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the tops of the trees that grow at the
rivers edge. Soon the river bends away
from the canal and the marrow water
course runs along between wide fields
The Conduit road seems to have re-
ceded from the canal for n greater than
usual distance, but over the fields
comes the fash and CLINT Of FURNISHED
auto lamps aud glass windshields as
the white sunlight strikes them. ON
the left are big fields planted to corn
and beans. A long stretch OF tow
path intervenes between the fourth or
middle lock- and the fifth JOCK pue
the fifth and sixth locks and the sixth
and seventh are close together. From
the seventh of tho Seven Locks your
course follows the four-mile level or
the log wall level"
About a mile further on, the river
swings in close to the canal and o.
fers a fine picture. The rtverbed is
boulder-strew The wooded hills on
the Virginia side are various SHADES
of Green. due to sunshine and cloud
sb,dow and one falls to wondering
where he would be if transported to
the other side. A deep gulch is marked
between the hills and you will perhaps
indulge in the speculation that 1t IS
J.
the ridge to the river.
Far along the canal a barge Is 's'
rest close against the bank, the gang
,,.,l. is ont and mules are eating
dinner. But the gangplank IL peih
taken in, the mule team Is strsls h'ei
ing out. the tow line is becoming .au'
md the barge is under way Ihe muies
,.nme toward YOU with a brisk step ana
you note that the man driving f nneil
is y hardy looking fellow ana "aihln
they are They are broad: haru anu
,n,,ddv and the toes are wide spread.
",;reat little beasts" says the ram
hIer admiring the team Of mules.
"'Deed they are and they got heap
a. sense, too" says the driver;
The river has swung away ir1lr ron ne ny
canal again lea wing farm lands below tne
level OF the towpath and between II
aud the river. Looking down you note
that "A dirt road passes under the cana
and strays away toward iatlhl.ouSs
aud barns that can be barely espled
through clump of trees: sH'ail "a ~ =
house by the side OF this road STANDS
,.itbiu couple of hundred yards OF
Perhaps you will begin to speculate
as to who lives over there ana an N
clination will come upon you 10 ciillu
down from the canal and follow wne,e
that old road calls, but restrain your
self. for time is short, the toWpath i
long and Great Falls is still far ahead
n must be an old farm over there py
th. river for that read ran through
there before the canal was built
We'll we will swing along On .he
right of the canal STANDS the ruin ~
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will produce given number OF casua Is
ties with many less cartridges than wouio
be expended by raw. half-trained troOps
in accomplishing the same result. ., IHI
kind of troops you are opposed to VIII
affect the number materially, sonie
uulre much more killing" than others 10
satisfy them. The better the enemy
shoots the more your men ann "lii pe
affected hence the more shots necessary
to a hit Increase of range at which hle
is opened increases consumption VI ID,
tridges, as the percentage OF hits VIII
be less the longer the range me kihu |.
of target offered varies the nuinoer ol
rounds necessary to get the requisite
number of hits.
improvements in the rifle affect the
number of cartridges necessary "
does not depend. however. on IT'S
rapidity so much as other points. In
muZzle-loader. whose rate of tire was
three shots per minute. the Germans
CPrussians) used breech loader whose
rapidity was fifteen shots per minute.
yet the Austrians fired more shots per
rifle engaged than the Germans. But
it was the hits that counted"
1t has been computed that in the
thirtyyear war. when troops We're
armed with short-range musket and
fought in close formation, it required
about 1000 shots to disable one man.
and during the battle of Leipzig the
allies expended twelve million car
tridges and disabled $4,000 French.
each casualty representing the ex-
penditure of 266 rounds of small l-arms
ammunition. Admitting that some Of
the casualties were due to cannon fire,
the number of small-arms cartridges
per casualty would be raised. In the
American civil war it was computed
that the casualties to rounds fred
were about as one to thousand.
Although the United States magazine
rifle is a wonderfully long-range and
straight weapon. and although
expert marksmen on quiet and pleasant
target ranges make pretty strings of
bulrs-eyes at 1000 yards. yet it has
been figured that ordinary troops in
usual battle conditions. shooting at a
line of men lying on the ground in
grass 900 yards away. and shooting at
them, would with their sights elevated
for 1000 yards (and this error In -
yation would not be unusuaD get ene
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CANAL AND RIVER.

of experience in the graces and duties OF
social life and hospitable entertainments
in this country and abroad She speaks
French fiuently.
Her tastes tend to the enjoyment OF the
pleasures of society. rather than to
the solving of the serious problems OF
life. Yet. like many of our representa-
tive rich women. size is interested i'll
local philanthropies and charities.
Mrs Marye disciaims any right to pre-
eminence on account of any especial
talents or hobbies of her own. but she
takes great pleasure and pride in speak
ing of the attainments of her husband
and the honor which he has won as
student of international law in foreign
countries.
MIR. Marye was educated abroad He
spent one year at school in Florence,
Italy: two years in Darmstadt, Germany.
and three years IN Paris. He took lee
lures on European history in Barcelona
at the Spanish University. and afterward
entered Trinity College at Cambridge,
England. from which he graduated. divid-
ing the honors of the first place with
Frederick TAYLOR Payne. He speaks and
writes in five languases-French, Span
ish Italian, German and English.
x
Mr.. and Mrs. Marye were married in
Berlin about ten years ago, and have
an only child, little. bue-eyed, fair
halreu f1tleil, "ho IidS eiSHt S'eiiS ~
her credit. Helen inherits her father s
linguistic talent, speaking French like "A
native, which is quite natural, as she has
had French governess since she was
four years old. She is also good
equestrienne, and is the Youngest member
of the Riding Club of Washington.
Mrs. Marye had hoped to visit Paris en-
route to Russia to replenish her wardrobe
and secure her court dress. This gown will
have satin foundation. but will be made
almost entirely of rare old lace, of a
beautiful rose design. which she inherited
from her mother The filmy, delicate
lace worth many times its weight in gold.
is in the shape of a shawl five and one
half yards long. and it is so weblike in
its gossamer airiness that it can be pulled
through a wedding ring. Whether or not
she can visit Paris is a matter of
speculation.
Her dress is kept in a safety vault. with
the other treasures. and is brought out
only on rare occasions. The last time it
was brought forth in state it was worn as
a bridal veil by the beautiful Esther More
land of Pittsburgh. niece of Mrs Marye.
when she became the bride of Harry
Oelrich Of New York. With the exquis-
ite lace gown Mrs. Marye will wear her
diamond tiara and a magnificent dog
collar when she makes her first bow tc
the emperor and empress.
Mrs. Marye is very fond OF dancing, but
, she will find the Russian dances very
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seventh by John Speaker. The locks
are counted from the Washington end.
"frst of the Seven Locks, third OF
the Seven Locks" sixth Of the Seven
Locks" etc.
A boat has just been locked
through" and fair haired, brown
tanned and barefoot boy was drivig
four mules. The barge was decorated
with two large American flags and be-
tween them, on what perhaps Is the
bow Of the barge, was a large gsyly
painted board, probably corresponding
to the fgurehead of a ship, and In
scrihed in brilliant letters No Place
Like Home"
You are apt to feel that q barge like
that has some name suggestive OF do
nestle sentiment painted on its stern
and you expect to see there the name
of wife or daughter. But instead OF
The Mary" or The Alice" or THE
Sue" or THE Peggy" there is only
this: No. a.
Passing the last of the Seven Locks
the traveller enters upon that part of
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A THOUGH revolutionary improve
~ ments have been made in mill
tary rifles and ammunition with
in a few years, it will probably be
found even in this war that 1t re-
puires a surprisingly large number OF
shots to disable a man. 1t has always
required d heavy expenditure of cart
ridges to knock over soldier on the
The increased range and
accuracy of the present military rifle
makes in one way for a large ratio OF
casualties to cartridges, vet in an
other sense the longer range and
greater ease of rapid fire may tend to-
use of cartridges. The
art of seeking and utilizing cover
which has been attentively cultivated
in all armies has tendency to neu-
tralize the longer range and hatter
trajectory of modern bullets.
In the military rife potential ef-
fectiyeness for disabling men is very
high, but it's practical effectiveness de
pends on the soldier shooting 1t. and
the effectiveness of that soldier Is In
fluenced by the soldier shooting against
him. Training in rifiemanshlp, dis
cipline, leadership. position and other
factors enter into the equation. some
troops will shoot better than other
troops, and the same troops will shoot
better sometimes than other times. II
the opposition to them is effective they
may shoot less steadily than if the
opposition is ineffective, and yet II
their morale is very high 1t Is con
ceivable that they would shoot better
in the face of effective opposition. II
is a subject with good many angles
Col j. F. Morrison, United States
Army. has written that The number
of battle hits will vary with many
conditions To win you must produce
a certain moral as well as a physica
effect on your enemy: in other words
you must produce in his force loss
sufficient to cause him to abandon the
action before you yourself meet the
loss beyond which your men will moi
continue to fight.
.'Troops that are well trained and prop
erly instructed in the use Of their rifle
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the canal called "Four-1iiile Level :
because there are no locks within four
miles, or log wall level. from log
wall that once guarded the towpath.
At the end of four miles one comes
to the first of the Six Locks--there being
six locks within p tri1e over mile:
The SIX Locks are sometimes called
the Great Falls Locks.
Along this four-1nile level are two
Of the features of the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal near Washington. One is
the high wall and the other is an ex-
tensive lake of rare wild beauty which.
SO far as the Rambler learned. has no
other designation in canal language
than Bread Water hut which many
Of those persons who walk the to"
path of exercise and pleasure call Lake
Lucerne.
1t is quite a little step from the first
of the Seven Locks to the second, Dut
the second and third and the third and
fourth locks are close together. being
not more than two lock lengths apart.
The river takes a deep fall about here
and at your first glance of 1t you see
that your course lies high above the
rocks and frothing waters and above
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l|EE|zl{ E7iTH S6HE RAMBLERz4.fgi1I 3

wind. After passing the head OF the
lake the canal. still passing throush
the solid rock out of which II was
blasted yoI reach the first of the sly
Locks The canal here appears 10 b"
three times its width Al Georgetowi
and the spillway 10 one side or tnH
lower gates of the lock is a spectacle
of rushing water churnHg itself white
Between the second and third OF ~"
Six Locks the familiar picture of Great
Falls formation is unfolded.
From the river to the canal and then
back to the river bends a rocky chssm
through which the river must ono"
have torn This channel was ncarlN
dry when the Rambler passed that Wat
hut perhaps in time OF spring foods tn
water, after going over the falls. makes
the circuit of this channel and return =
TO the gorge.
The trip along the TOW path from
Glen ECHO TO the Falls has been a
pleasant and profitable walk.
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but here the land clears on the right
and the white fence along the Conduit
road CLEANS and on the left the river.
red and yellow with mud and swollen
by rains, bends in close to the canal
Here is wonderful view of the river.
II is closely strewn with willow and
alder-grown islands, some high, others
Just above the water. spectator may
have the impression that q food Is rag
ing over low and rocky land and that
clumps of trees and tufts of willow
are struggling Just above the yellow
torrent.
Far ahead on the canal bit OF white
dazzles in the sun. 1t Is Il lock the
Rambler is coming to-the first lock
since leaving that at Glen Echo. 1T is
the first lock of the Seven Locks. Here
an explanation is in order. About two
miles above Cabin John begins a
series of locks. There are seven within
the distance of mile Some of them
are quite close together. This group
is known all along the canal as The
Seven Locks.
The first is kept by Spooner Spong.
the second by Victor Hall. the third
by Cleveland Wade. the fourth by John
Schaffer, the fifth by Allen Stevenson.
the sixth by Charles Stewart and the
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a brick kiln Perhaps some man was
going to make fortune there in
bricks: perhaps lie made the fortune;
and perhaps he didn't. That old red
ruin has leaned there ever since the
Rambler has been trying to pay his
board bill with his literary. output
Half mile further on the Potomac
swings In again to the canal and
fine old masonry wall Of brownstone
keeps the canal IN place. II Is ma
jestlc wall. The river whirls and often
RACES at its base nearly hundred
feet below, but the canal, quiet and
serene, looks down and out over the
turmoil.
This may be the Horse Shoe Bend in
the Potomac and the high wall Of the
canal, but there is another horse shoe
bend and high wall the canal fur
ther along and the Rambler does not
know which should be capitalized. Even
II he should put the capital letters IN
the right place the coinpositor or the
proof reader would knock them out.
The next thing to attract notice is
timbered ruin on the right bank of the
canal. 1t was the mill of a gold nfne
one of those gold mines where more
gold has been put in than taken out
and which dot that section Passing
this the river makes another horse shoe
bend and another long and high ma
sonry wall defends the canal
Where the Conduit road ends and
people driving to Great Falls turn to
the right at the Anglers roadhouse.
up a dirt road, is the nose Of the high
ridge you cross before reaching Great
Falls The Washington conduit is cut
through that ridge-sonetimes an open
cut and sometimes by tunnels-but the
Conduit road does not follow it. This
ridge extends to the river. and the
canal builders cut through the river
end of it with drill and powder. Cliffs
tower on the right hand and 2. stone
wall drops down to the boiling river
on the left hand. 1t is rugged or
rocky scenery along this part of the
Germ.
This body of water varies from zoo
to 300 yards wide. at rough guess, and
is half a mile long. The right mar
gin is irregular cliff jutting into it
and wooded rocky heights sloping
toward it and then overhanging it.
Three islets Of gaunt gray rock tufted
with small trees stand up conspicu-
ously in the lake. The towpath is
rock-walled and winding. The river
is not in sight on the left-only
great mass of gray rock-like that
found around Great Falls, and over
grown with timber
There are two outlets from this lake
toward the river. and these the tow
path crosses on wooden bridges strong
and stout-railed. The arms of the lake
reach to the left among the rocks ana
trees and these parts of the lake are
black and forbidding. while on the
right the lake is bright and inviting.
Because of the eXparse OF water IN
Lake Lucern high waves roll and white
caps break and spray in time OF strohs
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gins. r,,c, Measure
i, the dancing, as the conventionantles
require her to request the amnassaao.s s
to accompany her in the contra-aaii..S n,.ar
Sometimes these gentlemen hoMssen
,,a,,pp nor graceful, and as they ire
mIentlv know little or nothing about the
dance. the result cannot be entirely
Evening star., 1914-08-23
Early Rising Birds.

A GROUP Of AlpIaos and wanderiust-
ers We're resting on old logs and
stumps or sitting on the ground by a
little stream in deep and dense wood
land They were talking Of birds. for
the notes of many species could b.
heard and the conversation took a bent
which made il interesting enough for
repetition in print
II believe. said one -of the amateur
OF rnithologists. that We have moro
robins, bluehirds. phoebes. veeries and
hermit thrushcs with us this Year than
for many years past. and ] believe that
this is Il result Of the operation OF ths
new federal law for the protection of m
gratory birds In number OF the states
these birds have been shot by market
shooters and BY sportsmen for food.
have seen many of them hanging up I'm
the markets. The restraint put upon
this butchery last year has resulted IN
more OF the migrants reaching us thi.
season and am sure the numbers
Will greatly increase with the coming
seasons
Then the mon and women fell to talk
ing of bird habits and the question
turned on which Of the birds was the
earliest riser and the latest 10 bed. The
general opinion seemed to he that the
robin was the earliest bird 10 wake M
and get busy with his worms and his
song hut a veteran Of the Gods and
fields said:
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Tho robin is a sleepy head. Compared
with some other species of birds the
robin turns over in his nest and goes
to sleep again. If he were man he
would probably get to office late in tn.
morning and would have to lay his
hardness to a tie-up on the line. The
real early riser in the field and pas
lures and along the roads is the song
sparrow. and very soon after the song
sparrow wakes up. lie shakes his feathers
and sings that dawn is near. The chipping
sparrow wakes up. hops out of bed and
begins to sing while looking around for
breakfast
"Of course, the robin sings and break
fasts on earthworns when the east
makes the faintest promise of dawn. but
then the song sparrow is up and has
fiuffed his feathers. sung good morning
and begun preparations for breakfast
several minutes ahead of him. In the
thick and dark woods the oven bird and
the wood pewee have sung their break
fast songs before the robin has taken
his head from under his wing.
II think most folk give the credit OF
early rising to the robin because they
know his notes best of all. They know
those notes best because they like them
most, and they like them most because
they are more tneeElul ludi TUG Ipets "
many of the early birds The robin is
a hopeful and happy fellow He likes
to say good morning in a jolly. tunetui
way The only thing the oven bird says
when he opens his eyes and ends his
dreams is Teacher. Teacher! Teacher.
each succeeding word or note being
little louder than the other, and the
monotony of this song tires his hearers.
The pewee sings always as though he
were sad at heart as though the world
were ali wrong and there was not bit
of joy in being a bird.
Il have not determined which of the
day birds sits up latest in the evening.
but nearly all of them keep respectable
hours. Generally the robin retires early,
but you can sometimes hear robin sing
ing half an hour or three quarters of an
hour after sunset. and in the cleaning
you can hear the lament of the wood
pewee and the beautiful song of the
wood thrush. ] am inclined to think
that among the day birds the last to
close his days labor and snuggle in his
nest is the wood thrush, or perhaps the
scarlet tanager."
THE RAMBLER"
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pleasing either to themselves or 10 the
empress.
She occasionally calls some young Of
fcer to dance the deuX temps with her.
but even then she must dance quite
alone; the wands of the masters OF cere-
mony tap the floor and all other dancers
Immediately retire.
Mrs. Marye was Miss Marie i'otie OF
columbus Ohio. and has Il fortune in her
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Wife of the New Ambassador to Russia Is Kept From

different from the modern affairs in this
country. The emperor and empress open
the grand ball of the season which taxes
place in the middle Of the Russian Jan
uary. or by February first, our calendar.
with the polonaise of the imperial party.
which is nothing more or less than "A
stately walk around the room. Then
their majesties speak "A few minutes to
the chief diplomats and the dancing be-
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Hnnm@rial Court by Ewrop@'s War

own right. She is the second Ohio won-
an to grace an embassy under the Wilson
administration. Mrs. William Graves
Sharp of Elyria. Ohio. being the fe
of the new ambassador to France
Mrs. Marye is widely Travelled. having
visited every country except Russia; and
now as wife of the amha assador. she
will have an unusual opportunity of see
ing Russia at its best
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n he the wife of an
ambassador to Rus
sia. where the court
lie is said by many
TO lie the most
sple II j ! 4 In the
world. and then.
when the bags are
packed and every
thinE Is ready. to
Gud ones self ma
rnoned with h II {
faint hone of i'm
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HE towpath Of the
Chesapeake a n d
Ohio canal Is one
of Washington
suburban or rural
boulevards. 1t has
become-it t h a 8
long been--a pop
uIar thorouShfare
with pedestrians.
siugly. In couples
and in groups,
and this popular
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Mrs. George i.
NIarye of Washington
to Be Mistress of Our
Embassy at St. Peters
burg A Woman of
Rare Social Attain
ments Her Court
Dress a Real Creation.
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across the spillwsy and under these
the water r,Isles close below your
feet. The scrfe is interesting ano
there is fascination about those DIS
NAL. shadowy woods through which
the, water rlns--shadoWy regions
yhhre the sun never shines the
brightest noon in summer.
The water from the sptilwaE settles
In lagoon out Of which tine tree
trunks rise and the picture Is that o.
a black swamp. You know that this
water finds its way to the river not
far distant yet the eye cannot pierce
the gloom of those woods and the voice
Of the great river Is drowned by the
noise of the spillway.
Tops Of houses and rustic ooserNa-
tories built around trees show them,
selves ON the bluffs at your right, and
on the left Il stream, after passing be-
meath the canal flows slowly through
a deep vide gorge which II has worn.
and giant sycamores growing on It's
banks and leaning toward each other
form q leafy arcade. 1t Is Cabin John
rim Most WASHINGTON people have
seen this stream between the stone
arch bridge and the canal but rev
have followed its course from the up
lands of Montgomery county to the
Conduit bridge. or have seen IT on Its
way from the canal to the river.
BY the side of the run. between the
canal and the river is little mouse
and in the shade before 1t man IN
lounges and browses through sun
day paper. 1t is one Of those camps
which the traveller is ever and anon
coming upon in the woods along both
sides of the Potomac between George
town and Great Falls-and beyond.
Another canal boat is coming down.
The straininE of the team on the tow
line is audible and the driver VINO
walks his fifteen or twenty miles a
day is cIucking cncoura cement to the
team and rolling a cigarette 1t is a
strange canal team-a mule and a
horse The driver addresses the tough
little mule by the conventional mule
name of Tom and to the horse he is
saying Get up, Thief!
How did that horse get the name
of Thief" asked the Rambler.
Don't know" said the driver, unless
a horse thief stole him once You don't
see many hcrses in this business. They
don't last long at it, This is about the
best one on the canal. l got him at
Hagerstown two years ago and he
stands the work all right. Get-up, Tom F.:
Get-up, Thief
The team passed on and the barge
followed in that calm and placid way
which is the way OF canal boats 1t was
barge No. 80.
The day is sultry and, where the sun
hits, it blisters; but the going along
this part of the towpath, as well as
along the greater length Of the path.
is in shade because of the trees and
thickets which grow along the south
erly and westerly sides of the way.
For a good pace Neyond tah John.
wooded hills have been on the right
and thickwooded iowland on the left