Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-13
The Rambler Writes Of FlaCk Home in Marylf

Turkish bath than a pleasure,
and some days are SO discour-
aging that It is hard to keep sum
upper lip and stiff collar. Some OF
these days we have recently had, but
there IL no news in that Everybody
knows all about 1t. This 'rambie'
was taken and written on one OF those
DAVIS when there was no such thing
AS "cool shade, when there were no
breezes; when water in the woodland
brooks simmered: when the sunflow-
ers called out to passersby to lend
them parasol; when the sunfish were
ordering drinks in which cracked ice
tinkled when Mohamme dan Sunnites
might be keeling over with sun
stroke and when Egyptian sun wor-
shippers might mop their brows and
rcnounce their ancient faith.
The Rambler found himself-though
Of course he wasn't lost-strollins
along a ia ilroad track. II was one of
those railroad tracks on which 1t is
hard to keep the cadence of ones step
because the ties are not equally
spaced ana tne DdlldSt OI ioNn
Is not flush with the face of the ties
what funny place to choose for
Sunday walk" perhaps you say as
your eyes travel leisurely or languid-
ly along these lines. Sir, madam or
miss there are certain compensatory
comforts in walking along a railroad
track Some railroad tracks are the
quietest places around Washington.
There is less traffic on them than on
other roads. Cars are farther apart
than on other public ways and cars
run more slowly there than else
where. 1t may not be the easiest
road, but If you choose the right one
you will be safer from interruption
and intrusion. and your reveries and
reflections can go on undisturbed,
Where the old Georgetown road
awnings to the northwest at Alta Vista
TO make long loop before rejoining
the Rockville pike near Montrose the
electric railway leaves the main road
and leads nearly due north, for the
most part through woods. but for
some part of the way through fields.
and even where the road runs through
fields it always wears border of wild
green shrubbery. 1T travels this way
for several miles-two and three
quarter miles If you insist on the
fgures--until II crosses the Rockville
pike, which slants northwest From
M fn ni1cS IL naY3l1elS
the pike to Rockville and very nearly
parallels the Metropolitan branch OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad--a
line that is still called "branch,'
though in reality it is more the main
line than that part which is officially
called the main line" between Balti-
more and Washington Junction
which is close TO Point of Rocks and
which most of the older Washington
mans still prefer to call "the Point
Of Rocks"
Walking along the quiet railroad
track, the Rambler now and then
caught glimpses of the landmarks OF
the region-George Hamiltons fine
house and beautiful grounds, Charles
Corby's fine house and beautiful
grounds, the Georgetown Preparatory
School and the aerial water tank at
kensngton. He walked not swiftly by
the crossing of Grosvenor's lane,
which toward the west leads over to
the old Georgetown road near Mount
Zion Church, Wilson's store or Beane,
which is section that the Rambler
has tried to make familiar to his read
ers. At Grosvenor lane the railroad
crosses high land with fine homes
always and everywhere in view, After
crossing this high land, which is
cleared. the railroad dives again into
green woods. Not far beyond this
crossing a little trestle spans "A branch.
The Rambler does not know by what
name it is now called; the mapmakers
have not dgnified it with Il name and
nobody was around of whom the Ram
bier could make the appropriate in
quiry; and If there had been anybody
around it is a two to one bet that the
inquiry would have brought forth an
answer something like this: Indeed,
] don't know what name it goes by
Some calls it one thing and some calls
il another ! did know once't what
they called it. but ] disremembers"
But the Rambler felt that he was
crossing the historic riyulet called