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OYSTER Shells and Flowers.

-HE Department of Agriculture is CIV
] ing demonstration of the use OF
OYSTER shells as aids to vegetation, espe-
cial,v IN Horticulture, in the plant beds at
rho north front of the old red brick ad-
,,;n;stration building. There is the main
flower garden of the department. Inc
department maintains hothouses along
.ha north street front of the grounds.
hut in the small lot separated from the
,oain north grounds by the brownstone
wall and the brown-painted iron fence
each panel post topped by an URLS the
chief spring, summer and autumn moral
disnlay. There is where one sees beds OF
tn,ins. hyacinths, narcissi. crocuses. vio-
,e.s and pansies in the spring, and the
Gamma. gladiolus, phlox, scarlet sage and
masses of other brilliant plants in sum-
mer.
On the south side OF the north balus-
trade-that is. on the side nearest the de-
partment BUILDINGS a long, narrow bed
of pansies, bordered along the edge OF
the asphalt walk with green turf. The
plants have not yet grown SO as TO shade
the land and the dark. almost black and
rich soil is thickly sprinkled with the
white fragments of oyster shells. The
shells have not been ground, but merely
broken, generally into small bits; but
here and there one sees a shell that
has not been broken. In the diamond
shaped beds. the squares, the ovais and
the circles the condition is the same
oyster shells mingled with the rich
earth In the two flower circles in the
lower lawn. north of the baiuStrade and
inside of the semi-circular driveway, one
also sees the white CLEAN of oyster
shells in the dark earth.
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At one time, in the latter country. he
had a hairbreadth escape from instant
humiliation. While travelling along at
his usual terrific gait he suddenly and
unexpectedly came upon a railroad cross
ing. A fast passenger train near at hand
raced toward this same crossing. Mr..
McAdOo's car was going too fast to be
stopped; so was the train. 1t was a ques-
ton of which would reach that crossing
first The auto won out and swept over
the tracks just in the nick Of time. But
the affair was reported to the police Of
the next burg and Mr.. McAdoo was ar
rested and fined on charge of having
endangered railroad train Ever since
that time he has kept a sharp eye out for
crossings.
The Secretary of Commerce, Mr.. Red
field. has a really Well developed hobby.
The comparatively recent movement for
industrial education claims his attention
when he is not pursuing the ordinary rou-
tine OF secretarial duties. He has, in vari-
Gus capacities been associated with this
movement for several years. and has
country and Europe advocating it's adj
yancement Only a short time ago he
made trip to New York, where. in his
official capacity as president Of the Ma
tional Society for the Promotion of In
dustrial Education. he delivered the COM
mencement address at the graduating ex-
ercises Of the New York Trade School.
So strongly does the Secretary feel the
call Of the system of education for which
he stands that in 191O-1911 he made a
trip around the world studying Industrial
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Tourists and Post Cards.

0NE of the big hotels was crowded
~ with women and girls. 1t was one
Of the numerous excursions which
sweep down on Washington in the
spring. in the summer. in the autumn
and in the winter. These excursions
are great educational aid to the ex
cursionists They see the wheels Of
government go round, they exercise
their proprietary rights i'll the ma
tional city. they get a better balanced
idea of the magnitude OF the American
government and Of the machinery Of
government and they strengthen their
pride in Washington.
But, while one, and also many, OF the
hotels were packed tight with these
woman excursionists, and while the
clerks behind the Office counter wore
boutonnfers and happy smiles, talked
their sweetest and showed their best
manners and their best clothes, the
young man at the cigar and news stand
looked pensive and unoccupied.
You don't seem to be selling many
nickel cigars for 10 cents this evening""
said the Rambler.
Man. the ladies may have adopted many
manly traits and notions. but they have
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Saw Battle of Fort Stevens.

TN tramping around the environs OF
Washington. II man be Of a socia.
BILE disposition and will not require OF
the fellows he meets up with a formal
presentation he will come in touch with
many interesting men. and about each one
of them there is always to be had at least
one and in most cases many more inter
esting stories.
Out where Fort SlOcum used to be
about a mile north Of the junction of the
Rock Creek Church I, ad and the old
Bladensburg road, a road that led from
the Pierce Mill road on Rock creek north
easterly to Brightwood and thence easter
" and southerly to Bladensburg. the
Rambler made an acquaintance. Along
the east face of the relics of Fort Slo-
cum runs the Blair road, and striking of
to the northeast at that point is another
old road, shown on civil war maps. which
led to Burnt Mills on Sligo branch.
The fellow-wanderer encountered at the
site of old Fort S4ocum was a man who
lives in Washington. G. Wolf Holstein.
and who was in a small hospital at the
rear Of Fort Slocum at the time Of
Early's assault on the center OF the
northern line of Washington's defenses.
He said:
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foot into the country. lie has always
been a good walker and an intrepid noun
tain climber. In years gone by lie even
achieved the distinction of reaching the
topmost point of Mount Rainier. He is
without doubt the most athletic membei
of President Wilson's cabinet.
Attorney General McReynolds is greai
conversationalist and story teller. Those
who know him intimately never cease to
wonder at the unlimited quantity Of drol
tales that he has at his tongues end and
at the aptness Of the anecdotes which
he is forever bringing forth to illustrate
some point.
At the end of a hard day work the At
torney General often finds mental relax
alton i'm gathering about himself a circle
of congenial souls and swapping yarns
In such gathering he outshines the
wittiest and IS here seen at his very
best
Secretary of Agriculture Houston par
takes of President Wilson's liking fol
golf and he. too will probably be seen
on the links at Chevy Chase in the near
future The Secretary has for many
years been known as a devotee or the
Scotch game and before coming to WASH
ington gained considerable distinction a
a player on the links of the ST. Louis
Country Club.
In addition to golfing Mr.. Houston is
fond of strolling about the city and often
dismsses the carriage that calls at his
office each afternoon in order to take
q short walk before starting home
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not yet as a class become heavy smokers.
I have some sensational newspapers on
my stand which publish Sunday articles
about how women have become enslaved
to the cigarette and to Lady Nicotine and
all that. but if depended on their trade l
would be as hard up as those gentlemen
who sit around this hotel office every
evening and discuss million-dollar deals.
With this house full of fair guests my
trade is confined to the sale of United
States postage stamps-and one-cent
stamps, at that. You perhaps know that
the profit on the sale Of postage stamps
is not large.
."rhe ladies-God bless 'em-do not even
buy from me the post cards on which they
put the stamps. These excursionists get
loaded up with Washington post cards on
the trains coming into Washington.
When they reach here they have nothing
to do but write on these cards I wish
you were here address bunch of them,
buy the stamps from me. and incidentally
get all my small change. They do not
even stop to admire the fine colors on my
cigar bands. Every lady has the idea
we'll settled under her aigrette that /
am running the city post Office and that
l am not in the cigar business"
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That Window Sill Duck.

THE general observations which the
Rambler made on the subject Of the
stuffed duck resting on the window sill or
the fine old house at the northwest corner
of Connecticut avenue and II street have
produced pleasant results. First. the own
er of the duck and Of the house wrote a
story of the fowl and OF the sentimental
reasons why ii or it's representative duck
has rested or roasted on that window sill
for forty years, and the other day The
Star received the following letter from
lady who tells In part the history of the
house She says:
Il notice that the Rambler in describing
Lafayette Square does not know the his
tory of the house at the northwest cor
ner of Connecticut avenue. Ii was built
by Commodore Shubrick and is still oc-
cupied by his family, the present owner
being Mrs Thomas h. Bayard. whose
husband was our minister to England.
Her mother was Miss Shubrick and mar
ried Mr.. Clymer of Pennsylvania. She
died about ten years ago"
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Gales house, which is supplied with
water by means Of the steam pump To-
Gated near the we'll I'm the eastern part OF
the grounds. The five pretty cottages
which Mr.. Truesdell has erected in diner-
ent parts Of the subdivision are all fitted
up as city houses. In addition to the
eighty-seven. acres of lexington. MT
Truesdeil also owns eleven acres in the
old Giesking place which separates Eek
ington from Lincoln avenue.
The old Gales residence with its broad,
generous hall extending through the
house. the large rooms and the row OF
slaves quarters in the rear. still STANDS
as a reminder Of the past when the Ma
tiOnal Intelligencer was power IN the
land and the great men of the nation
were accustomed to enjoy the hospitality
of the senior editor at his country mouse:
Ii Is now occupied as a boarding mousse
In the same article mention Is MADE OF
the fact that the tracks OF the EcKlnston
railway were being laid.
There was another Rambler walking
and writing for The Star in those DAYS
and in the Saturday Star of June i. 1889.
in an article-headed Up the Metro
politan Road-The Remarkable CROWN
in That Direction that old Rambler
wrote of development there-facts which
were interesting at the time and which
seem especially interesting now that
nearly a quarter of a century has gone
by. That old story In part follows;
* Z
THE first link in this chain is Ecking
ton. where Mr.. George Truesdell with his
electric railroad. his steam excavators
and other appliances Is revolutionizins
affairs In that heretofore quiet neighbor
hood. and is building up an important ex
TENSION to the city. The novel plan adopt
ed by Mr. TruesdelI is working WELL In
stead of persuading people to go on
there and live and make improvement.
and be comfortable he went ahead ant
made and is making the Improvement
SO that those who purchase sites or resi-
dences will find the accessories Of civ
iiized life waiting for them. Those who
have never been to lexington since TIT
hand OF man disturbed its primevai still
ness a year ago would not recognize il TO
day The old mansion, once the home o
Joseph Gales of the National lntelli
gencer. is undisturbed. but II is about tn
only feature of the landscape that ha
not been changed The electric roat
winds its way through the property unit
Ohio tracks. The Glenw0od spur passes
wood road. The hills have huge piece
chopped out of them and their slopes ant
SUBMITS have been fiattened TO accommo
date the horses TO be built on them
Among those who own property IL
lexington are Or. Byrre, L. 8 A.: Capt
Nils Z. :. A.: Prof. G.. V. Riley. s. w
Woodward. James S. Winner, John II
Lane. :. II. .athrop, Dr C. NJ. &
Harris. ". :. Cease. A. H. Woodsll
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forts would not Withstand the attack
and that we would be captured before
night All the morning the great guns
in Fort Slocum had been firing, and
some wounded men had been brought
into our hospital. and among them was
a man who, were told, had been
standing very near to President Lin
coin on the parapet at Fort Stevens
..All that morning. like Wellington.
we had been praying that night or the
9Th Corps would come. and about the
middle of the afternoon some one ex-
claimed There they come. and IN a
moment every man in the hospital able
to leave his bed crowded to the door
to see, just below in the road. a column
of soldiers whose dusty uniforms ana
bronzed faces could not be mistaken.
and we knew that Washington was
saved. The surgeon in charge OF the
hospital at the rear OF Fort Siocuni
then was a DR.. DuttOn of Cleveland.
and / have long desired to get in COM
munication with him, though l do not
know whether he is living or dead.
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Pine Trees on Streets.

A NATIVE pine tree on the streets q
Washington is not a common oo-
ject in these progressive times Pines
are even rare in the parks. where a few
have been planted for ornamental and
sentimental purposes. However some
native pines may be seen If you walk
along Park road. They have been grow
ing there since that busy way Was a
quiet and secluded rural drive. A Pine
tree. wind beaten and nearly dust checked.
stands at the southeast corner OF Park
road and Mount Pleasant street. 1ts
crown is scraggy and its trunk is rough
with knots where limbs have been broken
off or sawed off.
Two fair specimens of the old and once
familiar pine stand at the south side OF
Park road between 10th and School streets
They stand in front of a row of modern
brick houses On the north side OF
Park road, not far west of 14th street.
and in the garden of one of the older
frame homes SO reminiscent OF the
Mount Pleasant of the eighties. grows a
clump of pines. Looking south OF School
street from Park road, you will see some
Of these good old American trees grow
ing about a block away.
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Secretary McAdOO L. happiest when
hunched over the big steering
wheel Of his roadster.

whereabouts. It has it's truck garden,
its poultry yards. its big barns its pas
lures. The one point that sdifferentlates
it from the rest is the excellence OF Its
stock. Mr.. Bryan dotes on fine live stock
and sees to 1t that his estate is not
lacking in this respect. The COWS. the
horses, hogs, chickens of Fairview are
of a uniformly high standard of excel
lence. They need not necessarily be ped
igreed and boast of line of illustrious
antecedents, but they must. from the
stockman's point Of view. be beautiful
to look at and physically perfect.
1t is this perfection of physical form
that appeals most strongly to the Secre-
tary. He says, Il don't want fast horses:
! would rather own horse that goes
mile in four minutes than one that goes
the same distance in two, but | want my
horse to be a fine looking animal
When Mr. Bryan became a member OF
the cabinet he leased his farm at Lincoln
but to offset any loss of the pleasure that
he would derive from breeding live stock
he will cultivate fruit and flowers at
the beautiful home now being built for
him at. Miami. Fla.
Mr.. Bryan is not the only ardent farmer
in the cabinet. Secretary Of Labor Will
son Is another who delights In his cOun-
try home But while Mr. Bryan likes to
super1ntend and inspect. Mr.. Wilson
would rather go out in big straw hat
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home in Brooklyn and wanders about
among his roses in the beautiful flower
garden adjoining his house. His roses are
the very apple of his eye, and unless he
is obliged to be away from them he al
lows no one but himself to minister to
their needs. 1t is his greatest delight to
water them. to trim the bushes and to
gather the blooms. and he often spends
hours alone with them He has said that
it is a source Of the greatest regret to
him that other hands must tend them
while he is in Washington.
The Mexican revolution spoiled for
Postmaster General Burleson the one
thing that above all others he was fond
of doing. Previous to the outbreak OF
the Maderistas he had been in the habit
Of spending six weeks each year in the
Mexican Sierras with a party OF friends
shooting big game. Mr.. Burleson always
returned from these trips a new man.
The wild camping life, the pure mountain
air, the solitude and freedom from care
combined to fairly rejuvenate him.
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Frescoes in the Capitol.

THE mural decorations of the lower
! floor of the Senate wing of the
Capitol are among the remarkable fea-
lures of that remarkable building
They are of unfailing and uniagg1ng
interest to those who can afford the
time to linger there. This variety and
close detail of oil fresco cannot be
understood by being glimpsed. 1t must
be carefully studied. Even to one whose
art yearnings make no imperative call,
the many figures and designs of this
amazing work are fascinating. AS a
rule this part of the Capitol is rarely
crowded by sightseers, though parties
of tourists are conducted thither by
the guides. People in those corridors
usually have business with the barber
shop, the "refectory"-which word Is
painted over the door of the restaurant
or the stationery room. or the COM
mittee on appropriations, or the Sen
ate post Office.
From these corridors. leading up to
the Senate floor, are two marble stair
ways each guarded by a sign which
reads, Private entrance for senators"
And. though making a slight excursion
from the matter of the frescoes, 1t is well
to examine the ornate and massive
bronze balustrade, wrought with eagles
and cherubs. that bounds one side of
each of these staircases On top of the
bronze balustrade is a wide and heavy
brass railing polished like FURNISHED
gold and on this rail at the bottom
post is this inscription: "Baudin, artist,
Philadelphia, 1859"
Brumidi and his assistants were work.
ing here before the civil war. and it il
said that this decorative scheme was
meant to be extended to the whole build
ing. but everybody knows that this idea
was not carried out. IL is curious to re-
fleet that the scheme. or at least part
of the scheme. in the art decoration OF
the Senate wing was to depict the Orni-
thology of this continent and to give a
generous representation Of American
fauna. 1t is an interesting place for the
naturalist The walls are .draped with
brilliantly colored pictures of fruits and
flowers, among which are counterfeit pre-
sentiments of pheasants. wild pigeons.
woodcock. grouse. partridges and meadow
larks
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A Morgan Mot.

A PIERPONT MORGAN mot. or cpl
"A gram. on the subject of energy was
reneated the other night at the Metro
nolitan Club In New York, where MI.
Morgan once said:
..The satisfied, unambitious man, tie
man without energy, can seldom anorn
to take that famous and popular room at
the top"
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WILSON

president WILSON
l and His Heads of De-
partments Find Rest and
Recreation in Some Particu-
lar Pastime-They Play as
Hard as They Work, Though
Not as Often-Their Stunts"
Range From Reading and
Coli to Milking Cows. Auto
Driving and Growing Roses.
"All Work and No Play
Makes" But There Are
No Jacks" in the Cabinet
Now on the Job.
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the Snow Hills If l remember rightly
the final score was something like 10 to IL
III our favor. / played first base, and
though in other departments of the game
] made a mighty poor showing. when II
came to fielding was all right. You see.
my hands We're SO big that the ball
couldn't pass me-"
Although many years have elapsed since
the Secretary eaptained the "Swiftfoots
he has never given up his interest in base
ball and is today as ardent fan as
ever he was when he rode twenty six
miles in a rickety wagon TO play game.
He will watch the pennant race this year
with keen interest and expects to ride
out to the ball park frequently this sum
mer to root for the Nationals.
< 4
Cruising about in. sailboat fills Score
tary Lane, head of the Interior Depart
ment. with more happiness to the square
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which it walloped rival aggregation
known the Snow Hills
He says. Early one morning. crowded
into big farm wagon. sans springs. the
team left Wilson and drove twenty-six
miles over the worst kind of roads to
the ball grounds. Imagine any team now
adays with enthusiasm enough to make
a trip like that for the sake of playing
Just one game. When il reached its des-
tination. after hours and hours of bump
ing around in that wagon. all tumbled
out and proceeded to make mfnce-meat OF
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nfty miles OF shore. During the day
the boats kept We'll separated and their
swarthN crews pa q strict attention to
the pus ness. IN hand OF hooking the iinny
!,iantants Of the deep. but at night.
me Secretary says. the scene was one
OF unrivaled beauty and romantic novelty
Nhen the evening meal was over. the
boats would draw together the iateen
sails would he stretched like canopies
over the cockpits OF the little vessels. ard
mere squatting about their charcoal
nres with the moonlight cleaning on
ninpid waste of waters. the NeapoI.tan
nshermen would sing whole operas 10
the accompaniment Of their guitars Sec
rotary Lane recalls that on the two nights
which he spent with the fleet he heard
II IroNatore" and "Traviata" perfectly
rendered
OF ms vacation sailing "A thirty six foot vawl
IN the vicinity of Cape North. one oe
Inc most per1louS regions along the whole
Atlantic seaboard. At one time he was
caught in terrific storm with a strong
current running. The vessel was in i'm
mlneRt danger OF being swamped at any
minute and the alleged pilot who had
shipped with Mr.. Lane. giving up al
nope, kneeled In the bottom Of the boat
ana began to offer what he IMAGINED
was TO be his last prayer. The Secretary,
1nd.ng him worse than useless on deck
nnally ordered him below and weathersd
out the storm ilnaided. His contempt for
that pilot IL profound
Z Z
Since coming here to take his place m
the cabinet Secretary Lane has bad
little time TO indulge in pleasure, bat n
is very probable that one of his favorins
pastimes viii be taking long jaunts on
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inch than any other sport under the sun.
Some of the most memorable experiences
of his very eyentful life have come to
him on the sea, and while he has passed
through many danger and often come
close to a watery grave fortune has al
ways brought him off unframed.
He likes to tell of a delightful trip
that he once took out into the Pacific
aboard one of fleet of small Italian
fishing vessels. The fleet, sailing far
out of sight of land, anchored some
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HERE is a tend
ency among WASH
ington people to
Il " ELL upon the
thought OF Wash :
ington's remarkable
growth toward the
northw est. the ap-
probation of land
values and the null
duplication Of homes
and m a & n ificent
residences that tn
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outside the realm OF politics; he runs
model farm. Here. when he is at home.
he takes a part of each day to go over
his place and inspect everything on II
from the potato patch to the herd OF
high-bred cattle that is his especial
pride.
Excepting one item. the farm is not
essentially different from any other
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RESIDENT WILL
son and his "a bi :
net are workers.
Each day finds
them at their desks
betimes, directing
the machinery OF
the government but
lately placed under
their control. yet.
despite their cares
a n d responsible
tiles. they find oc-