Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1922, Page 4

\ ! 3 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ‘C, TUESDAY, MAY %, INTERIOR VIEW OF THE LINCOLN. MEMORIAL. 022 WALSH DENOUNCES TOO MUCH CONTR Tells Legionnaires at District Building Exercises Tend- ency Must Be Checked. 7 CROWDS TAKE PLACES EARLY IN GREAT SPACES "ABOUT BASIN’S SHORES 7 The Lincoln Memorial ; s 00U S 06N | HONOREDIN FRANCE| Graves of Soldiers Visited by Comrades and French. Rites at Poilu’s Tomb. (Continued from First Puge.) colr. Memorial Commission, The ecm- ission includes Chief Justice Taft of the United Staiés Supreme Court, chairman; Representative Joseph G. Cannon, Samuel W. McCsll, Thom: R. Marshall, Nathan B. Scott, John Temple Graves, special resident com- missioner; Henry A. Vale, secretary, Bherrill, officer in > BY EMILIE A. WARD. It stands above the crowd, as once he stood, - A temple whose design We owe to Greece; Well chosen is the l:o(. for hill and wood Each lends its charm of beauty and of peace. The quiet stream with banks so green and fair eflects, at sunset, violet, rose and gold; By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 30.—The 40.000 Amer- joan war dead buried in France were visited by groups of thelr com- rades today. While the bodies of 24,000 have been taken home, and most of those remaining have been gathered in the six permanent Amer- jcan war cemeteries, some remain in scattered spots where they were first buried and where they were left in accordance with their families' wishes. To each of these placts—great cemeteries and lone graves alike— their comrades of the American Legion and representatives of the French people today took flowers. French troops, groups of French veterans organizatlons and school children attended the six principal services and many of the smaller ones, and the government was rep- resented at almost all of them. The Americans, in return, made a pil- grimage to the tomb of the un- known pouli at the Arc de Triomphe, where Ambassador Herrick delivered an address. Harbord Makes Address. At Suresnes, near Paris, Ambassa- dor Herrick, Maj. Gen. James G. Har- bord, American deputy chief of staff, and Marshal Joffre took part in what was the principal ceremony of the day The arising of a “closer brother- hood of states” out of the wreck left by the world war was predicted by Maj. Gen. bord, in his Memor- ial day address. Allied blood on the battleflelds of Europe, “has cemented the foundation of the future federa- tion of the world,’ he declared, as suring a broader justice and higher freedom than ever was possible, “while German philosophy of govern- ment prevailed and German states- men dreamed of world dominion.” “It is but four brief years,” Gen. Harbord recalled, “since the enemy thundered on the Aisne and the Marne. Four vears ago tomorrow the American “2d Division passed through the suburbs of this splendid city on its way to the fromt near Chateau Thierry. One cannot recall those brave days without a swelling of the heart and dimming of the eye. Nor can one mours our dead without pride. Sorrow is tempered with resig- nation and the consciousness of what the sacrifices of these and all allied soldiers mean to the world. From sufferings in common, from sacrifices made together, must spring a deep and abiding spirit of unity, a higher, broader nationalism which will bind our allied countries together. As heirs to a common Inheritance of vic- tory the allied peoples have risen to | | | the heights of spiritual and moral power and are crowned with world leadership. Sacrifice for Good Cauwe. hese men of ours did not die for America alone, and that for which they strove still lives. The heroism of the men who lie buried here can- not be explained by the cold theories of profit and loss, the pressure of population or the urge of land-hun- ger. The tricolor, which, with our own flag. marks their graves in so many parts of France today, recog- nizes that their sacrifice was made for a great cause which they shared with all our allie “Intimacy between nations as be- tween brothers brings the penalty of frankness and sometimes of criti cism. We are frankest with those to whom we are closest. Let mo | doubt come to French hearts that | America’s love for France is undi- minished. The politics of the day in neither country reflects the great heart of the people. The men who fought the war have not yet come into their inevitable control in the councils of the nations. Out of bit- ter experience France has drawn the lesson which our country would be | wise to learn. She has not permitted her interest the restoration of trade to bind her to the possibilities of war and the prudence of prepared- ness. Permanent universal peace is the fairest ideal ever sought by man, but it remains still an ideal lost in inaccessible distances until envy, malice, lust and avarice shall have disappeared from the human heart. Conferences cannot confer it, alliances cannot guarantee it. War still re- mains the supreme act of the state the school for heroism and the trai ing ground for national discipline.” School Children Play. Part. The school children of France play- ed a prominent part in the Memorial | day ceremonies. Delegations were present in all the cemeteries where American soldiers are buried. Leon Berard, minister of public instruction sent the following circular to the pre- fects of all departments: “On Tuesday, May 30, the United States of America_will honor their sons who fell on French soil during the great war. It is.desirable that our school children join in the homage | offered the comrades in arms of our | soldiers. I invite you to take all measures necessary in order that it, in all municipalities where Ameriean sol- diers are buried, delegations of school children may attend the ceremonies.” The following instruction also was sent to the teachers-of the 36,000 pri- mary schools in France by M. Berard: “On the occasion of Memorial day the teachers will give as the subject of an essay to the children of all schools in France a narrative of the sacrifices made by the United States of America. during the great war, more especially as they concern the assistance afforded France, thanks to the courage of the American Army and the unfailing generosity of the citizens of America toward _the wounded and mutilated and orphans and widows. HONORED IN BRITAIN. i Bervices Held in Cemetery Near London. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 30.—Great Britain jolned with the United States today in honoring the American soldier dead. At Brookwood, | twenty-eight miles from London, the great plot of ground, in which rest 450 American soldiers and” sailors who g their lives in the allied cause, was dedi- cated as a national cemetery for the American illustrious dead. The ceme- tery also contains bodies of soldiers from Great Britaln's overseas posses- sio Most of the American dead are those who died in English ospitals from wounds received in France and whose relatives wished that they mjght rest in the soil of Britain. - The dedicatory service was read by Chaplain H. S. Smith, U, 8. A. _Brig. Gen. John Biddle, who commanded the American forces in the United King- dom during the war, eulogized those who had given to America all they| could give. At Plymouth wreaths were placed on behalf of the American Legion in the church and “the graveyard of Princetown, in memory of.the . 280 Americans who died as prisoners of ‘war in Dartmoor ; 1813-14. Family Secrets. . First Innocent—My mamma has 3’ double chin. > Second Ditto—My paps says m: 11 ehin. . s {same great axis, half a mile west of i the business and turmoil of the city— And later, purple shadow: And, il A noble figure rests within the shrine, Wrought by the artis The fire of genius burned—a spark divine— And cold, hard stone In awe we stand, for in t Ee a veil, the pure white stones enfold. s fill the air, t hand with Phidian skill. was molded to his will hat face there lies Serenity, and courage unafraid; A great and patient sadn ess in the eyes Bears witness to the tragic part he played. What draws today all classes of mankind Has naught to do wit! It is the strength and kin h pomp and vanity ; dness which we find ~ In this great lover of humanity. MEMORIAL FITTINGLY HONORS “EMANCIPATOR” Dignified 000,000 Edifice Begun in 1914 Equals Washington Monument in Wondrous, Simplicity. Regarded as one of the world's most beautiful structures, the Lincoln Memorial stands as a fitting, dignified hrine erected by the people of the United States to the memory of “the great emancipator.” The memorial stands in Potomao Park, facing the Wastington Monu- ment, and equals in its wonderful simplicity the great .white shaft which is its neighbor. The memorial has cost approximately $3,000,000. Ita construction was actively begun on Lincoln's birthday ~anniversary in 1914. The most important object in the memorial is the statue of Lincoln in marble, by Daniel Chester French, New York sculptor, placed in the cen- tral hall where, by virtue of its im- posing position in_the place of honor, it predominates all else. The statue is colossal in size and yet distinctive- ly personal. It represents Lincoln. seated, in a thoughtful mood, and is the first thing that meets the eye a§ one passes through the immense colonnaded entrance. Smaller halls, one at either side of the central hall, | contain monumental tablets in wrich deeply incised letters reproduce word for word, Lincoln's Gettysburg ad- dress on the left wall, and the ad- dress made by him at his second In- auguration on the right wall. Above these are two large mural paintings by Jules Guerin, a New York artist one typifying “Emancipation” and the other typifying “Reunion.” Their production occupled three years' time. Colonnade Symbolizes Union. Surrounding the exterior of the walls inclosing these memorials is & magnificent colonnade forming a sym- bol of the Union, each column repre- senting one of the thirty-six states existing at the time of Lincoln deatk. On the outer walls above the colonnade and supported at intervals by eagles are forty-eight festoons, one for each state existing at the present time. At one end of the great axis, plan- ned over a century ago, is the Capitol of the nation, which is the monument of the government, and & mile west. ward from the Capitol is the 555-foot granite shaft, whick is the monument to George Washington. Now, on this the Washington Monument, stands the Lincoln Memorial. This completes an unparalleled composition, a triol- ogy which imparts to each of its monu- ments a value in addition to that Which each standing alone possesses. More than a dozen years ago Poto- mac Park, one of the most important units of Washington's great park system, and which lies along the} Potomac river, was first suggested as the site for a memorfak to Lincoln. The late John Hay, one of Lincoln's secretaries and biographers, and later Secretary of State of the United States, favored its selection. In ex- pressing his approval, he wrote: “As 1 understand it, the place of honor is on the main axis of the plan. Lincoln, of all Americans next to Washington, deserved this place of honor. He was of the immortals. You must not approach too close to the immortals. His monument should stand_alone, remote from the com- mon habitation of man, apart from ! isolated, distinguished and serene. Of all the sites, this one, near the Poto: ! {mac, is most suited to the purpos By means of terraces,the grounds around the site are raised until the floor of the memorial itself is forty- five feet higher than the grade of Potomac Park. A circular terrace, 1,000 feet in diameter, first rises above the park. On its outer edge stand four concentric rows of trees, leaving a plateau in the center 755 feet in diameter. In the center of this plateau, surrounded by wide roadways and walks, rises an emi- nence supporting a rectangular stone terrace wall 14 feet high, 256 feet long and 186 feet wide. - On this rec- tangular terrace rises the white mar- ble memorial. All the foundations of the steps, terraces and memorial are built on concrete piling, which extends down to solid rock. 36 Columms on Platform. Rising from this rectangular ter- race three. steps, each 8 feet high, form a platform measuring 204 feet in length and 134 feet in width. On this platform stand the thirty-six columns, 'mbolizing the Union, which inclose the memorial hall walls and support thg upper portion. of the building bearing the festoons rep- resenting_the existing forty-eight states. This colonnade is 188 feet long and 118 feet wide, the columns being 44 feet high and 7 feet 5 inches in diameter at their bases. ‘Within the colonnade stands the white memorial hall, measuring 166 feet in length and 84 feet in width.! Inside the building the central hall, Where the statue of Lincoln stands, is 60 feet wide, 70 feet long and 60 feet high, while the halls where the memorial of the speeches are placed are 57 feet long, 37 feet wide and 60 feet Migh; four Ionic columns sepa- rating_each of these halls from the central hall. The colonnaded en trange to the memorial hall is 45 feet wide and 44 feet high. To the eastward of the memorial, at the foot of the series of steps lead- ing from the entrance and extending toward the Washington Monument, 18 & lagoon, or reflecting basin, 2,000 feet long and 480 feet wide, I its waters is reflected, from one end, the Lindoln mem: , and from the other énd the Washington Monument:is pic- tured. It.is from two to three feet its floors of dark material, mak- |ing the water as reflective as a 1air- OF. did elm trees line both the reflecting basin. s g;vud- surrounding tire me- 5 8lo] e vl walch Saciries (e Shfive ens box- W trees, nestling in the corners of the temple,: are each nearly 100 10‘"' old, and cost .Ml:d‘ "b'om aplece. Each tree plan al e memorial | {NEW VOLCANIC OUTBREAK. bil for its erection. The bill was approved by Congress February 9, 1811. The law created a commission and named as its members Willlam H. Taft, Shelby M. Cullum, Joseph G. Cannon, George Peabody Wetmore, Samuel Walker McCall, Hernando D. Money and Champ Clark. Deets! on Loeation. The commission was authorized to procure and determine upon & loca- tion, plan and design for a monu- ment or memorial in Washington. The aid of the government commis- ision of fine arts was'invoked in the selection of the site and plans. On the 105th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, February 12, 1914, the late former Senator Joseph C. S. Black- burn, then resident commissioner of the memorial commission and who was a southern officer during the civil war, broke ground for the memorial, saying as he did so: *“This memorial will show that Lin- coln is now regarded the greatest of all Americans and that he is so held by the south as well as the | north.” The corner stone was lald on Lin- coln’s birthday in 1915 without cere- monies. Among the articles placed within the stone was a history of Lincoln, signed by his living son, Robert T. Lincoln. The building of the memorial was somewhat delayed during the world war and its con- struction, which was expected to be completed in three years' time, has taken about six years. A memorial bridge across the Po- tomac river from a point nearby the Lincoln Memorial and extending to the Arlington national cemetery is contemplated in the plans, as well as a boat landing on the river directly east of the memorial. Temporary bulldings erected in Po- tomac Park for war purposes and oc- cupled by the Navy Department have encroached upon the memorial grounds as planned by the commis- sion of fine arts, which declares: “Until_the buildings are removed the memorial will be dwarfed and made of small importance, and the development of the landscape fea- tures upon which the memorial de- pends: for effectiveness will be made impossible. The continuation of the buildings works sacrilege to the memory of Lincoln Kilauea Crater Shows Amazing Ac- tivity—Lava Level Changes. By the Associated Press. HILO, T. H, May 29.—A voleanic outbreak occurred today at a new point in an old crater half way be. tween the real voleano of Kilauea and the seaside village of Kalapana. Lava overflowing toward the village. The outbreak was followed by a rapid lowering of the lava level in the old pit from within fifty feet of the rim to 700 feet below It, accompanied by crashes of falling crags from the in- ner walls of the pit. Hale-maumau, the great central fire cauldron in the Kilauea crater, apparently stirred by the same phe- nomenon, raised its laval level until its surface was twice its normal area. The Makaopuhi crater, seven miles from Kilauea is also filling and burn- ing the have grown for years on its inner walls. CONSULTING EDITOR RETIRES. NEW YORK, May 30.—Announce. ment has been made that Hamilton Holt, consulting editor of the Inde- pendent since that publication wa: absorbed by the Weekly Review on Otc.('l;her 1, 1921, had retired from the staff. | CLERICAL GROUP INCREASES. Woman Workers in New York State Number 1,135,048. From the New York Times. ‘Women gainfully employed in New York state number 1,135,918, accord- ing to & special bulletin just issued on “Women Who Work,” by State Indus- trial- Commissioner Henry Sayer. This Is twice the number of women so employed in Pennsylvanjia, the state which ranks sedond In population. New York city has 84 per cent of the ‘women 80 employed and 54 per cent of the men. The next largest city in :ha 5:..:: Buffalo, has only one-fif- een many women employed u_:_‘:n !bhllll cllty oiey - e bulletin was prepared by the division of women in lnd{]lt headed by Nellle Swartz. Analysis is made by occupation of the 1920 cen- sus figures. Comparing these res with the 1910 census, the bulletin shows an increase since 1910 of 151, 560 women and 347,749 men. Whil this represents an increase,in actual numbers, the ratio of men to women workers for all ocoupations is satd-to have remained practically the same. The one ocupational group which shows a decrease since 1910 in th number of women employed is dom- estic and personal service. On the other hand, the proportion of women in the clercial group has jumped from 34.5 per cent in 1910 to 46.5 per cent in 1920. There has been an In crease of 4 per cent in the transpor- tation group, also a slight increase in the professional and trades groups Thére has been a slight decrease in the porportion of women in manu- facturing and mechanical industries and in agriculture. Although the per- centage in manufacturing and me- :ot li-l lnl.m“b’:‘fll‘. m‘!nr by o ual n r is 2,000 than it was in 1910. The Author—Can I $2 advance on & I'm Bleg 2 eyt shrubbery and trees that’| i “Now, sweeties,” In soothing voice, eep 'your eyes shut and you'll be asleep soon.” “But, mother, see it's only 7 “Yes, but it's just like 8 o'clock, for you have to get up an hour earlier now. So it's just exactly the same, you see. Now don't talk at all to each other. If you don't talk, and keep your eyes shut, I will give you some candy tomorrow. Now keep perfectly still Closes door and descends stairs; stlence for five minutes. . A yodelizg “Mothersr-r! downward. She climbs stairs. A voice from the bed—“Mother, the birds are sifging so I just can't keep my eyes shut. rom the crib—“Mudder, I can hear Buddy an’ Jack an’ dust lots of other ¢hildren outdoors. Why can't we play ’stead o' doin’ to bed?” “We-el, Bobby boy, mother wants her two little boys to grow up big and strong. You have to get lots of sleep, you know. Your nice doctor sald you ought to be in bed at eight.” She drapes the blankets over chairs said you ought to be in bed at 8. “Ah it taint 8" said Jimmie. “It's just 7, and the automobiles are scoot- ing by like anything." * “Now stop your talking and go to sleep. Shuts door; goes down and out on porch and flops into a chair. Daddy was going to play tennls, but has to be off to a business engage- ment instead. Pianos are thumping, children are shrilling, automobiles are whizzing, lawn mowers are clattering, the heat is sizzling, the gardeners arc gossip- ing, the—— . ‘Mother-r-r Up the stairs. “l wanna drink.” Tm too hot.” “Now, boys, if you had kept your eyes closed you would have been asleep and then you wouldn't notice the heat.” “Well, it didn’t used to be so hot What ol' thing ever started hour-earlier business, any- floats ‘Oh, some men here in Washington want us to get up earlier and go to bed earlier so they can play tennis and_golf longer.” “Well, darn the ol' men anyhow, I say. ‘Jimmle, you must not say ‘darn® or speak of your elders in that way, elther. You know they might begin to weigh too much if they didn’t have more ex- ercise. And lots of daddies who have spent a lot of money for rakes and hoes and spades have to ‘garden their back yards to get part of their money’s worth back again. So you little chil- dren must learn to go to sleep even be fore the birdies, 50 you won't be too tired to get up very early. “Oh, mudder, I can see de light wif my eyes_closed.” “Yes, I know, my little lovie Bobby boy, but you just ‘tend it's dark and think of the nice plece of candy for tomorrow if you xo to sleep right away. Now here are your drinks and, Jimmie, you ‘are the bigger and almost seven years old. Don't you make another sound.” 2 And with every step downstairs a feminine brain mutters “Darn, darn, d.omsd“u‘m aving!™ . am— ught to be 6, but isn't. “Jim, you didn't come home a speck earlier last night from your old busi- ness thing, so you needn't growl if you are sleepy.” 3 “Well, I do feel grouchy, that's a fact.” How about the kids?’ “Theyre still asleep, of course, ying awake even later than usual just as they used to'do two and three years ago, when we had thi &nclonl daylight-saving. When t! rkic they ‘pop off to sleep in- stantly, but always have pes they'll learn to sleep by day. I shall not wake them. ‘T've spent too man: yeoars building up their bodies to ro! them' now of what they need the most. “Good enough. ‘But explain to ms, Gettysburg address is shown on the far wall, the same picture), is carved the fnaugural address. A One-Hour-Earlier House By Halley Rose Laird. This pieture gives some fdea of the massiveness of the white stone monument to the great emancipator. The n the background. .On the opposite wall (impossible to show fin | and take time to eat it too?" Vanishes downstairs. A little pajama-clad figure appears. “I heard you talking, mother. Bob- by’'s still asleep, an’ 1 came out reai quiet.” “That's good, darling. Now do not dream over your dressing. I have to g0 _down abput breakfast. mother, what suit shall I ‘Oh, dear me! Well, I'll see about the weather and I'll come up by the time you are ready for your suit” Down the stairs. “Now, Jim, I'll put our eggs in now. You start eating your fruit. Il have to fix things later for Jimmy and I don’t know when for Bobby.” ‘Too bad, Bess. Let me have the cereal even if it isn't very hot.” Bess rushes upstairs. “Oh, oh, Jimmie, you haven't done one thing.” ““Well, mother, I'm just too sleepy an’ tired. 1 don't feel like dressing:’ “Well, if you don't dress nicely and hurry now, I'll spank you. I don't know—it's cool now, but it is likely to be hot—I'll get your coolest things.” “Mother, will you get my ¢owboy suit today?” “Sweetheart, I'm too tired and sleepy and cross to do any shopping today. Little Bobby is still asleep. She hurries downstairs. h, the eggs must be too hard.” 11 have to eat mine now, Bess." he hurries upstairs to Jimmie. ‘That is better, darling. But you | will be down about the time daddy’'s | through.” She peeks into the nursery. Bobby, stirs, 8o she wakes him. She calls down to Jim, “T'll simply have to oversee Bobby." Jim swallows the rest of his break- fast and bounds upstairs. ‘Here, I'll start Bobby while I'm brushing my pearly teéth, and you can see that Jimmie begins break- fast. Then I'll scoot.” ‘When Bobby is at last installed in his chair at the disordered breakfast table, Lily arrives. “La, Miz Smiff, ah jes caint git heah no earlier. Ah lives too fur. Mah stummick 1s done used to one time o gittin’ up an’, efen ah gits up befo’, mah stummick sho does git onset.” Later, when the several breakfasts are over and there is time for breath, Be: thinks of other well ordered mornings now ast—Lily in the kitchen. Jim dressing and shaving while he kept an eye on little Jim, slow, but such a help in dressing himself to the last button (if watched). Bess would be humming contented- ly, getting herself ready and watch- ing Bobby, who could do all but the back buttons and his face. ‘Then there would be & serene breakfast for two grown-ups and two small, wideawake boys with huge appetites that took a long, long time, to sppease. There would be slow eating, pleasant conversation and 'nice table manners; then carefully folded bibs and little white teeth painstakingly brushed—all this the fruits of careful training. “Then mother would give Jimmie and Bobby a general and thorough looking over and two small boys would start off to school, contented and unhurried. ‘Why change? —_— Origin of “Blueblood.” From the Detroit News. There are two explanations of how the term “blueblooded,” to describe a person of aristocratic descent, came into use One is that it merely was borrowed from the Spanish, where sangre agul had Jong been used to denote the aristocracy of Castlle and Aragon—per- sons who traced their pedigrees from ancestors who had never inter-married with the more swarthy Moors, who had at_one timé uered Spain, ‘The other expl tion is that it was founded n the noticeable ‘fact tI families which for gensrations have nof had to “rough it” in sny way develop fair skins through which the veins show blue, whereas families who for 1ol periods of years have had to work h: develop thick dfln;‘ through | detector. {and Lieut. Col. C. O. charge of public bulidings and grounds, the executive and disbursing F USES LAMP SOCKET AS RADID BATTERY Bureau of Standards De- velops Unusual Receiv- ing Set. The bureau of standards of the Department of Commerce has de- veloped in an experimental radio receiving set in which the usual batteries are eliminated, and con- nection is made instead to the or- dinary electric lamp socket. The ap- paratus is an amplifier, which con- stitutes a recelving set when used with a simple tuner. It may be used with any type of antenna, ie., with the ordinary elevated wire antenna, a coil antenna or special forms of an- tenna. The storage battery ordinarily re- fiulred to light the filaments of the electron tubes is a drawback to the general use of radio sets. The bat- tery must be charged from time to time, it is bulky and heavy, and the acid In it is a source of danger and damage in a household. In this am- plifier both the filament storage bat- tery and the dry battery used in the plate circuit are replaced by a spe- cial transformer and an electron-tube rectifier an daccessories, the uggre- te bulk and weight of which is s than that of the batteries. Small Dry Battery. It uses a small ten-volt dry bat tery in the grid circuit which is re- quired to deliver only a small cur- rent and should have a life prac- tically equal to the life of the bat- tery if mot used at all, lLe, at least several months. In order to reduce the hum of the alternating current, there are. more adjustments to make than in the ordinary amplifier sup- plied from batteries. Of the parts which in this amplifier replace the storage battery in the ordinary amplifier, the special trans- former is the only one, the cost of which would approach ghe cost of a storage battery. The cost of the transformer would probably be main- ly the labor of assembling. A state- ent was made in an early announce- ment. of this amplifier that the storage battery Is the most expen- sive part of the homemade radio récelving set. This may have been somewhat misleading, as the aggre- ga'te cost of the electron tubes in amplifiers which employ several tubes may exceed the cost of the battery. The cost of the battery, however, plus the cost of the usually nece: sary battery charging apparatus, gen- erally exceeds any other item, even in an elaborate amplifier. A few detalls of the amplifier which utilizes sixty-cycle current supply for both the fllameénts and plates of the lectron tubes are as follows: This amplifier has - three radio-frequency stages and two audio- frequency stages and uses a crystal The sixty-cycle current when used in an ordinary amiplifier circuit introduces a strong sixty- cycle note in the telephone receivers and makes reception impossible. This has been practically eliminated by the balancing resistances, grid con- densers and special grid legks of comparatively low resistance, tel phone transformer in the output cir- cuit, and use of crystal detector in- stead of electron tube detector, In the final form of the amplifier there is only a slight residual hum which is not objectionable. The amplification obtained with ac supply was as g00d as that obtained with the same amplifier used with dc supply. The complete outfit is com- pact. and portable. The amplifier as constructed operated most satisfactorily for wave lengths from 200 to 750 meters. This range was determined by the working range of the radio- 1reque! transformers used. By using suitable radio-frequency tran: formers this range can be extended u‘) receive any radio wayes. . NEW ORLEANS COTTON. NEW O] S, May 30.—Reports f rains in Texas and Oklahoma dnd unfavorable weather conditiol n_the south-central portion of the b,oltgng.tlu price of cotton 10, to 13 Bef o her in the ading to 2 tion B let cables than due a influence. dat e lons. sids et the ad chécking it caused the end of way alof Fine Arts as to the marble which vasiog, §. - officer. Robert Lineoln to Be There. Henry Bacon, architect of the me- morial; Danfel Chester French, the culptor of the statue of Lincoln con- tained in the memorial, and Jules Guerin, the artist who painted the decorations, will occupy seats of honor on thé platform. Robert Lin- coln, son of Abraham Ldncoln, will occupy & seat of honor on the plat- form. The full strength of the diplomatic corps will be at the dedication. The occasion represents the first Ameri- can ceremony at which\Germany has been represented officially since the United States declared war in 1917. Amplifiers have been installed on the memorial so that every one who attends the dedication exercises this afternoon is pretty certain of hearing every word uttered. The great re- flecting basin, 2,000 feet long and 200 feot wide, will be seen filled with water for the first time today. Throng Cam Enter. Following the exercises the temple will belong to the people of the United States, and those who hear the exercises may wend their way inside and examine the impressive beauties it contains. In location, in design and in content it exemplifies the mighty American figure it enshrines, the simple man whose tremendous influ- ence on his-own country and other lands no man may measure, the man whom passing years but makes the greater in his moral and spiritual depth. The original members of the Lin- coln Memorial Commission were named in the act of Congre ap- proved February 9, 1911. These were William H. Taft, Shelby M. Cullom, Joseph G. Cannon, George Peabody Wetmore, Samuel Walker McCall, Hermands D. Money and Champ Clark. y Approved by Arts Commission. The questions of site and architect were submitted to the National Com- mission of Fine Arts, which recom- mended the Potomac Park site, with landscape features in accordance with the plan of 1901. For architect the commission recommended Henry Bacon. After obtaining alternative de- signs, which also were submitted to the Commission of Fine Arts, the Lincoln Memorial Commission accepted the recommendations of the Fine Arts Commission. Congress, after discus- sion, confirmed the selection of the Potomac Park site. The site called for a design of mag- nitude, dominating its immediate sur- roundings. It was to be a memorial to one of the two greatest Americans, and was designed to be one of the great Mall features, and as such a part of the central composition of the plan of Washington. The accepted design met the requirements. The design fits into the landscape composition, in its classic lines. It typifies the culture to waich Lincoln attained. The simple dignity of the Doric best represents his straight- Restriction of individual libert was denounced by Senator David Walsh of Massachusetts, addressing] several: hundred Washington mem bers of the American Legion and their friends at Memorial day exer-| cises in front of the District build ing today. “If we are 1o preserve the soul and spirit of America,” the senator de- clared, “we must check the present tendency of digecting our govern mental energy ward restricting in stead of enlarging individual lib When governments carry this policy to any extreme they cease to adhere to true principles of liberty and tol remain a democrac: Termed an Autocraey. “Governmental efforts to control we eat and drink, how our peoj themselves, the manner of catin their children and the size of their fam- ilies is the rankest kind of autocracy Senator Walsh told his au what amuse world safe for democracy, but forces of seifishness and gree the enemies of democracy we slain on the battlefields of Europe. We have forces and forms o tyranny and oppression in our own land to battle against and destroy Every form of social and industr injustice is an enemy of libe; cial hatred is a form of opp: religious prejudice s incomy with freedom; monopolistic comd tions that enhance the cost of | lessen the purchasing power of w and increase the already too g disparity of living conditions betwe the rich and the poor and leads to « nomie slavery; the possession of the country’s resources by a limited few may eventually mean for America what it has meant to other peoples of the world. the es tof a dynasty of wealth, a democracy. No Piace in Democracy. “As Americans who have smellgd the smoke and gasses of modern war- fare, you are to be leaders in all the great movements for the advance- ment and progress of our beloved country during the next generation Your voice will penetrate masses of men as no other voi America. Your influence for & be made to know no bounds i erly directed. May I urge you—you the comrades of the fallen dead whose memories we revere and in whose honor this day’s ceremony is held—to avold that which brought Germany to ruin, and that which de- stroys progress and liberty every where, what I choose to call th slave mind. The slave mind is part of the autocratic system—it has mo place in a democracy. “The slave mind stands for truths, it has no principles. it blindly follows. The slave mind has been the bane of many nations, for it is es in can prop- no forward life and the dignity his services to the country justified. Its isolation, unhampered by other structures (ex- cepting for the temporary war build- ings), surrounded by a iandscape ac- centuating its prominence, illustrates the eminent and isolated position Lincoln occupies in our history. Bacon’s Own Desecription. In other columns of The Star will be found descriptions by Henry Bacon, the architect of tae memorial, and articies dealing with the statue, and the paint- ings within the memorial. In Januvary, 1914, the Secretary of War asked the advice of the Commission would be best suited for the Lincoln Memorial. According to the approved plans, the memorial was to be con- structed of white marble, the various samples of marble were received wita bids submitted. The commission replied that the artistic qualities of the Colorado yule marble fit it pre-eminently for a Structure of the character of the Lincoln Memorial. The recommendation that the Cal- orado yule marble be used was ap- proved. The quarries from which the marble was secured are located in the Rocky mountains, about 300 miles west of Denver. Not only because of the superior, ‘qualities of color, tex- ture and uriformity and durability, had the Colorado yule marble been selected, but also for the fact that no other guarries were known to pro- duce satisfactory stones of the size; required. The great columns of the colonnade, 44 feet high, are 7 feet 5 inches in diameter at their base. They are composed of eleven drums, each of the drums at the base weighing 22 tons. Four of them were sufficient to load a flat car of about 100 tons. Before befng brought from the quar- ries the colymns were set in position there and measured to the 64-100 of an inch, so that the pieces would fit exactly when set in place in the me- morial. The sum of $40,000 was spent one winter by the contractors to keep the railroad tracks open to the quar- ries and to continue the quarrying. The George A. Fuller Company was the contractor for building the me- morial, assisted by J. F. Manning of this city. LETTER FROM MRS. HARDING. Mr. Pack Presents Note to Women Planning Memorial. By the Associated Pre: YORK, Pa., May 30.—Twenty-five miles of the Lincoln highway was dedi- cated today as a road of remembrance and planted with memorial trees. The ‘Women's Club of York has been at work for two years on the plans. During the ceremony of dedication Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Forestry Associatios, pre- sented to the Women's Club a letter from Mrs. Warren G. Harding as a vice prasident of the American Forestry Association. Along both sides of the Lincoln high- way the memorial trees are allotted to the heroes of the world war. In addi- tion to-a marker at each end of the road of remembrance in York county in- dividual trees will be marked. The Choice of the World in a Floor-Finish Beautiful, last ‘wear-proof. Get your copy of “Beautiful Homes,” handsomely ing, the very root of the lack of self- reliance which has reduced the state- llest races to servility. It makes a race shifty, mean and evasive in speech and argument. Free men in free mations must always be straight end direct. The slave mind impels men to mumble when in their hearts they mean ‘no.’ 3 Battles Not Over. In conclusion, Senator Walsh said: “Veterans, you have left the firing lines of France, but do not think that your battles are over. You have before you in your own land a battle that will require as much moral cour- age to wage as those you have %0 Courageously and successfully fought in the past “The enemies of democracy are in our midet, but it is difficult to recog- nize them, and, therefore, they are parder to defeat. ,It will demand con- stant surveillancé and careful recon- noitering to recognize the foe when you meet it. but if guided by basic American ideals and principles you cannot fail. At all hazards let your every effort be to safeguard American institutions, preserve our self-gov- ernment, respect and maintain our best traditions, for these are the grest fundamental principles for Which our heroes died.” Croas for Heroes. The exercises were opened with an invocation by Rex. Francis J. Hurney. chaplain of Costello Post. An Arm band played patriotic airs and the § Patrick’s Sanctuary Choir rendere: several selections. Watson B. Miller, department commander of the Ameri- can Leglon in the District, presided and introduced Senator Walsh. Bene- | diction was said by Army Chaplain R. E. Browning A stately white cre surrounded by ferns and flowers. was placed on the lawn in front of the building as a tribute to Washington's fallen he- roes and added to the impressiveness of the ceremonies. At the conclusion of the program at the District building the legion- naires went to Arlington, where simi lar exercises were held in the world war section at 1:30 o'clock, where Admiral Plunkett of the United States Navy was scheduled to deliver a eulogy to the men who gave their lives in the war. Ye Smarte Editor. Astrologer—Mr. Editor, 1 have here & v£§- fine article on “The End of_the World, Jan. 1. Editor—Yes, let me have that. It ought to be very interesting.™ Astrologer—And the fee? Editor—You get $500 Jan your prediction comes true; otherwise you don't get a cent Music Week Program, 25c¢ Ditinction in appearance as well as the utmost sweetness of its musical voice are but two of the many rea- sons why the choice of a Chickering insures for its owner a lasting pleasure and pride in its possession through- out the long years of its usefulness. { .