The Washington times., 1914-10-18

Mrs. Billy Claggett is going TO
Clarksburg next week to speak in be
half of the suffrage cause. when her
subject will b. Women and Suffrage in
Europe and Their Connection With the
War" She should know whereof she
speaks. for she has made study Of
suffrage conditions in Europe and vas
in Austria when the war cloud rose.
She was at Maricnbad when trouble
broke out, went to Vienna and then took
troop train TO Sal1burg. on the Ger
man border. hoping to get through to
England. That prov I'd impracticable, SO
she stayed On for several weeks Mt
Munich, before finally getting out Of
:, the country snd home.
Mrs. Claggett says she was particular
ly struck with the different attitude Of
the German and the Austrian women.
The German women seemed filled with
ambition for their soldier folk, proud TO
see them 60 forth to fight. mayhap to
die, while the Austrians were stunned.
red-eyed with weeping, and lost in won
der at what 1t was all about. She
yr1arveled at the absolute preparedness
Of the Gernans-as all the world has
their attention to detail above all, and
told me that they even had ready corps
of trained and professional grave dig
gers. Grueaopne, isn't it?
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People are getting so serious minded,
Susan, that ] am appalled,. All the
girls seem to be taking up some sort
of work this winter, devoting them
selves to philanthropy. studying some
! I'd hi NTa,- iar
Leutze, Julia Heyl, and Kate Du Bose.
all lovers of dancing and good times,
are studying stenoSraPhy, and studying
il seriously. from nine to twelve every
day; Emily Beatty is taking a course
In domestic science: Ruth Bliss, who
is already working hard in connection
with the Christ Child Society. and Hill
dreth Gatewood are also contemplating
taking up cooking or something of the
sort, and SO it goes. After awhile
there won't be anyone left to play
with.
Fall weather and horse back riding
seem to go hand in hand. but l believe
1t will be moro popular than ever this
season with sundry globe trotters in
town seeking to anuse themselves.
And the bride paths about Washington
are lovely, Every way you turn, in
Potomac Park. out Chevy Chase and
Forest Glen way, the woods are
full of people on horse back; and no
/ one really knows Rock Creek Park who
! has not followed the maze Of bride
| paths winding through IT,
! Each time you discover a new path
- oil
! time TO time you come upon Rock
| Greek. sequestered and quiet, as though
il has ceased rushing over the rocks
| and chattering in order to hide itself
! the better. In such spots-and they are
! legion-you stop unconsciously and lis
! ten, you can hear the silence. After a
little will come maybe the whistle Of
a train on the main line of the y. & o..
or you may hear the barking Of "Cy"
Cummings hounds, near the edge OF
the park. Now the woods are splashed
with color and the bride paths therI
! selves carpetcd with vari-colOred
! leaves.
Waiter Tuckerman, Charlie Johnson
| and George Totten are among the ar
dent horsemen, who are constantly met
| about the country roads, where the
rider is often surprised with a glimpse
| of Sugar Loaf Mountain.
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read in one Of the papers that Mrs.
Laurence Benet. Margaret Cox, you
know. was coming to this country short
~, but there seems to b" no truth In the
rumor Her sister tells me that she
intends TO stay in England-she is with
! DR.. and Mrs. william Ord, at Salisbury
to be as near as possible to her hus-
dand, who is in Paris. He hustled her
| out, feeling the place was no longer
safe. but she will go back just as soon
as possible.
Lille Cox. Mrs. Stuart Jackson. who
has been making a round Of visits to her
| various sisters in these parts, has re-
turned to her nome in Montclair. N. J.
She stayed first with Mrs. Glazebrook.
spsat seine tine with Mrs. Charlie