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RtLJRAL NEW-YORICER 
The Watch of Railroad Accuracy 
Engineer 
Tom Cushing, 
of the Denver & 
Rio Grande R.R., 
whose Hamilton 
keeps perfect 
time every day 
after years of 
strenuous loco¬ 
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If You Owned His Watch 
—you would be proud of it 
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of the time. You would say “my 
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“my son” or the owner of well-kept 
land says “my farm.” To feel this 
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February 17, 1917. 
A Winter Vacation 
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hath another to attend him.” "Ignorance 
is the curse of God, Knowdedge the wing 
whereby we fly to Heaven,” etc., etc. 
Educational, also, are the museums, the 
Now and the Old National, the Smith¬ 
sonian, the ^Medical, etc. Days can be 
spent in these also with interest and 
profit. Hack of the Bureau of Engraving 
is the Government conservatory, where 
flowers and plants for the White House 
are grown; also hundreds of thousands 
for the parks of the city. An hour spent 
lately in a walk through these grounds 
gave us much information along plant and 
flower and shrub lines. There are experi¬ 
ment gardens of the Agricultural Depart- 
ored." at front and rear, under the Jim 
Crow laws. We all, as citizens, have 
joint ownership in the Capitol City, and 
the appreciation of this, as well as politi¬ 
cal influences, tends to make for equality 
and democratic social conditions here. 
People are easy to meet, and the general 
courtesy prevailing has always impressed 
us. The plan of the city makes it easy to 
find one’s way Jibout, and car service is 
convenient and cheap. The width of 
streets and traffic regulations also make 
for safety in street travel. Living here, 
for transients, in boarding houses and 
restaurants at least, is less expensive 
than in Massachusetts. My wife and I, 
one season, made a stay where the pres¬ 
ent Spe.aker of the House and his family 
were also gue.sts, and our expense was less 
than $15 a week for two. 
Vacation Advantages. —To all mem¬ 
bers of the Rural family may I renew 
the suggestion? Plan to have your life 
include some vacations. Have at least 
one of these take iu the Capital City of 
Home of George Washington—Mount Vernon 
meiit near Arlington, too. that may be 
visited. 
Stkeiit Sights. —AVashington historic 
is all about us I Statues and markers and 
memorials meet us at every point, finding 
fitting culmination in Arlington and 
Mount Vernon. Detailed description of 
the story of the nation’s life that is writ¬ 
ten here need not be given ; but that this 
is the Washington of Washington and 
Lincoln and IVolister and Grant and those 
famous In Amcrian history, we cannot 
fail to realize as we take the ways fa¬ 
miliar to them, and see the worn stones 
of the Capitol that their steps have helped 
to mark. Washington entertaining must 
first include mention of its street life (at 
least to us Northerners). Its mixture of 
white and colored iiopulation is always 
novel; its occasional Indians and Mexi¬ 
cans (not many of these last just uow) 
are interesting. Never have I seen a 
Chinese baby elsewhere, or an Indian 
family, brave, squaw, and two just-able- 
to-walk boy members, bargaining with 
agent of sight-seeing auto for a city tour. 
Many foreigners are seen about the city, 
naturally ! To find a class doing manual 
labor here that doesn't feel above it. and 
its membei-s. though so near the White 
House, not expecting to. reach the execu¬ 
tive chair ultimately, is refreshing and 
entertaining. Concerts at ^lariue Bar¬ 
racks. ahso Soldiers’ Home, are open to 
the public weekly, and lectures are many 
and often free. 
Public I>ectures. —The most interest¬ 
ing lecture ever attended by the writer 
was one given a few years ago by F. Hop- 
kinson Smith, in the beautiful Coutmen- 
tal Hall, before a large and distinguished 
audience, the subject being Art,_ and to 
this admission was free._ as it is to so 
many informing talks in Washington. 
The very next night, as it happened, we 
enjoyed an excellent travel lecture at the 
PanXVmerioaii Building, just adjacent. 
The Corcoran Gallery, also on Seven¬ 
teenth .sti’oot, all should visit for its art 
collections. On four days of the week 
admission here is free also. 
Public lNscBiPTioN.s.-;-In no other 
city have we seen such inscriptions as 
these that follow, which are upon the 
fronts of the Enion Station and new Post 
Office buildings. Is it not good to have 
thoughts like these brought so plainly to 
public mind? Inscription on Post Office: 
‘•Messenger of Sympathy and Love; Ser¬ 
vant of Parted Friends; Consoler of the 
Lonely; Enlarger of Common I-ife ; Car¬ 
rier of News and Knowledge ; Instrument 
of Trade and Industry; Promoter of 
^Mutual Acquaintance; Of Peace and 
Good-MTll Among the Nations.” In¬ 
scriptions on Union Station: “The Farm, 
Best Home of the Family; Main Source 
of Natural Wealth ; Foundation of Civil¬ 
ized Society; The Natural Providence; 
Sweetener of Hut and Hall; Biunger of 
IJfe Out of Naught; Freedom, O Fairest 
of All; The Daughters of Time and of 
Thought.” ^ XT . • 
Comforts in Living. —Not quite in 
accord, perhaps, with this broad senti¬ 
ment are the frosted notices iu cars go¬ 
ing toward Virginia of “White” and “Col- 
your country, and make it of some length. 
For location, choose the section of the 
city that pleases you. Our choice is Cap¬ 
itol Hill, as being central to most attrac¬ 
tions. Find a homelike stopping place; 
some good friends to guide and companion 
von, and give yourselves fully to all the 
interests that this beautiful and inform¬ 
ing and inspiring city has for your enjoy¬ 
ment. E. F. DICKINSON. 
A Woman Who Hates Cats 
As a man’s paper The R. N.-Y. is liked 
because it gives men a chance to express 
their views, whether they are popular or 
not. The same privilege should be given 
the women. It is unusual for a woman 
to hate cats, for most women like these 
creatures for companions. Here, how¬ 
ever, is a woman who regards the cat as 
an enemy, and does not hesitate to say so 
openly. The place for a cat as well as a 
dog is at home. , 
Reading about the dog law in The R. 
N.-Y. reminds me of oats. Why don’t 
they put a tax on cats? Although cats 
don’t kill sheep, they kill chickens. One 
afternoon I sat under a tree and watched 
my husband’s pet eat take 11 of my 
little chickens to feed her kittens. The 
next day I forgot the “obey” part of the 
marriage ceremony, and put Mrs. Cat in 
a pail of water. I have such a dislike 
for cats, whenever one of my neighbors 
misses a eat he eyes me susi>iciously. 
Had I the power to rid the whole world 
of cats it would be done at once. 
It would be a long story to tell why I 
don't like cats and why I do like certain 
kinds of birds. I have studied the ways 
of cats and birds for the past 10 years. 
It is surprising to know how little farm¬ 
ers know about thejn. Ask the farmers, 
“What kind of birds eat the scale off the 
apple trees?’ W1 ich eat the yellow and 
white butterflies, and that big brown 
moth, that makes the army or apple tree 
worms? Which kind eats the grubs, the 
field flies, the grasshoppers and houseflies?” 
How many farmers know? How many 
take the time to find out? Are not a lot of 
little things equal to one big thing in the 
business of farming? 
I am sending you a sort of a map 
showing the road and how the houses are 
situated, and how many cats at each place 
at the present time (27 in all). Our 
house is the first one north on cross road. 
How shall I ever protect the bii-ds next 
Spnng? The owner of six says, if you 
want a good cat don’t feed him anything; 
then he will have to hunt to live. 
Maybe you think this is funny. I do 
sometimes, but it’s maddening. I want a 
lot of birds to keep the worms out of my 
garden, and the flies away from the house 
next Summer. What shall I do? Most 
of these cats are so wild it is hard to get 
within gunshot of them. Their time for 
hunting is as a rule just before sunset and 
sunrise. It all depends upon how hungry 
they are. o. A. w. 
New Y^ork. 
