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it was, mainly, and to tell it over again
It was a story widely printed at the
time, and concerned an incident when
the admiral was a midshipman at An
napolis. In those days. at a certain
period of the week, each midshipman.
as a treat, was given half a pie. The
popular sport was to steal one another's
pie ration. An adept in the practice
was one Of Clark's classmates, Md
shipman Francis A. Cook, now dig
nified rear admiral, retired.
On this occasion Cook had accumu-
lated three halves of custard pie. and,
wrapped in paper, he had concealed
them in the front of his blouse. which
he had tightly buttoned. Observing the
situation, Midshipman Clark. In an OUT
burst of seeming affection, threw him.
self upon his classmate and hugged
him to his bosom. With a geyser effect
a quart of custard pie squirted out OF
the top of Cooks blouse.
And. do you know" said one Of the
admiral's associates in Washington rec
Gently, CLARK would do the same sor<
of stunt today II he had a chance
For Clark is as much of boy. in
many things, as he was when he was
at the academy. Able, efficient officer
that he is, he is one of those blessed
mortals who never grow old. That Is
why he bushes when he is put on
exhibition" ASHMUN BROWN.
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REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES E. CLARK II. s. N. RETIRED.
by Ninedinst

ent from the navy of half century ago
as that navy was different from the
navy of revolutionary days. The story
of his career is typical of the navy
personnel of his generation.
Born in Bradford, VT, and a graduate
of the famous Bradford Academy. he
was seventeen years old when Repre-
sentative Justin s. Morrill, appointed
him to the Naval Academy in 1860, His
great-grandfather. Thomas Clark Of
Roxbury. had been a soldier of the
revolution. and his desire for service
was an Inheritance. Midshipman Clark
on the breaking out Of the civil war
made his first sea cruise in the historic
old Constitution, when the students at
the academy were moved to Newport
The following year. in the midst of the
civil war, he went on a practice cruise
in the ancient frigate Macedonian to
Europe and the Madeira Islands, under
the command of Stephen B. Luce, the
mentor of two generations of midship-
men.
At the end of his second year at the
Academy. Midshipman Clark and his
classmates were graduated and each
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AN ARTISTIC CORNER OF THE GARDEN

Ellington, the Duchess Of yelling
outer border of this series Of rose
beds are a dozen specimen plants of
American Beauty roses.
On the south side of the house and close
to It roses fame gorgeously from large
ornamental bed. Almost all are new
roses. Among them are Lady Ward, Irish
Fire Flame, Mrs Hugh Dickson. Daily
Mail, Ophelia, Gorgeous. Old Gold and
Willowmere. In front of this bed long.
straight line of rose trees stand, with SEN
tinel straightness, throwing out their
blooms to scent the upper air.
while her roses are her chief JOY and
nride Mrs Tuttle has not been content
with them alone. She has large oio-
fashioned garden bed running along tine
east wall and in it are to be found all
the favorite flowers Of our grandmothers
the foxgloves. London pride, the pink
and white phlox, larkspur, snap-dragon.
snartweed and an the other sweet old
plants of the past
Along the entire length OF tne pank
formed across the full length of the gar
den by grading its slope to form an up
ner and lower terrace she has her rock
garden, now a mass Of bloom. Among
the powders and rocks. some OF which
she has brought from old home haunts,
are to be found clumps Of columbine,
pink. yellow, white, mauve and blue;
dainty forget-me-nots, flaming red and
yellow poppies. crimson carnations, ir1s
in all its varied tints. coreopsis and many
other lovely things, new and old. too nu-
merous to list To this rock garden it is
that many of the botany classes OF the
city schools love to come and explore,
classifying the known specimens and dis
covering the new: watching the manner
of growth and development Of all the
beautiful specimens 1t contains.
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THE OUTPUT OF ARMS AND
AMNIJFNITION i'm AMERICA

inner military councils of Europe, had
much of an idead that artillery would be
used in such force or that ammunition
would be burned up at this stupendous
rate.
When the great gun works and am
munition plants of Great Britain.
France and Italy and the less impor-
tant plants of Russia were unable to
cope with the demands of the allies
for arms and ammunition they began
letting contracts in this country. When
the demand came American manufac-
turers met the situation In the usual
especially for the production of ord
nance and ordnance accessories speeded
up, most of them passing from an eight
hour workday to a twenty-four-hour
workday.
These plants were promptly enlarged.
Their capacity was multiplied many
times. Plants not designed for the pro-
adapted to such work. Old machinery
was modified and new machinery in
stalled. Foundries that had never be-
fore turned out anything but imple-
ments of peace began making cases for
shell and shrapneL Machine shops be-
gan turning out parts of guns. Loco
motive works, railroad shops and au-
tomobfle factories adjusted their plants
to the requirements of the hour. Pow
der-making plants vastly extended their
operations. Cartrdge-making machines
were built. installed and set going. and
the machines that already were in
stalled were worked at a pace not
known before. The result is that arms
and ammunition are being made in the
United States on a prodigious scale.
The plants already extended and en-
1arged or modified for the new work
can be still further enlarged. The limit
of the country's capacity for the pro-
duction of war supplies has not been
approached. The lesson learned by
American arms manufacturers would
be invaluable to the United States ff
the need for war implements should
arise. There will probably be an ef-
fort made to keep tho war-munition
machinery in place ready for an emer-
gency after the present war has ended
A magnificent national asset is the
thousands of workmen in the United
States who have now been trained to
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1t is working out charmngly""
Every one who knows of it comes to
see the garden. Unlike some of the
other private gardens of the city. this
is not inclosed behind forbidding walls
and it's owner is glad to have the
passers-by enjoy it. People who are
planning gardens come to this as an
inspiration. and some of the leading
horticulturists in the city come to look
and learn the secret of it's wonderful
abundance and perfection in specimen
In none of Washington's public gar
dens do roses seem to gain the same
perfection as there. There are more
than three hundred varieties of choice
rose plants. all teas and hybrid teas
and all ever-blooming Along the re-
tanning stone wall in front of the house
rambles sweet little rock climber,
and all through the iron ratings which
tnclose the south end of the garden
are entwined the choicest of climbing
roses in many varieties, a field of
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The Wrong Spirit.

~ HARLEs M. sCHwAB was talking
~ about the wrong kind Of business
spirit.
This spirit is against everybody but
ITSELF" he said. Hence It harms trade.
II lowers conditions. It's like those
spiteful women who can't ever have
any friends.
"a lady said to woman OF this
kind:
I've got such an inludgent husband"
"Yes, SO I understand the other
woman answered. Sometimes INDUCES
q little too much. from al acoountss
heyr"
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given the rank of ensign. SO that they
might be sent to fill the gaps In the
navy He at once joined the Ossipee
of Farragut's force, on the blockade Of
Galveston. Here he got plenty of
fighting experience. Early In his
career he commanded the quarter deck
battery on the Ossipee during the sue
cessful attack on Fort Morgan. and at
many other times he was under fire.
These experiences, as he recalls them,
however. were insignificant in point OF
terrors and perils as compared with
one experience he had with Admiral ira
famous officer during the war. The
captain of the ossipee happened to be
in bad" with the admiral. although
very great man. indeed. in Ensign
Clark. One day the captain sent the
young ensign to the flagship with
requisition for certain stores. Admiral
Farragut handled the business himself
Gruffiy the admiral cut out an item
of a certain brass plate. He doesn't
need that; too much brass on the
Ossipee now" said the admiral. Greatly
perturbed. Ensign Clark, fearing the
wrath of his skipper, attempted to
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white. yellow, pink and crimson
blooms.
There are the wonderful Nine Jules
Graveaux. the familiar Killarney and
giou,inp white blooms of the Cochet.
Dr.. Van Fleet and Kaiserin Augusta;
the cherry-red Marie Henrietta and
Caroline Testout, the pretty pale
Dorothy Perkins. and. turning the east
corner. the Silver Moon is rapidly COW
ering its wall.
Beneath this wonderful showing OF
climbers on the iron fence is series
of semi circular pockets containing the
choicest of bed roses. The bed in the
center Is larger than the others and
contains only crimson roses-the Rich
mond, Laurent Carl, the new Francis
Scott Key, the Prince Charles d'Aren-
burg Another pocket holds only
white specimens, loveliest among them
the white American Beauty, and in the
yellow bed the glorious golden Lady
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argue for the precious plate.
That will do shouted the admiral.
his anger beginning to blaze.
But" protested Clark. bringing for
ward his-to him-convincing argu-
ment. the captain wants it."
With roar of rage, up rose the
hero of Mobile bay and reached for
the future hero Of the Oregon But the
Realization had come to him as the
words left his lips. Safety first" was
the thought in his mind
Door and companionway he took on
nice and cozy little job of exchanging
shots at close range with a Confederate
gunboat appealed to him as contain
ing more elements of safety than one
Of getting requisitions filled
Following the war young Clark was
sent to the Pacific, his ship conveying
the monitor Monadnock. The voyage
gave him a front seat at the bompard-
ment of Valparaiso and at the battle
of Callao during the Peruvian Chilean
disturbances. Following came a long
period of years of service on the west
coast and in Chinese waters.
He was a lieutenant commander at
twenty-four At thirty-eight he be-
came a full commander, by this time
back In the Atlantic. and was given
command of the old line-of- battle ship
New Hampshire. After two years of
this he was sent back to the Pacific.
for, lacking any influence, his was the
lot of the average officer and soft
details" were not for him.
1t was in 1888 that he commanded
the Ranger on an extensive surveying
expedition on the west coast of Mexico
and Central America. Eleven years
later, after varied service, he was in
command Ia fleets
ever assembled at that period al
though ranking only as commander.
on the Bering sea patrol Ten vessels.
formidable in those days, perhaps, but
them were old. wooden, auxiliary SAIL
ing craft made up his command.
In 1896 he became a captain, and
when the Maine was destroyed in Feb
ruary, 1893, he was commanding the
coast defense vessel Monterey on the
Pacific, coast defense vessel of that
period being an armored craft OF low
freeboard and big. turreted guns. the
a submarine and a floating battery.
The Oregon then was lying at the
navy yard, Puget sound. War was GER
tain. One of the biggest and best Of
the fighting ships. the Oregon was Inn
peratively needed on the Atlantic. She
was hurriedly fitted out, and, March
1s, 1898, Capt. Clark took command Of
her in San Francisco. The following
day he took her out on her epoch
making dash to the Atlantic. There Is
no need for repeating the story of that
voyage here. It has passed into his
tory.
naval duty, out of the public eye, was
his lot, including three years of serv-
Ice as governor Of the Naval Home at
Philadelphia: In 1902 he was made
birthday, August 10. 1905. he was re-
tired.
Spanish- American war and his return
home Cant. Clark, finding public adula-
% ton. which was forced on him at every
turn. irksome and producing a success. ss $.
sion of those bushes Whicn always
make him SO mad. concluded that ne
was a sick man and needed sick leave.
A kindly Medical Corps agreed that ne
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l0werLaey and Her Garden Beautiful

m Wss6inston s.s wsa wsny have wo"s" mlsn .n
sion. but it is doubtful If there
q is one who has mission more
pleasing than that of Mrs. Robert r.
Tuttle, who through her gift of grow
Ing and giving flowers has earned for
herself the title of the Flower Lady
Mrs. Tuttle owns the most beautiful
garden of limited extent in Washing
ton. She planned and planted it her
self three years ago. This gracious
spot yields in abundance not only to its
owner. but to hundreds of others. the
rich bounty of its loveliness.
Mrs. Tuttle lives not far from the
center Of the residence portion OF the
city, but is. too. just out of it. for. low
ing nature with an ardor which is
given to few. she waited years before
she found the secluded spot she was
seeking where she could dwell in the
very heart of nature and yet in the
very midst of town. Il wanted my
home in the city, said she, land yet !
and one has but to walk two short
blocks from the car line to see how
we'll she succeeded in procuring the
Ideal requirement.
The Tuttle home stands directly op-
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climber. which is rapidly covering it's
particular section of the brick wall
bounding the gardens east side.
On recent afternoon a caller found
the Flower Lady in her garden. She
was clad in white. a basket of roses
on her arm, and a large flower-trim
med hat completed a figure which seem
ed just right as the central feature of
a picture.
II am only sorry you did not come
in the morning. was her greeting.
My roses are always at their best
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Mrs Tuttle's Iris collection is q won-
derful one. Clumps of the stately plant
fill unexpected hooks and creep out OF
every available space throughout the gar
den. There are about a hundred varieties
in all. or these about forty are the large
German iris. varied in coloring from
creamy white to deepest bronze, and
from palest lavender to darkest purple,
and shading through every tint between.
There are orchidlike groups Of the Japa-
nese and Chinese varieties, with gold and
silver bandnigs, and the reedlike Span
ish varieties of every hue. A clump of
the latter in dove tints surrounds the
bast of the sundial. which properly cep-
ters this garden, and clusters Of blooms
like butterflies spring from the sides OF
the old Roman seat which invites rest
among the roses near the upper end of
the terrace.
This wonderful garden will later show
display Of gladiolf and dahlias OF the
rarest and richest varieties, and in the
fall 1T will yield chrysanthemum show
rivafing the exhibits Of professional hor
ticulturists, as in early spring It glowed
with the blooms of over 5000 bulbs of
crocus, hyacinth, tonQuil and narcissus.
The wealth of bloom, although great for
the proportionate space, gives no impress
sion of crowding. Mrs. Tuttle Is an art
ist, and her well studied plan is that Of
the landscape gardener.
There is SO much in IT," she exclaimed.
land my flowers are such grateful. re-
sponsive children that I am never lonely
when among them. 1 think people do
not realize the enormous return in health
and pure joy there is to be found among
the green things growing or there would
be more gardening done in Washington.
have had manifold return for my three
years of work. and I feel that I am just
beginning to make my garden beauti-
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Ability Become
Who Be Dragged
Old Fighting Ship Tumphal Voyage
Officer Who Railways
the
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needed the leave all right. so he pro
ceeded to "hide out" at the home OF
relative in Boston.
Although his presence was Quickly
discovered, he did obtain a measure OF
retirement and quiet and was permitted
in peace to write the many necessary
letters declining invitations to put him
self on show at banquets and other
gatherings. Only once did he break
his rule Next door to the house where
he was a guest was an orphan asylum.
Listening to their plea, duly Tor
warded to him. that he let the children
meet him, he held an fmpromptu re-
ception on the doorstep one morning.
After he had shaken hands with each
awed and delighted youngster bold
urchin spoke up: "Ain't you going to
make a speech?"
The admiral laughed, and maybe he
b1ushed. too. 'T can't make a speech,
children" he said, but If any of you
want to ask me question. ask 1t, and
TIL be glad to answer"
Up went a small boys hand. schooi-
room fashion. well. son., said the
admiral, what is your question:?
rs that pie story true?"
And the admiral had to admit tnat
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Designed Planted Wonderful Almost
in Limited Clearly Shows What be A
compshed Raising
of in Rock
Unexpected Rich
est Varieties of Cdo Flowers
No Impress of Crovdng.
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E1HE facility and energy with whicn
manufacturers in the United
u States have turned to the produc-
tim of arms and ammunition. as we'll
as other munitions of war. constitute
a testimonial to American adaptibil1ty'
ingenuity and industry NOT mahy
months ago one of the strong areu-
ments of patriotic men who were
counselin gthe nation to put ftsen IN
a position of defense was that guns
and ammunition could not be produced
in this country in sufficient quantities
to meet the needs of modern war.
The ability of the United States to
turn out field artillery, smokeless pow
der, sharpnel, high explosive SHE'LL
mechanical fuses, rifles, machine guns
and smaIl-arms cartridges was theh
pitifully inadequate to serve the needs
Of an army as those needs were then
understood.
The experts were right in that par
ticular. In the face of an immediate
naed for arms and ammunition the
United States was impotent. The war
would probably have been fought ana
decided before hastily summoned voiun-
troops as might be considered At for
the firing line could not be adequa'eis
furnished with ammunition.
When these dangers were pointed out
there was only a very feeble compre-
hensfon even on the part OF American
military experts as to the weight OF
artillery and amount of ammunition
which modern battle conditions call
for. The world war has been a revela-
ton. The importance OF artillery mas
been demonstrated. Those military men
who have looked on field artillery as
of Importance only for its moral enect
have been silenced or converted. THOSE
who believed in the field gun as
means of producing physical erect In
offense and defense find thas Ineir pc
lief was an underestimate Of the facts
as shown by the operations In Europe.
AA
It has been reported that Gen. Won
Mackensen, on the San river in Galicia,
adopted Sir John French's plan OF
literally blowing the opposing posi-
tions to pieces with artillery before
sending the infantry to tho assault,
and the results are obvious to tho read
ing world, At Neuve Chapelle the Brit
ish commander is reported to have con-
centrated 800 guns on three-mile
front and to have ploWed up the Ger
man fntrenchments-intre the
in war before. Gen. Won Mackensen put
in position 1000 pieces Of artillery on
a twenty-mile line of the San, and
threw 100000 shells and shrapnel
into the Russian position in four days.
literally blasting an opening for the
infantry. Before the war few military
men, perhaps outside Of those In the
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own. | have hundreds OF paskets Ior
the nurnose and sometimes l carry
them, but generally I send them, as
l am busy in my garden all morning.
Work with my hands, Indeed l do.
Do YOU know that every one of the
thousands of plants in this garden was
either planted by myself or l set the
stake by which the gardener planted
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then, and it is then I cut them. This
morning, as usual, 1 cut about 600 buds
and sent them away
Where do they go?"
Mrs Tuttle's face lighted "Oh, that
is one of the greatest pleasures my
garden affords. They go to my friends
everywhere-to the poor. the sick, the
old, the blind. to the hospitals. to my
rich friends, to my working friends,
to my friends in every condition who
love flowers and have none Of their
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posite the picturesque Adams Mill road
entrance to the Zoo. DR.. Frank Baker,
superintendent of the National Zoologi-
cal Park. calls the Tuttle garden the
Zoos front yard and to justify this
claim he is an occasional visitor to
this Ioveliest bit of private ground
In Washington, and here he feels free
to gather at will his favorlte roses
among all the 700 rose plants the gar
den possesses. DR.. Bakers favorite is
the large, dazzlingly white Silver Moon
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it. Yes, I designed the garden, too.
Three years ago. when we bought this
pretty house. there was just the or
dinary bit of lawn about it, with the
few ordinary flowers set haphazard.
I saw the possibilities Of the place in
this charming situation. We procured
two adjoining lots to give US a garden
Of adequate size. I drew my plan very
carefully before I set q stake. and,
I consider what I have done
as just the beginning. don't you think
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So thoroughly had every man on the
Oregon become imbued with the neces-
fty for bringing the ship to the fighting
zone in the highest state of efficiency
that they worked as unit to that end.
Now, using salt water in a marine
boiler causes the boiler to scale, there
by lessening it's efficiency. On long
voyages frequently one Of the boilers
VIII be used to help out the condensing
plant in furnishing fresh water for
drinking purposes
Rather than do this, the men volun-
tarily put themselves on short rations
of water in order to keep all the boil
ers in the best Of condition. 1t is no
small thing to deprive ones self of
fresh water In the tropics. But all the
boilers came through in perfect condf-
tion: In battle they gave the speed so
much needed
Admiral Clark is an officer who al
ways looks after his men" Perhaps
this Is the secret of the loyalty he in
spires. His propensities in that direc-
tion carry him to the point of subor-
dinating himself and giving all credit
to those he commands. His official re-
port on the part the Oregon played in
the battle off Santiago shows this ad-
mirably.
Therefore" he wrote, in evident
apology for cracking up the perform
ances of his own ship, "in justice to the
officers and men who exerted them
selves 80 much and endured such hard
ships during the long and arduous voy-
age from the Pacific that their ship
might be present and efficient in the
hour of need, whose willingness to en-
counter single-handed the enemy's feet
If 1t should cross her track was so evi-
dent, and whose enthusiasm In battle
was so inspiring. I feel that I should
emphasize the following facts:
THAT the Oregon speedily gained a
position nearest the enemy: that she
the battle; that she attacked In success
sion all four of the enemy's ships. and
that she passed none until they turned
for the beach, three on fire and the
fourth with her colors coming down"
He refrafned from saying that she
fired the first and last guns of the en-
gagement. Hardly boastful report
And he did not dwell upon the humani-
tartan part his ship played in saving
the lives of Spanish sailors when their
ships had been destroyed.
Indeed. this is no swashbuckler, this
beau ideal of naval officer" Follow
ing the battle, some one went to con-
graduate the oregon's commander on
her remarkable performance. This"
said the visitor. must be a glorious
day for you"
ITO me-" said Clark, simply, "it Is a
fearful day. I only rejoice that we
are breaking down the bridge to Spain,
SO that every life sacrificed here today
may save a hundred hereafter"
This was the veteran, not the novice
in battle, speaking, for Clark fought
1t was under the hero Of Mobile bay
that he got his baptism of fire. He 10
one of the few alive who, trained in the
awful struggle of half a century agone,
passed on through the succeeding Pc
riod Of congressional neglect and con-
seQuent naval decadence, to the new
day. and helped materially in the crea-
tion Of the new navy, a navy as differ