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East Pediment of the Capitol.

MORE than a year ago the Rambler
AvA wrote that 1.-The pediment of the
east portico of the House of Representa-
tives is blank, but it may soon be set
with statues. The sculptor's chisel will
write an allegory there"
The award for the statue-group for the
long blank pediment was made to the
sculptor, Paul w. Bartlett The first
model and on which the award was
made was delivered and accepted in Feb
ruary, 1900, in which month the contract
was signed. In a late magazine article
it was printed that Mr. Bartlett had been
working on the pediment group for four
years, and that the work is yet far from
conclusion. The author OF the article in
question, William Walton, in Scribner's,
said that since the award Mr.. Bartlett,
with various Interruptions, owing to the
pressure Of other work. has been rede
signing. casting away and re-creating,
mostly in his Paris studio, till he has prac-
tically decided upon a revised scheme of
the figures for the right side of the
pediment, that devoted to 'Husbandry or
the Labor of the Fields and of; the Agri-
culturist.' ;"
The pediment or classic triangle which
rests on the f1uted columns of the east
portico of the House of Representatives
has never had .statue-terfants though the
corresponding space on the Senate side
of the Capitol has sheltered crowd of
statues since 1852 for in that year white
efigies were hoisted to the pediment and
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SMM@M&Gaa GaSG izll

; voted for Mr., Sjafroth. / voted for Mr..
Wilson. .Thcn, too. they ask me ii fani-
lies vote alike. ] think perhaps they do.
They are at least inclined to. even if they
do not. Most Boys of the same po-
liticai party as their father. II is naturs !
that they should vote the same way.
think the women are liable to vote the
same way as their husbands do for it
was a nutuality of idea and viewpoint
that first brought them together!
Are we western women making any
especial study-of politics to tit use for our
new civic duty? Yes, l know We are
Not long ago a bill for certain constitu-
tional amendments was before our state
Legislature, / hoped that our Round Ia
BILE Club members would each take one
of these amendments for discussion at
successive meetings. We were pressed
for time then and we did not do IT, but
we, decided that in the future We should
make it a point to do such special study
when any such measures came up for
consideration. Women generally over the
state are beginning to do this sort Of in
quiry. SO that they will know what they
are about when they drop ballot into
the box
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boys was her answer, and one would be
inclined from the emphasis with which
she spoke to take her word that the
Shafroth home in Denver was spotless
and the boys always able to find an un-
limited supply of mothers homemade
cookies in the cracker jar.
Have you noticed that womans inva-
sion into the field of politics has had
purifying effect?''
Yes, indeed" answered Mrs. Shafroth.
"a marked effect. We have taken the
polling places away from the saloon and
placed them in the schoolhouses, green
houses and stores. We have them roped
off, SO that no crowd can form within
certain distance. This makes for order
and quiet. We have endeavored to make
voting safe and sane. We women vote
on our way to market or when We are
out shopping. 1t doesn't interfere, you
see with our daily routine.
$50 many fasteners have asked me If
the women of Colorado always vote for
the handsomest man. say that L do
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BLANK PED1MENr ON HOUSE SIDE OF THE CAPITOL.

ebbed and flowed; the stream before
the door irnpetuously dashed by; the
grassy slopes encircling behind protected
from stress of storm, and the forested
heights on the other side of the river,
ascending shade upon shade, blues to the
puppies. that tipped the top, refreshed
the situation. the poetry of it. whether
1t appealed to the widow who knows;
the designation 'Hogpen Enlarged
Likely to her rose by any other name
would smell as sweet" Mr.. sClark
writes: Whether she died in penury
or whether her heirs did, there never was
a penny to bless themselves with from
her possessions, which are part and par
eel Of the nations grand CITY,
The Widow Wheeler was living in 1899.
when the commissioners concluded their
agreement with the original owners OF
the site Of Washington. and it Is re-
corded that Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler. who
insanity, was, however. provided with
proper guardians for her interests"
1t was soon after the death of the fer
ryman. Wheeler that the ferry came
under control Of a man named Dyer. and
it was known for many miles around as
ing in the old prints which gives Dyer's
Christian name. There is a very old fam
fly Of Dyers in southern Maryland. and
no doubt the ferryman Dyer was one of
ing tenant of the ferry between AQuilla
Wheeler and Dyer. but it was probably
Dyer who rented that well known ferry
fishing landing. with the tenements be-
longing thereto, on the Eastern branch
now in the possession of Mr.. Venable,"
as advertised in the Washington Gazette
April. 1897. 1T was called "Dyer's ferry
in public notices in 1901. Then 1t came
under the control or perhaps ownership
of Basil Talbert and Capt. Naylor. This
Naylor was probably John l.. Naylor. be-
cause in July. 1910. man Of that name
advertised for sale Ian excellent scow
thirty-eight feet long by eleven feet wide.
lined throughout with one-and-one-quar-
ter-inch plank" and which possible pur-
chasers might inspect at Dyer's ferry.
March 10. 1902, Talbert & Naylor ad-
vertised that they had dissolved partner
ship in the Eastern branch ferry and pub
lie house connected Herewith" The ferry
then became MAYORS ferry. and it linger-
ed on and passed away at a time now
unknown. succumbing to the competition
of the Eastern branch toll bridges. OF
which there were three-the Bennfng
bridge, built in 1895; the Kentucky ave-
nue. bridge, built in 1795. and the Navy
Yard bridge, built in 1870.
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From Monte Carlo.

Glenn H. CURTIS, the aviator. was
~ walking on the sun-drenched ter
race before the Casino of Monte Carlo
On the right the blue sea shimmered.
On the left the huge Casino gardens
filled the air with glitter and perfume.
Great, ocean-g going yachts rode in the
harbor, and in the luminous air mono
planes and hydroplanes swooped and
darted.
And to think" said Mr. Curtis, that
ali this shining beauty derives from
roulette, To think the banks gains
give US all this!
THE epitome of Monte Carlo lies in
the glowing cablegram New Yorker
sent to his wife. After praising the
delights of Monte Carlo, the New
Yorker ended his cablegram with these
words:
won much, lost more
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as he should continue to remain in
college The story went on to say that
at the age of eighty years the man
was still in college
Now, | have no such Interior motive
as that. but 1 love teachers and all that
pertains to study. I should count 1t the
greatest joy If l had time to take a
college course every year"
All of which brings one abruptly to
q consideration Of the question why
our western women have such active
and alert mentalites. Is 1t because the
climate of the west is intensely in
vigorative, and therefore stimulative
Of mind as well as body. or is it that
the inheritance Of a pioneer tenacity
from their mothers and grandmothers
has induced a desire not to be denied
once it fixes itself upon a certain aim?
In any case the fact remains that
western women have a mental in
tentness and vivacity not exceeded by
that of the women of any other part
Of the country
Mrs Shafroth is shining example
in this respect of western womankind.
She is intellectual as well as clever.
She is acquainted with her country's
progress from the political as well as
The artistic standpoint. and her view
point is comprehensive because she is
student. -
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FINISHED PED1NENT on SENATE Side THE CAP1ToI-

that 1.-The above-named packets having
resumed their weekly trips, shippers are
notified that one of them will positively
clear from New York every Saturday
punctuality may be depended on during
the year until interrupted by ice The
agents of this line were 5. Shinn & Son
of Alexandria. F. & A. H Dodge of
Georgetown and Sturgis, Chairman G. Co.,
10 Wall street. New York.
It is interesting to glance at some Of
the transportation advertisements affect
ing Washington in 1853. There were four
trains a day on the Washington branch
railroad. and Thomas H. Parsons. the
rangements for a through passage from
Washington to New York had been COM
pleted between the Baltimore and Ohio,
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more: the New Jersey railroad and Tren-
ton Company: the Princeton, and Trenton
railroad, and the Camden and Amboy
railroad.
The steamboat Thomas Collyer. COM
manded by Capt. Samuel Gedney, was
making trips between Washington. Alex
andria and Mount Vernon, Tuesdays and
Fridays, and there were two Washing
ton and Alexandria ferry boats. the
Union, commanded by Capt. James Guy,
and the George Washington. commanded
by Capt Job Carson.
4 line of coaches ran from the Capitol
=
with the boats. The coach fare was 10
cents, and the coach line was run by
George and Thomas Parker & Co.
In connection with this steamboat his
tory, the Rambler has had sent him the
account of the death of Capt. George
Page, who was one of the early steam
boat builders Of Washington. The clip
ping sent the Rambler is from a news
paper: of Monday. January 6, 1873, and
Is as follows:
Death Of Captain George Page the well known
Inventor: Many Of the residents Of the District
will regret to learn that Captain George PaSe.
formerly resident Of this city. died at the res
idence of his son in Baltimore county on Sat
urday last in the seventy fourth year Of his age.
Mr.. Page was the founder Of the firm OF George
Page and Company. founders and machinists in
Baltimore about forty years ago.
He possessed great energy and through his
ingenuity produced many machines which he
lived to put into practical operation and
which have added very materially TO the wealth
Of the country, among them being the mortt ing
machine. turning machine. envelope machine and
the circular sawmill.
For many years he resided in South Washing
ton and carried on windmill and also ma chine
William Selden. Champion. George Page and
Union were built by him. At one time he rep
resented the seventh ward Of Washington In
the City Councils.
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Early Potomac Boats.

N the course Of these papers the RAM
bier has revived many forgotten facts
concerning the ships of and the shipping
on the Potomac river, dating from May,
1901, when H. and T. Moore, auctioneers.
advertised that they would sell at Mer-
chants wharf the sloop Lively. which.
according to the advertisement. was of
twenty-one tons burden, very handsome
vessel, in good order and well found has
a large and commodious cabin, and is
particularly we'll calculated for a packet
to run between Georgetown and the city
of Washington, for which purpose she
was fitted out
At that very early date in Washington s
history the schooners Dolphin and Kitty
were plying regularly. or as regularly
as sailing vessels could, between Wash
ington and Annapolis and Baltimore, sail
ing from Motley Young's wharf, on the
Washington channel. where Brohawn &
Boys, the agents for these schooners,
had opened a lumber yard in the summer
of 1901. In that year also the sloop
George, owned and sailed by Capt. iris
tam Butler. was advertised to make regu-
lar trips between Alexandria and Nor
folk, and there was at least one other
vessel on this route. because Capt. Butler
advertised that he was happy to inform
the public that he has established a
handsome. fast-sailing sloop, named the
George, in the same line. with elegant
accommodations for passengers"
, AS the Rambler has previously written.
the first steamboat on the Potomac river
of which he has found record was the
Washington which in 1878 left the
steamboat wharf in Washington every
day. except Sundays. for Alexandria and
an unnamed creek down the river. prob
ably Aqua or Potomac creek, where con-
nection was made with the stage for
Fredericksburg and the south. The adj
vertised feature of this service was that
by this road and river route the 100
miles between Fredericksburg and Balti-
more could be covered in nineteen hours.
In 1921 steamboat named the Potomac
was running from Washington to Nor
folk and some time later extended its
route to Richmond. and in 1922, and
perhaps earlier. there was a steam ferry
service between Georgetown and Alex
andria, the boat being the Surprise, under
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command of Capt. Robert Taylor. From
about that time steamboats, became nu-
merous on the Potomac river, and the list
Of boat names and captains. which the
Rambler compiled was long one.
One of the water front friends of the
Rambler has sent him the names of some
boats which have not previously been
mentioned. In 1850 the steamboat St
ing regular trips between Baltimore
and Washington. stopping at all the then
important landings on the Potomac
river. She left Rileys wharf every Sat
urday morning at O'Clock
In 1876 the side-wheel steamboat E.
Morris, commanded by Capt. T. E. Bald
win, was running on what was called
The Peoples Line" between Washing
ton. Nomini. Mattox creek, Upper Macho-
doc and large number Of intermediate
landings. She was making two trips a
week during the summer Of 1876. In
that year there was also running between
Washington and Nomini, making land
ings at Mattawoman, Machodoc and
Rosters as well as a number of other
wharves. the steamboat Harbinger under
command Of Capt. NJ. E. Gregg.
The Rambler has found references to
many lines of sailing packets long after
the opening of the era of steam. He has
previously mentioned 1.-The Hand Line"
Washington and Georgetown to Philadel-
phia, its fleet consisting of the schooner
Orator. Capt. B. Scott; the schooner J. w.
Caldwell, Capt. T. Hand; the sloop Friend
ship. Capt. c. NJ. Bradbury, and the
sIoop Henry Reed, Capt. J. Bayliss.
There was also in the same year a line
of packets between Georgetown and New
York, they being the schooner Phoebe
Eliza, Capt. s. P. Osborn, and the
schooner Victory, Capt. Charles Penfield.
The attention of the Rambler was called
few days ago to the fact that in 1858
there was line of sailing packets en-
ployed in regular trade between George
town, Washington, Alexandra and New
York.
Its name was the New York. Alexandra.
Washington and Georgetown line, and its
fleet consisted Of the schooner Fairfax,
Capt Charles Penfield; schooner Empire.
Capt. Rufus Knapp; schooner Statesman,
Capt J. D. Cathell: schooner Washing
ton. Capt. ]. Kendrick; schooner Senator.
Capt. W. Kirby; schooner Hamilton.
Capt A. Dayton: schooner Arlington.
Capt. H. Lewis. and the schooner Arctic,
Capt. George Wilson.
The advertisement of this line reads
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lege. Missouri, her home state But her
student days by no means came to an
end when she left college. Rather. then
commenced period of more thoughtful
study than she had undertaken before.
In lieu of yearly college course, Mrs.
Shafroth recommends serious club work
as the most effective substitute. She
feels that class discussion-considered the
backbone of American collegiate pro-
cedure-is developed to Its zenith in club
study. 1t is true, too. she says, that
work can be as thoroughly done in a
woman's club as in q college class.
In Denver, where Mrs. Shafroth lives
when she is not in Washington. women
are exceedingly progressive in the matter
of clubs. They study languages, eco
nomics. drama, politics and sociology. 1t
is either a very busy woman or else a
lazy one who does not boast membership
purpose of delving into facts that Will
make for greater individual development.
Before coming to the capital a few
months ago. Mrs Shafroth was a MEM
Der Of three Of Denver's most prominent
clubs.
My favorite of these was the Round
Table Club" she said. In it, this past
season. our subject of study was a book
that picked out, Woodrow Wilson's The
State 1t is especially fine-the President
writes such beautiful. classical English
because it traces the history and gives
the science Of government from the ear
lest times to the present We found it
hard study, but the results more than
repaid us for the time and energy that
We expended. I feel particularly proud
to have recommended II.
Last year in this same club we took
as subject the history of the United
States. This. l know. appears to be very
primary study for grown women; but
we studied 1t in a manner far from pri-
mary. Our club went into the cause of
things. We made side trips into biog
raphy and old records. We grew to
regard events as effects-connecting links,
as it were, with the daily lives of the
people OF the time.
The Round Table Club studied his
tory of Europe IN the same thorough
way three years ago. During that sea-
son we had Mr.. Robinson, whose his
tory we followed, come west to lecture to
US.
Our Monday Club devoted itself to q
study of the DRAMA Mrs. Shafroth went
on to say. both foreign and American
types. We did not merely read plays
and discuss the attachments of the author,
but we also took the modern dramas
the better ones, of course-and studied
them as expressions of certain move
ments or propagandas of the times For
instance, the drama whose chief import
was to illumine modern wage condi-
tons, We took as an example OF the
sociological play and studied the real
conditions in connection with 1t, as well
as the imaginary ones pictured for US
by the dramatist. We chose the best of
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something else. Take book like the
'Jessamy Bride however. 1t is a novel
of the days Of Goldsmith. DR.. Johnson
and Joshua Reynolds. 1t is more than
story. 1t is a picture that instructs as
we'll as entertains. That Is the kind of
fiction I think worth while
Mrs Shafroth is fond of walking. She
thinks Rock Creek Park offers one of the
most delightful walks about Washington.
Il like the great trees" she said. out
derful old trees. OF course, we have the
pines on the mountains up to the timber
line and they have most delicious odor.
But we have none of these fine oaks or
elms. All of our trees have been set
out and they are young yet
The wife of Senator Shafroth is a
wholesome, sensible woman. She is bent
more on study than pleasure because she
sees the serious in life completely trans
cending the frivolous. Yet her nature is
by no means unsympathetic. She has
the joy Of life shining In her eyes She
has had a slice of sorrow that would
have broken many another spirit. With
her, however, 1t served to intensity an
already well developed generous and
human feeling. Live and let live might
be her motto but she would add to it
live so. as to get the best and biggest
out of life.
Mrs. Shafroth has poise. She has also
an enviable dignity of carriage and flu
ency She talks with ease and fluency.
She could make herself as charming to
the laborer as to the philosopher because
of her multiplicity of interests and sin
certify of feeling upon subjects, great and
small.
She has been first lady OF the state of
Colorado. Her husband served twice as
governor They are both very popular
all over the state. He won his guber-
material and senatorial elections with
enormous pluralities. Mr.. Shafroth is
a lawyer by profession and a graduate
of the literary department OF the Uni
versity of Michigan. where his youngest
herself taught school for a little while
before she was married
I'VE have woman suffrage in Colorado.
YOU know" said Mrs. Shafroth There
upon she became enthusiastic and told
what the vote had done for the women
of her state and what the women had
done for the vote.
TT has awakened an intelligent atti-
tude toward affairs that vitality affect us
and our families. 1t has furnished one
more bond between husband and wife.
In my mind equal suffrage links men and
women together"
Mrs. Shafroth was asked whether this
enthusiasm for politics took woman's at
tention away from her homo and made
any appreciable difference in the domestic
spirit pervading there.
You ought to see my home and my
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New Customs Spirit.

DUDLEY FIELD MALONE. collector
II of the port of New York, said at d
scent luncheon:
Thanks to the governments good
work. smuggling has practically ceased.
Every importer public or private. now
says to himself when he imports any
thing. whether it's a suit of clothes or
a millions worth of tapestries:
The path of duty is through the
custom house"
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remains will be inferred in Congressional

His remains will be inferred in Congressional
Cemetery.
There was a steamboat Union running
between Washington and Norfolk in the
thirties and she was burned in 1910.
running between Washington and Alex
andra and this was no doubt the boat
built by George Page. because on the
ferry line with the Union was boat
called the George Page. They succeeded
the ferry boats Thomas Collyer and
George Washington. The William Sell
den or William Sheldon and the Cham
pion were well known river boats dur
ing the period just preceding the civil
war and they We're contemporary with the
Potomac, the Mount Vernon, the st.
Nicholas. the George w. Riggs. the Fly
ing Cloud, the Herald and the Alice
Price.
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the foreign plays and in the same man
ner acquainted ourselves with similar
conditions in the countries of Europe.
Il must not neglect to mention our
German Club. German novels and other
pieces of literature are studied more from
the standpoint of acquiring a German
vocabulary than anything else, although
at times we read some OF the German
classics in the original.
"One of our members is German
teacher in the high school, so we have
her with US to guide us and make author
the ladies' in this club speak German
very well. l read 1t and understand it,
but do not converse In it fluently. I feel,
however. that II / were to go to Berlin
about and make myself understood with
out wild gesticulations."
Since her arrival at Christmas, Mrs.
Shafrotn has not had opportunity to
life. She says that she has been spending
her time renewing acquaintanceships
made when her husband was a repre-
sentative in Congress.
Il have much more time now" she
said, than l had then. for in those days
my boys were little fellows. Now the
youngest Is nineteen and away at col
lege. / have no household duties to
occupy my tlne. ne Gays are SupplnR
by and am not accomplishing anything.
Life in Washington seems just play to
me. But l find it very pleasant. l love
to meet the people-so many Of them
and such divers types. l am fond Of the
capital, quite enthusiastic about it in
fact, all except its climate. After l am
here a few days l begin to feel limp.
"Our air in Denver Is so bracing. 1t is
dry and sunny all of the time. We really
long to see little rain once in awhile.
Before I came away we had severe
snowstorm-the first in great many
years. The snow was forty-six inches
deep. With it all we had the most beau
tiful warm sunshine, but it did not seem
to melt the snow for it showed no signs
of leaving when I went away. All traf-
f1c uptown and downtown was stopped
for a few days. Every one said the snow
was the greatest democratic leveler We
ever had in Denver. No one could use
his machine All had to walk. The place
took on the festive air of snow pal
ace
Mrs. Shafroth is an enthusiastic moth
er. She has three sons. Her eldest boy
is a lawyer in Colorado. Another soma
big, strapping, typical westerner-is a
lieutenant in the navy. The youngest is
still in school.
Mrs. Shafroth and her husband are in
separable companions. They have the
same tastes and go everywhere together.
They have travelled over almost all Of
the globe. Every part of their own coun-
try is known to them as well as the Phil