The Washington times., 1915-08-22
Jean Eliot's
Letter
CONTINUED from Tenth Pagc.)


ton to live and proved to be most apt
pupil Mildred then paid a visit to Effie
Baker Lewis, q late pupil Of Mrs Noyes
and Mildred's particular side partner at
her home in Utica, but Is now at Pine
Hill Camp at Racquette Lake, N. Y,
with Hildreth Gatewood. She will ac-
company Mrs. Harry Rust and her son.
Hail. who are passing several weeks at
the camp on their homeward journey
which they will make In their automo-
bile, going by way of Lake George.
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Judge and Mrs. Anderson. who have
been keeping mouse near that of their
son-in-law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick p. Lilley, at Colorado
Springs, all summer, will return to
Washington about September Is. Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Eichelberger dined with
the Andersons while passing through
the Springs on their way West. and it
was in that city that they gave Harry
Meem, who is travelling with them. a
birthday party at the Antlers.
The Eichelbergers spent several days
this week sightseeing in Salt Lake
City, Utah, where the American Bar
Association is convening. Frederick A.
Fenning, Chaplin Brown. and A. l.. E.
Leckie are a few of the Washington
lawyers attending. Mrs. Fenning and
their two attractive children are there
too.
Harry Meem left the Eichelbergers in
Salt Lake City to go directly to San
FRANCISCO to meet Major and Mrs.
Frank Rooster, who went there from
Laredo, Tex. Meanwhile Mr.. and Mrs.
Eichelberger are going to make five
day trip through the Yellowstone Park
before going further west. n
r "a - Roberts
and Portia Narrah are several more
Washington travellers who are enjoying
the indescribable wonders and beauty
of the western part OF their own con-
tinent while on their way to the Pam
ama-Pacitic Exposition.
s.
All letters from Jamestown, r. l., ex-
press the same sentiment, whether from
members of the stronger or weaker sex
which is which. Susan?-and that
sentiment is a decided regret that the
batteship fleet leaves that place to-
morrow for good
s.
The atmosphere OF the pine oaks and
cotton fields recently pervaded the en-
thusiastic audience mostly navy people.
in the auditorium OF the Marine Bar
racks last week when Miss Alice Louise
Williams. of Georgia, sang the songs
the ghost stories and cabin anecdotes
in the dialect of the fast passing old
southern darky characters and the
Marine Band played the old plantation
melodies.
Miss Williams is the daughter of a
prominent Confederate veteran the late
A. B. Williams. OF General Cobb's
civil war, though but boy, her father
gave gallant service in the Confederate
navy and'was on the Merrlmac when 1t
battled with the Monitor at Hampton
Roads. Miss Williams has recently been
telling her Southern stories to the navy
circles in Norfolk and came to Washing.
ton to keep the engagement which she
had at the Marine Barracks. She has
spoken at the White House on several
occasions during the lifetime of Mrs.
Wilson. who enjoyed particularly her
stories.
The old patch work quilts that our
erandmothcrs made and found so useful
have come into their own again. Search
the old chests. trunks and closets of
your house to see if you have one stow
ed away for they are the latest thing
tEe smal est thing to make your skirts
OF. Sometimes they are called the beer
stew SKIRTS, but the patch work skirt Is
tAe more commonly used name and de-
scliDes the skirt exactly.
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The Philippines will be the destina-
t!nation Of several young army Of
hctrs this fall Neil Finch, who was a
resident of Washington, has been
orcercd from the six field artillery sta
TONED at Fort Riley to the second.
which is in the islands. as has Morgan
oiphant, of the fifth field. Morgan is
at Brownsville on the Mexican Horder
Just now, having been ordered there
from Fort sill. He will probably re-
main there until ready to leave this
HounLry' ,althongh he has about three
months leave due him which he had
nGped to spend in the east with his
Wic' who Is with her parents, Col and
Mrs. Odus Horney. They have taken q
Gottasc at Asbury Park while deciding
p Tpon permhnent residence near New
YORK where Colonel Eorney is now en-
p!oEed with the keystone Powder Com
rany. Ruth will probably remain with
eVerytb,n eVei nnt' nnnfod 1m& to sail for she has
the move before leaving Fl. Sill.
harvey Higley, whose pretty little
vie was MarSa"et ioyle. youngest
Hoyle, is another to be assigned from
the sixth FIELD to the second, which
means the Philippines. Harvey has
been stationed at West Point. He Will
ENJOY L months leave before he sails
Ten thousand peach trees-think Of
it, Susan-all on one mans farm, and
that man is Prof. Willis Moore. He
has about 800 acres just outside of
Rockville. covered with the finest peach
trees imaginable, and of every va
riety. which he tends with great care
and most scientifically. There Is not
another such orchard within a hundred
miles of Washington. 1t takes more
than fifty men 10 pick the fruit alone,
not counting the labor required to haul
and ship them. There are about four
big auto trucks which make about four
trips a day. working day and night,
INTO Washington. loaded to their full
est capacity with these peaches, which
are shipped TO all parts of the world.
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Just now Mrs. Moore is supcrintend-
ing this hugh undertaking. which
promises to net them about $50. coo or
more this year, for Prof Moore is on
the ChautauQua circuit, making ad-
dresses on the weather and several
other scientific subjects. He has had
requests to go on several circuits, but
was obliged to refuse all except two.
one of which he has completed, I am
told. Prof. Moore is most interest
ing man TO talk to-; he has travelled