomez
House. Mr.. Taft died in 1871. Accord
ing to The news this fountain was made
possible by Request OF his daughter
Susan Taft Navett. who died in lF'' ano
who. in addition to the money Tor the
fountain. lief; S5.oao 10 the Massachusetts
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Animals On the front of the fountain
is the memorial Inscription and on an :
other side is an inscr!rton Whlch tens OF
It's erection in cooperation WITH the Mas
sachusetts s. p {. \. and that i VIII ne
cared for by that society.
Recently in PittSfeld. Mass. Mrs. Alien
n Bagg presented to the city drinslns
fountain for horses IS memorial TO Vic
Frank" who was a good and trusted
servant of the family for Il quarter oi
century The Pittsfield Journal says that
old Frank was never known !" 90
mean trick and that for the last Two
wears of his life he did no work. hut lNeu
il, Injurious retirement in his stable and
pasture
knowledge IF these facts caused the
Rambler to ask John +. Heap secretary
of the WASHINGTON Humane Society, Tor
Information of memorial fountains in the
District of Columbia and also for m
formation as 10 the number of hoise
Fountains in Washington and the msthod
followed n payin" for them ana settins
them UP. Mr. Heap said:
The Washington Humane society mas
a fountain fund devoted To. the erection
Of animal drinking fountains IN IN" DIS
trict of Columbia. out of TINS iund Inc
society purchases fountains IRON uihe -
time as suitable locations for them caa
be secured and dedicates them 10 IN"
public for the free use OF an'nais neg
are installed and the water furnished ~
the water department. ms luhd WAS e
tablished as far back as 1881. when tAo
fountains were erected At a COST OF So
each one being erected on the corner ~
High street opposite the market III
Georgetown. and the other IN front al me
Department of Justice and opposite the
White House grounds.
IN. 1855 Stilson Hutchins erected
fountain for the use Of both man ana
beast at the corner Of 18th and ID streets
northwest. in memory of his wife. Sarlta
Brady HLtchins. who for a number of
wears was the secretary Of the ASH
ington Humane Society. and was one oil
lis earIies. and best friends. This foun-
tain was afterward presented To the Sc
Getty by Mr. Hutcnins. and Is still IN use
I'm 1910 Mrs. Flora F.. Cahel erected a
fountain on the east side of the grounds
section of Cd and y streets southeast
This fountain is so constructed as to ac-
comn,odnte not only thirsty humans and
horses bat small animals. such as eats
and dogs. as we'll.
The Washington Humane Society now
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does more good than the police auction.
In the first place, II furnishes many the
very thing they need AT minimum cost.
Then the proceeds of the auction are
turned over TO the Treasury Department
T. the credit of the policemen pension
fund
Edwin &. iesse. property clerk of the
District. + indirectly in charge OF the
sales. He il is who catalogues the pipes
of brier and lead and the bottles and
bags and toothbrushes and soap and
socks that are TO be redistributed among
the earnest bargain hunters
1t IS beyond human ken" he said re-
Gently. that such heterogeneous mass
OF stun could he gathered within a year.
Men who die and leave no relatives or
money. men who forget that the police
department exists when they lose things.
and never attempt TO recover them; these
men furnish list of property that is linn
itiess in its variety. | often wonder how
people manage 10 lose such a variegated
pile of stun "
To return to the auction, there were
perhaps 200 persons present during the
time required to sell the 5S4 assorted ar
tcies And each person appeared TO
nave come with the express idea OF pur-
CHASING one o. more Of the articles to
be sold. Occasionally the absence of
cafa!oaue would lead to tie purchase by
an cHsL2-ec, nj h:d9sr OF something ne
did not want. out trades could always
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augural committee on the marking of his
toric sites. 1t bears this legend: Gen.
John a. Suffer. whose property gold
was discovered in California died in this
house i'll 1850" Another sign on the lit
tie old frame building announces that it
Established in 1878.
Now. If YOU will cross Sd street and
stand with your back to the brick wall
ard iron fence of the National Botanic
Garden-the fence that is always soon TO
he torn down. but for some reason seems
never TO come down-you can look over
To the north side of the Avenue and con-
tinue YOUR notation of dormer windows
Near the corner of 1st street are two old
houses. and each has one dormer WINDOW.
Your gaze crosses I'd street. Near 50
street are five three-story. yeliow-front
houses the two easternmost deeply shad
ed by a fine elm. the branches or the
tree dropping above the roofs or the
houses There are dormer W ndows there.
You have now come TO the northeast
corner OF Pennsylvania avenue and I'd
street An old hotel stands there. Ii
has had number Of names. Years ago
il was the St. Charles. On the Avenue
front two dormer windows. and
row of dormer windows and the four
great chimneys make striking picture.
Just west of the Vendome. which long
before many present WashinGtonians
were born was the Washington House.
kept by Benjamin Reveridge. and where
n number Of the distinguished men of that
time lived are three three-story houses
with two dormer windows in the roof OF
each. You are now crossing the alley.
Years go there used to be sign across
the alley announcing that "Geary's livery
stable" was within That stable was
kept 10y Tom Geary. now gathered to his
fathers Aike some of his stable-keeping
contemporaries John Price and Jim Pun
phrey At one corner of the alley Is the
old Globe building. in front of which Is
one of the inaugural committee signs
announcing that a ball for the beneht of
the poor was held there during the cere-
monies of President Taylor ) inauguration
in 1919 West of this is a tall three
story house with two dormer windows
ard then YOU come to building three
house fronts wide. with dormer windows
hidden behind a halustrade. Then there
is a tall yellow-faced house with single
dormer window.
Between 4ia and 9th are number of
built-up old houses. houses with remod-
eled fronts but there are two that stand
three doors cas-: of the National Hotel.
and ca Oh of these has A dormer window.
In the narrow space between the Motel
at the northwest corner of the Avenue
and 9Th street and the Metropolitan is
white-fronted three-story house with
dormer window that peeps out at you
from above the top of tail board sign.
Crossing 9th street you will see dormer-
window buildings west of the Central
building, which stands at the northwest
corner. One of these windows is covered
by a great reddish sign that glitters with
big gilt letters. From the north side of
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were able 10 buy wheels a prices ranging
from 81 ~ 10 s. and thus wer" able 10
get employment carrying messages or
a. Office BOYS that would be closed to
them otherwise.
The corps OF youngsters Were as crit
zeal of their purchases as If they were
prospective buyers of hiooded stock
SinSlv and in groups they would wan
der from bicycle Ia bicycle. Each ma
chine would be studied from sprocket 10
saddle Tires would be tnumbed. handle
bars critically examined. wire spokes
twanged and frames tested III different
WAYS.
Then a particular wheel upon which a
hoy had set his heart would come to the
block and the fight would begin.
one little fellow and oar larger hoy
took a simultal cots and particular fancy
to a white enameled bicycle OF the vint-
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u delicate lancet should buy this wonder
full case Of imp.cl!t nts. MS s IN I'M
riva:cd barLain.
sure" said the mournful Icol..1@ man
soto vocc. 'cut off Your own - and
save money.
Again the auctioneer paused in his adj
dress ana nailed the sad-appcarinS man
with steely glance.
Those persons" he continued in
loud voice. Who are competent to Judge
surgical instruments should not lose this
bargain-those not competent should not
exhibit their ignorance by
One dollar" said the sad-eyed man.
One ten" yelled man on his right.
Fifteen. came another voice
The bidding went on spiiitedly for
while, the ead-eyed man finally purchas-
inc the whole suTgi al kit.
Il only old this re connded to the
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HREE brass spig-
OTIS announced
the auctioneer. eye
ing the impressive
crowd reproachful-
~: three brass
spigots. r IN e s I
kind of brass =
never can tell when
you'll need spigots
worth fifty cents
TO anybody three
bra SIS spigots.
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the especial purpose Of making fe"
notes abou, these relics Of another build
mr. age.
Standing at The Star office corner. YOU
viii notice that on the south side Of the
Avenue between ln;h and llth streets are
three old brick houses each three stories
high and each having slopnS roof.
Two Of the roofs appear to he shinele,
though they are probably Of slate. and
the other is timed. Each has two
CORNER windows. The south side Of the
Avenue from 10Th 10 9TH street is with
ont dormer window. Between 9TH and
s;h streets. sandwiched near the middle
cf fat-fronted. sGuare-topped four and
fve-story buildings. are TWO old and yell
low-painted bricks with four dormer
windows and with the great chimneys pc
culiar To the time when dormcr windows
we're an architectural fashion. The east
-rnmost of these two houses is slightly
taller than the one ON the west. Further
eastward on this block and next door to
the Howard House is a threestory house
With one dormer window which is partly
hidden by a great sign that has been
built across the front at the roof.
\ few doors east Of the ST James are
two buildings. one yellow and the other
somewhat modernIzed with red paint,
that show four dormer windows Pro-
rseding east. il is when you come to the
corner of the Avenue and A., street
tina, YOU see clutter Of big. old-style
-himneys and dormer windows. There
Is the big old yellow house on the corner.
and cast of that two tall. narrow old
1ousss. and east OF those two little short
two-story houses, all With dormer win
lovs. Next are two of the later style
fronts probably ancient ones made over.
and then there are two three-story
houses each with two dormer windows in
the roof Old fashioned chimneys raise
themselves conspicuously in the air in
hat neighborhood.
BY this time YOU have reached the cor
Ter of I'd street. and at the southwest
-dpner of that street and the Great Way
II Washington is sauatty little frame
building. II is the only surviving wooden
building on Pennsylvania avenue In
front of IL is a sign put there by the in
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Sparrows and a Statue.

TN spite Of the fact that thousands, per-
! hars more. of English sparrows OF
Washington find lodgings in the bare
trees throughout the nights of winter.
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Horse Fountains.

~ those periodicals devoted to spreading
sentiments of sympathy for and kind
ness to animals and IN those newspapers
and periodicals having departments de-
voted to these noble purposes one may
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08

h a s
observed the sur
Niying q ~ 7 m e I
windows that look
out from the roofs
of the ol d Q =
buildings a | on :
PENNSYLVANIA ave
nue.. but not ev-
erybody has taken
tie time or the
trouble to Walk
down one side OF
the other side for
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!. 49,. r,,,a, a,c,,o, oe nroner.v
s,oo,,,ros VA oo,,.
Nhica, AFTER dlNers adventures. hdu eohie
ITO the hands OF the police department
rne big auction room was crowded-a
. r,;
:" iolS curious '"o 'ne les' W. nus
lose to poverty \ businesslike atmos-
,he-. ,.rv.ded The ,lace
90 nroadoa ~ ,,,.tioneer
~ 0ohe' fu ny io =
With tears IN his voice, these three me
spiso,s Best kind Of spiGots.'
re, cants,, said ). b,isk ut,Ie woman
-.
idded oiach ooiinet
Ten cents repeated the auctoneer,
,westricken: ten eent-for th.ee spg-
49,
Eleven sald sv'heooaN ~ Inc rear
Twelve. announced the six little
xoman
Z :
80
could ~, arord - hesitate Amer some
marley ,hs auction.er announced INC ,h,a.
I,r.ss so,ro,s sold ~ I'LL. hri., r.,,e
: Yn,.,n - !, cos, ~ !, ear,s IL. s.,,,o.,
,t,,cllt j., had ,ha sni,,.. v.r.,,,.,.,, ,.;I
,ar p,or.,. and start.d t.y.,t.t ~. 49,
ITS funny" she re,p4,.s.1 -.h
AN al.aIs get what ps,,t b,-c ~,
as,v4 needed thr.r prts. met, ro, ~
.,,chep AMI hath r..,,n f,r innntt -
an rut these III ana theysfi y.,t ~. -
ynod a.
tger voice. hec.nae fnaudiIIc s n 80
- friend deuarted
Il, ,sn., ,unn% said : he,,-, ...
mn .,ttb ! shaytne Lr,,vb r,.,T,h
.you 90, hwy anythinr - IL. tIna',,i -.
ia =, ,nase austions o'i''i7
tte 80 rigb1 tn a,p,,.,l ,...f,
~ n,o-,.rtv which bas COM. ~ ~ -
9tna-t,ce,, arc q haryest for 80. 49,,
slmnsf .vervthinp = Tor nractics,i
1.urioos now M sarnesi hl,-erS 49,.
ne n,oIa,arist 90, wind ~ ,be -
N, sioce 1854 vhan ,n. n,.t 80
,rons,,, rsc.ixed by tho notire 80 hi3
3aIe tbe s,,ction rooms failed 10 49,,
tbrons No long accounts are rrllish
a beforehand on the sale Ne, ~
.ropd i always there gathered from, -
iiffeyent narts of ,he civ m choose 80
INV ~ bargain uri~es article. ,ybirE
hey h.ve heen needing for = long Ion.
.me
~ IL, ,; 49,
'uca =, 80 uU" 'hie ~
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To enlist the Camp Fire Girls in the cam
paign for bird preservation
Prof Cooke has also observed that as
spring came on 50 rapidly and the birds
arrived so much earlier than usual the
Audubon Society of the District took to
the woods at the earliest date in its
history-April 1a--and on the first trip,
which was along the Eastern branch
from Bennine to Biadens burg. fifty-one
kinds of birds We're observed. including
a flock of rusty Grackles which haa oe-
layed departure for the north d week
later than usual and pair OF biue-
gray gnat,atchcrs which We're deccrat-
ing their new homo with lichens. ON
the second trip of the society siXty-hNe
different species OF birds were seen or
a single trip near the close of the mi
grafton season Titus tlke entered Ut
iftv-two-it may have been ffty-fou-
different species on his audubon sin. II
is probable that this was an individual
record for one day But ii was q long
other pastimes than hard WORK. spent
Part of the day on this trip.
There is good deal about these bird
ing exercises that the average run 81
artomo ming or trolleyins nr JOY walk
ing and louncing in the parks do not
understand They understand that there
are robins ard eat birds, tnSliSh SPAR
rows and crows and some there are VINO
are conscious that there are req nroS'
blue birds black birds and yellow birds
generally dismissed Is wild canarleS
They would se inCrcdulouS II toid 'hal
in addition Ia English srarro"s mere gre
Rachman Sparrows. Raird sp;trfo"s
hlacn-throated. chipping. LAY -coioreh
field fox grasshopper. Harris, HehsioW-
Ipswich lark Lcconte. Lincoln, pine
woods savanna. seaside. SEASIDE ouShN'
sharp-tailed. sharp-ta.led Acadlah shafl-
tailed Nelson, song. swamp. tree west
ern yespci White-crowned. white
throated and few other kinds OF spar
rows.
They would say that al srarrows look
alike to them There are over forty va
reties of Narhlers. sixteen varieties o.
voodpeckers nine varieties Of Wrens, nine
kinds OF vireoS FIVE kinds OF swallows.
five kinds Of blackblrds. six kinds Of hunt
ing, four kinds Of crows. five kinds Of
gra exile nine f1>catehers three chicka dees,
five grnsbeaks. s.S jays. four larks. three
lonsspurs. four nighthawks, four ori-
oles three shrikes. two swifts. two
thrashers six thrush not counting the
water thrush and the Louisiana water
thrush) and four yellow-throats.
The woods around Washington. along
Rock creek, along the Eastern branch and
along the Potomac are musical today
with the notes of the vireos. especially
the red-eyed and whte-eyed vieros. the
Maryland yellow throat. the Carolina
wren and the ovenbird. but the Genera
run of people who hear them scarcely
listen to them. Two hundred and ninety
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has 10 Of these fountains in use in the
District. Some of the first erected were
of cement hut all are nov made OF cast
iron
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auctioneer. 20 that wouldn't be
ti,0t..nt i.foT. NJ"
isnt tiff ,ss not so. Those surgical
inst uf-fts ora;d be Sold Ia medical stu
cents ~. ci-.seCticn work at double the
price Paid for them and the mournful-
looking man admitted il when he got out
side.
In one corner of the room We're ten or
more boys some of them wearing the
uniform Of the messenger services They
were present Ia bid spritedly on the sale
of two score of bicycles in all states of
preservation. In this feature the auction
gave Ia the poor a harvest to reap that
was a sood thing for youngsters who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08
Climbing Roses.

OVER the from, Of house No .i:' \
street grows one Of the largest and
most brilliantly blooming crimson ram
bier rose bushes or rose vines in Wash
iacton. II is radiant al this season. ON
the north side Of street between a1st
and I'D streets is short row of three
story houses of brown brick speckled with
black. They stand on "A low gree n terrace
and the steps from the sidewalk to the
from; door are guarded with polished
brass ratings.
The crimson rambler has spread itself
over the front of one of thu Sc houses. No.
10. has climbed above the second-storN
windows and Is reaching upward The
topmost part Of this great vine il up rs
high as the third story and is making its
way to the roof Another rose vine of
the same species is beginning TO climb
the front of the house next door.
While on the subject of climbing roses
1t is appropriate to note the great dis
play in the grounds OF The Department oi
Agriculture" Along the northern side oi
the grounds and extending from 18th I.
nth street IS a row of fourteen glass
houses and sundry small red brick struc-
lures.
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Between these houses and the central
north and-soutf drive Of the department
and the asphalt drive which traverscs the
northern part of the grounds from cast
To ives is fence Of wire mesh an
IRON framing about eight feet tall This
long stretch of fence is being rapidly
oEercrOwn and already is mostly over
grown with running roses cf white and
many shades of red and pink. all re-
sp!endentl. in bloom last week. 1t is a
charming show Of roses
gardener whom the Rambler met in
that part OF the grounds gave TIC infor
maton tina; among the roses growing
there were Irish engineers OF brilliant
scarlet red therckees of deep dark rcd
old white cherokees. pink cherokees. the
Lena, the Bordou Joi--so dark red that
ii is sometimes called the black rose
tie salmon-tinted Madame PenZance. the
White Memorial rose. the Queen Of tie
Prairie, the Baltimore Belle. the Dorothy
Perkins. American Pillar. the Lady Gay
and the Milk Way.
Already this rose show is one of the
floral spectacles of Washington. and IS
destined to become more spectacular as
the vines grew and flourish.
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mittee of well known poultrymen, con-
sisting of Fred A. johnson, Harry
Collier, T. D. Whalen, @. d. Nevi Us
and Frank 81. McCandless. The con-
test will begin November LIST and
entries will be received up to Septem-
Der LIST and all birds must be in Ia
coma by October LIST. A SO entry
fee will be charged A pen will con-
sist of one male and five females.
Arrangements have been made for
substantial prizes. The hen laying
the largest number Of eggs will re-
ceive 800, and special prizes of $5C
will be paid for the breeds laying the
largest number of eggs during the
year. We are glad to see this contest
started. 1t should do lot of good tc
the poultrymen of the state.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

Leading agriculturists throughout
the United States were considerably
disappointed with the selection of the
new secretary of agriculture by Presi-
dent Wilson. Several names of men
who have become world wide famous
for their knowledge of agricultural
conditions and their assistance to
farmers were pressed upon President
Wilson. He, however, made his own
selection in David r. Huston, of
Missouri. So far as we can learn
Mr.. Huston has had very little ex-
perience as an agriculturist. Mr..
Huston became known a few years
ago when he took up the study of
hook worm disease in the south. He
is very able man and bis report and
work became famous. He is native
of North Carolina and a graduate of
the Harvard university. From 1902
to 1905 he was president of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college of
Texas and during the past four years
has been chancellor of Washington
university at st. Louis. While Mr..
Huston is not the agriculturist the
farmers had a right to expect to head
the department he Is an able. patriotic
citizen and deserves the fullest sup
port of the farmers of the nation.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-04-01

According to a statement by the
Tacoma Ledger the Puyallup q Sum-
ner Fruit Growers Association now
comprises 1900 members and will re-
quire an army of $1,000 people for
four months, to harvest the crop this
year. This great industry has been
built up in the past six years by the
cooperation of the growers OF the
Puyallup valley. Over $3.50, 600 worth
of fruit was sold by this association
last year. Practically all of this fruit
was grown within district of six
miles, and shows what earnest CO.
operation will accomplish In Western
Washington.
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In spite of the fight in the legislat-
ure on the good roads proposition a
definite plan Of road building was
mapped out, and levy of one and
quarter mill was made for next year,
which will produce a fund OF about
ST., $50, 600, and thereafter a one mill
fund was provided for which will
produce approximately 81, 200, 900 a
year for good roads. AS the law was
passed it required the money to be
spent in piecemeal. This OF course,
was simply pork barrel plan to get
votes, and some of the money will be
very unwisely expended.
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~Articles of incorporation have been
fled at Olympia by citizens of Dayton
for the formation of a company having
for its object the manufacture OF
harvesters. They claim they have a
new machine which can be built at a
price which will make a big saving
to the farmer. The object is to do
away with sacks and permit the grain
TO be handled in bulk. The new COM
pany has a capital of 800, 600. The
trustees are A. D. Paine. Will f..
Barrand .. Folk.
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The legislature which adjourned last
month was the most extravagent In
the history of the state In spite of
Governors Listers recommendations
that big appropriations should be
avoided the legislature proceeded to
pass enormous appropriation bills, the
total amounting to S24, $50, 600. How
ever, 81, 600, 600 of this was for the
capitol building fund and "a, 0OO, OOO
for The state insurance fund. The
former will be paid from the sale OF
state lands, and the latter will be paid
by manufacturing establishments so
that it is not taxed to the people.
This will leave, however, SIG, 900, OOO,
or more than S., 900, 600 in excess OF
what was appropriated two years ago.