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ROCKS THAT MUST BE CLIMBED.

women's Clubs that has ever yet been
held.
'"The club cements friendship
among women that is doing away with
the old idea that there is no loyalty
from woman to woman. AS one travels
through an unknown part of tins or
any other country. If the clubwomen OF
the district know that a member of
their own body from another section is
to pass through at a given time, they
are at the train with a handshake and
a greeting of cheer and inspiration for
the stranger in the strange land
"In going once from Vienna to Buda
Pesth to a suffrage convention, wom-
an from Galicia, who could not speak
my tongue, nor 1 hers. got into the
train. Because in my club badge she
recognized our bond of union, she came
over beside me and took my hand,
holding it as we journeyed for miles
and miles. We did manage later, with
a limited knowledge of German be-
tween US, to exchange Few ideas
This evidence of the freemasonry of
the woman's club made a tremendous
impression upon me.
Yes, 1 am an ardent, although not
militant suffragist. l got my idea that
while serving for ten years as secre-
tary to a missionary society. While
was taught patience and endurance, 1t
seemed to me that we women needed
stronger action than was granted by
missionary society to accomplish
things in the world. l love my club
work; love to support the organiza-
tions with which / am connected by
every means in my power, and. speak
ing from long personal experience, L
have been greatly helped by clubs.
"Women's clubs have created high
standard of requirement for the club
woman. and unless woman reaches
these standards she is not advanced in
club work. Club life is sort OF CEN
sorship for women. Women's mission
in life is the home, first and foremost.
and il a woman succeeds in making that
all it should be she is very apt to be
a success also In her club.
Mrs. Brown is an authority on club
life. having served in many prominent
New York organizations for many
years. AS the woman best fitted to fill
her present role, she was appointed by
the city and state federations of New
York. the mayor and the merchants
association, who all had part in ex-
tending the invitation to the Fedora
tion Of Women's Clubs to make New
York the place of their biennial con-
vention.
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Dutchman's breeches and that plants
relatives. squirrel corn. Bluets gave
parts of the woods. OF course, by the
time these lines get into print the
world will be abloom and dozens OF
wild flowers. where the Rambler found
but one. will be blossoming by that
trail.
Out of the woods the trail leads into
a long meadow, even two Sundays ago
green and embroidered with vfolets.
Among the thousands of the common
violets were Canada violets and the
palmated violets. Sweet white violets
and the white hnce-leaved violets
grow along this trail. but none show
ed themselves to the Rambler. Around
a spring in this meadow grew some of
the largest and handsomest specimens
of the dog-tooth violet, or yellow ad-
ders tongue, sometimes called the
trout lily or the "fawn lily," which
the Rambler has ever gathered. The
easterly half of this meadow is part of
a ninety e-acre tract owned by r.
H. Trammell. and the westerly half is
part of a hundred-ac tract owned
by Charles c. Give Black pond, one
of the interesting features Of the coun-
try around Washington, lies at the
western end of the meadow on Gives
property. though the western tip Of
Black pond is owned by D. P. Gun
nell.
Skirting the north side of Black pond
one passes through tract OF the
toughest and in way the most loveiy
country around Washington. There is
a formation of rock. with very little
soil. yet heavy; hardwood trees are
growing close together. Emerging
from this remarkable region, one
climbs over a waste of bare rock
across which no trail leads. At times
so many big. deep pools Of water sleep
among these rocks that 1t is difficult
to get across, at other times the going
crossing this formation one does not
walk, but climb. The rock waste is 800
yards long and from 100 to zoo yaros
wide. and has an area OF fourteen
acres. Its southern end is at the mouth
of Difficult run.
E. W. Shaw of the geological survey
once told the Rambler the story of
these rocks He said:
The rocks in the vicinity OF DIM
cult run were formed millions of years
ago-one hundred million is perhaps
as good a guess as any-at the begin
ming Of the clearly recorded part of
the earths history. They are OF
igneous and metamorphic varieties;
that is, that some were formed by the
solidifcation of a molten mass of lava
and others by the modification through
pressure and temperature OF some
other varieties of rocks. In any case
they have been subjected to pressure
and temperature far beyond anything
which man makes use of and almost
beyond the power of the human mind
to realize. The rock is made up main
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Sorcial Correspondence

Special Correspondence
NEW YORK. April 2s. 1915.
eEW YORK is expecting to give
tMU the biggest woman's party 1t
MI has ever had. II is TO be held
y VI in one OF the city's greatest
halls. is to last for ten days and New
York clubwomen are 10 be joint host
esses.
The marty is the biennial convention
NJ the Federation of Women's Clubs,
which convenes on May "a and contin-
mes until June 2. Between $4,000 and
80 900 women are expected to attend
The convention, and from the 10000
c:ubwomen of New York has been
formed a local biennial board, whose
duty has been TO prepare for TINS gath-
ering. The chairman OF this board is
Mrs William Grant Brown.
Mrs. Brown is a New York woman,
and for the past year and half she
and her associates have been devoting
the greater part OF every day, as well
as many nights. to preparation for this
biz gathering recent caller upon
Mrs. Brown found her at the headquar-
ters OF the board.
xk
This is to be the largest gathering OF
women New York has ever before en-
tertained," said Mrs. Brown. "and we
are particularly anxious TO make II a
.uccessfui and pleasing affair 1t is the
Thirteenth biennial convention OF the
Federation OF womens Clubs This is
the f,rst time that New York has had
the privilege OF holding IL and the sec
ord time IL has ever met in the east
We cannot tell just yet how many
women will come. but we are expecting
and preparing for over 10000 guests
and we want to give them a right
hearty welcome TO the metropolis. The
Federation of Women's Clubs repre-
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west and south, while the Little River
turnpike leads northwest to the noun
tains at AIde. Two miles west OF the
fork of the pixies dirt road, passing
over Ok Hill in a north-to-south course,
connects the two pixies. 1t is in the
triangle thus formed that Difhcult run
rises 1t flows north by east, ana Is
Joined by scores of streams. the most
important of which, or at least those
whose names the Rambler can recall,
being Snake Den run. Piney braneh'
Wolf Trap run and Colvin run.
From the source to the mouth of D1ff1-
cult run is eleven miles in line. but
the run flows about sixteen miles in
covering it's course. 1t flows beneath
the Alexandra and Leesburg PIKE hlne
miles west of Falls Church. and under
the Georgetown and Leesburg pike
eight miles west of Chain bridge. With
in one mile after passing the George
town and Leesburg road it enters the
Potomac two miles below the Great
Falls.
How the run came by it's name
'Difficult"-the Rambler does not know,
but it was so called by the very early
hunters, trappers and traders in that
part of Virginia. and it was they who
probably gave it the name On the
oldest maps carrying the names of
small STREAMS II 10 i'sNi nc" Lii'iSoiS
creek" There was story current
that 1t was named by boatmen. who,
coming down the river with the help
of the cuts al Harpers Ferry and Sen
eca and the canals at Great Falls and
Little Falls, found difficulty in passing
the mouth of this remarkable run.
That story. though interesting, does
not function with the facts. The pro-
motion of the Potomac Improvement
Company. by which the works at Har-
pers Ferry, Seneca. Great Falls and
Little Falls were built. was begun by
ganized in 1885. yet the act of 1857
creating Loudoun county mentions
Difficult run as the boundary between
Fairfax and Loudoun.
Two Sundays ago the Rambler left
the line of the electric railway at
Hytaffer. named for an ancient settler
in an ancient house by the trackside.
and passed north along the road to
Swink's mill. road and min which
have already been introduced to the
Rambler's followers. This road is a
few miles west of what geologists call
the fall line" or the point of con-
tact between the coastal plain and
the piedmont plateau. William Bull
lock Clark, director of the Maryland
geological survey. once explained to
the Rambler that the coastal plain is
TALLY submerged surface of varying
width extending from Cape Cod south
ward through Florida and confined be-
tween the piedmont plateau on the
west and the margin of the continent
tai shelf on the east. The line Of de-
markation between the coastal plain
and the piedmont plateau is sinuous
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The reception by the clubwomen OF
New York to their guests will be held
in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
and of this reception Mrs. John Hays
Hammond is chairman. In line with
the president of the Federation of
womens Clubs. Mrs. Percy V. Penny
hacker. and her stan officers will be
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Chairman the Board She Preparing for the Biennial
Convention of the Federation of Womens Clubs to Meet
New York May 2-Federaton Represents 1000 Women Clubs
and Over Two Million Wome-Exensve Program for the Con-
vento-Pan Clothes Desired Instead "Dress ParadWat
Won1an's Club Means to Woman
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cent extremes in evening gowns. with
a standard to make womens gowns
conform to the following four rules;
First, individuality, every woman
trying to express her own ideas. Sec
ond, modesty. not puritanism. but de-
cent regard for what is proper Third.
good taste. a degree of art in the ex-
preston of individualism. Fourth. ap-
propriateness. Young girls should not
be dressed like matrons. Old women
should not dress like young girls
what does her club really mean to
a woman," Mrs Brown was asked.
ct call the woman's club the post
graduate course for the middle-aged
woman. The club brings together
women of thought and mind, ana II un :
consciously trains woman to th1nk OF
the higher and nobler things OF life. L
believe that the woman's club makes
the woman a better fireside companion
and enables her to train her children IN
ways and thoughts which, II she had
not contact with the world, would not
be hers.
ITO be a clubwoman at all means TO
have at heart everything that makes
for the growth and development of
women, whether her life lines have
been cast in the whirl of metropolitan
events. in the secluded study. or have
set her in the midst of family, upon
the broad acres of the home farm
But the brilliant fame must be fed
lest it wane and die. That is why we
are working day and night to plan for
the most wonderful biennial conven-
tion of the General Federation Of
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This capable clubwoman. who was
one of Wellesley's brilliant students.
has served as president of many local
clubs of New York, among others the
Womans Republican Club of the State
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visitors to wear plain clothes. They
are pointing out that some of the ablest
women in club and philanthropic work
either cannot afford gorgeous raiment
or else they spend their dress allow
ances largely in furthering the cause
they have al heart. They are instruct
ing members that clubs should in every
way demonstrate their belief that they
are great democratic meeting places
where women are rated for ability
rather than for the size of the pocket
book.
Mrs Brown has set forth the plea
that women coming to the convention
may avoid the present fashion of ex-
tremely decollete evening dress. and eX-
treme fashions in evening dress Will
be one of the topics to be considered
during the convention. Said Mrs. Brown
upon this subject:
Ten thousand delegates Will take
back to their homes concrete idea of
dress reform that will be a blessing to
the whole country. We believe in the
decollete gown so far as it is work
of art, but it should be modest and
never sensational. There has grown
up a custom of dress for women. es-
pecially young girls, that is simply
frightful
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I'VE want to greet here the women
from the small towns and the villages
as we'll as those from the larger places.
We want them to have a good time, and
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WAsTiNa POWER.

While congress is fussins over the
provision in the army bill which would
establish government owned nitro
gen plant to provide the military with
necessary elements in explosives, the
PROPOSITION Of the DUPONT Powder Co.,
Is still being held open. That COM
many offers to invest $20,0O0,000 In q
nitric acid plant and sell the product
to the government at a price to be
fixed by the government the single
condition being that the government
permit the company to make use OF
some water power site.
Congress- has been told that private
enterprises stand ready to invest
31oO, 600, 900 or moro in water power
development and > atmospheric nitro
gen plants If congress will pass laws
permitting the use Of water power
sites in the public domain. at terms
that will justify investment.
But a mistaken idea of conservation
''from use" keeps congress from as
signing or even leasing any OF It's valu-
able water power sites.
And In the meantime, the power Is
running away as the water flows down
stream.
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I R00Ps SENT TO
MEXICO TO BUILD
MILITARY ROADS
MOVEMENT OF SOLDIERS
EXPLAINED BY NEED FOR
WORK ON HIGHWAYS.

Columbus, N. NJ, April 29.-Points
along the American line Of communi-
cation In Mexico are being strongly
reinforced. Two companies Of infan-
try marched from the base here early
today, preparatory to crossing the bor-
der, while nearly 1000 cavalrymen
who left Columbus yesterday after
noon broke camp at Gibson's line
ranch. fifteen miles west, shortly after
daybreak and crossed the frontier.
While no reason was assigned at
military headquarters for the new
movements OF troops into Mexico, it
was learned that the infantry assisted
by the engineering corps Is to prepare
the roads for the heavy traffic of the
supply trains and for the coming rainy
season. This season frequently
makes the roads Of northern Chihua-
hua almost impossible.
Only routine reports were received
from the front today and none Of these
gave any news Of the column Of Col.
George A. Dodd, last reported near
Minaca in pursuit Of fleeing Villistas.
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CURTAIN
Of FIRE AvERTS
GERMAN ATTACKS < s
MASSES OF TROOPS GATHER FOR
DASH vERDUN BUT ARE
UNABLE TO MOVE.

Paris, April 29.-After violent bonn
bardment of French positions near
Avocourt and Hill 304, on the Verdun
front west of the Meuse, German
troops were massed for an assault.
The war ONCE report OF this afternoon
says this attack was prevented by
French artillery. which dispersed the
German troops.
A vigorous attack was made on
French trenches east of Thiaumont
farm but the Germans were repulsed
with heavy losses.
Turkish aeroplanes also have been
active in dropping bombs on British
positions at Port Said and at Quatia
Artillery engagements have been
violent both east and west of the
Meuse in the vicinity of Verdun and
there has been some infantry activity
along the front in France held by the
British.
On the Russian front avticity Of Ger
man aeroplanes has been marked.
GERMAN REPORT.
Berlin, April By wireless to Say
ville-The German army headquarters
today issued the following statement:
western theater-Between Labasse
canal and Arras, there were lively con.
.tinuous mine engagements which re-
suited successfully for us.
"In the sector of Givench-en-G Rochelle
our advance is progressing. Two Brit
ish hand grenade counter attacks were
sanguinarily repulsed.
"In the Meuse sector new French
counter attacks at Dead Mans hill and
to the eastward failed.
German anti-aircraft guns south OF
Caronvillers brought down French
biplane.
Eastern front-After and previous
to March 20, German troops conquered
the Russian positions between Stanar-
ooze and the farm of Staichowie. Fifty
six officers and $500 men were taken
prisoners and one cannon, % machine
guns and ten mine throwers were cap
.tured.
( "The Russians also suffered heavy
bloody losses which we're considerably
Increased during the night as the re.
suit Of Russian counter attack which
was effect in thick masses"
RUSSIANS DEFEATED.
Berlin, April 20. The capture Of
Russian positions south Of Lake No.
rock between Stanarocze and Stach.
sowce, BY German troops, together with
more than 5 500 prisoners Was ~
ncuncsd by TIE q wa I. l ot5ics today
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F. L. Morgan, expects to return home
In few days.
Miss Violet Leach Of Abba came for
a visit with her cousin Mrs. F. E. Tay-
lor
Mrs. Geo. Stewart Of Beardstown, ILL.,.
ton yesterday with Mrs. Granville Fos-
ter and other friends enroute home
from a visit in Leon. She was formerly
Miss Blanche Layton.
Mrs. W. HI. Grafton and son Donald
Of this place. have been spending few
days with Mrs. VIII Edison and other
friends.
Mrs. Pearl Neumann of Des Moines
returned home last evening after q
visit with her mother Mrs A. J. New
man and sister Jessie.
Mrs. J. N. Holder and daughter went
ito Ottumwa last evening to spend a
few days with relatives.
Miss Dorothy Gray went to Indianola
last evening to visit over Sunday with
her cousin.
Mrs. C. F. Wagaman and son Merle
left last evening for visit with rela-
tives in Marysville.
Miss Louise Hess has returned from
a few days visit In Clarinda.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Laidlaw were
called to Exlin yesterday to attend the
funeral Of the formers uncle.
Everett Allen OF Sheridan, Wyo..
visited here this week With his aunt
Mrs. VIM Baxter enroute home from
|Des Moines where he has been attend
ing business Gale s.. ;S
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LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By PAPE

thing and nobody ubjects to being
thanked very mulch for sumthing. but
as we believe we sed before, ono OF
the best habits enybody can have IL
the habit Of giving Children penny or
more for going errands.
Pome by Skinny Martin.
Itstart to get derty on Sunday,
And Munday and Toozday too,
keep 1t up Thersday and Friday,
But Sattiday take bath, don't you
Personals. sumbody with the initials
OF 8. H. seems to be getting pritty
stuck on Mary Watkins. Watts your
initials, Sid Hunt?
Lost and Found Department. Lost
a Chinese sent with q hole in It. Finder
can keep the hole.
Found -Nuthing.
Intristing Facts. There are more
than 8 billion germs IN the human
body. II they ever had perrade 1t
wood be the lawngsst perrade ever
known,
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East End Items

r. r. Jennings, secretary of the East
End Y. M c. A. will conduct a gospel
meeting in the old brick Christian
church at Agency Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock. w. B. Ramsell will speak and
the male quartet will sing.
Paddle Whalen Of the cutting depart
ment was on the sick list a few days
this week.
Frank Lunkley of the cutting depart
avenue property.
Samuel Campbell, foreman OF the cas-
ing department is having his residence
painted and making many other i'm
provement.
w. H. T. Foster and George Foster of
the Sioux Falls plant are vising IN this
city.
The new stack for the engine room
is now about 80 feet high and will be
100 feet higher, or 200 feet when fin-
ished.
NJ. e. Freeman of New Virginia was
here with a car Of stock last Wednes-
day.
Robert Howard Of the roustabout
gang who was sick few days returned
to work Thursday.
John Stiles, Jr.. of the cutting depart
ment Is on the sick list short time
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Schworm Of Oma-
ha, Nebr.. are visiting the formers
mother Mrs Victoria Schworm on
Traul avenue.
Fred Mundt. foreman of the painters
department has been painting the new
clock house and fire department inter-
Tors.
M. NJ Redh of the roustabout gang
was in Eldon Sunday on a brief visit.
Lou Tibbettst Of the trimming room
leaves tonight for Des Moines to be
gone Indefinitely.
Lyle Mosher foreman OF the killing
and cutting department. was in Eldon
last Sunday evening and spoke to the
Main Street Brotherhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Tudor Of North
street attended the funeral OF Mr.
Tudor's mother in Abba last Sunday.
Garrett Tudor Of the lard refinery was
at the funeral also
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PRESIDENTIAL POINTERS.

washington during his two terms
had only i've cabinet officers, secre-
taries OF state. treasury and war, post
master general and attorney general.
Adams had in addition secretary OF
navy; Taylor secretary OF the inter
for: Cleveland, in first term, secre-
tary of agriculture; Roosevelt, second
term, secretary Of commerce and
labor; and Wilson q secretary of labor
AZ well as secretary of commerce.
James Wilson, secretary Of agricul.
ture held under four administrations,
sixteen full years which Is the record.
Under Roosevelt there were more
cabinet changes than under any other
president; there being twenty-eight
different appointments. Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams,
Van Buren, and Buchanan had all been
secretary of state. Monroe, Grant and
TAFT had been secretary of war.
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TO
BE LECTURE SUBJECT

Mrs. Frances J. Diefenderfer, presi.
dent at large e the National Order of
Anti Polygamy Crusaders auxiliary
to the National Reform association
with headquarters in Pittsburgh will
speak at the First Presbyterian church
Sunday both morning and evening.
Mrs. Diefenderfer IS speaker of
wide popularity especially in this field
of endeavor and lives in Erie, Pa. Her
lectures are being given throughout
the country and the public is invited
to hear her.
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OUR WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY

IA few years ago Senator Nelson w.
Aldrich, probably the greatest business
man In the senate, said that the fed
eral government wasted $300.000,000
year. The application of common
sense business methods to American
finance, he added, would save $1,000
900 day. The financing methods of
congress sufficiently explain this fear.
full waste Until recent years the
scandal has not particularly mattered,
because. our expenditures have been
30 comparatively small and our ma
Wonal wealth SO enormous that waste
I'm federal expenditures did not greatly
Inconvenience US. "a man who has an
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THT PARK AVE NEWS
Published by Alexander and Potts,
Printers.

Weather, Fair If It don't rane.
Terrible Meryfer A yello cat thawt
1t Good fit Reddy Merfys bull dawg Bill
in frunt of Mommy Simminses candy
store, and Bill dident even give 1t time
to realize its mistake. :
Wy is q window never happy? Be
cause it always has one or more panes
Joak.
Editorial. One of the best habits
enybody can have is the habit OF Civ
ing Children a penny or more for goint
errands, espeshilly II they are not you
own Children. A serten lady up neel
the cornir awfIin comes to the frun'
door and calls one of the fellos Ant
asks him to 20 a errand for her, and
waits at the door till he comes back
and then thanks him very mulch anc
shuts the door. Pulliteness 10 CRATE
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CHARLTON.

Geo. Johns Of Des Moines. formerly
OF this county, was greeting old Chair
ton friends yesterday.
Mrs. Fred Boland and daughter Helen
have returned from few days visit In
Des Moines with her brother Ben Martx
and wife. 81
y Mrs. Ada Rice Of Denver. Colo, who
has been spending few weeks in
Charlton with her parents Mr.. and Mrs.