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laurel. fir. sassafras and the other
trees. with various kinds besides.
which yield balsam and fragrant gums
Trees useful in every way for build
ing, shipbuiiding, for making planks
pitch. tar. turpentine. sinegma, per-
fumes and plasters. The woods. more
over, are passabie. not filled with
thorns or undergrowth, but arranged
by nature for pasture for animals and
for affording pleasure to man. There
are fruitful vines, from which wine
can be made, and a grape as large as
cherries, the juice of which is thick
and oily. The Inhabitants call these
mesamines. There are cherries as Dig
as damsons and gooseberries Just ike
ours. There are three kinds of plums
Mulberries. chestnuts and walnuts are
SO plentiful that they are used In varl-
Gus ways for food. Strawberries and
raspberries are also to be found there.
Here Is an enthusiastic prophecy
which the centuries have not alto
gether brought to pass: ut is probable
that the soil will prove to be adapted
to all the fruits of Italy. figs, pome-
granates, oranges. olives, ETC.. to pass
over the rest briefly. There is no lack
of those things that can be made useful
to fullers and apothecaries, ana no
flax There is also hope of finding
gold, for the neighboring people wear
bracelets of gold, which. indeed, Is al
yet unwrought. and long strings OF
pearls. It is also to be expected that
the provident industry and long ex-
perience Of men will discover many
other advantages and sources OF
wealth.
It is told by this old chronicler that the
best of citrons and ounces grow In the
khaf oh
abundant that an honorable and refab ble
man positively declared that he gave loo
bushels to his pigs last year" 1t was
said that there were peas In TINS oounti-
full country that grew ten inches long In
ten days and that in the worst OF years
grain Yields 200 fold, and in the best Of
years 1900 or 1900 fold in single har-
vest and that the soil Is SO rich and the
climate so genial that three crops could
be harvested a year.
1t is curious in this day OF game ex-
termination to read that the woods Of old
MARYLAND were so overrun with swine
and deer that they are rather an annoy
ance than an advantage; that there are
also vast herds Of cows and Wild oxen MT
for beasts Of burden and good to eat. be-
sides five other kinds Of large animals
unknown to u.s. which the neighboring
people use for food, and that the nearest
woods are full Of horses and wild bulls
and that "any number Of wild goats can
be procured from the neighborhood peo-
pie"
VOYAGE to Maryland" in which he gave
a detailed account of the departure Of the
Maryland Pilgrims from Cowes. England;
their wanderings in strange lands and
seas and their final arrival in the Chesa-
peake deals most extensively with the
ma tives of the new country, but he con-
cludes with this paragraph. testifying to
the goodness OF the country:
81 will end therefore with the soyle.
which is excellent, so that we cannot sett
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citation. She Is the national peace
chairman of this organization and the
vice president of the Washington
branch.
This is a movement sweeping the
United States at present" she explain
ed. for the education Of mothers and
the close cooperation between parents
and teachers for the exchange of View
point in their relation to the children.
-As we all know. a great percentage
of the mothers of this country have
left school at an early age-many
before reaching even the eighth grade
and these women are often without
tho first fundamentals Of knowledge
which make for improvement in living
conditions and happiness in the home.
Heretofore little attention has been
paid to these women: no one has
thought of bringing them in touch with
the progress of the world outside the
four walls of their homes or of ac-
auainting them with tho modern dis
coveries which make for power and
contentment
by tho activities of the Mothers
Congress we hope to give these women
more light on life-the life they must
lead. We are instituting a series of
lectures on all of the subjects which
pertain to the serious pursuit of being
a mother and a homemaker. for there 10
a great difference between a house
keeper and horaemaker. We give talks
on sanitary methods. preparation Of
meals. rearing children, buying food
and 80 forth But we do not limit our
range of subjects We do not disregard
the other side; that is. the human side.
Lectures on travel and books are pre-
sented to provide a little OF the wonder
of life for these women who in most
haps too disregarded to comprehend it,
People demand stimulation" pro-
ceeded Mrs. Claxton. and only two
kinds of stimulation exist-the good
and the bad. II we lead women to tho
proper sources Of stimulation they will
not have time. and gradually no In
clination for the other variety conse-
quently we acquaint them with hooks
We provide them with heip.ui iists,
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The Patriot.

e IR THOMAS Upton said at q pro-
~ visioners' banquet in London.
"Al1 the blame for high prices is put
on US dealers. You'd think. tho way
some people talk, that we dealers were
as false in our patriotism as the chap
who was sanding his sugar.
"A chap was sanding his sugar the
other day with his errand boys help.
The errand boy. lifting a scoopful Of
sand. asked:
1.-The usual proportion, sirr
mo. Joseph. of course not the boss
replied, sternly. The usual proportion
in days like these? Joseph, Joseph,
where's your Patriotism
Then he sighed and added:
"'Only half the usual proportion OF
sand, Joseph-only half the usual pro-
portion as long as our gallant troops
at the front have such need of sand
bagN'"
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am one Of the southern women who do
not feel any restrictive compuncttons
about going out into the world to earn
their living. The past generations OF
our gentle born and gently bred wom-
en- felt it degrading to work for a
livelihood. Consequently number OF
our women ruled by these false ideals
make absolutely nothing of their
lives. Some even now are floating
along and becoming drass on society; y;
''I have seen SO many instances OF
women not knowing how to work and
consequently not being able to cope
with the world that I am hearty
advocate of vocational training in the
public schools as the surest remedy
for such q condition.
"Girls, as well as boys" insisted Mrs.
Claxton. should be taught a profess
sion or trade by which they can al
ways command a decent living II cir
cumstances force them to be self-sup-
porting Teach them something and
teach them to do it we'll. Help our
girls to find a niche in life.
Carlyle says, Blessed is the man
who has found his work. Such
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The Cherry Walk.
THE cherry walk is one OF the

sTHE, cherry walk is one OF the olden
u features of the country homes in
the region around Washington which
is no longer the fashion. The country
gentleman of the era in which we are
living does not so strongly incline to
the cherry tree a lining for the lane
leading from the main road to the
house as did the country gentleman
of another era, IL indeed the man of
today inclines at all toward the cherry
tree.
In visiting so many of the old homes.
the ruins of homes and the sites OF
regions the Rambler has often been
called to note the cherry walk
Some of these walks" survive. some
are but broken. half-rotted trees and
In some cases the cherry trees which
have perished have been replaced with
maple, tupils, elm or oa ktrees.
Our ancestors in these parts were
tree, usually symmetrical. afrording dense
shade when it's leaves were at their
full, and possessing pleasing foliage
and attractive bark In blossom time
a symphony in perfume. The fruit
was fit for many uses. 1t usually came
to ripeness while the fruit of otner
trees hung green and sour. "a dish OF
CnerrleS on tno QlHlHS ToOHI tdoiC VI
out on the wide veranda was thing OF
Juicy Joy. That they were fine when
put UP In glass jars and set away on
the dark, cool storeroom shelves for
winter use. The sweet ripe cherries
were worked up into cherry cordial
and often into that delectAbie, though
often deceptive. drink called cherry
bounce" The master of the house often
converted part of the generous crop
of the cherry walk into brandy, FOR
on nearly every one of the big planta-
tions around Washington there was
distillery. just as there was a smoke
house and a spinning house The plan.-
ers cultivated fruit not only for fresh
and preserved use on the tables, but
for making brandy. That was before
the distillation OF corn and rye came
into general use and before the gov
ernment required of man operating
a still that he take out an internal
revenue license, and kept careful tap
on each gallon of liquor d1stllIed
There was distillery on the Mount
Vernon estate, and George Washington
and his friends drank Its product
Brandy distilled from Mount Vernon
cherries, apples and other fruits found
its place on the mahogany sideboards
at Mount Vernon.
Nobody now seems to think or set
ting out a cherry walk, grain has
succeeded fruit in the making of brandy
and whisky, and the sentiment OF the
country, perhaps of the world. turns
more and more against the distillery.
Times change and the world moves
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blessedness," added Mrs. Claxton. is
indeed the priceless Jewel, and Is the
surest road to happiness"
Independence and determination arc
her predominant traits of character.
They reveal themselves as she relates
her conception of woman's duty to her
self and to life. Her individual soiu-
tion of the problem Of living Is an IN
spiration because II reveals woman
who does not cling to an accepted
track of habit when she finds II in
adequate. Mrs. Claxton does not hesi-
tate to hew her own pathway IL she
believes strongly enough in her pur-
pose.
Character is usually revealed in ones
features Mrs. Claxton's mouth ana
eyes are an indication Of her personal
qualities. Her mouth is the kind that
knows how to settle itself firmly ana
her eyes look steadfastly toward their
goal She has height and dignity OF
carriage which lend to the effectiveness
of her personality and a mellow south
ern accent and a tender smile displace
any impression OF excessive vtrility
that her frmness may suggest.
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81 T 10 most fitting that the wife of
the United States commissioner of
education should be principally
q interested and prominently active
In matters which pertain to education.
As in the case of Mrs. Philander P.
Claxton. when sincerity goes hand In
hand with zeal, an example of real EN-
cheney 10 provided and one sees in ad-
ditton what aid the wife of a public
man may bring to bear in the province
Of her husbands activity.
Yet. education 10 a subject of enor-
nous inclusiveness. It might be well
calculated to insure the attention of
any modern woman in one or another
OF its branches. According to the prev
alent inclination to proclaim as edu-
cational all subjects. whether they be
collecting stamps, writing text books
or making moving pictures. one might
with suficient seriousness adopt any
propaganda and consider ones self an
adherent of the great educational
movement afoot In the universe.
Nevertheless. realizing tho breadth
of the term. IL seems proper to identify
Mrs. Claxton with educational inter-
ests. She stands among the ranks Of
those who are seriously concerned in
disseminating knowledge and demon
strating principles for the adjustment
of the American citizen to the world
in which he lives.
To teach people to put more life into
their lives as she tersely states II.
looms large and strong as the under
lying aim of her activities. BY men,
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The Cook Crook.

T. DITH WHARTON. the novelist. WAS
G talking in New York about French
housekeeping.
"The one drawback" she said. 'is that
your cook does your marketing. She
markets for cash, too. The result 10 .
very frank kind of cheating.
II said once to a cook in Paris:
Now. If you are strictly honest. I'll
give you francs extra at each month's
end. What do you say?
THE cook hesftated. then she an"
swered:
"Tll think II over carefully. madam.
and let you know my decision this
evening"
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Maryland" and which was given con-
siderable currency. The document was
written by Father Andrew White. S. j..
several months before the departure Of
the first colonists of Maryland, and in
anticipation of that event. Clayton Hol-
man Hall, in editing 1.-The Narratives of
Early Maryland" says that it was doubt
less transmitted by Father White either
directly or through the provincial in Eng
land to the general of the society at
Rome, the Very Rev. Father Mucio Vitel-
leschi for the better information of the
latter as to the nature of the new field
in which the writer was to be engaged" !"
The editor of those old documents believes
that the source from which the statements
in the Account Of Lord Baltimore's Col
ony in Maryland" were obtained was
George. the first Lord Baltimore and
father of Cecillius, the first proprietary
of Maryland. The first Lord Baltimore,
after noting for himself the unpromising
conditions in Newfoundland for his pro-
tected colony Of Avalon, went to Virginia
in 1629-1630 and explored a part of what
was to be his colony of Maryland.
The author of the account of the col
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and will undoubtedly exert a pronounc-
ed influence upon the people 1t is de-
signed to assist.
Its site is one Of the most beautiful
verely mountainous section. Formerly
a hotel. built. by a wealthy northerner
as a resort. 1t Is therefore exquisitely
equipped and planned. both as to build
ing and grounds.
Its outline of studies is purely prac-
tical. for. obviously. it would be most
useless to establish a fancy school for
these 700 1SsI Their lives
demands. These people. representing
the purest blood of the entire country.
are in need only of training in their
own established mode of living, culti-
lives.
They want to be shown modern edu-
cational and sanitary devices for adapt
ing life to their particular environment.
They already know how to kill a bird or
scratch up a little growth from tho
mountainside. But the art Of living 10
not followed in any systematic way. So
the school gives emphasis and atten-
tion to demonstrating the principles Of
agriculture, domestic science and stock
farming. Embroidery and piano les
sons can well DC hCpt III TIE OdSA>
ground until a housewife is taught how
to prepare a paltable and wholesome
meal"
Mrs Claxton hopes to unite tho ac-
tivities of the Mothers Congress with
the Lincoln Memorial University, and
is contemplating a series Of lectures
out of her own experiences on travel.
woman suffrage and peace. She firmly
believes in tho efficiency of the lecture
method as one of the most important
educatfve mediums in use.
Club life. as she mentioned. may be
most broadening and cultivating II
women follow 1t seriously. review
Of Mrs. Claxton's clubs presents an in
dex to the breadth and culture OF her
personality. She is a member Of the
national advisory board Of the wom-
ans peace party. the Daughters Of the
American Revolution and the American
Library Association. Last year she
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the situation Of the country is excel
lent and very advantageous. as it ex-
tends to the 3Sth or 40th degrees OF
north latitude and is in location and eli
mate not unlike Seville, Sicily. Jerusa-
lem and the best parts of Arabia Felix
and China" He further says that The
climate is serene and mild. not oppres-
sively hot like that of Florida and old
Virginia nor bitterly cold like that of
New England. but preserves. so to
speak. a middle temperature between
the two and enjoys the advantages and
escapes the evils of each On the east
it is washed by the ocean and on the
west it borders upon an almost bound
less continent which extends to the
Chinese sea. 1t has two very large
arms of the sea. both of them bays
1t is pointed out that this fish is
called "shad." an unfamiliar fish and
an unfamiliar name to Euopeans.
The cause Of the abundance of fish
but whether the explanation would
bear analysis by the bureau of fisher
les the Rambler does not know. How
ever, it is set forth that This great
abundance of fish arises from the fol-
lowing cause: The wind. which uni
versally blows from the Canaries, from
the northeast. drives the water Of the
ocean and with it the fish. into the
Gulf of Mexico. from which. since
east or the south. it is driven with
great force toward the north and car
ries with it large numbers of fish
along the shores Of Florida. Virginia,
Maryland and New England. These,
flying from the larger fish. take refuge
in shallow places, where they are more
easily caught by the fishermen"
The Potomac river is called the Alta
womech. and it's trading advantages
are thus praised: There are various
notable rivers. The chief of these they
call the Attawomech. navigable river
running eastward 140 miles, where
there is such a lucrative trade with
in the last year exported beaver skins
to the value of 4O.0 gold crowns and
the profit of the traffic is estimated at
thirty fold"
Here follows an interesting picture
of the fields and woods Of this promised
land and is the picture which the an
cestors of many of US had in their
minds when they quit the hard con-
ditions under which they lived in
Europe:
ION the plains and in the open fields
there is a great abundance of grass. but
the country is for the most part thickly
wooded. There are a great many hickory
trees and oaks. so straight and tall that
beams sixty feet long and two and
half feet wide can be made of them. The
cypress trees also grow to height of
eighty feet before they have any
branches. and three men with arms ex-
tended can barely reach round their
trunks. There are plenty of mulberry
trees to feed silk worms. The Chinese
grain which the Portuguese call sove
del hierva is also found there. There
are alder. ash and chestnut trees as
large as those which grow in Spain,
Italy and France; and cedars equal
ing those which Libanus boasts Of.
why should L speak of the pine,
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Mrs. Phnd Caon Teaching People Put More Their LShe
Worker
PrjecE-A Well KnownC
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and mirey trail. will lead you through
to the higher and cleared land between
the swamp and the ridge. At this sea-
son that jungle is glorious with marsh
pinks, deptford pinks, meadow rue,
elder flowers, daisy f1eabane, Venus
looking-glass. red, white and pink var
row. and the trail is lined with en-
tanglements of wild roses. trumpet
vine, coral honeysuckle, Virginia creep
er, greenbriar and the prickly vines of
berries In the dark pools that flank
the trail and often encroach on it are
the blooms of pickerel weed. COW lilies.
water lilies, marsh marigolds. water
arum and the white flowers of the
sagittaria or the arrowhead.
The Rambler never passes along this
road without recalling agreeable
memory, of which he has previously
written. Always there he feels a pleas
road a few years ago that he followed
for good many yards and within
striking distance a large snake Of
most remarkable coloring and mark
ing. Carefully noting this strange
specimen, and later describing it to a
herpetologist, it was identified as a spot
ted coluber, rare snake hereabouts,
and a close relative to that columber
aesculapii once common in the neigh
borhood of Rome. and which was re-
garded as the serpent that was sacred
to the god of medicine. W. p. Hay, in
his "Batrachians and Reptiles of the
District of Columbia" published as
proceedings of the Biological Society
of Washington, writes that there have
been two captures of this snake within
our limits, one at Wheaton. Nd, and
the other at the United States Insane
Asylum grounds. He says: 1T Is
southern species and is doubtless very
rare here" But, as many times as the
Rambler has walked that road. he has
never again come upon that fine spot
ted coluber.
You will see the gray and warped
barn soon after you come from the
jungle into the cleared land. 1t is
worth a visit If you would think on
old barns. the riches that once were
theirs and the poverty into which some
of them have fallen.
Near the barn is a curious shelter
of logs. The only living creatures
around when the Rambler walked that
way were birds Of several kinds. song
sparrows. field sparrows. goldfinches
cardinals and gray king birds, and
few lazy. dream-eyed cows. The cows
were grazing on the hillside above the
barn and the log shelter. 1t may be
that they knew all about this log ed
fee, but from them the Rambler did
not obtain any information.
Climbing the hill and travelling south
on the old road you will soon pass on
the left hand gate of faded brown
pickets closing an avenue about 200
yards long boarded by fine pines,
spruce and other trees. The avenue is
not much used, and it is grown with
grass and weeds, excepting for gray
yellow road of gravel and clay the
width of a wagon tread. At the far
ther end of the lane between the trees
you may glimpse the porches of an old
house. and before these porches is a
plot of open ground with box hedges.
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The branches of the trees along the
avenue SO interlock that you can see
but little of the house. 1t is the Bayne
place. one of the old farms of the
region around Washington. 1t was the
home of the father of DR.. John w.
Bayne, whom very many Washington
people knew a generation ago.
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The venerable barn which the Ram-
bier photographed stands Just over the
boundary of the District of Columbia,
in the county of Prince Georges, and
at the base of high ridge along which
the old north and south post road runs.
The crest Of the ridge is about mile
east Of the Potomac. The old gray
barn. which clearly shows its age,
stands In a lonely and long-neglected
field. The last time, that field was
titled it produced corn. and here and
there one finds a thin, dry stalk. Over
the field, which is >of great extent.
grow horse-tail weeds. hop clover. rab-
bits foot clover and daisies. and all
about the barn locust trees have sprung
up, scions of tree that has passed
away. and of which no vestige remains.
Standing at this barn. If the weather
is clear, you can see the dome OF the
Capitol. the gilded dome OF the ma,
tional Library, the green-roofed red
mass of the pension building, the
Washington Monument. the Arlington
towers and all the skymarks OF the
capital. But 1t Is so far away that
but few man-made sounds come to you
out on the river. the whistle of a steam
boat landing at or leaving Alexandra
and perhaps locomotive whistle
softened by more than mile Of air.
The Ramble er reached this barn Dy
taking a route which he has followed
several times before. Near the deserted
ferry slip at Alexandria you may find
a boat called the Hard Times. and its
owner and navigator will sail or row
you across to the long abandoned.
ruinous and nearly submerged stone
quay which when gray-bearded Wash
ingtonians were young was called Foxs
Ferry.
The land about the river shore is low
and wet, and a tangle of great botanic
interest covers the place. What was
road, but which is now a trail through
this tangle, and in wet weather soft
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work. She began at the bottom of
the ladder in library work and climbed
up until she became the head of the
largest and first free public library
of Tennessee. She received part of her
training from the University of Chi
cago.
i am glad" she remarked. that
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can Pen Women.
Mrs. C1axton is cultivated daugh-
ter Of the south. Before her marriage
she was Miss Mary Hannah Johnson
Of an old Tennessee family. Early in
her ~irlhood she realized that she
wanted to equip herself for a life