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winter stops them. but this constant
succession of beauties can only be
maintained by constant care and vigi-
lance, which is an excellent thing for
the man or woman of sedentary life,
as it implies constant exercise in the
open air. Constant fertilizing and
watering are necessary. but these are
not all. Flowering plants. and especial
ly roses, have their enemies, ever on
the watch to blight and destroy, and
these enemies must be driven away or
destroyed.
The worst enemy of roses that l have
encountered in the city is the aphis,
which in the early spring covers the
young shoots with green or brown lice
that sap their vitality and cause the
buds to wither and fall before devel-
oping to the blooming state and the
young branches to die. These lice are
hatched from eggs and have the pc
culiar property of self-propagation,
covering the plants if they are not de-
stroyed when they first appear.
The mischief wrought by the aphis
to roses and other plants during the
lice period does not end when the lice
disappear in the hot weather of mid
summer. because this insect lives
through the summer as a little fly,
much smaller than the mosquito. which
attacks the young shoots that develop
into punches Of blooms If not molested.
saps the life from them in a very short
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1ette, the architect of the Capitol at
that time, and with DR.. William Thorn
ton, author of the design of the build
ing, was a Frenchman. Stephen Hal
!ette came to the United States from
France just before the American revo-
luton and established himself as an
architect in Philadelphia. He became
the architect of the Capitol in 1892,
and continued in that capacity until
1894, when he was succeeded by James
Hoban, who. as surveyor of the public
works of the federal city, had been
connected with the construction of the
Capitol
settled in Charleston, S. c., just after
the revolution and his principal work
in Washington was In designing and
constructing the White House. At the
laying of the southeast corner stone of
the Capitol on September 1s, 1898, Col
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a prominent mason in the Capitol Id
the following year.
At the city hall there is power Of
attorney. January 10, 1905, to George
Blagden from Archibald Swinton. II
decites that Archibald Swintons
mason. in Swinton. County Berwick
Scotland. brother German of deceased
William Swinton, mason. OF the city OF
Washington. appoints James Farqufers
stonecutter of Philadelphia, and George
Bla agden, mason. of the city OF WashA
ineton. attorneys to recover money due
and to sell effects of the deceased"
X
Mr.. Biagden met his death accidents
ally in 1926. The Rambler has searchs
ed the newspapers of that period for an
account of the accident. but has not
found it. On December Z, 1926, J. Ell
gar, commissioner of public buildings.
in his report to the President on the
work at the Capitol, said:
The work suffered a loss by the acci-
dental death of Mr.. Blagden. which happened
science and practical knowledge Of his profes.
sion. he had conducted in its most importane
branch the construction Of the Capitol. almost
from its commencement, with a precision and
fidelity, which he carried into all the relations OF
life.
George Blagden's will was signed
=,
Kennedy and W. MCGOWAN. Letters OF
administration were granted his widow
and administrative. Anne. June 10, 1876,
her surities being Lewis H Machen and
John P. Ingle.. registrar of Christ
Episcopal Church, Washington parish.
In his will he wrote:
do give and bequeath to my dear wife. Anne
Blasden. all and whatever 1t hath pleased nv
heavenly father to bestcw upon me- consisthS
either OF money. lots. houses. stock OF any Kind.
together with all my personal property. either
here or in England. with this one exception thae
nv worth man and friend George shall be free
in one year from the date Of my death.
deed is at the city hall. showing
that on July %, 1906, Blagden bought
from Thomas Hurdle of the county OF
Washington for $3.50 negro man
old Blagden in his will made provi.
sion for the comfort of George.
The Blagden vault is in Congress
sional cemetery. It was bought by
George Blagden, but the date of his In.
terment is not shown. There have been
Walter Lowery's daughters. 1884: Mrs.
Eliza Ellis. 1885; William Martins
child. 1895: Timothy Winn. 1885: Thoni-
as Blagden's child, 1910: Mrs. Caroline
Blagden, 1s4s, 1851 and 1852: child Of
William Gunton. 1919: Mrs. r. n. Cum
ton, 1883; Emily S. Blagden, 1853; Gen.
John a. Rawlins. Secretary Of War.
September 9, 1863: Thomas Blagden,
February 6. 1870; George w. Blagden,
1851: Admiral william Rodgers Taylor.
1889: Elizabeth Silliman. 1892; Mary d.
Blagden, 1907, and Laura Silliman
Blagden, 1908. Some of these remains
have been removed. Those Of Admiral
port. and Elizabeth Silliman's remains
were removed to Greenwood cemetery.
New York. The remains of Gen. Raw.
Inns were also removed.
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opposite side of the building, is also
separate from the rest of the hospital.
1t has a separate entrance and exit and
consists of a large waiting room con-
Meeting with the pharmacy and sew
eral consultation rooms. Sixty doctors.
under the supervision of the hospital
staff. serve the public free in these
rooms every day from 1 to 3 O'Clock.
The telephone service, upon which
life and death depend, is, of course. the
best. Three operators await calls day
and night. The switchboard has seven
trunk lines covering every section Of
the hospital and garage, and a special
line connects with the police headquar.
ters.
The first floor does not terminate
the interesting portion of the building.
The cellar is worth visit. An cleo
tric laundry, completely equipped with
laundry-size washing tubs and mang1e.
handles all the hospital laundry. But
before the soiled linen enters the
laundry it visits the sterilizing room.
where every piece undergoes the
liza alton room Is devoted to mattresses.
When each patent leaves the hospital
the mattress which he occupied during
his illness is completely disinfected be-
fore any one else is allowed to lie on it.
Lockers. where emergency patients
belongings are kept for them, storage
rooms for provisions. an electric plant
to generate power for the elevators, an
iHciieTdlOT LOT SdTDdSe anu d furnace
room complete the cellar division.
In the rear of the building. across
the driveway which runs completely
around the hospital, is the garage. Two
ambulanceS, ready to speed at once to
the injured person, await summons.
-Four chauffeurS are assigned to the AMI
balances, and one always sits at his,
wheel. A covered pathway from the
garage leads to the nurses home on
f street. block above the hospital
The gigantic work done Dy this in.
stitution may best be judged by the
Approximately 10000 patients, Of which
$4,000 are emergency cases. pass
through it's doors each year.
One can appreciate that this hospital
with its preparedness and ever-ready
efficiency becomes a part of every home
and institution in Washington. No one
can tell when he will be struck down.
and the outcome of the accident-life
or death-depends on the attention he
receives.
Each year the hospital appeals to the
people of Washington to contribute to
forty private rooms is hardly sufficient.
it is evident. to pay for the great
amount of general dispehsary and Z
emergency work that is beiHg done, es-
pecially in view OF the increased cost of
food drugs and scientific paraphernalia.
In this way 1t makes up its yearly def
lett With the aid of the public and
the ladies' auxiliary board forty-seyen
per cent more patients were treated
during the past year than the year be-
fore,
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ReprisaIs.
~oL. RICHARD L. wOODHOUSE said
" In a recruiting address In Lexing-

~OL. RICHARD L. wOODHOUSE said
" In a recruiting address In Lexing-
ton:
Nothing will stop the Huns bar
barities but reprisals. If Rheims Ca
thedral is destroyed, let us destroy Co
logne Cathedral. And on every ship
that enters the submarine murder zone
we ought to put Germans of high rank"
Col Woodhouse paused and smiled
There's nothing like reprisals, he
said. "A tobacconist sent doctor the
other day a ten-dollar box of cigars,
saying he knew they hadn't been or
dered but they were so excellent he
was sure the doctor would enjoy them.
Bill inclosed. Terms strictly cash.
1.-THE doctor wrote back:
"Delighted with the cigars. Though
it is true you haven't called me in, I
venture to send you herewith two pre-
scriptions for rheumatism and dyspep-
sia respectively, that / am sure you
will like, as they have given universal
satisfaction to my patients. Ny charges
being s5 for prescription we are now
quits"
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lin Williamson is<named as the master
mason. His name with others is in
scribed on a silver plate that was de-
posted in the corner stone. Williamson
was the master mason in June, 1894,
for at that time there seems to have
been some trouble with the masons
employed on the Capitol, rs on that
date the commissioners sent a letter to
Williamson. saying:
We desire you to inform tie Masons who sent
i'll a Memorial to respecting the work at the
Capitol that while are happy at all times to
receive any information from those engaged in
the Public Service and their terms of work. we
never countenance any riOtous disorderly
conduct. We well informed that there
several of those who are at work the Capitol
who have issued threats against Mr.. Hoban and
Dermott Roe and that the latter has been for his
own safety compelled to take out warrants
against them.
1t is clear that George Blagden was
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A Wiser View.

esNN7 E take a wiser view Of pre-
wv paredness now than we took
last year" said Representative David
A. Classon at d banquet.
Our former attitude toward pre-
paredness reminds me of Boozeman
Boozer.
"'How we'll you're looking man
said to Boozer at the club.
YES he answered. swelling out his
chest. Yes. I've sworn off,
"-Gee! That settles it. I'm going to
swear off, too. How long have you
been a teetotalerT
"'I begin tomorrow Boozeman Booser
answered."
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nbler Writes Of Life and Work of George Blagden

and laying large bond Stone the Walls will be
North Wing the Stone s setters viii begin n WORK I
next Week to lay the Free stone.
Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to the
commissioners, wrote from Philadel-
phia. March 6. 1892. in relation to the
construction of the Capitol:
The President thinks it of prime importance
brick Stone. Lime. Plank. Timber. etc, this
year possible. Do you not think it would be
ber of Germans and Highlanders3 This need
not be to such an extent to prevent the
for particular reasons If you approve Of the
importation Of Germans and have good channel
for 1t you will use it of course. II you have
no channel can help you to one
From Georgetown, on June ., 1892,
the commissioners wrote to Mr.. Jeffer-
son:
The introduction Of Mechanicks from Europe
being thought by the friends Of the city 50 ad-
subject. To hold out additional motives for
Emigration we shall endeavor to concert plan
some stone-cutters and others from that country.
We request you also to fall on Measures to pro-
of them Stone cutters, Masons and Bricklayers
as can be readily had.
Mr.. Jefferson on June 3, 1892. wrote
back that he-thought he could do no
better
with respect to the German Emigrants than to
Staphorts and Hubbard Of Amsterdam leaving
It to yourselves to point out the number and
descriptions OF Persons you want and to open a
correspondence with them yourselves directly on
the subject.
X !:
In Chauncey F'ord's writings of
Washington" may be found a letter
from President Washington. dated
Philadelphia. December IS, 1892, ad-
dressed to the commissioners, and
treating ofthe subject Of foreign work
men. A portion of it follows:
You. to the ss , Of State dated
ing among other things that you failed in
attempt whic, had been made to import work
ing them from Holland. fills me with real con-
cern, for I am very apprehensiye that If your
pressed with vigor It will cast such cloud
over this business and will so arm the enemies
m mot s as Blow Wound
1t will not easily recover. No means therefore
in my opinion should be left unessayed to IA
cilitate the operations of next year. Everything.
in manner. depends upon the celerity. with
which the public buildings are then carried on
report-all all viii be regulated thereby. Moth
ing therefore short Of the absolute want of
money ought to retnrd the work.
The more 1 consider the subject the more I
am convinced of the expediency of importing a
number ths of wSTmen 1 from to be
my wish that the idea of importing workmen
should be confined solely to Germany think
it ought to he extended to other places, par
ticularly Scotland. from whence many good
and useful mechanics may undoubtedly be had.
On the 4th of January. 1898. the COM
missioners of the federal city dis
patched to France a Mr.. Fsnwick to se-
cure workmen for the public buildings.
He went with a special address to the
municipality of Bordeaux. This action
was probably taken because Mr.. Hal
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Their Reputation,
G. WODEHOUSE, the E

HS G. WODEHOUSE, the English hu-
IL morist, said at an anti-paciflst
luncheon in New York;
"My dear friends, I am in hearty SYM
pathy with the sergeant who was bury
ing a heap Of German dead taken from
the debris Of a Zeppelin that had mur-
dered a hundred women and babes.
Sergeant Whispered a private.
saluting, one of these here German
corpses don't want to be, buried. He
says he amt dead
"'Bury him anyway said the ser-
geant firmly These Germans are such
liars that you can't believe u word they
say
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M records of Washington without
~ frequently coming upon the
q q name of George Blagden. and
the Rambler means to tell some of the
facts relating to this man which have
come to his notice. The record will be
far from complete, but without doubt
many of the links in the record which
the Rambler has not found will be
supplied in time. Last winter in writ
ing of some Of the old Barry homes on
southeast New Jersey avenue. near the
Eastern branch. the Rambler said:
II you VIII stop at the crossing Of X street
Mni.eWsshea a was % high Seara fenee % on I the east and
within are a number Of sheds, stables and
@ es WIS., an n
and go With tsr and rattle familiar n t to the he
wagon. wagon and I'll that is their home In 1874 some
Of the lots in the square between New Jersey
EAST were owned by Thomas Laws heirs. Rich
ard Barry. s. r. Beach. William NJ. Ellis j. c.
tine lived in the square square bounded by New Jersey
avenue, I'd. and streets southeast. the
e o by 'na the
high board fence.
The earliest directory of Washington
was that published by Judah Delano, in
1922 and which was printed by William
18th street between e and F streets
northwest, though Delano himself also
conducted a printing shop on the south
side of F street, the second door west
of 9Th street northwest. In that dfrec-
tory is this: George Blagden. chief
stone cutter at the Capitol; dwelling,
east side of New Jersey avenue, be-
tween I and K streets SOUTH Thus it
appears that the home of Thomas Blag-
den on New Jersey avenue had been the
home of his father, George Blagden.
In addition to being chief stone cut
ter at the CAPITOL George Blagden
was a man conspicuous in many lines
of business in Washington and pronli-
nent in the charities Of his time. At the
time of publication of Delano's direc-
Tory George Blagden was one Of the
directors of the Bank of Washington,
which then had it's Office on the east
side of New Jersey avenue between B
and C streets south, the site now COW
cred by the House ONCE buildlng. bag
den's fellow directors at that time We're
George Calvert, Francis Tolson, John
=. Herbert, Robert D. Sewall. Thomas
Vingey, Samuel \. Smaliwood, Samuel
Miller, Frederick May, John Davidson,
Andrew Way. jr., and Edward Cutbush.
Samuel H Smith was the president and
William A. Bradley the cashier.
George Blagden's operations IN real
estate in Washington extend from 1893
to 1926, the year of his death, and an
the deeds to which he was a party
have passed under the Rambler's eye.
He, was q member of the first board OF
school trustees in Washington. In De-
cember, 1904, the subscribers to the
fund "for schools for pay pupils and
the children of the poor" named as
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sounds to warn the nurse that she is
handling a poisonous drug or to let her
know that some patient has procured
the keys and is meddIing with the poi
sons.
The two floors below-the third ana
second-are devoted to open wards.
Three female wards for white women,
colored women and children occupy the
third floor; and four male wards for
white and colored men occupy the sec
ond. On these floors the head nurses
desk occupies an octagon-shaped look
out, from which she commands view
of every patient in her ward. From
each bed electric silent signals COM
municate with the nurses desk. and
whenever the patient desires atten-
tions he presses the button which IL
Eliminates the number of his bed on the
chart above the desk.
The wards are among the pleasantest
rooms Beds are ranged around the
walls and in the center of each is a ta-
BILE which holds punches of fresh, fra
grant flowers. The first floor is in
three parts. The superintendent
room. office Of the resident physician.
Dr. Paul Putzski; telephone operator
and bookkeeping department form the
central portion. To the right is the
emergency section and to the left the
dispensary.
A minor operating room, large re-
ceiving hall. a room for treating sun
stroke. an isolation room and rest
rooms are parts of the emergency sec
tl0n. The isolation room is a unique
feature. It has a separate entrance in
the driveway. If the doctor on duty
in the ambulance has discovered that
the patient has a contagious disease
he orders the chauffeur to stop at the
door of the isolation room. There the
patient is made comfortable. while the
health department is notified. After the
patients removal, this room is thor
oughly disinfected and the infected
patient has never come in contact with
the main hospital.
The heat and sunstroke room is
equipped with an enormous bathtub
for treating the patient with cold
water. The emergency operating
room Is always ready for minor acci-
dents. If the patient sustains grave
injury before he is brought to the hos
ing rooms on the surgical floor.
x
The emergency departments chief
virtue is that it is totally segregated
from the private portion of the hos
pital. The patients upstairs never
know when an emergency case comes
in.
The rest rooms are for the accomo-
dation of persons who are overcome
and require a few hours of rest and
quiet. No patient. however, is allow
ed to remain in these rooms overnight.
When one is sick enough to stay, he
goes upstairs to a ward or private
room.
The dispensary department., on the
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The earliest reference which the
Rambler has found to George Blagden
in the records of Washington is a deed
dated May 3. 1894. under which George
Blagden bought from David Burns lots
and and square 406 for 100 pounds
current money of Maryland. That
square is bounded by E. F, Sth and 9Th
streets northwest. Lot 1 is the north
west corner of Sth and E, and lots
and . adjoin on the west, facing on E
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that at is the duty of all sections Of
the Union to encourage the establish
ment and extension of domestic manu-
factures; that the city of Washington
for various reasons is eminently fitted
for attaining manufacturing impor-
tance. and that a plan should be
reported to subsequent meeting
George Blagden, Samuel FL. Smith,
Cornelius Cunningham. y. Cutting,
Butler Cooke and Robert Brent We're
appointed committee to form an as
sociation. At an adjourned meeting
this committee submitted articles of
association for the Columbia Manufac-
turing Company. Chairman Brent ap-
pointed nine commissioners to receive
subscriptions for stock. The commits
sioners for Washington were George
Blagden, William Cranch and William
Brent. This company erected a cotton
mill in South Washington and elected
the following directors: Robert Brent.
president: Nicholas King, Michael
Nourse. William Cranch, Charles Jones.
Samuel H. Smith, John p. Van Ness.
George Blagden, Thomas Munroe and
Huddleston.
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MAN cannot dip into the early
records of Washington without
frequently coming upon the
name of George Blagden, and
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The New Emergency Hospital and Its Important Work


\ EADY! every minute, every
J hour, every day of the year,
for you, your family, your
= friends yoIr enplOyeafe ia
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Lemons Beauty!
strain lemon Juice we'll before
mixing ard massage face.
neck. arms. hands.

Here Ia told how 10 prepare an
inexpensive lemon lotion which
can be uacd TO bring back 10 any
Fkin the sweet freshness OF which
Il has been robbed By trying At.
mospheric conditions. Wind.chatc.
-oughness. tan and rodness are
warded off and those tell-tale lines
OF care or OF axe are softened
away.
The Juice Of two fresh lemons
strained into A bottle containing
three ounces % orchard white
makes whole quarter pint OF the
most remarkable lemon skin bean.
tifior at gbout the cost one must
ray for a small jar Of the ordinary
cold creams Care should be
taken 20 strain the lemon Juice
through a fine cloth 10 no lemon
pulp gets in. then this lotion will
l-eep fresh for months. Every
woman knows thst lemon Juice IL
used 20 bleach and remove such
piemlshes Ss frecklcs. sallowness
and tan. and Ia the ideal skin soft.
ener. smoothener and beautlfler.
Just try 81 Get three ounces OF
orchard white al any pharmacy
md two lemons from the grocer
end make up n quarter pint OF this
gweetly fragrant lemon lotion and
massage II daily into the face.
neck. arms and hands. and see for
yourself.
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Continued From our las, ISSUED

] tIonNnhcu FROM OuF tah' 'thuoi
What "a dreadful conjunction OF
Appearances exclaimed MIR. Pick
wick. resting hia chin upon hts
hands Wrinkle Tupman--l beg
your pardon for the observations I
made Just now. We are NIL the vic.
Tins Of circumstances. and | the
greatest With this apology MIR,
Pickwick buried his head In his
hands and rumlnated. while War
die measured out regular circle OF
mods and winka. addressed 20 tho
other members Of the company.
I'm have Il explained. tho" said
Mr.. Pickwick. raising his head aud
hammering the table I'm see this
Dodson and rogg I'll 10 10 Lon.
don tomorrow"
Not tomorrow" said Wardie
you're pledged TO ride out with
us. as far as Sir Godfrey Man.
ning'a grounds. AZ all events. and
Co meet us at lunch. n you don't
take the field "
Well then. the day after" said
Mr. Pickwick. Thursday Sam :"
"sir." replied Mr. Weller.
Take two places outside TO Lon.
don. on Thursday morning. for
yourself and me"
Very well. sir"
MIR Weller lief, the room. and
departed slowly on his errand.
with his hands in his pockets.
Tho clerks office OF Mesnrs
uodson and FogE was dark.
earthly smelling room. with & high
vainHcottcd partition 10 screen the
clerks from the vulgar Eaze
There was a glass door leading
into the passage. and on the outer
aide OF this giass door Mr. dick
wick. closely followed by Sam
Weller. presented himself on Fri
day morning.
Come IN. cant YOU" cried .
voice from behind tho partition. In
reply TO Mr.. PlckwickH gentle tap
at tho door And SIR pickwick
and Sam entered accordingly.
MIR. Dodson or Mr. Fogs at
home. sir" inquired Mr.. Piekwick
gently. advancing. hat In hand. to
ward the Partition.
mir podson amt NJ home and
dr Foggs particularly engaged,
replied the voice. and nc the same
time the head TO which the voice
I belonged. with pen behind It's
ear. looked over the partition. and
at Mr Pickwiek.
when viii Mr. Dodson DO back.
air. inquired Mr.. Piokwick.
Cant say"
"will Il be long before Mr. Fogg
[ Is diacnEagrd. sir
Don't know ="
= think I'll wait. Haid Mr. Pick.
wick There was no reply. 80 Mr.
plckWick sat down unbiddcn. and
listened % the loud ticking 81 the
clock and the murmurcd converse.
( tlon Of the clerks
That was game. wasn't it,
raid one OF tho gentleman. in n
brown coat and brass buttons. a,
tho conclusion OF some inaudibie