The Washington times., 1915-08-22
JEAN ELdoTcT
LETTER

war on anybody, or annex Bulgaria CT
adopt that funny Mr.. Carranza that
gets his name IN the papens SO much.
But IT'S none the less n fact that we're
going to TO placed right in the middle
of things.
Havoc you been reading aholt the
scheme to develop the Great Falls. and
light and heat and wa.er the town FROM
It? don't seerl. TO understand az abou.
those details; Eht the other ere;,.ng 1
heard some mon talking about 1t. ana
they were awfully Interesting. 1t seems
that Il thew build the great dam that ia
talked about, they vii, create lake
some fifteen miles long, more or less-
please don't expect re to get such fea-
lures accuratc-and from a mic - ,wo
or three miles wide. 1t viii have the
Virginia hills on one side and The Mary
land hills on the other. and
Susan, you have been to Seneca. ana
know wha; It would mean y that beau
tiful sheet of wafer we're c.-panIcd t,
twice its present ,ength and two Or
three times its present width
If Washington really understood such
things, 1 venture that 1t would be In
favor of creating the Seneca Lake for
purely business reasons quite aside from
those that Congress will talk about. lis
strange how few resources Washington
has for amusing itself. People Imagine
they must chase away in summer be.
cause there is no place to play. Think
Of having wonderful fresh-watcr
lake right at our door, such as would be
produced by the construction OF the
great dam! There would be two or
three street car lines extended to that
region, on both sides Of the Potomac.
summer hotels would spring up, the
fishing would be famous all over this
part Of the country; there would be
plenty of room for tine sailing. which.
after all. IS the greatest sport. and only
available to amateurs on small sheets OF
water. There would be a Corey Island.
and room for camping. and beautiful
automobile roads from Washington. and
dancing pav.lions. and plenty of music.
and-you know the rest.
These men whom l heard talking
about the possibilities declared that 1t
would mean keeping thousands Of peo-
pie in Washington every summer who
now go away to mountains and sea-
shore. The difference In temperature
between the business downtown and
this Seneca lake country is quite be-
yond belief, except to you and me and
the others who know about it. Wash
ington needs some resorts OF Its own.
and Great Falls offers the chance.
certainly do hope that they will go
ahead and provide this one for u.s.
The men l heard. talking about it said
that Commissioners Newman and
Brownlow and KutZ had the real idea
and that they had passed it along to
the President. I hope it Is true. Don't
you recollect that last evening when
we were canoeing OH the river above
the falls; when the big, round. golden,
glorious moon came up over the deep
green hills, and everybody in the string
of canoes grow moro and moro quiet,
until there wasn't a noise except the
chug-cllug of the motor boat that was
towing us; and as the moon rose higher,
and We circled around the Island, some
body started hunming, and pretty soon
everybody in the party was singing
, annie Laurie" and the different boats
didn't keep very good time. but 1t was
awfully good fun and made you have a
queer feeling inside that you rather
liked? WcM that night when We got
out on the baak-you know what dis
gustingy effective chaperon q canoe
is.-Dick tollcd me off into the shadows,
and, well-ncxt day he brought me the
ring YOU girls all like SO much. and
o, Susan, I'm in favor of expanding the
faclit cs Of Seneca lake just as much
as possible. If the rest of the people
knew how much it has meant to me,
you'd understand why l want more of 1t.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Van II. Manning, who
have been occupying Charles T.
Neill's house in Macomb ctrcet, Cleve-
land Park. have to move as the Neills
have returned from New York and wish
to live there. AS they like the Park
and the people there they have leased
a house nearby their present abode,
1902 Newark streets, and will move in
September /. Mr.. Manning is assistant
director OF the Bureau of Mines.
s.
The Shorohcm Is about to be over
hauled again, 90 | am told. 1t seems
like iust yesterday that tho entire build
ing was rcmode,cd and return shed and
it certainly Goes not look like anything
of the kind i needed but ! heard it
from one who knows. nevertheless. and
as you want to know all of the news, l
am passing it on.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Claiborne Wilson are
going to give up their house in Churca
street on the fret of september and
move to Rockville where they, with
their married SON. Val Wilson, and h.o
family, will take a house together, with
tie idea of buying II, / believe. Tne
older Wilson's have lived In Rockville
before and Val and his attractive young
wife have Always made that their home.
And Mrs. Val II extremely pretty and
attra GIVE. she Is a daughter of Ny.
and Mrs. Frank Higgins OF Rockville.
where she married Val when they were
both nothing but children. Neverthe-
less. they are Gg happy as the day Is
long and still look like children al
though they Ea"e two OF their own.
"Woodbne." tho handsome homo of
Mrs. Henry Horaahoy Goldsmith in
Howard county. m2Cc a ncau.itul set
ling for the wedding thCce Al 4 o'clock
yesterday of Mrs. GoGa,..i rs daugh-
ter. HCIvn Louise. and T.. mas Roosol
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